If your cholesterol or blood pressure readings are high or borderline, you may want to try supplements before jumping on the pharmaceutical bandwagon. Many show promise in treating heart disease, are less expensive than drugs, and cause fewer side effects. Here are the top four heart-healing supplements: Fish oil If you have heart disease, getting […]

If you’ve always wanted to know more about animals, Bindi Irwin is the little girl to ask. Each month, Bindi will write about a different animal and answer readers’ questions in the magazine. In April, Bindi is on a mission to save a much-loved Australian marsupial — the northern hairy-nosed wombat. Pick up a copy […]

She’s a model, a spokeswoman for breast cancer research and prevention, a TV host, a devoted mum — and the wife of high-profile businessman Lachlan Murdoch. Michael Sheather meets Sarah Murdoch and finds a sunny Sydneysider in love with life. From the outside, Sarah Murdoch’s life is about as fabulous a life as anyone could […]

[Pictured, from left: Lee-Anne Drummond, Kellie Hayden, Jane McGrath and Amanda Alcott] Everyone needs friends, but when you have a condition as personal and serious as breast cancer, you need friends all the more. Jane McGrath, wife of Australian cricket hero Glenn McGrath, knows this only too well. During the past decade, she has relied […]

This month, the Road Train travels across Victoria, where we’ll clown around with doctors and take part in an Australian festival tradition. Love is in the air The Road Train was in Parkes, NSW, on Valentine’s Day to find love all around — and it wasn’t just for the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll during […]

Exclusive extract from This Way to the Sea by Gillian Nicholson. Bindi’s vanished, so Christo gives her a whistle. We hear her crashing through the bush before we see her parting a sea of tall grass as she runs to us. She throws herself onto the lawn at our feet, grunting and rolling and wiping […]

The Australian Women’s Weekly Commonwealth Bank Road Train — a giant, purpose-built yellow truck, complete with Test Kitchen cooking demonstrations, fashion shows, beauty advice, health and finance forums, and great prizes and personalities — continues its 12-month tour of 100 country towns in Victoria and South Australia this autumn. Find out when it will be […]

If you’ve always wanted to know more about animals, Bindi Irwin is the little girl to ask. Each month, Bindi will write about a different animal and answer readers’ questions in the magazine. In the March issue of The Weekly, she tells us all about the Fijian crested iguana. Pick up a copy of the […]

Losing his father to cancer when he was still a teen was a painful blow for rising TV star Tom Williams, yet he retains a touching bond with his dad, writes Leigh Reinhold. “I speak to him all the time,” says The Great Outdoors presenter, “but especially out in the surf when the waves are […]

Jane McGrath, wife of Aussie cricket star Glenn McGrath, has fought and beaten cancer twice. Yet nothing prepared her for the discovery that the cancer had returned — this time, as a brain tumour. The couple tell Michael Sheather of the love that has sustained them and how Jane dreams of growing old and watching […]