MEDIA & PRESS
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Talks, interviews, articles and resources for event organisers and the media.
SPEAKER & PRESS RESOURCES
For event organisers and the media.
Find a short biography, speaker information and the materials you need to introduce me.
IN CONVERSATION
Interviews & podcasts
Conversations about recovery, second chances, speaking and rebuilding a life.
From Shame to Shine: How Second Chances Rebuild the Soul
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CWA: Resilience, Recovery and Empowering Change
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Light The Torch: From the Shadows Into the Light
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Episode 15: From Rock Bottom to Keynote Speaker & Author
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We Are Women: Building a Life After Prison
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Leading Our Own Way
Explore my story across these four videos, from the difficult chapters to finding hope and purpose again.
IN PRINT
Magazine features
Stories of lived experience, recovery and the courage to begin again, featured in Australian and international publications.
MARIE CLAIRE AUSTRALIA · DECEMBER 2024
Facing the Odds
A magazine report on gambling harm, featuring my lived experience.
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Facing the Odds, by Adrienne Tam, is a December 2024 Marie Claire Australia report about gambling harm. The feature includes my experience of financial pressure, gambling, imprisonment and recovery, alongside other people’s stories and discussion of gambling in Australia.
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FORCE MAGAZINE · JULY 2026
It’s Never Too Late to Start Again
My article about starting again, taking responsibility and building a new chapter.
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In It’s Never Too Late to Start Again, published in FORCE Magazine in July 2026, I reflect on rebuilding my life, taking responsibility and finding purpose through study, writing and speaking. I share why I believe a new chapter can begin at any age.
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AS SEEN ON CHANNEL 31
Conversations with Faye
My Channel 31 interview with Faye Waterman, sharing my story and the experience of starting again.
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MEDIA ENQUIRIES
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