Thanks for joining us. Tonight the public grief over the death of Princess Diana turned into an incredible wave of support
For the causes who tried to help during her life
It's expected tens of millions of dollars will be raised from Elton John's musical tribute to Diana
one of the real emotional moments of Saturday's funeral
Really chopped full of emotion and I just had to close my eyes and grit my teeth and get through it
It's up to everybody now not just to grieve publicly for a week and then to forget about it
But you know to try and carry on
What she was all about really
Elton John a little later first tonight a triumph and celebration
Patrick Rafter's victory in the final of the US Open the first Australian to take the title in nearly a quarter of a century
Patrick spoke to us from New York just moments after he walked off the court this morning
But first we'll hear from mom and dad and five of his brothers and sisters who were hanging on every point at their home in Britain
A great match that congratulations on your wonderful son's grand slam win
Thank you. I always said he'd do it in fine style and that's exactly what he did.
What was going through your mind Mrs. Rafter?
What's going through my mind? You Mike!
What about during the game?
What about during the game Mrs. Rafter?
No it is just absolutely wonderful for him. He's done lots and lots of hard work and he deserves everything that he's achieved. It's fantastic.
He pays particular tribute to both of you telling us about those old pair of sneakers that he wore many years ago and you and your Lacoste t-shirts
Tell us a little bit about those Mrs. Rafter
I was over the good days Mike I suppose you know
I suppose we always thought that he could get there one day but that's something that was so far in the future and it was just taking it step by step and we didn't have much money
So I'd go to Kmart and buy whatever cheap shoes I could get and dolly up all his shirts and try to make him look as good as all the other kids
Pat always says that when he comes home you guys bring him back down to earth is that true?
Yes
How do you do that?
Take him to the clean up, the washing, back and forth
So he's just one of the mob huh?
It's just so wonderful for him that he won this final and it would have been so frustrating if he didn't. This was his sixth final so we're just happy for him
And never doubted that he'd be there one day that he would win?
Never
It'd be nice to see Pat get to number one. Sky's the limit
He's well up there now Mike so as long as he can hold his ground it'll be great
And Davis Cup next up?
Yes that'll be a big one
And then the next grand slam is what would that be the Australian Open would it?
That's the Aussie Open yep and let's hope that the Australian boys can fire up there
Was there any thought of you going over for the US Open Mr Raffer?
Yes we were going over Mike but it wasn't possible at the last minute so fortunately two of the other two boys are over there
And lending him a lot of support no doubt he went straight for them after the game didn't he?
Yes well I think there were ones that were surprised during particularly the Agathy match when he didn't really have much crowd support and that little pocket of supporters of his there apparently held their own pretty well
Can I stand up or are we finished?
Let's see you pop the champagne Mr Raffer
Okay
Here goes the champagne
Take it easy Mr Raffer
We haven't started
Look at each other Mike all day
Here's the tennis in Australia and Patrick Brown
Yes well putty
Music
Pat congratulations you're now in the top five in the world do you believe it was your time?
It must have been Mike it's hard to think this would happen to me but it has and it's just a dream come true
You started the year ranked number 64
Yes funny how things happen isn't it this is my sixth final this year and it had to be the big one so better than the other one
Pat do you think you thought you'd play as well as you did I mean you only lost two sets through the whole tournament
No nothing prepared me for this win I mean I could never have dreamed of going through the whole tournament
and even just losing two sets made nothing sunk in just yet but I'm still in a dream land to have a good couple days off
and then straight back into the Davis Cup and when I get back home to Australia in late November that's when it'll all sink in for sure
Well I can tell you most of Australia was up very early this morning watching you and you played fantastically
Thanks Mike well at least I could do it
You're now being compared to the great Aussie champions of the 50s, 60s, 70s in that classic serve and volley style do you see that as a big advantage?
Oh yeah I don't even compare me yet to these guys I've got a long long way to go before I do reach there sort of better
so I've just got to keep my feet on the ground and hopefully I can get a few more victories under my balance
So just tell us a little bit about your humble beginnings if you can Pat, particularly those old particular pair of sneakers that you had for I think two years is that right?
I don't know how long I had the sneakers for but my mother used to make all my own clothes and used to go down to Kmart and buy some $10 shoes
So you know money was tight back then we got by and I guess at that stage I didn't know any better anyway and I was just loving the game
and I guess I could have played in a pair of undies and it wouldn't have mattered
It was just a sport that I loved from an early age
Is it true that your mum used to pin lacoste crocodiles on your shirt?
