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AGAINST ALL ODDS
The Australian Women's Weekly

AGAINST ALL ODDS

It's 20 years since 202 people were killed in bomb blasts in Bali. At the time, doctors believed Therese Fox would die from her injuries, but she defied the odds to continue life as a mother, a nurse and then a grandmother.

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9 mins  |
November 2022
Pliés, pirouettes & arabesques
The Australian Women's Weekly

Pliés, pirouettes & arabesques

As The Australian Ballet raises the curtain on its thrilling 60th anniversary season, The Weekly looks back at the beauty, magic, aesthetic genius and pioneer spirit that have garnered admiration around the world for our national company.

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1 min  |
November 2022
Dami Im "I feel I could explode with joy"
The Australian Women's Weekly

Dami Im "I feel I could explode with joy"

In a stellar 10-year career she has produced hit albums, wowed Eurovision and won the hearts of a nation. But as she releases her memoir, Dami Im reveals her greatest work is far more personal.

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7 mins  |
November 2022
My friend, Fred
The Australian Women's Weekly

My friend, Fred

It’s been 30 years since The Fred Hollows Foundation was established to help end avoidable blindness. As his friend Ray Martin reflects on this groundbreaking work, Fred’s legacy continues to change lives around the world.

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3 mins  |
November 2022
An outpouring of love
The Australian Women's Weekly

An outpouring of love

In death as in life, the Queen was a unifying force, bringing people together, and as the days counted down to the biggest funeral of the 21st century, our incomparable sovereign was enveloped in an uplifting aura of love.

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3 mins  |
November 2022
The Quiet Heart' of Oueen Elizabeth II 1926 - 2022
The Australian Women's Weekly

The Quiet Heart' of Oueen Elizabeth II 1926 - 2022

She was our longest-serving monarch - an inspirational sovereign, global icon and deft stateswoman with a gentle twinkle in her eye who selflessly dedicated her life to service and duty. Here we bid goodbye to Queen Elizabeth II and look at the girl and woman behind the crown.

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10+ mins  |
November 2022
Mother of the groom
The Australian Women's Weekly

Mother of the groom

A wedding is cause for celebration, and the McDermotts also embrace the chaos that ensues.

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2 mins  |
September 2022
A legacy of love and loss
The Australian Women's Weekly

A legacy of love and loss

A baby gets a loving home, a couple completes their family. Surely adoption is a happy event? But for many - those giving up a child, the child and the families who welcome them - it can be a lifelong journey of searching and healing. With as many as one in 15 Aussies impacted by adoption, we meet a service offering hope.

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10+ mins  |
September 2022
A BROKEN HEART
The Australian Women's Weekly

A BROKEN HEART

Cindy Gambino's world was shattered when her three young sons were killed by their own father. Seventeen years later, at the age of just 50, she died of...

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10 mins  |
September 2022
'I don't feel any different from the first day I rode'
The Australian Women's Weekly

'I don't feel any different from the first day I rode'

In Tokyo last year, she was Australia's oldest athlete, in any sport, ever to compete at the Olympic Games. But don't tell Mary Hanna that. The equestrian champion insists that age is just a number, and the best is yet to come.

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8 mins  |
September 2022
GEORGE and ME
The Australian Women's Weekly

GEORGE and ME

More than 20 years after the death of George Harrison, his wife, Olivia, is publishing a poetic memoir. At the stately home where they escaped Beatlemania, she remembers their life together.

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10+ mins  |
September 2022
The pampered life of pets
The Australian Women's Weekly

The pampered life of pets

With an industry that is now generating billions, Aussie 'pawrents' are showering their fur babies with extravagant gifts, yoga classes, luxury hotel stays and unprecedented adoration in life and in death.

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8 mins  |
September 2022
He gave me his heart, I gave him a kidney'
The Australian Women's Weekly

He gave me his heart, I gave him a kidney'

For Anne Schuller and her husband, Kym, a second chance at love also became a second chance at life.

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4 mins  |
September 2022
Why do you really have a headache?
The Australian Women's Weekly

Why do you really have a headache?

Finding the cause of your head pains your no more suffering in silence.

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6 mins  |
September 2022
Pieces of you
The Australian Women's Weekly

Pieces of you

Having skin cancers removed is so common it's almost a rite of passage for Australians. It's both a physical and an emotional journey, as author Phillipa McGuinness discovers.

