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Terri Irwin is so beautiful, fragile, and strong. Despite the overwhelming sadness that prompted our meeting, I spent one of the most inspired, loving Sunday afternoons of my career. I came away completely shattered by Terri’s grief, overwhelmed by her immense strength and unshakeable faith, humbled by her generosity and big heart despite it being […]

Ray Martin tells Woman’s Day: “Terri is a broken woman who’s lost the love of her life.” Terri Irwin is tough, brave and courageous. She’s also brittle and feeble, like someone who has been in hospital for three months — one of the most harrowing interviews I’ve done. What struck me most is this is […]

Larrikin, conservationist, snake wrangler, croc hunter, TV star, husband and dad. Steve Irwin was all of these. He may have been born in the suburbs of Melbourne, but his heart was firmly in the wild. And the wilder and more dangerous the animals, the better he seemed to like it. Sadly, on September 4, Steve […]

To make flowers Make 10 flowers for throw, two for a headband or one for each belt square. Make a slip knot, leaving a tail of 6cm and slip loop onto a 4mm crochet hook. Start with 6 ch and ss to form into ring. Make 5 ch to start Round 1. Make 1 tr […]

Exclusive extract from Belly Dancing for Beginners by Liz Byrski (published by Pan Macmillan Australia). Gayle had cried so long and so hard that her face burned, her throat ached and her body felt drained by the intensity of her emotions. She had wept for the loss of her daughter, the yawning gap of the […]

There will never be another bloke like Steve Irwin. He was out-of-the-box. A unique Australian who turned croc hunting and conservation into fame and fortune as a TV star — and “Crikey!” into a national catchcry. In America, khaki-clad Steve was a super-hero. In Australia, he was a loveable larrikin who was able to gain […]

Denmark’s long, lazy days of summer will soon be drawing to a close, and for Crown Princess Mary, wife of one future king and mother of another, the first whiff of a sterner reality hangs in the air. At Grasten Palace, the royal family’s favourite summer residence, the Australian-born princess has recently enjoyed an idyllic […]

Exclusive extract from Listen by Kate Veitch (published by Viking/Penguin). They were plump, meaty birds, Rosemarie admitted grudgingly as she shoved in handfuls of stuffing. The rich creamy-yellow colour of the plucked skin was testament to their short but happy lives, in a generous yard with good food and plenty of it, and they would […]

They’ve been together for 20 years and now they reveal the reasons they’ve never tied the knot Survivor’s motto is ‘Outwit, Outplay, Outlast’ and for PR executive Mel Bell, 48, that’s exactly what life has been like with the man Australia loves to hate, Ian ‘Dicko’ Dickson. Their long-term partnership has seen its fair share […]

Princess Mary’s brave, radiant smile hides a secret heartbreak. Desperately longing for a second child, she has reached crisis point, with the much-loved royal confiding to friends, “I need a miracle.” Mary has been desperately trying for baby number two, but despite a series of hopeful false alarms, she has failed to conceive. Those close […]