Roxy Jacenko: 60 Minutes Australia VIDEO

The interview with renowned Sydney PR Roxy Jacenko will screen on Sunday next week on '60 Minutes' Australia.

A preview clip - where reporter Allison Langdon interviews Roxy on her life and what's been happening of late (with Roxy's husband Oliver Curtis serving time in prison, and Roxy's recent cancer diagnosis) - screened at the end of tonight's program. The clip is below.

Roxy is no stranger to the Nine Network - she appeared on the network's 'Celebrity Apprentice' Australia several years ago, and made her mark at the time by stirring controversy with her forthright approach to business.

Read more about Roxy's new battle HERE.

And here is the trailer for the upcoming 60 Minutes interview:

UPDATED: new trailer clip:

Antonietta, Claudia + Baby Luciano: '60 Minutes' VIDEO

THIS is the reason medical technology exists, and this baby boy Luciano is the reason doctors do what they do: give life to the dream of fellow humans.

This is the story of Claudia, and her mother Antonietta and it will screen on '60 Minutes' Australia this Sunday September 13. Watch the preview clip here:



WATCH AN ADDITIONAL CLIP HERE - SO VERY EMOTIONAL.

Says Claudia about her mother: "I still can't thank her enough. And I will never be able to."

That's the thing with mums - the list is long, and the gratitude is never ending.

This clip moves me SO much, not only because the act is so selfless, so beautiful, but also because I truly get what mums do for their children. They will do ANYTHING for us. And I miss that feeling so much, that look, that unconditional love from my own mother.

'60 Minutes' will screen on Sunday night on Channel Nine, at 8.30pm.

Zammit, Gribilas Families '60 Minutes' VIDEO: 'Friends for Life'

Many Australians were gripped by the story on last night's '60 Minutes' Australia - with the Zammy family and the Gribilas family.

At the very heart of it - in every sense of the word - was a young man named Doujon Zammit.

The story of both families is connected in ways they didn't think possible.

CLICK ON THIS LINK TO WATCH THE WHOLE STORY HERE.

Says the video description:

When Australian teenager Doujon Zammit was murdered on holidays in Greece in 2008, his mother and father put aside their grief to donate his major organs. That selfless act saved the lives of four people, including Kostas Gribilas who received Doujon’s heart. It was a gift that would set these two families on a life journey like no other. Kostas and his fiancé Poppy since moved to Australia – around the corner from Doujon’s parents, Oliver and Rosemarie. They are now best friends – at their wedding Oliver was Doujon’s best man. And the best friends have been there through more heartbreak – this time together. On 60 Minutes, reporter Liz Hayes tells this remarkable story of love, sacrifice, and loss and the friendship that has held them all together.

Reporter: Liz Hayes
Producer: Howard Sacre

Viewer Contacts

For information go to:      

www.donatelife.gov.au

http://www.facebook.com/DonateLifeAustralia

TO WATCH PART ONE OF THE 60 MINUTES 'EXTRA MINUTES' CLICK HERE.


TO WATCH PART TWO OF THE 60 MINUTES 'EXTRA MINUTES' CLICK HERE.

Josie's Juice interviewed Rosemarie and Oliver Zammit, on the eve of the screening of the story, and the book launch. YOU CAN READ THAT INTERVIEW HERE.

Details on the book and how to buy it - it is out now - are here.

You can read how the Zammit family are involved in the 'Unite Against Violence' walk here.

And you can see the 2008 '60 Minutes' Australia Liz Hayes interview transcript with the Zammit and Gribilas family here.

'Doujon's Heart': Rosemarie + Oliver Zammit Interview, '60 Minutes' Story

You've likely just watched the incredibly moving story of the Zammit and Gribilas family on '60 Minutes' and were knocked for six with all the twists and turns in a story that just keeps pulling at the heartstrings. You can't quite believe what all four of these beautiful people have gone through.

UPDATED: WATCH '60 MINUTES' EXTRA MINUTES CLIP HERE.

And an additional EXTRAS CLIP HERE.

