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Finding Hope In The Ashes
The Australian Women's Weekly

Finding Hope In The Ashes

A decade ago, author Ella Holcombe lost her parents and childhood home in the Black Saturday bushfires. Despite the unimaginable tragedy, Susan Horsburgh finds it has inspired healing and hope.

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8 mins  |
February 2019
Brave Heart
The Australian Women's Weekly

Brave Heart

When her husband committed suicide, Gurjit Sondhu had three choices. She could return to India, she could buckle beneath the grief or she could manage the farm herself. In the end, the choice was easy. Gurjit revs up the ute and takes Heather Ewart and Karen Michelmore on a tour of her farm.

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10+ mins  |
February 2019
Love, Luck & Impossible Sadness
The Australian Women's Weekly

Love, Luck & Impossible Sadness

At 84, chat show king Sir Michael Parkinson is flying back to his second home, Australia, for a stage show in which his son, Mike, turns the tables to interview him. Here both Michaels open up to Juliet Rieden about the towering highs and dark lows of a very lucky life.

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August 2019
It's What's Inside That Counts
The Australian Women's Weekly

It's What's Inside That Counts

Osteoporosis is inevitable bone thinning and there’s little we can do about it, right? Wrong. Doctors want us to know that knowledge is power, you can make a difference and there are treatments that work.

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August 2019
Miss You More
The Australian Women's Weekly

Miss You More

When Loren O’Keeffe’s brother went missing, she dedicated years of her life to finding him. Sue Smethurst meets the tireless advocate for those whose loved ones have vanished.

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August 2019
Archie's Day Of Joy
The Australian Women's Weekly

Archie's Day Of Joy

Prince Harry and Meghan looked totally smitten with baby son Archie following his private and intimate christening, writes Juliet Rieden.

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August 2019
I Wouldn't Let Them Break Me
The Australian Women's Weekly

I Wouldn't Let Them Break Me

Debbie Kilroy’s journey from criminal to lawyer has earned her an Order of Australia. But Susan Chenery finds this feisty advocate will never forget her sisters inside.

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March 2019
Long Live Love
The Australian Women's Weekly

Long Live Love

Australia’s oldest married couple first met as teenagers on the Adelaide streets. After 80 years together, centenarians Ron and Esther Collings tell Bronwyn Phillips that a healthy sense of individuality is the key to a successful marriage.

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March 2019
Crime And Punishment
The Australian Women's Weekly

Crime And Punishment

Forget running in heels – the unfashionable curse of middle age has left many flat-footed.

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March 2019
'I'm Still Proving Myself'
The Australian Women's Weekly

'I'm Still Proving Myself'

She is one of the world’s greatest actresses, yet Judi Dench is still striving to be better. In an extraordinary exclusive interview, the “naughty” 82-year-old talks to Louise Gannon about finding love again, her famous friends and the joy of playing Queen Victoria.

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October 2017
Many Happier Returns
The Australian Women's Weekly

Many Happier Returns

If you want to prosper in a time of historic low interest rates, don’t tie up your funds in a bank account, writes Money magazine founding.

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October 2017
To Our Girls, He's Just Daddy
The Australian Women's Weekly

To Our Girls, He's Just Daddy

When Michael Bellert suffered an aneurysm at 30, the prognosis was bleak. His only option was aged care, but wife Lauren had other ideas. She tells Susan Horsburgh why the young need to be kept out of nursing homes.

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October 2017
Reasons To Be Glad
The Australian Women's Weekly

Reasons To Be Glad

For a riot of blooming colour in your garden this summer, you can’t go past the hardy gladioli.

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November 2017
Maggie's Good Medicine
The Australian Women's Weekly

Maggie's Good Medicine

Maggie Beer fiercely believes that good food can dramatically improve our quality of life – particularly as we age. Now, writes Genevieve Gannon, TV’s favourite cook is teaming up with a leading expert to combat Alzheimer’s disease.

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November 2017
Madam President?
The Australian Women's Weekly

Madam President?

The 2020 US election will mark 100 years since women won the vote in America and waiting in the wings to fight Trump are three incredible female Democrats, hoping to celebrate the anniversary with a woman in the White House. Nick Bryant investigates.

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7 mins  |
May 2018
It's A Figging Nightmare
The Australian Women's Weekly

It's A Figging Nightmare

Coming from a long line of green thumbs is no guarantee that caring for an indoor plant will be easy.

