Womens-interest
The Australian Women's Weekly
Evonne Goolagong Cawley - There's No Place Like Home
It’s been 50 years since Australia thrilled to Evonne Goolagong’s first Wimbledon win. In a rare and exclusive interview with Susan Chenery, Australia’s ‘sunshine supergirl’ recounts the dizzy highs of life on the international tennis circuit, and the strength and wisdom she’s found in family, community and coming home.
10+ min |
February 2021
The Australian Women's Weekly
Meet Jill Biden - A First Lady For The Ages
She is the first president’s wife to keep her day job, and also the force that’s held her family together through victory and heartbreaking grief. Nick Bryant profiles Jill Biden – cool grandma, merry prankster and the courageous new First Lady of the United States.
10 min |
February 2021
The Australian Women's Weekly
Second chance Jack
At 80, Aussie screen legend Jack Thompson treasures every moment: his first memory of his mother by the water; a film for which it was worth defying death; and the woman who captured his heart and has held it tight for 50 years. He shares it all with Samantha Trenoweth.
10+ min |
February 2021
The Australian Women's Weekly
Noni HAZLEHURST - “I'll live how I want to”
Noni Hazlehurst invites Tiffany Dunk into her beautiful hinterland home to talk about life, death and all that comes in between.
8 min |
February 2021
The Australian Women's Weekly
New year, New Life
The pandemic threw certainty to the wind and changed lives. Alley Pascoe meets four women who reinvented themselves in 2020 – some out of necessity; others because the COVID shake-up gave them permission to chase their dreams.
10+ min |
February 2021
The Australian Women's Weekly
My life as a SPY
Former French spy Jack Beaumont knew he had to quit his job after his Australian wife found him sitting on the sofa staring at the ceiling all night. And now he’s found a new life here, he tells Sue Williams, with a novel inspired by his career and a fresh sense of peace.
7 min |
February 2021
The Australian Women's Weekly
LIZ HAYES - A country girl at heart
Liz Hayes was a novelty when she first hit TV screens and more than 40 years later she’s still blazing a trail. In a revealing interview she talks to Juliet Rieden about her dairy-farm childhood, the painful hospital blunder that killed her dad and her surprising fitness secret.
10+ min |
February 2021
The Australian Women's Weekly
DYING to be PRETTY
The global beauty industry is worth more than $500 billion and the rise of social media is fuelling a further boom. But as Genevieve Gannon discovers, buying creams, powders and pills online is fraught with danger. They could be fake, or even fatal.
10 min |
February 2021
The Australian Women's Weekly
Daisy TURNBULL - “Mum taught me to be strong”
In an era of helicopter parenting, Daisy Turnbull says risk-taking can set our children free. She and mum Lucy share childhood stories with Juliet Rieden and discuss the key to developing resilience in tomorrow’s adults.
9 min |
February 2021
The Australian Women's Weekly
This Way To A Waste-Free Mind
Eliminating waste is something every household strives for. But, says Anita Vandkye in this extract from her new book A Zero Waste Family in Thirty Days, the beginning of your overhaul should start with self-care.
9 min |
January 2021
The Australian Women's Weekly
Miranda Tapsell Chasing My Dreams
She’s feisty, resolute and isn’t afraid to challenge stereotypes. Miranda Tapsell talks to Juliet Rieden about her lucky childhood, reaching for the stars and her husband’s surprise proposal.
10+ min |
January 2021
The Australian Women's Weekly
Which Road To The Future Will We Choose?
This COVID restart finds us at a fork in the road with permission to reset the future. Samantha Trenoweth asks some of the smartest people on the planet what they see ahead.
10+ min |
January 2021
The Australian Women's Weekly
SAM NEILL “Home at last”
Sam Neill’s antics on social media brought joy to millions through the bleak days of lockdown while he, like many, was stranded far from home. Now back in New Zealand, he chats exclusively to Susan Chenery, and we visit his wild, windswept Otago farm.
10+ min |
January 2021
The Australian Women's Weekly
Life after death
Living on the land and her love for her children helped trailblazer Emily Brett cope with the heartbreak of losing her husband. Susan Chenery reports.
