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The Australian Women's Weekly
The kitchen of kindness
The Weekly meets Aunty Beryl Van-Oploo, whose compassion and vision have inspired Michelin-starred chefs and kids on the streets of Redfern.
9 min |
July 2025
The Australian Women's Weekly
JOIN the CROWD
As rates of loneliness soar, building community is more important for our health than ever.
5 min |
July 2025
The Australian Women's Weekly
Body language
Could those random symptoms you've been shrugging off be a sign of something more serious?
4 min |
July 2025
The Australian Women's Weekly
Making a splash
Inspired by The Weekly's children's birthday cake cookbook, we've made a mini version of the iconic Swimming Pool cake, and reveal how this favourite came together.
1 min |
July 2025
The Australian Women's Weekly
JACINDA ARDERN ‘I'm more present as a mum now’
In a new memoir, the former NZ Prime Minister reveals a deeply personal journey from small town Mormon girl to global political icon.
10+ min |
July 2025
The Australian Women's Weekly
The royal network
These four young women are poised to become queens in their respective European nations. Little wonder they've banded together to help each other grapple with friendships and their futures, along with the responsibilities of the crown.
9 min |
July 2025
The Australian Women's Weekly
NOWHERE TO TURN
At some point, every single Australian will experience mental ill-health or know someone who has. But an investigation by The Weekly exposes the flaws of a mental healthcare system that is under-resourced, understaffed and under-appreciated. We meet the dedicated people on the frontline struggling to save lives.
10+ min |
July 2025
The Australian Women's Weekly
My friend the Pope
Australian Father Dave Austin shares memories of his friend and colleague, Cardinal Prevost, who is now Pope Leo XIV.
2 min |
July 2025
The Australian Women's Weekly
FIRE ON THE ICE
Fifty years ago, two talented teenagers - Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean - formed a partnership which revolutionised ice dancing. Now they're preparing to hang up their skates - but not before a trip Down Under to share a final blaze of glory.
8 min |
July 2025
The Australian Women's Weekly
LIP SERVICE
Soft, smudgy and effortless, a picture-perfect pout is easy to nail.
1 min |
July 2025
The Australian Women's Weekly
The great escape
Reading a great book transports us to other times, places and adventures. But how on earth do you make time to get around to all of them?
3 min |
July 2025
The Australian Women's Weekly
Getting her hands dirty
Trailblazing scientist Dr Mary Cole has dedicated her life to teaching farmers how to care for the land. And now she has received one of agriculture's highest honours.
4 min |
July 2025
The Australian Women's Weekly
WHO KILLED THE BEAUMONT CHILDREN?
It was the missing persons case that stole our innocence – three children snatched from an Adelaide beach in broad daylight on Australia Day, 1966. Now, almost 60 years later, an amateur sleuth and a retired police detective believe they have finally identified the man who abducted the Beaumont children.
7 min |
July 2025
The Australian Women's Weekly
Maggie's kitchen
Maggie Beer's delicious veg patties - perfect for lunch, dinner or a snack - plus a simple nostalgic pudding with fresh passionfruit.
1 min |
January 2025
The Australian Women's Weekly
Reclaim your brain
Attention span short? Thoughts foggy? Memory full of gaps? Brigid Moss investigates the latest ways to sharpen your thinking.
5 min |
January 2025
The Australian Women's Weekly
The girls from Oz
Melbourne music teacher Judith Curphey challenged the patriarchy when she started Australia's first all-girls choir. Forty years later that bold vision has 6500 members, life-changing programs and a new branch of the sisterhood in Singapore.
9 min |
January 2025
The Australian Women's Weekly
One kid can change the world
In 2018, 10-year-old Jack Berne started A Fiver for a Farmer to raise funds for drought relief. He and mum Prue share what happened next.
5 min |
January 2025
The Australian Women's Weekly
AFTER THE WAVE
Twenty years ago, the Boxing Day tsunami tore across the Indian Ocean, shredding towns, villages and holiday resorts, and killing hundreds of thousands of people from Indonesia to Africa. Three Australians share their memories of terror, loss and survival with The Weekly.
8 min |
January 2025
The Australian Women's Weekly
PATRICIA KARVELAS How childhood tragedy shaped me
Patricia Karvelas hustled hard to chase her dreams, but it wasn't easy. In a deeply personal interview, the ABC host talks about family loss, finding love, battles fought and motherhood.
10 min |
January 2025
The Australian Women's Weekly
Ripe for the picking
Buy a kilo or two of fresh Australian apricots because they're at their peak sweetness now and take inspiration from our lush recipe ideas that showcase this divine stone fruit.
5 min |
January 2025
The Australian Women's Weekly
Your stars for 2025
The Weekly’s astrologer, Lilith Rocha, reveals what’s in store for your astrological sign in 2025. For your monthly horoscope, turn to page 192.
10 min |
January 2025
The Australian Women's Weekly
MEL SCHILLING Cancer made me look at myself differently'
One year on from going public with her bowel cancer diagnosis, Mel Schilling reveals where she's at with her health journey and how it's changed her irrevocably.
9 min |
January 2025
The Australian Women's Weekly
Nothing like this Dame Judi
A few weeks before her 90th birthday, the acting legend jumped on a phone call with The Weekly to talk about her extraordinary life – and what’s still to come.
10 min |
January 2025
The Australian Women's Weekly
BIRTH CRISIS IN THE BUSH
The health of mothers and babies is being put at risk by regional maternity services that are no longer fit for use.
10+ min |
January 2025
The Australian Women's Weekly
WHAT I'VE LEARNT ABOUT...
New Year's resolutions
3 min |
January 2025
The Australian Women's Weekly
Vale, 1936-2024 Maggie T
At The Weekly Maggie Tabberer was and remains our guiding light - the epitome of elegance with a whip-smart intellect, naughty sense of fun and innate kindness. She was a one-off.
6 min |
January 2025
The Australian Women's Weekly
Hitting a nerve
Regulating the vagus nerve with its links to depression, anxiety, arthritis and diabetes - could aid physical and mental wellbeing.
5 min |
July 2024
The Australian Women's Weekly
Take me to the river
With a slew of new schedules and excursions to explore, the latest river cruises promise to give you experiences and sights you won’t see on the ocean.
4 min |
July 2024
The Australian Women's Weekly
The last act
When family patriarch Tom Edwards passes away, his children must come together to build his coffin in four days, otherwise they will lose their inheritance. Can they put their sibling rivalry aside?
8 min |
July 2024
The Australian Women's Weekly
MEET RUSSIA'S BRAVEST WOMEN
When Alexei Navalny died in a brutal Arctic prison, Vladimir Putin thought he had triumphed over his most formidable opponent. Until three courageous women - Alexei's mother, wife and daughter - took up his fight for freedom.
8 min |