Meet The Women Of The Year

Whether leading with courage, fighting for change or making us smile, these inspirational women have risen to the challenge in 2020. A round of applause for the game-changers and hope-makers

- Sarah Grant, Kathryn Madden And Alley Pascoe

HEALTHCARE WORKERS ON THE FRONTLINE OF COVID-19

Healthcare workers are not heroes. Such is the stance of medical professionals across the globe as they fight COVID. Healthcare workers are not superhuman; they’re real people with real pain, fears, and emotions, who’ve been thrust onto the frontline of a deadly pandemic. And we salute them.

It’s been nearly 300 days since Australia reported its first case of the novel coronavirus, which was found in Melbourne. Since then, the women pictured here – nurses at The Royal Melbourne Hospital – have worked in a pressure-cooker environment. They’ve endured grueling hours, PPE shortages, and periods of separation from loved ones, and they’ve watched patients suffer and die without family at their bedside. At the time of print, Australia’s death toll was 905.