10+ min |
January 2021
The Australian Women's Weekly
The QUIETEST KILLER
After 25 years of marriage, Michele Lord told police she thought her husband was drugging her. A week later she was dead. Her family tells Genevieve Gannon about the insidious threat of coercive abuse.
10+ min |
January 2021
The Australian Women's Weekly
The brightest star
When Olympic swimmer Brooke Hanson lost her son, Jack, at just nine months old, she couldn’t see how she would ever find joy again. But now, this proud mother of four tells Samantha Trenoweth, she is raising a family who cherish each moment and treasure every opportunity to give back.
10+ min |
January 2021
The Australian Women's Weekly
The best thing since fortified bread
Thanks to their tenacious lobbying to have folate added to every loaf of bread, Aussie professors Fiona Stanley and Carol Bower have saved more than 4000 babies from spina bifida and other neural tube defects. Genevieve Gannon learns more …
7 min |
January 2021
The Australian Women's Weekly
Naomi Watts Lessons in life & love
When Naomi Watts met Sam Bloom, the courageous Aussie she portrays in her latest film, they bonded for life. In a moving interview, Naomi tells Juliet Rieden about the power of family love, bringing her children back to Australia and embracing her 50s.
10+ min |
January 2021
The Australian Women's Weekly
A right royal Spanish mystery
Why has King Juan Carlos of Spain gone missing? William Langley investigates the unfolding scandal, replete with unexplained fortunes and an exotic mistress.
9 min |
January 2021
The Australian Women's Weekly
“Hope Too Is Contagious”
Two women battled a firestorm to save the historic church and convent at Cobargo. Deb Taylor and Cal More invite Samantha Trenoweth into their community of resilience, compassion and hope.
9 min |
Christmas 2020
The Australian Women's Weekly
The Reading room
The Reading room
10+ min |
Christmas 2020
The Australian Women's Weekly
Food For The Soul
All year, Sikh volunteers have been nourishing those in need with their hearty home-cooked fare. Sue Smethurst meets the people who sustained the firefighters in Gippsland and residents of the Melbourne towers in lockdown.
5 min |
Christmas 2020
The Australian Women's Weekly
Deborah Hutton ‘I'm Still Smiling'
The Weekly’s Editor-in-Chief Nicole Byers catches up with one of our favourite cover stars six months after her skin cancer surgery.
10+ min |
Christmas 2020
The Australian Women's Weekly
Girls Let Ambition Be Their Guide
A science badge? Drone flying classes?
2 min |
Christmas 2020
The Australian Women's Weekly
Christmas Is For Everyone
Liam, Allison and Asher Holland invite The Weekly to meet the most enthusiastic gingerbread decorators on earth. Samantha Trenoweth samples the treats and hears their moving family stories.
8 min |
Christmas 2020
The Australian Women's Weekly
Sarah Harris “It's Cathartic To Talk”
From a housing commission flat in western Sydney to the giddy heights of hosting her own morning TV show, Sarah Harris has never forgotten it’s the simple things that make her family happy. The Studio 10 host opens up to Tiffany Dunk about her roller-coaster ride.
10+ min |
Christmas 2020
The Australian Women's Weekly
Spring rain
After drought and fire and heartache, Mandy Reid’s life, like her garden, is beginning to bloom again. Samantha Trenoweth meets Tenterfield’s favourite flower farmer.
5 min |
Christmas 2020
The Australian Women's Weekly
Rough seas
This Christmas, Michael and Ann Smith are grateful to be alive. They tell Samantha Trenoweth about a spontaneous birthday cruise that steered them perilously close to death by COVID-19.
5 min |
Christmas 2020
The Australian Women's Weekly
Charlize's GIFT
During her darkest days, Julie Gravina thought she’d never stop crying. Now, her daughter is preparing for her first Christmas concert and helping find a cure for the condition that nearly took her life. Genevieve Gannon reports.
10+ min |
Christmas 2020
The Australian Women's Weekly
Sue & Saroo Brierley - Heart Of A Lion
The extraordinary life of Saroo Brierley captured hearts around the world in the movie Lion, but very little has been known about his mother, Sue, until now. Samantha Trenoweth meets the ‘lioness’ whose fierce courage and unconditional love were forged in her own traumatic childhood.
10+ min |