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May 2018
Natalie Joyce Invincible
The Australian Women's Weekly

Natalie Joyce Invincible

In this exclusive interview, the former second lady, Natalie Joyce, breaks her silence, opening up to Lizzie Wilson about the worst two years of her life, the moment she confronted her husband’s mistress and how the love and support of the greater rural community ultimately saved her.

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July 2018
Everything To Live For
The Australian Women's Weekly

Everything To Live For

More Australian children and young people die from suicide than any other cause. Genevieve Gannon meets a courageous young woman, Molly Koning, who has battled mental health issues all her life and tried to take her own life more than once. For the first time in a long while, she is looking to the future and wants to give others a sense of hope.

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July 2018
Take Me Back To The Country
The Australian Women's Weekly

Take Me Back To The Country

In the aftermath of a personal “year from hell”, ABC presenter Heather Ewart re urns to the country to revive and unwind. She takes Wendy Squires on a tour of the back roads of Murchison, her childhood home town.

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July 2018
Nicole Kidman Love, Laughter & Lies
The Australian Women's Weekly

Nicole Kidman Love, Laughter & Lies

The Aussie star opens up to Jenny Cooney about her career renaissance, the power of female friendships and the joy of finding true love later in life.

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April 2018
When Sally Met Sally
The Australian Women's Weekly

When Sally Met Sally

World-champion hurdler Sally Pearson, perhaps Australia’s greatest track-and-field athlete, talks to Lizzie Wilson about the father she refuses to acknowledge, her battle with anxiety and why she handed over the coaching reins to the person she trusts most – herself.

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April 2018
The Wedding Singers
The Australian Women's Weekly

The Wedding Singers

Beccy Cole and Libby O’Donovan’s romance featured all the joy of a country music love song, and on their wedding day, they invited Samantha Trenoweth along to celebrate.

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April 2018
Why? The Senseless Killing Of Justine Damond
The Australian Women's Weekly

Why? The Senseless Killing Of Justine Damond

The Aussie meditation coach was inexplicably shot by a US cop weeks before her wedding. Nick Bryant looks into what happened that night in Minneapolis and asks why US police shootings are so routine.

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September 2017
Credit Card Smarts
The Australian Women's Weekly

Credit Card Smarts

Do you always max out your credit cards? Money magazine founding editor Pam Walkley shows how to avoid spiralling debt by using your plastic wisely.

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September 2017
Jennifer Byrne's Voyage To The Ice
The Australian Women's Weekly

Jennifer Byrne's Voyage To The Ice

Wild, silent, awe-inspiring ... Antarctica entrances Jennifer Byrne, even though it’s her fifth trip to this end of the world.

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September 2017
In Season Citrus Fruit
The Australian Women's Weekly

In Season Citrus Fruit

Our food experts, Fran Abdallaoui and Pamela Clark, make the most of citrus, in abundance now.

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1 min  |
September 2017
Back-Seat Muncher
The Australian Women's Weekly

Back-Seat Muncher

The family Tarago may be a dumping ground for her kids’ leftover everything, but Amanda Blair is grateful to a stowaway who nibbles without quibbles.

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September 2017
Rebecca Gibney - I've Got A New Lease On Life
The Australian Women's Weekly

Rebecca Gibney - I've Got A New Lease On Life

She’s been one of our best-loved stars for more than three decades. Yet as a young actor Rebecca Gibney was consumed by self-doubt and insecurities. Now in the best form of her life, she tells Susan Horsburgh about friendship, love and surviving in TV.

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9 mins  |
June 2017
The Real Camilla
The Australian Women's Weekly

The Real Camilla

As she approaches her 70th birthday, the Duchess of Cornwall invited The Weekly to spend two weeks criss-crossing Britain with her. In a candid profile, Juliet Rieden discovers the royal’s private under-the-radar missions, her uncompromising fervour for women’s rights and her wicked sense of fun. Friends also tell of Camilla’s pain following the tragic death of her brother, and the deep, deep love at the heart of her marriage to Prince Charles.

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June 2017
Mary Coustas - The Miracle Was That I Didn't Give Up Trying
The Australian Women's Weekly

Mary Coustas - The Miracle Was That I Didn't Give Up Trying

Mary Coustas’ daughter, Jamie, just might have been the most longed-for little girl in the world, and now she’s one of the most loved. Mary talks to Samantha Trenoweth about the taboos she confronted on her heartbreaking IVF journey, and about the surprises that motherhood brings.

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June 2017