By Jo Knowsley Pictures: Oscar Kornyei Steve and Sharon Doble were overwhelmed by grief when their five-year-old son Jeremy was taken by a crocodile. In this moving interview they reveal what happened on that tragic day, and why they don’t want the croc destroyed. When Sharon and Steve Doble moved to the Daintree Rainforest five […]

By Glen Williams Pictures: Andrew Jacob These TV favourites graced our screens for decades — and today their legends live on. They’re the stars of two of Australia’s most fondly remembered TV commercials. They were in our faces and under our skin for over two decades — Madge, the mad beautician who’d make her unsuspecting […]

When John died, it was the speed of it all that stunned me at first. He’d been feeling a bit tired and generally under the weather and I’d told him firmly to go to the doctor, but I was convinced he was nurturing a diplomatic flu, as he was fed up at work. He was […]

By Dorothy Whittington The nation was saddened when 12-year-old Brandi Allen died in the Queensland floods. Here her mum Deanna talks about losing her little girl. When police knocked on her door on a wet Easter Monday afternoon, Deanna Allen immediately thought something had happened to her 17-year-old son, James. It never crossed her mind […]

It all started when my boyfriend of eight years broke up with me. I had planned to spend the rest of my life with him so it was very difficult for me to contemplate life without him. Even though I tried to get past it, I began to feel depressed. I would often think very […]

Pictures: Ray Messner As police close in on the arsonist believed responsible for the fatal Marysville fire, we reunite with the locals we first met in 2002. In 2002, Woman’s Day went to Marysville to meet the residents and find out why this mountain retreat was such a loved part of Australia. We found a […]

By Sarah Gawthorne Pictures: David Hahn. Make-up: Deanne Dority. When Stephanie Martin’s sick sister needed help, she bravely volunteered, despite the risks. Cradling her two-month-old baby boy in her arms, Stephanie Martin is clearly mesmerised by her tiny bundle. Steph’s sister Jessica sits by her side, and as the loving mum and devoted aunty coo […]

My neighbour, Deb, was extremely proud of her two sons — and didn’t she want everyone to know about it! At 8 and 11 years old, they were the cockiest, most arrogant children I had ever met, and all because their parents never disciplined them for any of the reckless antics young boys are known […]

By Glen Williams Pictures: David Hahn Her name may not be recorded on the honour roles, but Dorothy Stewart’s heartfelt words can still be heard every Anzac Day. On any given Anzac Day you’ll hear the strains of Now Is The Hour ringing out with gusto from beer-stained bars and RSL Clubs across Australia and […]