Women often talk about their desire to have a little girl and some go to extreme lengths to make it happen. Jolanda Waskito was the opposite; she wanted a boy. When she set out to understand why she felt this way, the answer was surprising. I was 34 when my husband and I decided it […]

The Queen has touched down in Canberra for her 16th visit to Australia. Looking immaculate after an 18 hour flight, the 85 year old monarch wore a powder blue coat and matching hat. In Pictures: Royal visits to Australia She stepped off her jet arm-in-arm with husband Prince Phillip, the Duke of Edinburgh, and was […]

Hundreds of people turned out to farewell Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip today as they boarded their plane to return to the UK. It was the royal couple’s 16th visit to Australia, and they kept extremely busy, visiting Canberra, Brisbane, Melbourne and Perth during their 10 day stay. The queen and duke have been extremely […]

Celebrity chef Matt Moran discusses Masterchef, ambition and Gordon Ramsay with The Australian Women’s Weekly editor-in-chief Helen McCabe. Helen: MasterChef — how have you gone fitting in with the other three guys? Matt: They’re very, very tight. I thought I might be intruding on what they have, but in actual fact, I felt as though […]

Four years after she was jailed for the murder of Meredith Kercher, Amanda Knox returned to America a free woman. But what really happened on that fateful night? Amanda Bower investigates. Devoted murder mystery readers know that a satisfying story has a tragic beginning and a tidy end. In the middle is the investigation, during […]

As we get lost in the hustle bustle of life it can be difficult to get together as a family to eat meals, especially as children get older and have activities that keep them busy. But the importance of family meal time should not be underestimated, with studies showing that regularly eating meals at the […]

He’s your husband and soul mate, but he secretly prefers men. Jordan Baker talks to women who married men they later found out were gay. When Lisa looked into Mike’s eyes and vowed to stand by him through good and bad, in sickness and health, for as long as they both lived, she meant every […]

Most people know by now that there is no magic pill to losing the five, 10 or 20 kilograms of weight they need to. To allow you to lose weight and keep it off changes need to be focused around ‘lifestyle’ factors — behaviours, motivations and environment. In pictures: Gym habits that are holding you […]

I drive quite a distance to work and because of this I have to fill up my car’s small petrol tank a couple of times a week. I try to plan my days so that I’m filling up when petrol’s cheapest, but my reason for filling up is always the same: if I don’t my […]

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