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Great Scott!
The Australian Women's Weekly

Great Scott!

Denise Scott is off to Nashville to celebrate Christmas, country music and the fruits of her own fine parenting.

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1 min  |
XMAS 2022
Christmas, our way
The Australian Women's Weekly

Christmas, our way

From Chinese banquets to backyard barbecues, how we celebrate the holidays around Australia is unique to every family. We catch up with some of our favourite stars to hear how they mark the most wonderful time of the year.

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3 mins  |
XMAS 2022
A break away hit
The Australian Women's Weekly

A break away hit

No longer the place tourists bypass on the way to the Great Ocean Road, Geelong is a fun, hip destination in its own right, plus a gateway to the indulgent Bellarine Peninsula.

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4 mins  |
November 2022
Love and lies
The Australian Women's Weekly

Love and lies

Pippa is living the dream - handsome hubby Gabe, two sweet daughters and a stunning house perched on a beachside cliff. But then it all goes wrong and a web of secrets unravels in the thrilling new novel from bestselling Aussie author Sally Hepworth.

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9 mins  |
November 2022
The art of complaining
The Australian Women's Weekly

The art of complaining

Making a fuss. Whining. Grumbling. Complaining is often looked at as a negative, but if you learn how to finesse the art, great things can happen.

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4 mins  |
November 2022
The LONG HAUL
The Australian Women's Weekly

The LONG HAUL

Brain fog, sleeplessness and debilitating fatigue can linger months after contracting coronavirus, but researchers are closing in on the Long COVID puzzle.

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8 mins  |
November 2022
Always in fashion
The Australian Women's Weekly

Always in fashion

After a glorious debut in 1962, Fashions on the Field faced a few hurdles. But keeping one fashionable step ahead of the trend is in the contest's DNA.

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1 min  |
November 2022
Taking flight
The Australian Women's Weekly

Taking flight

As the wedding of the year approaches, memories of trips past come flying back.

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2 mins  |
November 2022
Car troubles
The Australian Women's Weekly

Car troubles

As the daughter of a used-car salesman, our columnist has honed negotiations to a fine art. Or has she?

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3 mins  |
November 2022
HIGH TEA WITH Sarah Ferguson
The Australian Women's Weekly

HIGH TEA WITH Sarah Ferguson

The feted investigative journalist and new host on ABC's 7:30 ponders naughty school days in historic England, a jealous boyfriend followed by the thunderbolt of love at first sight in Paris, and giggly conversations with her late mother.

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9 mins  |
November 2022
The naked truth
The Australian Women's Weekly

The naked truth

After a rocky start to the year, and another brush with cancer, Heather Mitchell is celebrating friendship and family, true love and a career that is just hitting its stride.

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10 mins  |
November 2022
STAR MAN
The Australian Women's Weekly

STAR MAN

Elon Musk is the wealthiest man in the world and perhaps the most eccentric, but with his Aussie girlfriend out of sight for months could he also be the loneliest?

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9 mins  |
November 2022
"We're entering a new phase of our lives"
The Australian Women's Weekly

"We're entering a new phase of our lives"

For many, abandoning the city for a rural retreat became a happy by-product of lockdowns. But this beautiful sheep station owned by veteran newsreader Mark Ferguson and his wife, Jayne, is far from a hobby. We talk to the couple about their changing family dynamic and rekindling childhood passions.

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10 mins  |
November 2022
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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10+ mins  |
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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10+ mins  |
September 2022