Australia

Kate Row and Emily Smith are the two extraordinary Aussie young women who are today pinching themselves with disbelief having been named as winners of The Queen’s Young Leaders Award. This is an inspirational new initiative established by The Queen Elizabeth  Diamond Jubilee Trust to find and mentor the Commonwealth’s most promising young leaders. Each […]

A call to help make mittens for koalas injured in recent bushfires in South Australia, Victoria and New South Wales has received an overwhelming response, with organisers now asking donors to make joey pouches instead. The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) put out the call last week for people to sew the cotton mittens, […]

The winners of the Golden Globes will be announced today – and Australia once again has some serious skin in the game.

After recently relocating to the US, The Weekly's Caroline Overington offers some insight into the Australian and American healthcare systems and their vast differences

Tasmanian Senator Jacqui Lambie has made a dramatic entry into the debate over who wields power in the Prime Minister's office.

Researchers have developed a ‘bionic’ bra which adjusts automatically according to breast movement. So if the user is wearing the bra – which looks like regular sports bra – while running the bra will tighten and become more supportive, and if the user is standing still the bra will loosen. As the inventors of the […]

More than 70 per cent of working Australians believe it's their right to take sickies – and people living in NSW and WA seem to be the biggest bludgers.

Six of the eight finalists for the 2015 Australian of the Year Award are women – the highest number of female finalists in the category since the State and Territory award process was introduced in 2003. They include Deborra-lee Furness (NSW), Rosie Batty (VIC), Hetty Johnston AM (QLD), Professor Lyn Beazley AO (WA), Dr Gill […]

Deborra-lee Furness has been named 2015 NSW Australian of the Year for her work as a child advocate and adoption campaigner. The Australian Women’s Weekly October cover girl was announced as the recipient by Premier of NSW, Mike Baird, at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Sydney on Monday night. “An actor, director and producer, […]

The love story of a single mother who fell for her sperm donor may be headed for the big screen.