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The Australian Women's Weekly

May 01 2020
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The Weekly is loved for its engaging features, delicious recipes and the best in beauty, fashion, homes, books and so much more.

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Happy Mother’s Day

Around the world

Back from the brink • TV’s MasterChef mum Julie Goodwin built a career doing what she loves best but, she tells Michael Sheather, the drive that helped make her a success also pushed her to the edge.

Love always wins • It wasn’t the wedding celebration they planned, but when Bindi Irwin and Chandler Powell exchanged vows in a private ceremony, it was the best day of their lives, writes Juliet Rieden.

OUR HEALTH CRISIS HEROES • They say a crisis brings out the best and the worst in humanity. The Weekly meets seven extraordinary Australians whose courage and kindness inspires us all.

Edwina BARTHOLOMEW And baby makes three • The arrival of daughter Molly has helped Edwina Bartholomew find some much-needed perspective. She invites Tiffany Dunk to the property where she and her new family have created a sanctuary from the world.

JESSUE You gotta have faith • Pentecostalism is growing so fast it could become the dominant Christian faith in Australia, and in Scott Morrison we’ve elected our first Pentecostal PM. Beverley Hadgraft discovers what’s firing the passion for this effusive Christianity.

Mother courage • Merle Thornton is a battler, an academic, an author and a woman who has made history. She and her screen star daughter Sigrid discuss their deep and complex mother-daughter bond with Jenny Brown.

My story What a near-fatal fall taught me about life • On a hike in the desert, Claire Nelson fell and broke her pelvis. Isolated and alone for days, she looked at death in the face and learned a lot about life.

Keep calm & carry on • The royal family has always been a beacon in times of national crisis and today’s “firm” has answered the call with the whole family playing its part, writes Juliet Rieden.

Harry & Meghan

Melbourne’s MOST WANTED • In 2012, Malka Leifer was charged with child sexual abuse in Australia. So why, eight years later, has she still not been extradited from Israel? Irris Makler meets the courageous sisters fighting for their day in court.

Lessons from the lockdown • Forced to self-isolate early, Samantha Trenoweth learns patience and pilates, and that it’s a small world after all.

Isolation mind hacks • Julie Catt’s tips for maintaining peace of mind.

Lockdown life support

The angel of Addis Ababa • She dedicated more than 60 years of her life to caring for Ethiopia’s most vulnerable women and their babies, and when Catherine Hamlin died aged 96, Australia lost a truly inspirational global treasure.

“Head over heels in love” • When recently single Kathy Lette met guitarist Brian O’Doherty she just had to “carpe the hell out of diem”. In a candid interview the couple talks to Juliet Rieden about finding love and laughter.

Imelda Marcos BORN TO RULE • In the 1970s and ’80s, Imelda Marcos’ name was synonymous with excess, as was her husband’s with a repressive, dictatorial regime in the Philippines. Now, at 90, the Marcos matriarch is back, and looking once again to become the power behind the president.

Famous faces

IMELDA MARCOS FASHION FACTS

Dr Bronwyn King • As a young oncologist Bronwyn King was shocked to watch the majority of her patients die from smoking-related cancer, so when she discovered most super funds were brazenly investing in the tobacco industry she had to take action.

Wish upon a star • Amanda’s making a list and checking it twice to make every mum’s dream day come true.

This too shall...


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Frequency: Monthly Pages: 188 Publisher: Are Media Pty Limited Edition: May 01 2020

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The Weekly is loved for its engaging features, delicious recipes and the best in beauty, fashion, homes, books and so much more.

Welcome!

This issue has inspired me to

Open line

In Brief NEWS BITES

Happy Mother’s Day

Around the world

Back from the brink • TV’s MasterChef mum Julie Goodwin built a career doing what she loves best but, she tells Michael Sheather, the drive that helped make her a success also pushed her to the edge.

Love always wins • It wasn’t the wedding celebration they planned, but when Bindi Irwin and Chandler Powell exchanged vows in a private ceremony, it was the best day of their lives, writes Juliet Rieden.

OUR HEALTH CRISIS HEROES • They say a crisis brings out the best and the worst in humanity. The Weekly meets seven extraordinary Australians whose courage and kindness inspires us all.

Edwina BARTHOLOMEW And baby makes three • The arrival of daughter Molly has helped Edwina Bartholomew find some much-needed perspective. She invites Tiffany Dunk to the property where she and her new family have created a sanctuary from the world.

JESSUE You gotta have faith • Pentecostalism is growing so fast it could become the dominant Christian faith in Australia, and in Scott Morrison we’ve elected our first Pentecostal PM. Beverley Hadgraft discovers what’s firing the passion for this effusive Christianity.

Mother courage • Merle Thornton is a battler, an academic, an author and a woman who has made history. She and her screen star daughter Sigrid discuss their deep and complex mother-daughter bond with Jenny Brown.

My story What a near-fatal fall taught me about life • On a hike in the desert, Claire Nelson fell and broke her pelvis. Isolated and alone for days, she looked at death in the face and learned a lot about life.

Keep calm & carry on • The royal family has always been a beacon in times of national crisis and today’s “firm” has answered the call with the whole family playing its part, writes Juliet Rieden.

Harry & Meghan

Melbourne’s MOST WANTED • In 2012, Malka Leifer was charged with child sexual abuse in Australia. So why, eight years later, has she still not been extradited from Israel? Irris Makler meets the courageous sisters fighting for their day in court.

Lessons from the lockdown • Forced to self-isolate early, Samantha Trenoweth learns patience and pilates, and that it’s a small world after all.

Isolation mind hacks • Julie Catt’s tips for maintaining peace of mind.

Lockdown life support

The angel of Addis Ababa • She dedicated more than 60 years of her life to caring for Ethiopia’s most vulnerable women and their babies, and when Catherine Hamlin died aged 96, Australia lost a truly inspirational global treasure.

“Head over heels in love” • When recently single Kathy Lette met guitarist Brian O’Doherty she just had to “carpe the hell out of diem”. In a candid interview the couple talks to Juliet Rieden about finding love and laughter.

Imelda Marcos BORN TO RULE • In the 1970s and ’80s, Imelda Marcos’ name was synonymous with excess, as was her husband’s with a repressive, dictatorial regime in the Philippines. Now, at 90, the Marcos matriarch is back, and looking once again to become the power behind the president.

Famous faces

IMELDA MARCOS FASHION FACTS

Dr Bronwyn King • As a young oncologist Bronwyn King was shocked to watch the majority of her patients die from smoking-related cancer, so when she discovered most super funds were brazenly investing in the tobacco industry she had to take action.

Wish upon a star • Amanda’s making a list and checking it twice to make every mum’s dream day come true.

This too shall...


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