Lifestyle writer Shonagh Walker spends seven glorious days in Bali, discovering two very different, yet equally as blissful, vacation experiences.

Paying the bills might be a cinch when you’re taking home a regular pay check. But it pays to be prepared for the unexpected. It’s easy to think it’ll never happen to you. You’ll always be fit and able, capable of earning a living to pay the bills and provide for your family. But if […]

Question: My strawberry jam just won’t set, regardless of how long I boil it. What’s wrong? Strawberries are one of the fruits that is low in acid and pectin – both of which are required to make jam set; lemon juice can be added and the jam re-boiled until it jells when tasted. However, if […]

Swiping your credit card is easy, dealing with the repercussions are hard. It's time to show it who's boss.

Following the announcement of the new federal budget, we're hopeful of some benefits for our savings.

Question: Is there an easy way to peel garlic? To remove the skin from a garlic clove easily without having it stick to your fingers, smash each clove with the side of a large, heavy knife. Remove the skin, another solid whack on the clove will crush the garlic sufficiently to be used.

You might not have a personal stylist, perfect figure or any idea what suits you, but don’t despair. All you need to know is how to make the most of what you’ve got… It may sound extreme but, in the words of those famous style sirens, Trinny and Susannah, what you wear really can change […]

Hollywood’s full of ’em, but can relationships between older women and younger men ever work in the ‘real’ world? Demi Moore, 47, and Ashton Kutcher, 32. Madonna, 51, and Jesus Luz, 23. Mariah Carey, 41, and Nick Cannon, 29. Sam Taylor-Wood, 43, and Aaron Johnson, 19. The list of female celebrities dating considerably younger men […]

The Weekly explores the sights, sounds and adventure possibilities of the resort of Rotorua in New Zealand in its travel review feature.

The first grapes I fell in love with grew next to a tiny cafe on the shore of Crete: a concrete floor, a goat standing on a chair on a table to reach the grapes over the fence, a small cup of too-sweet coffee and above us the glory of grapes, green leaves and bees […]