Doujon Zammit, and Rosemarie and Oliver Zammit: Screenshot from '60 Minutes' Australia, from photo supplied by Zammit family

Josie's Juice spoke with Rosemarie and Oliver Zammit earlier today on the eve of the book launch honouring their late son, Doujon Zammit. The book is titled 'Doujon's Heart', and is written by Greg Callaghan and Ian Cuthbertson. It will be released on August 24 (the cover is below).

Today, I asked Rosemarie how she felt when she first held the book in her hand.

"That's a good question! There were a 100 different emotions," she says.

"I was, I suppose, happy because I had visualised it [the book], you know, that voice inside me said, "Do this. Do this", and it's happened." We made it happen. it's a sense of accomplishment, relief.

"But then, you know, the sadness comes into it as well, of course, because the book is our journey with the loss of Doujon, so there is a huge weight that comes with it as well.

"But you know what, I'm proud as well. There are… a whole lot of emotions, Josie." (The Zammit family and my family have known each other for years - my husband has known Olly and his brother Joe since he was a child).

I suggest to Rose that this book, to tell this story, and to give this message to the world has come at an incredible cost.

"Yes, it has. But, can I tell you, I feel like it could have been a different story. You know, we could have been really angry, and bitter, and… our whole lives would have been different. Our boys (Olly and Rose's sons, middle son Zeake and and youngest son Laurent) could have been bitter.

"I know, in my heart, that Olly and I made the right choices. Not only for ourselves, but for the boys, and their future. And, you know what Josie, that's not who we are anyway. It would have been, it would have been a horrible thing to live with, you know, that anger, that bitterness, that hatred, you know… and that consuming feeling would have ruined our lives, so I'm really grateful that we've chosen to go the other way, and good things have come out of it, you know, with Doujon's decision of organ donation four people have a second chance of life.

"We've chosen to not harbour the anger and that bitterness, and we put that focus on a different energy. Gratitude is one of the things that got us through, I suppose, hey Ol," she says to her beloved husband.

"Just being grateful that we had Doujon… I think once we've spoken to you about this: that one day Olly just said: "Let's be grateful that we had Doujon for the 20 years that we were given with him."

"You know that one thought changes your whole outlook on everything."

To hear Rose say that they chose not to harbour anger and bitterness makes me believe that they have in fact changed the course of their sons' lives, and their own lives, and I express this to her.

"But… We have. We have. I know that. I felt… when we went to Greece with '60 Minutes' [in 2008] Josie, I remember… one of the days we went to Mykonos and I was so bitter and angry, and I remember Olly saying to me: "If you stayed like that, we're not going to stay together."

"Because, this anger is a horrible, horrible emotion. It's probably the worst emotion. And I'd never been like that before. I can honestly say that was probably the first time I was ever like that, hey Ol," she asks Olly, who has been through thick and thin with his beloved wife. The couple know each other inside and out, and to witness their love is to see a deep and unbreakable love which is as rare as it is heartwarming.

"It was horrible. Horrible. It's consuming. It's just… and it's really sad for people that have to live with that everyday, because it would just be horrible not to be to have control of yourself, and [not be able to] let it go. You know, not to find peace."

I ask Rose how she views their friendship with Kosta and Poppy over the years. So, when she first met Kosta, when she first touched Doujon's heart in Kosta's body, when Kosta and Poppy's baby was born, and when, tragically (as viewers discovered tonight in the TV interview) baby Konstantina died at age eight months. (The couple have since set up the 'Konstantina Angelique Gribilas Foundation' - you can 'like' and support them on Facebook here).

"I have to say, it was a really hard road for me, as I imagine it would have been for Kosta and Poppy. Because it's not… it's not the norm, Josie. You know… and the four of us can understand why, because it is a hard road, you know, for the [donor organ] recipients. Kosta and that sense of guilt… and for me, I was consumed with sadness. That was my main emotion. Losing Doujon, I was just so… sad.

"We had a lot of other things to deal with. Like, legalities, you know [the court case in Greece with the perpetrators of Doujon's death]. That was very early in the piece when it all happened. There were a whole lot of things that we had to deal with.

"So, meeting Kosta brought on all these different emotions. So yes, it was a hard road.

"But the thing is Josie is that they're [Kosta and Poppy] such beautiful human beings. You know, they're really good people and… one day, they were in the courtroom and I remember thinking to myself: you know, they don't really need to be here. This is after the first major court appearance on the island. And, they were there the whole time with the boys and us, and that was hard because Kosta had to actually listen to what happened to Doujon, and how he received his second chance of life.