Yeah a little potentiocer
Pat look thank you very much for joining us congratulations you are a great role model for all young Australians and we're cheering along with you
Thank you Mike, hi to everyone at home
And a lovely young man
Elton John talking about the toughest performance of his life
It was more emotional when I finished actually it was just such a huge relief
Well the outpouring of public grief over the death of Princess Diana has been quite unprecedented but it hasn't all been tears and bouquets
In just four days the memorial fund set up in Diana's name has reportedly received donations of more than $218 million
And millions more are likely to come from Elton John's musical tribute to Diana
In London Elton John talked to Sir David Frost of the BBC about the fundraising plans and the toughest performance of his life at Saturday's funeral
Elton John singing
The beginning of the last verse my voice cracked and I was really chock full of emotion
And I just had to close my eyes and grit my teeth and get through it
It was more emotional when I finished actually it was just such a huge relief to actually sing it and not got the words wrong
Well of course you mentioned that to me in advance that you've been singing those other words, you knew the new words
But you've been singing the other words for 23 years and the nightmare was that habit might take over
Exactly, it's so easy to go to bangs those though I never knew you at all
You slip into the other one so I actually had a teleprompter there just to help me I had to say I'd shoot it
But I just thought I'm not gonna mess this one up on such a good occasion
And it seems to me you live your life like a candle in the wind
Never fading with the sunset when the rain set in
And you've been singing it since?
I went from the Abbey to the recording studio with Sir George Martin was waiting for me
And the first time I ever really recorded under the name Belt and Don with Sir George Martin
I made records for him on other projects but he suggested that I did a piano and voice live
And I did two takes and the second take was really really good
And I did some harmonies on it, he did some string quartet and woodwind and the record was
Either be out on Saturday or on Monday
Even though we try
The truth brings out the tears
All our words cannot express the joy you've brought us
I didn't want to put it on my album because some people may not be fans of mine
But may want to this record as a reminder of yesterday
And all the money of course will go to the Prince's foundation
We could raise a substantial amount of money I hope between five and ten million pounds
That would be superb
What are the memories or the greatest memories that you will take with you of your friend?
Well her sense of humor and her wicked laugh and her teasing and her flirting
But her compassion and her sincerity
You said this week she will have no idea how much people loved her
It's a shame she could not have known that in her lifetime
I think she knew there was a lot of love because when she met people she gave out a lot of love
And she got a lot of love back but it's impossible for anybody to comprehend the outpouring that has happened
The British public has behaved so beautifully
And an enduring memory this whole week apart from her sons
Prince William and Prince Harry has been the great British public and I think it's good for them
Would you like to see a change in the laws regarding the press?
We've had all this wailing and catawalling from people in the show business
Madonna and people like that who have used their career to manipulate the press to suit their own ends
It's a nuisance I have to say, it really is a nuisance
And it is frightening sometimes when paparazzi crowd around you
But if I would be a liar to sit here and say that what I go through is as daunting as what she went through
And some of these people that are coming out and complaining
And they are intrusive and it would be nice if they weren't intrusive
But I think it's part and parcel of what we are and what business we're in
And I don't really see how it's going to change
I mean if something could be changed it would be nice to have a little bit more privacy
But how do you do that? How do you legislate what is private and what is public?
So I just hope for her sons sake that they do leave them alone
But you know for people like Madonna to stand up and say you know the paparazzi
She wrote an article in the Time newspaper in the Times this week saying I was in that car with her
That was me, she was like me, she was an icon
And we want to say sorry, there's nothing like that
Goodbye and just roll from the country lost with that soul
Who missed the wings of your compassion more than you will ever know
It's up to everybody now not just to grieve publicly for a week and then to forget about it
But you know to try and carry on what she was all about
When the rain set in
And your footsteps were all wet for years
The long England's green as sea
The candles burned out long before
The legend's devil will win
What an incredible performance it was
After the break an inspirational story of how one person and one word can turn failure into a roaring success
I think because attitude is everything, it's a name that's widely used and also we all have it
So I'm trying to let it know that it's a positive not a negative
What do you do if you're told by your teacher that you'll amount to nothing, you're unemployed and down to your last $50?
Well 27 year old Justin Herald was not prepared to give up
With plenty of determination and a single word he turned $50 into a lucrative business overnight
And as Carla Brown reports his is an inspirational story for all those ready to throw in the towel
So what they want is something so alive but just in different colour
A small garage in Melbourne Sydney is a pretty unassuming headquarters for clothing companies
I also want you to let them know we said $18,000 per stake advertising budget so double page spread
There's nothing unassuming about Justin Herald and his company Attitude
He not only expects to successfully take on some of the world's biggest names in fashion
He also wants to leave his imprint in the hearts and heads of the people who buy his clothes
Let's check it out
I think because attitude is everything, it's a name that's widely used and also we all have it
So I'm trying to live it now but it's a positive not a negative
He's impatient for things to happen, he doesn't take any garbage
He just wants things to happen straight away and how he wants it done, he wants it done
I'm happy with his colour
18 months ago Justin walked into Eric Grinshaw's manufacturing plant here in Melbourne
He knew nothing about the rag trade, that didn't save him
He only had $50 in his wallet, that didn't save him either
That made me three shirts and I sold those three shirts to three friends which made me six shirts
and I sold those and went into Parklea Markets and my first weekend we did $3,500 with two shirts
with two designs and then I thought well obviously I have a product here that the public likes
It's amazing how many corporate people are buying the product for their own theme
This whole attitude thing is just so big in the workplace right now
Successories in Melbourne is just one of 263 stores now stocking Justin's clothes
According to store owner Hans Ruben, people just can't get enough attitude
He's different, he's passionate and I think they're a couple of very key elements in any business
Nah, nah, nah I'm not into it
His business is now turning over close to $300,000 a year
but he's yet to convince the big retail chain his product is bankable
You know sooner or later we'll crack it and if we don't we'll still survive
but you know there's a demand for us in America, there's a demand for us in New Zealand
so we'll just go there
But the price is right, looks good
Cool, I'd ask for more than that
So now the smaller stores are happy with stock Justin's here
allowing it to quietly plant itself in the consciousness of young Australian buyers
It's a sort of cult following, that type of age group likes to make a statement
and this product says that statement
and it's that age group Justin's particularly keen to reach with his messages
This is your life, right?
