Womens-interest
The Australian Women's Weekly
Lisa Wilkinson For The Love Of Mum
An emotional journey to trace her family history saw Lisa Wilkinson discover the strength that can come from great hardship, and the enduring power of a mother’s love. She lays herself bare to Tiffany Dunk.
10+ min |
June 2020
The Australian Women's Weekly
I AM STRONG
These six inspiring women prove that physical and emotional strength are ageless as they smash records and conquer goals
4 min |
June 2020
The Australian Women's Weekly
Love letters to Kim
Earlier this year, a letter arrived on our editor’s desk, written by a reader, Carol Flanagan, about her much-loved elderly neighbour, Kim, and her correspondence with servicemen during the Second World War. We were so moved by Kim’s love letters and Carol’s reflections we decided to share them in full.
10 min |
June 2020
The Australian Women's Weekly
Pia du Pradal POWER DRESSING
Her smart, striking suits have been present at some of the most significant events in Australia’s recent history. Susan Chenery meets Pia du Pradal who, with collaborator, traditional artist Louise Numina Napanangka, is taking Australian design to the world.
9 min |
June 2020
The Australian Women's Weekly
Lisa McCune MODERN FAMILY
With three teenage kids, Lisa McCune knows a thing or two about family comedy. Happily single, she talks to Susan Horsburgh about life in the time of COVID-19, the complexity of parenting, and learning to ignore the critics.
10+ min |
June 2020
The Australian Women's Weekly
The compassion cure
Anxiety has become an emotional pandemic and the world is desperate for a cure. Samantha Trenoweth meets a new wave of psychotherapists who believe a dose of good, old-fashioned compassion just might do the trick.
10 min |
June 2020
The Australian Women's Weekly
Baby Mackenzie's lasting legacy - Rachael & Jonny CASELLA
When Rachael and Jonny Casella’s baby was diagnosed with a fatal illness, they chose love over loss. Here Rachael tells Juliet Rieden how she turned tragedy into hope.
10+ min |
June 2020
The Australian Women's Weekly
COURAGE UNDER FIRE - Annette HOLIAN
RAAF Group Captain Annette Holian has mended bones in the wake of the Boxing Day tsunami and come under fire from the Taliban. Sue Smethurst meets a trailblazing orthopaedic surgeon who has travelled to hell and back to save lives.
8 min |
June 2020
The Australian Women's Weekly
A family affair
The McClymonts have won 13 Golden Guitars, two ARIAs and achieved multi-platinum record sales. Yet the sisters and their mum Toni tell Jenny Brown, their greatest achievement has been juggling motherhood and career.
10+ min |
June 2020
The Australian Women's Weekly
Imelda Marcos Born To Shop Rule
In the 1970s and ’80s, Imelda Marcos’ name was synonymous with excess, as was her husband’s with a repressive, dictatorial regime in the Philippines. Now, at 90, the Marcos matriarch is back, and looking once again to become the power behind the president. William Langley reports.
9 min |
May 2020
The Australian Women's Weekly
Keep Calm & Carry On!
The royal family has always been a beacon in times of national crisis and today’s “firm” has answered the call with the whole family playing its part, writes Juliet Rieden.
10 min |
May 2020
The Australian Women's Weekly
Our Health Crisis Heroes
They say a crisis brings out the best and the worst in humanity. The Weekly meets seven extraordinary Australians whose courage and kindness inspires us all.
10+ min |
May 2020
The Australian Women's Weekly
Bindi & Chandler Love Always Wins
It wasn’t the wedding celebration they planned, but when Bindi Irwin and Chandler Powell exchanged vows in a private ceremony, it was the best day of their lives, writes Juliet Rieden.
5 min |
May 2020
The Australian Women's Weekly
You gotta have faith
Pentecostalism is growing so fast it could become the dominant Christian faith in Australia, and in Scott Morrison we’ve elected our first Pentecostal PM. Beverley Hadgraft discovers what’s firing the passion for this effusive Christianity.
10+ min |
May 2020
The Australian Women's Weekly
Sparkling Sapphire Coast
When travel and social restrictions are lifted, we’ll all be wanting to get out and about. Robin Hill has the perfect suggestion.