"But our friendship has evolved because we all have respect, we have huge respect for each other. And with respect comes love. I think without respect you can't love someone."

Rose recounts how she was asked to be Godmother to Kosta and Poppy's baby Konstantina, which she says, "To me, was a huge honour. Because, as you know Josie, babies bring so much joy. I knew how much happiness she brought them. She was beautiful. This beautiful little baby. She was gorgeous. And they just absolutely idolised her. Like, we do [our children], you know. She brought them so much happiness, it was like… you know… this angel had come into their lives.

"You know, for me, I was so grateful because they have such a huge family, and friends, so to ask me was a huge honour. And I was 'ready' at that time, my emotions, I felt… you know, I felt like I was able to, with my emotions… I was in a lot better place, that I could deal with it all a lot more."

When I met up with Rose and Olly at the beginning of last year, baby Konstantina had just died. And I reminded Rose today that she'd said to me at the time how, sadly, Kosta expressed how he now truly understood their grief even more, and differently.

"Yes, definitely. He said to me that he thought he understood what we were going through, but until you lose your child, you can't possibly understand.

"Like, I can't say to you that there are words to describe the pain. There's nothing, is there? There's nothing [that compares]. I can't say to someone this is what it feels like, because there's nothing bad enough to explain how it feels to lose a child. Because there is nothing I have ever felt that comes close to that.

"And you know, my poor mother, I lost my mother six months after Doujon died, and…", Rose trails off. I know from my previous conversations that she felt overwhelmed with grief and that almost didn't grieve her mother in the way she'd imagined or hoped.

I ask Rose what her coping mechanism was in the early days, with all that raw emotion.

"I learnt that I had to… I learnt I had to, quiet my mind. That was probably one of the biggest things for me. I had to get this peace in my head.

"I was saying this Liz Hayes when she interviewed us [in 2008]: I used to visualise Doujon being bashed, especially when it first happened, it was horrible. And I knew that I couldn't stay like that. It was just really, really bad. And I had to learn to put that in the back of my head, and I learned to meditate on my own. I had to learn to quieten my mind down, and listen to the birds, and all the things that are usually in the background.

"And, I'd pray. I prayed a lot. I prayed for strength all the time. I used to pray for strength. 

"And also: Olly was a huge rock for me. All our friends, our family, were wonderful. We just had an amazing network. I call them my 'earth angels'", adds Rose with a sweet laugh.

I ask what kind of space does she feel she's at now, and if it varies each day?

"It does, especially at the moment. So many emotions come back. By tonight, for example (when the '60 Minutes' story screens), Olly and I will be exhausted. By the time we watch it… like, even talking to you… it's very draining, Josie. Because you're talking about your life and all your emotions, and everything that's happened to your child."

I express to Rose that I think that social media will be helpful to her and Olly after the program screens, where they can draw from the kind words offered up by others. She agrees.

Rose admits she hasn't read the book excerpt published yesterday in the 'Good Weekend' liftout magazine in 'The Sydney Morning Herald.' (Read a backgrounder and find the link to the whole story here).

"I haven't read it. I couldn't read it. I started and then I thought, 'No. I can't read this.'

"And, like I said to the boys: 'You know, we've lived it, so it's okay to not read it now. I don't need to read it. It's okay - they started to read the book but they couldn't get through it. And that's exactly what I had to say to them: 'It's okay, if you can't read it, don't. You lived it. So, it's fine. It's all good'".

For his part, when I speak to Olly earlier in the day, he says that he read the book across two days, and that at times, it was definitely hard for him to continue reading it, but he persevered, and says that he reached out to Doujon's spirit and asked him to give him a sign, in order to continue reading.

Later that day, Olly recounts, he meets someone who shares his late son's birthday. That was his sign. He continued to read the book until he finished it.

Rose says that, of course, she has read the book in its entirety because "I had to proof-read it. So I had to go through it. But that was so hard. Oh. As much as I wanted to read it, it was so hard."

"And I don't think I would have been the person I am today had we not gone down the path we did.

"I think the four of us have learned so much about life that we wouldn't have learnt had we not  gone through this tragedy, this loss, you know."