You come to a bend, right?
This is a cliff, that's it
Justin has also taken to the speaking circuits of schools and local business groups
but the son of an Anglican minister says he's no preacher
His life may be on the road to success now but he's fallen over the cliff many times
He's trying to show through examples how positive thinking and goals can help you from falling
If you've got something to aim at in your life that you've got a goal
how much more are you going to stop, think and concentrate on what you're going to do?
Just after leaving school Justin was in a car accident
He very nearly didn't make it home ever again
Of his ten best mates at school only two are alive today
It's all pretty good fodder to what he has to say
but the inspiration to much of it is far less life threatening
Most of my income comes from shit in the toilet to be totally honest
because it's the only time I get to think
Seeing a person that didn't believe in themselves and suddenly comes to hold their own company
it's really inspirational because you believe that you could do the same thing
He was told he was a failure and a lot of people tell you all the time
that you're a failure but it's whether you believe it or not
I'm not a crusader or anything like that but I just like helping people
If I can sort of see a smile on their face and that's with my shirts
If I see a smile on their face and they were having a shocking day
it gives me a bit of a warm fuzzy feeling so that's what I'd love to do
Good bloke, Tara Brown reporting
and don't forget our job for Australia Telephone on September the 17th
A few years back through our farmhand appeal
your donations helped drought stricken farming families to the tune of $19 million
and behind the scenes were some wonderful selfless people trying to help
Chris Yeomans was one of those people
and as Fiona McKenzie reports she's still lending a hand four years later
That really upsets me
When Chris Yeomans realised what a tough time our farmers were having because of the drought
she decided she had to do something
She ended up doing more than the rest of us put together
These are different areas that we've sent the pallets to
Chris commandeered a corner of her husband's factory and began making up care packages
She filled box upon box with toiletries, clothing and Manchester
Four and a half years later she's just about to deliver pallet number 638
How many families would benefit from something like this?
Around about 20 families reach pallet we work out
Four and a half years that's quite a few families I guess
Well we feel, my husband worked it out the other day and it's something like 13,300 rural families
and that equates to over 50,000 people
Extraordinary
It certainly is
To reach those sort of numbers you need good foot soldiers
and Chris has just that in Lorraine Healy
Hello, how are you?
Lorraine lives in Victoria, extracting donations from people in that state
Not coming empty handed
What's it like finally meeting up?
It's just wonderful, I feel as though we've known each other forever
You know, we're old friends on the phone
It's like meeting a sister you have a nephew
Lorraine joined Chris and her Save the Farm Fund after watching one of our early reports on the drought
Chris Blakely is part of a CWA network, identifying the needy
You go and visit people in a homestead and sit and have a cup of tea
and they obviously felt a little bit embarrassed they didn't have food to offer
Not only that the children are having vege nut sandwiches for dinner
and I was having a fillet steak and a glass of wine on our farm at Sunbury at the town
and I couldn't believe it
Lorraine contacted Chris and the pair have been working tirelessly together ever since
Do you think you've allowed some people to stay on the land where maybe they would have had to leave?
I certainly have, yes, certainly have
I was thrilled to be nominated for that award, to get this wonderful award
Chris has just finished her term as Queenslander of the Year
Lorraine nominated her for that award
One of my next guests is a somewhat reluctant hero up here in Queensland
She's appeared on television and radio, she's even had a park manned after her
It's beautiful, makes you want to cry
I feel as if they're talking about somebody else, that's quite incredible
I feel like I'm sort of plating above all this, just watching it happen
You don't feel that playing old Chris Yomas to possibly be winning these awards and going to the Governor's house?
Yes, that's right
Now Chris is to be awarded the Order of Australia
and again it was Lorraine who put her name forward
For service to the rural community
Fiona Mackenzie with that story
Now we had planned tonight to bring you the story of Melbourne teenager Bronte Cullis
who had the good news on her extraordinary battle with anorexia
The patrafters triumph in the US Open and the Elton John interview meant we were squeezed to time
Our apologies for that, but we will have that special report on Bronte tomorrow night
and it's a story you shouldn't miss
I'm so excited
The twin, the underbelly, the one here
Have a look in the mirror
Where's the fat?
To save Bronte, her parents brought her here, the Mondrae Clinic in Canada
Bronte was one of the most difficult of that difficult population
Don't cry Lorraine
I'm alright, I just, I can't think, it's just so sad
Now I can sit at a table with people around me eating and I don't even think about it
Her story for Bronte is over now
Robert Penfold with Bronte's inspiring comeback tomorrow night
We'll be back with more of the story, we'll be back with more of the report, goodnight