Womens-interest
The Australian Women's Weekly
AUSSIE SPORTSWOMEN MAKE A SPLASH!
2021 has been a golden year for Aussie sportswomen and their victories have lifted our spirits. For that, The Weekly says thank you!
8 min |
Christmas 2021
The Australian Women's Weekly
Delivering hope
A group of volunteers is helping the vulnerable in the community through food and friendship.
4 min |
Christmas 2021
The Australian Women's Weekly
I wish I may, I wish I might ...
The world changed irrevocably over the past two years, but for critically ill children and their families, the pandemic was just another challenge. Fortunately, those who bring happiness and hope didn’t change; they worked even harder.
8 min |
Christmas 2021
The Australian Women's Weekly
The Greensborough pool miracle
Nothing evokes a Christmas epiphany like a new public pool and a packet of Alpines.
5 min |
Christmas 2021
The Australian Women's Weekly
Saving lives in the Red Centre
“I had this intuitive feeling that if the virus came to Central Australia, it would cause absolute devastation ... ”
2 min |
Christmas 2021
The Australian Women's Weekly
Light after darkness
For close to five decades, Trudy McCullagh searched high and low for a way to care for her son. Three years ago, she was finally introduced to an organisation that would give her family a sense of hope again.
4 min |
Christmas 2021
The Australian Women's Weekly
The power of people & science
“I kept thinking to myself, as hard as it is, this is a very special time in our history.”
3 min |
Christmas 2021
The Australian Women's Weekly
Together we're powerful
After enduring a traumatic and very public ordeal, former Liberal staffer Brittany Higgins has become a catalyst for change.
5 min |
Christmas 2021
The Australian Women's Weekly
How are you feeling?
To say the last year has been tough on many is an understatement. We talk to psychiatrist Dr Ruth Vine, Australia’s first Deputy Chief Medical Officer for Mental Health, about the importance of checking in with our mental health.
5 min |
December 2021
The Australian Women's Weekly
WILD AT HEART
She’s been a daredevil kid, fearless international reporter, co-host with breakfast TV’s enfant terrible and mischievous mum. Allison Langdon shares her world, and sheds a few tears, in a heartfelt chat with The Weekly.
10+ min |
December 2021
The Australian Women's Weekly
The Cuckoo's Cry by Caroline Overington, HarperCollins
Psychological THRILLER
1 min |
December 2021
The Australian Women's Weekly
THIS IS ME
He’s best known as drag diva Courtney Act, but beneath the wig, eyelashes and fabulous frocks is Shane Jenek, the boy from Brisbane. As revealed in his explosive memoir, he conquered shame, bullying and social conventions to show the world who he really is.
10+ min |
December 2021
The Australian Women's Weekly
Royal insider
Behind Palace gates with Juliet Rieden
4 min |
December 2021
The Australian Women's Weekly
The bookshelf Prepare to be hooked ...
The Night She Disappeared by Lisa Jewell, Century
1 min |
December 2021
The Australian Women's Weekly
The Last Exiles by Ann Shin, HarperCollins
Leaving HOME
1 min |
December 2021
The Australian Women's Weekly
We Are Not Like Them by Christine Pride & Jo Piazza, HQ
Love and LOSS
1 min |
December 2021
The Australian Women's Weekly
My story My impossible choice
Kristine Rawlinson had a successful career as an NDIS community engagement officer, but when her husband, Neal, was left disabled by a catastrophic infection, she was shocked by how hard it was to get the support they needed.
8 min |
December 2021
The Australian Women's Weekly
Ready for a festive battle
When it comes to getting prepped for the Christmas season, the early bird gets the tinsel.
3 min |
December 2021
The Australian Women's Weekly
Storytime
The Raffles Affair by Vicki Virtue, Penguin
2 min |
December 2021
The Australian Women's Weekly
Scary Monsters by Michelle de Kretser, Allen & Unwin
CONTEMPORARY FICTION
2 min |
December 2021
The Australian Women's Weekly
OUT OF AFRICA
In a quest to save wild African lions from extinction, filmmaker Rogue Rubin went undercover, posing as a big game trophy-hunt photographer and putting her own life at risk. She reveals her terrifying journey.
10 min |
December 2021
The Australian Women's Weekly
Muddy People by Sara El Sayed, Black Inc
Memoir
1 min |
December 2021
The Australian Women's Weekly
Gin by Shonna Milliken Humphrey, Bloomsbury
Pocket BOOK
1 min |
December 2021
The Australian Women's Weekly
Devotion by Hannah Kent, Picador
Historic ROMANCE
1 min |
December 2021
The Australian Women's Weekly
The birth of hope
In 2020, the number of children in foster care rose to 46,000, and almost half of those are in NSW. With many moving from place to place with no solution in sight, one inspiring young woman is determined to end the cycle.
5 min |
November 2021
The Australian Women's Weekly
Murder in Larrimah
The curious investigation into the disappearance of Paddy Moriarty and his kelpie Kellie in a tiny Northern Territory 12-person community.
9 min |
November 2021
The Australian Women's Weekly
Love under fire
Keith Payne VC is an Aussie hero, bravest of the brave, but managing the pain beyond the glory has proved a tough battle for Keith, his unfailingly supportive wife, Flo, and their five sons.
10 min |
November 2021
The Australian Women's Weekly
Our happy place
When high-profile political journalists Annabel Crabb and Leigh Sales started a podcast characterised by their own madcap friendship, it showed them what happiness is all about.
10+ min |
November 2021
The Australian Women's Weekly
A patchwork of love
When Helen Comport’s son was critically injured in the war in Afghanistan, she was inspired to gather a community of quilters to wrap our veterans and their families in gratitude.
7 min |
November 2021
The Australian Women's Weekly
SLAVERY IN THE SUBURBS
There is a common misconception that slavery is a matter for the history books, but millions of people are still enslaved today – shockingly, some of them right here in Australia.
10+ min |