If she could crystallise into one sentence what she has learned, how would she say that, I ask Rose? In addition to the huge life lesson of letting go of intense anger.

"I think I look at life differently, I have a much deeper appreciation to life. You know, some people look at life very much… on the surface of it. But there are so many layers to it. Not everyone gets that, Josie… as you know. All those little things that really matter.

"You know, a tree," she says with her trademark Rosemarie laugh. "I look at a tree now, you know, the roots, and you think, wow, how beautiful, and just… there's a different appreciation to life.

"We are more grateful. Lots of lessons in our book, and what we've learnt, so… I hope people get it [those lessons]."

I offer up: the story is a powerful, moving one - but if you look beyond the story, the lessons can be absolutely life changing.

"Yes. You know the power of the human spirit is underestimated also. Like, we don't realise how powerful we are. And then, with everyone helping us, you know, our family and friends, we're very powerful."

Details on the book and how to pre-order it - it is released in September - are here.

You can see the new '60 Minutes' interview trailer here. 

You can read the Josie's Juice interview with Olly and Rose on king-hits here.

You can read how the Zammit family are involved in the 'Unite Against Violence' walk here.

And you can see the 2008 '60 Minutes' Australia Liz Hayes interview transcript with the Zammit and Gribilas family here.

Doujon Zammit: 'Good Weekend' book extract 'Doujon's Heart' by Greg Callaghan and Ian Cuthbertson

UPDATED: Josie's Juice interview with Rosemary and Oliver Zammit here.

UPDATED: SEE THE '60 MINUTES' EXTRA MINUTES CLIP HERE.

And an additional '60 MINUTES' EXTRAS CLIP HERE.

"So, how did he die?"

My daughter has just asked me the question about Doujon Zammit, after seeing the four page spread in today's 'Good Weekend' magazine in 'The Sydney Morning Herald' about him and his beloved family, the man who gratefully received his heart Kosta Gribilas, and all those affected by his untimely and brutal death.

A young man she will never know, but with whom she has a wonderful relationship with his mother Rosemarie and father Oliver (Olly), and younger brothers Zeake and Laurent, particularly Zeake, with whom they play rumbles and have cuddle-fights. 

Up until last night, I did not have the heart to tell her that her beloved friends had another family member as part of their family. An older brother, a first-born son.

Well actually, I had told her. It's just that she can't remember. We had attended Doujon's memorial service at Dunumbral Park in Cecil Hills two years ago, where a monument was erected in his honour, and it was announced by Health Minister Jillian Skinner that the Geographical Names Board of NSW had given approval for the lake at Dunumbral Park to be renamed Doujon Lake.

(Photos below from Donate Life - see link here)

Tanya Davies MP, Member for Mulgoa and the Minister for Health and Medical Research the Hon. Jillian Skinner with the Zammit Family

Liverpool Mayor, Mr Ned Mannoun unveils plaque naming ‘Doujon Lake’ with Rosemarie, Oliver and Zeake Zammit

The plaque to honour the naming of Doujon Lake

Next week, Ms Skinner will be at the book launch of 'Doujon's Heart', the book written by Greg Callagahan and Ian Cuthbertson, the former of which is the 'Good Weekend' acting editor.

'Doujon's Heart' book, to be released next week through Allen and Unwin

How do I tell my daughter?

How do I tell her there are brutes in the world who treat others like animals and subsequently take lives.

"Was he, like, sick Mummy?"

"Yep, he was sick," I reply.

"That's how people normally die, isn't it. That way, and cancer," she says innocently, like she knows all there is to know in the world.

Except Doujon didn't die that way.

The way he died was brutal, not fitting of the full and happy and party-loving young life he led, of the nurturing and loving household he came from, of the fact that he was barely in the double digits of his years.

I have been struggling all day to finish reading the online piece featured on today's SMH site, which is an extract from 'Doujon's Heart'. But you should. And I will.

And I asked my husband to go buy 'The Sydney Morning Herald' so I could hold the piece and read it again. Right now, I just can't.