3 min |
May 2020
The Australian Women's Weekly
Mother courage
Merle Thornton is a battler, an academic, an author and a woman who has made history. She and her screen star daughter Sigrid discuss their deep and complex mother-daughter bond with Jenny Brown.
10 min |
May 2020
The Australian Women's Weekly
Dr Bronwyn King
As a young oncologist Bronwyn King was shocked to watch the majority of her patients die from smoking-related cancer, so when she discovered most super funds were brazenly investing in the tobacco industry she had to take action.
9 min |
May 2020
The Australian Women's Weekly
Edwina BARTHOLOMEW And baby makes three
The arrival of daughter Molly has helped Edwina Bartholomew find some much-needed perspective. She invites Tiffany Dunk to the property where she and her new family have created a sanctuary from the world.
10+ min |
May 2020
The Australian Women's Weekly
Back from the brink
TV’s MasterChef mum Julie Goodwin built a career doing what she loves best but, she tells Michael Sheather, the drive that helped make her a success also pushed her to the edge.
10+ min |
May 2020
The Australian Women's Weekly
Helen Mirren The Great Beauty Myth
Dame Helen Mirren has been grappling with ideals of beauty and the exasperating ‘sexy’ tag since the beginning of her career, and as she approaches 75 she says it’s time to break free. Juliet Rieden reports.
8 min |
April 2020
The Australian Women's Weekly
“I'M A CONTROL FREAK”
The king of culinary TV, Gordon Ramsay, is serving up Master Chef Australia’s 12th season and its three new judges. A dad again at 53, he tells Susan Horsburgh about freaking out in the delivery room, his caveman image, and trying to raise normal kids, despite the family fortune.
10 min |
April 2020
The Australian Women's Weekly
The language of love
He calls himself The Crazy Bull but his passion for food and family has made him a TV favourite. Tiffany Dunk meets Miguel Maestre and Sascha, the woman who tamed him.
10 min |
April 2020
The Australian Women's Weekly
Mum's PRECIOUS LEGACY
When Lorraine Wood died she left the most important thing in her world to her daughters’ care. Fleur Wood and Frances Hansen tell Juliet Rieden why they feel privileged to keep their mother’s spirit burning bright.
10 min |
April 2020
The Australian Women's Weekly
Out of the Shadows
Hilde Hinton was “the other sister” in the background as her siblings, Connie and Samuel Johnson, raised millions to fight cancer, but now she is stepping out with a heartbreaking novel inspired by the mother her siblings never knew, writes Susan Horsburgh.
7 min |
April 2020
The Australian Women's Weekly
THE DEVIL YOU KNOW
When police declared Renae Marsden had committed suicide, her parents refused to believe it. As they tell Genevieve Gannon, their quest to uncover the truth revealed a darker force at play.
10+ min |
April 2020
The Australian Women's Weekly
Breaking the poverty cycle
With their Learning for Life program, The Smith Family changes lives across multiple generations, writes Tiffany Dunk.
3 min |
April 2020
The Australian Women's Weekly
Talking to strangers
In a world of increasing social isolation and staggering rates of loneliness, Genevieve Gannon finds the cure may be the simple art of small talk.
10 min |
April 2020
The Australian Women's Weekly
Osher GÜNSBERG: The pursuit of happiness
He’s the king of reality romance, helping lovelorn singles on their path to find true love. But, Osher Günsberg tells Tiffany Dunk, his own happily ever after didn’t come without a price.
10 min |
April 2020
The Australian Women's Weekly
'Adversity can be your friend'
After a tough six months Sarah, Duchess of York talks to Juliet Rieden about courage, loneliness, her compassionate daughters and the childhood dreaming that inspired her magical new children’s books.
9 min |
April 2020
The Australian Women's Weekly
Tayla Harris
To mark International Women’s Day this month, we are launching our Women to Watch in 2020 series. And what better way to kick it off than with the AFLW superstar and campaigner for women and girls who is now an Our Watch Ambassador.
7 min |