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8 mins  |
September 2022
Catherine MOVES CENTRE STAGE
The Australian Women's Weekly

Catherine MOVES CENTRE STAGE

Since becoming the Duchess of Cambridge Il years ago, Catherine's rise has been slow and steady. But as her public role burgeons, the devoted mum of three is turning out to be the House of Windsor's quiet star.

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September 2022
ARIARNE TITMUS “I'm happier than I've ever been”
The Australian Women's Weekly

ARIARNE TITMUS “I'm happier than I've ever been”

Ahead of the Commonwealth Games, Ariarne Titmus invited The Weekly inside her home to meet the tight-knit family that is the secret to our green-and-golden girl's success.

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September 2022
My story Sailing solo
The Australian Women's Weekly

My story Sailing solo

In 2017 Lisa Blair became the first woman to sail solo around Antarctica. She nearly didn’t live to tell the tale. But those scrapes with death gave her the courage to make a second solo circumnavigation, and this time she broke the world record.

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6 mins  |
August 2022
Farewell, old friend
The Australian Women's Weekly

Farewell, old friend

Everybody needs good neighbours. That’s been the nightly reminder as the iconic Aussie series gripped audiences for 37 years. As Ramsay Street prepares to turn off the lights, we look back at how a little show that could took over the world.

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9 mins  |
August 2022
“For now, I’m concentrating on life’s beauty”
The Australian Women's Weekly

“For now, I’m concentrating on life’s beauty”

Fiona MacDonald has always loved life, whether sloshing around the It’s a Knockout set in gumboots, raising her sons or sleeping out under the stars. Now as she comes to terms with a diagnosis of motor neurone disease, she treasures every moment even more.

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8 mins  |
August 2022
Return to the wild
The Australian Women's Weekly

Return to the wild

When the eastern barred bandicoot was declared extinct in the wild in 2013, it seemed they would be lost forever. But today, after a lot of setbacks, things are finally looking up for this native creature.

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5 mins  |
August 2022
50 really is the new 30
The Australian Women's Weekly

50 really is the new 30

You can live younger, longer but if you are looking for a magic bullet, forget it. It all comes down to our brain-body connection.

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5 mins  |
August 2022
Paul Newman in pictures
The Australian Women's Weekly

Paul Newman in pictures

In a new book, eight photographers share rare, unseen images of the Hollywood legend. We were given an exclusive sneak peek – as well as the memories behind one set of snaps.

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4 mins  |
August 2022
Shelter from the storm
The Australian Women's Weekly

Shelter from the storm

In recent years, as a community, we’ve made a lot of noise about ending violence against women. But is it just that – noise? If we were truly determined to stop the violence, Anne Summers tells The Weekly, we would be much more serious about supporting those who risk everything to escape it.

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8 mins  |
August 2022
MAGDA At 61, I finally feel free'
The Australian Women's Weekly

MAGDA At 61, I finally feel free'

In a case of art finally mirroring life, Magda Szubanski is playing a Polish lesbian – albeit a butcher – in a new prime-time TV series. She sits down with The Weekly to talk about the long road towards self-acceptance on screen and off.

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10 mins  |
August 2022
A place to call home
The Australian Women's Weekly

A place to call home

Refugees from war-torn Afghanistan and Ukraine share their terrifying journeys to Australia and express their gratitude to the friends, family and ordinary Aussies who have helped them through.

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9 mins  |
August 2022
Inside the GALLERY OF LOST ART
The Australian Women's Weekly

Inside the GALLERY OF LOST ART

Picasso. Dali. Matisse. Just a few of the artists whose works have been stolen. In an exclusive interview with the head of Interpol’s stolen art unit, we learn the truth about the theft of the world’s most beautiful objects.

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7 mins  |
August 2022
Family is my everything
The Australian Women's Weekly

Family is my everything

She is Seven’s secret sporting weapon, the woman who can cover any game without missing a beat. But without the support of her family, says Mel McLaughlin, her career may never have happened.

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10 mins  |
August 2022
Meet the judges
The Australian Women's Weekly

Meet the judges

Has Ita Buttrose ever been mansplained to? What does Julie Bishop wish she could tell her younger self? This year’s Women of the Future judges share some wisdom they’ve picked up on the way to the top of their illustrious careers.

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5 mins  |
August 2022
The Nigella effect
The Australian Women's Weekly

The Nigella effect

At 62, Nigella Lawson is happier than she's ever been and learning to go with the flow, count her blessings and revel in her solitude.

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9 mins  |
August 2022