I am privileged to be attending the book launch for 'Doujon's Heart' next week, and I know it will be a difficult day for all. But I also know this book has been a long time coming, a labour of love with the Zammit family, and the Gribilas family - Kosta Gribilas is the recipient of Doujon's heart, and he and his wife Poppy then went on to marry and have a baby girl Konstantina. Their life tests have so far been huge. And as it says in the book extract, the parents "face their most traumatic test yet." 

I will never forget how I felt when I first read the news about Doujon's fateful chain of events. I was mother of baby twins, in my home office, scanning the headlines.

What…? A Sydney man… bashed in Mykonos? Oh my God, who? What happened? Is he okay? Wait, what? The Zammit family? We know the Zammits. They were at our wedding. My husband's family friends. Three handsome young boys, all with distinctive names. Doujon Zammit? NO.

My blood goes cold. I tell my husband when he gets home. I can't speak for the crying.

I hit refresh and Google search several times that day, and the next.

When news comes through that he has died, my heart crumbles. As do many who knew him, even those who don't. It's such a tragic story, it could be anyone's son, on their first overseas holiday.

A candlelit vigil is held in the same park which will later have its lake renamed in his honour. More than 800 people attend. Olly speaks down the line from Greece, detailing how a recipient will receive Doujon's heart. Family and friends openly weep.

The day of the funeral: the huge church in Horsley Park is overflowing. The grief is palpable.

I went home and cried and cried. I hugged my kids. I tried to imagine a mother and father's grief like that. I couldn't. I didn't want my brain to go there. None of us would.

There is so much to this story, and it's very relevant to topics on our radar today: organ donation, one punch 'king hits', overseas travel and the dangers for foreigners.

And yet, there is even more to the story, more than many know.

Screenshot: 60 Minutes Australia, from photo supplied by Zammit family

You can see the new '60 Minutes' interview trailer here. 

You can read more about 'Doujon's Heart' and how to pre-order here.

You can read the Josie's Juice interview with Olly and Rose on king-hits here.

You can read how the Zammit family are involved in the 'Unite Against Violence' walk here.

And you can see the 2008 '60 Minutes' Australia Liz Hayes interview transcript with the Zammit and Gribilas family here.

60 Minutes: Doujon Zammit, Zammit Family, and Kosta Gribilas - VIDEO

On Sunday, this story will warm your heart, make you cry, and deliver an unexpected twist.

The Zammit family - Oliver and Rosemarie Zammit, and Zeake and Laurent, who have lost their beloved son and brother.

Kosta Gribalas, his wife Poppy and Kosta's new heart - Doujon's.

And what has evolved since the heart was gifted to Kosta.

Here is a sneak peek. CLICK ON THIS LINK HERE.

UPDATED: CLICK ON THIS LINK HERE FOR PART TWO OF THE VERY EMOTIONAL SNEEK PEEK.

For a backgrounder, click here.

For more on the upcoming book release 'Doujon's Heart', click here.

For an interview with Oliver and Rosemarie Zammit, click here.

Alex McKinnon: 60 Minutes VIDEO Full Interview

Just live, the entire interview with Alex McKinnon as it screened on 60 Minutes, interviewed by the wonderful Liz Hayes.

CLICK HERE FOR THE WHOLE INTERVIEW.

And here is info on Alex's new book and how to buy.

Belle Gibson: '60 Minutes' - Whole Interview VIDEO

The Whole Pantry app and book creator Belle Gibson was interviewed by '60 Minutes' reporter Tara Brown tonight - and the whole interview clip is here (updated to include parts one, two, and three).

CLICK HERE for the whole interview clip.

Says the description of the clip:

Until this day, Belle claims unscrupulous natural therapists duped her into believing she was dying, but 60 Minutes will reveal the proof that this is a lie too – Belle Gibson is not a victim. She is a fraud.

Read the whole description here.

Belle Gibson, interviewed by Tara Brown, 60 Minutes. Photo: 60 Minutes Australia

Belle Gibson: 60 Minutes - VIDEO

Belle Gibson has been interviewed by 60 Minutes Australia's Tara Brown, and the interview will be shown this Sunday.

UPDATED: all of part one of the interview is here.

Here is a preview - click on this link.

And a much longer preview here:

UPDATED:

Here is reporter and interviewer on this story Tara Brown, and her assessment of Belle post-interview. Click here for that link.

