Parents might say they don’t have favourites, but research shows they are lying. Jordan Baker reports on the science of parental preference and its life-long effects. When US writer Kate Tietje confessed that she loved her son “just a little bit more” than her daughter, she provoked an enormous response. Yet, surprisingly, there was more […]

As a feisty 16-year-old, Cassi van den Dungen earned the runner-up title on Australia’s Next Top Model — and notoriety after turning down a New York modelling contract. Three years on, Cassi talks for the first time about the arrival of her son, Drake, and why his cleft palate doesn’t make him any less perfect. […]

Researchers at the University of Sydney have come up with yet another reason for you to ban your kids from drinking soft drinks — it’s bad for their hearts. The study of 2000 12-year-olds found that children who consumed one or more fizzy drinks a day were at greater risk of developing heart disease later […]

John Meyer Frey was just seventeen years old when he was sentenced to die for the murder of his girlfriend.

The Duke of Edinburgh has once again shown an aversion to modern politically correct ways when he asked a disabled man on a mobility scooter if he had run anyone over recently. Ninety-year-old Prince Philip was in Redbridge taking part in the Queen’s diamond jubilee UK tour when he approached 60-year-old well-wisher David Miller, who […]

Camilla the Duchess of Cornwall and Crown Princess Mary were in fits of laughter playing with guns in Denmark yesterday – but they aren’t the only royals who enjoy being armed. The entire British royal family spends two weeks each year shooting pheasants, Queen Elizabeth wields a ceremonial sword every other week and Harry has […]

A selection of intimate portraits from Keith Urban's exclusive photo shoot with The Australian Women's Weekly.

On the surface, Georgie Gardner appears to have a perfect life. She has a loving husband, two healthy children and a fulfilling career as a news reader on Channel Nine’s Today — but underneath the flawless facade lurks a traumatic childhood that has made her what she is today. Georgie was one of four children […]

Keith Urban and Nicole Kidman have two beautiful daughters, but no matter how lovely his girls are, Keith will always love his wife more. While most parents would confess to loving their children more than their partner, Keith says his Nicole is the centre of his universe, and always will be. In pictures: Keith Urban’s […]

For Gordon Wood, going to jail was traumatic. But it was nothing compared to how he felt the night his girlfriend, Caroline Byrne, died. He still grieves for her, and wonders whether he could have done anything to prevent her death. “It still weighs heavily on me, whether I could have done more in the […]