Have you followed the Belle Gibson story?

She wrote a book and developed an app called 'The Whole Pantry', with the focus on wellness and health after he cancer diagnosis. Turns out… Belle never had cancer. Here is a catch up link.

Channel Nine has allegedly paid $45,000 to Belle for the '60 Minutes' interview, and Belle received more than $1 million from her loyal followers who paid $3.79 for her app, which was endorsed by Apple, and was due to appear on the Apple Watch (which is, of course, now released and Belle's app has been scrapped).

The success of the app resulted in a book deal with book giant Penguin and a promised $300,000 donation to charity, which never happened - that was what set the whole course of events off, and lead to the exposing of the Belle Gibson story.

Check back in here for the whole interview link via Jump-in.

'The Wife Killer': 60 Minutes Australia Extended interview with Toni McHugh

Just in: 'Extra Minutes' - additional video (not screened tonight) from the 60 Minutes Australia interview with Gerard Baden-Clay's mistress of four years Toni McHugh.

"I felt judged from day one," says Toni.

Here is the clip:

Gerard Baden Clay: 60 Minutes - VIDEO

60 Minutes Australia will be screening an exclusive report this Sunday they've titled 'The Wife Killer: Inside the police investigation of Gerard Baden-Clay.'

The clip is chilling. Click here to watch.

The reporter is the exceptional Tara Brown (and produced by Stephen Taylor, Jo Townsend and Grace Tobin).

The accompanying description online is chilling:

Gerard Baden-Clay tried to portray himself as 'Mr Middle Class' — a successful small-businessman, proud father and loving and devoted husband.

But the real Gerard was the complete opposite.

He was an incompetent real estate agent whose business was haemorrhaging money; he was intolerant with his three young daughters and he was a womaniser who wasn't even faithful to his long-term mistress.

But why Gerard Baden-Clay thought all his problems could be fixed by killing his beautiful wife Allison, only he knows.

Read more about the report in the link above.

Watch the report this Sunday at 8pm on Nine.

Kylie Minogue: 60 Minutes Australia - VIDEO

Kylie Minogue sits down with Karl Stefanovic to chat on this Sunday's 60 Minutes Australia.

Here is an extended sneak peek clip, with a glimpse of Kylie back on the 'Neighbours' set for  the first time… in 25 years!

60 Minutes screens on Sunday nights on Channel Nine, at 8pm.

Elisha Neave dies age 36. '60 Minutes' VIDEO

Elisha Neave  - who helped draw attention to hereditary cancer by speaking about her decision to delay preventative surgery - has died aged 36.

Elisha and her two older sisters tested positive to the so-called cancer gene BRCA in 2007, which increases the likelihood of developing breast and ovarian cancer.

Her sisters, Christine Keepence and Veronica Neave, had hysterectomies and their breasts removed.

At 30, Elisha made the decision to delay preventative surgery because she wanted to have more children and thought she had more time.

But at 34, she became seriously ill with aggressive ovarian cancer.

The Gold Coast, QLD woman died surrounded by her family and friends on Wednesday morning.

Her family wrote in a post on the Elisha Neave Health Fund Facebook page:

"After the bravest of fights our little girl slipped away peacefully... with Dads tunes on the radio amidst the laughter and tears that comes with a typical Neave gathering.

"Thank you all for carrying her and us through this long yet inspirational journey.

"As you can imagine we are feeling very fragile broken and so pleased and comforted that she is free from pain and now we have two angels guiding and watching over us.

The family posted this photo with this caption on the Elisha Neave Facebook page:

Surrounded by the love of her closest friends and family and after the bravest of fights our little girl slipped away peacefully at 12.30 last night with Dads tunes on the radio amidst the laughter and tears that comes with a typical Neave gathering. Thank you all for carrying her and us through this long yet inspirational journey. As you can imagine we are feeling very fragile broken and so pleased and comforted that she is free from pain and now we have two angels guiding and watching over us. This is just a quick message (As she asked us to keep you informed) about her passing and we anticipate the funeral to be held on Monday but we will let you all know later. Jack, Brendan, Joe, Mum and all of us have each other right now and doing OK. We feel your love and light as she did.

Here is the '60 Minutes' story on the sisters:



RIP, Elisha. So sad.