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Forty years later, Lynda sued the Catholic Church for both mother and son’s heartbreak.

In a tinder-dry continent, during the most dangerous fire season on record, The Weekly meets the all-female Indigenous fire crew fighting to protect family, community and sacred land.

In 1993 Elaine George made history as Australia’s first Indigenous cover star. Thirty years later she’s back in front of the camera with her daughter, Taylor, to showcase First Nations designers and artists.

Indigenous women are being murdered at frightening rates, their deaths often left uninvestigated and widely unreported. Here The Weekly meets families who are battling grief and desperate for solutions.

On Boxing Day 2004, Lizz Hills was enjoying a scuba dive in Thailand alongside her father, Dan Martin. Then, the sea started boiling...

Co-education could be an answer to toxic behaviour in private boys’ schools, but can the switch happen without girls paying a price?

This July, when soccer fans cheer their national teams in Paris, the Afghanistan Women’s Football Team will be missing.

To the British press, Jennifer Robinson is ‘the A-list’s go-to lawyer’, who has fronted high profile cases including Amber Heard and Julian Assange. Those close to her know her for as the girl from Berry who is now fighting for justice in the highest courts in the world. Genevieve Gannon meets the renowned Australian human rights lawyer.

After healing from the trauma of adoption, this woman felt empowered to help others.

“I’ve spent 30 years in the jungle and I’d do 30 more”

The ultimate betrayal.

They are changing women's lives for the better.

Together the best friends have been through diagnosis, treatment, surgeries and motherhood.

Debby Fraumano has cared for her son, Michael, for 26 years. It’s a labour 
of love, but it has been costly, too. And Debby is not alone in facing a financially fraught future. With 2.65 million carers – seven out of 10 of those women – unable to work full-time, it’s time to rectify the superannuation imbalance.

Somehow she found the will to go on living.

Anne-Marie Curry has tracked down thousands of furry friends who have been lost, stolen and sometimes held for ransom.

She found her true colours in flowers, fashion and the community...

No longer held back by a Puberty Blues-era surf culture, these women in their 50s, 60s and beyond are among the most eager grommets in the water.

When Tiffany rescued a desperately thin and neglected horse from a lonely paddock, she had no idea he would change her life.

The Weekly meet four remarkable women who prove it’s never too late to follow your dreams.

These five tough and dedicated professionals are battling the female doctor shortage in regional and remote Australia.

Fourteen months before Suzie Ratcliffe was born, her sister, Joanne, was abducted by a stranger at Adelaide Oval.

“It’s not just for young people, love, you know?”

How a pioneering Australian medical treatment gave Katrina a chance at motherhood.

In regional and remote Australia, getting an education isn’t as easy as A, B, C. The Weekly goes bush to meet the women battling to close the outback education gap.

Through a raft of terrifying health issues, Carly-Jay Metcalfe has remained upbeat, cheerful and bursting with humour. Here she explains why hope and faith are the only path forward.

When Tracy Hall fell for Max Tavita, she didn't realise she was the latest in a long line of women whose life savings he’d stolen.

Since 1999, Johnson & Johnson has been fighting lawsuits in the US that allege its baby powder causes cancer.

Can an old romance really be rekindled? The Weekly meets the Aussie couples who found love together the second time around.

60 years after Adrienne from Brooklyn professed her love for Paul McCartney - she's finally been found.

Author Kathy Lette gives a heartfelt thank you to her magnificent mum, Val – a baker of fairy cakes with the patience of a saint.

Jamie Oliver has returned to the set of MasterChef to help the show, which exists to spread happiness, steer a path through grief. 
The celebrity chef is also at a turning point. He opens up about failure, love, second chances, and his endless reservoir of joie de vivre.

After more than thirty years in the business, Jo Malone is still the undisputed perfume prodigy.

With the country's birth rate in free fall, can anything put parenthood back on our agenda?

When Jacqui Lambie strolled into Parliament in July 2014, dressed by St Vincent de Paul and prone to saying exactly what was on her mind, she was a curiosity – and sometimes a laughing stock. But 10 years later, this one-time soldier and mother of two is still standing.

When a family lunch led to multiple deaths, it brought to light the potential toxicity of a popular ingredient.

Welcome to the most secretive club on Earth, where world leaders, movie stars and business tycoons kick up their heels behind locked gates in the bucolic Californian countryside.

Sam Bloom had always wanted to share her love of Africa with her three boys and last Christmas, 10 years after the accident that left her in a wheelchair, that dream finally came true.

It all began when journalist Amelia Oberhardt saw a mystery photo at her mother's wake. Read the true story behind her New York Festival Radio Award nominated podcast.

For more than 200 years, the Sydney Royal Easter Show – the largest Royal show in Australia – has brought country women to the city as farmers, fierce competitors and friends. The Weekly meets some of the women who have their hopes pinned on this year’s show.

Having faced her own near-death experience, lived with chronic pain through cerebral palsy, and watched her rocker father, Jimmy, confront his mortality more than once, Elly-May Barnes is no longer hiding her light. At 34, she’s releasing her first album and shining bright.

The couple have been together since 2007…

Until a group of regional sewers and a history professor brought her back to life...

Fifty years ago, a group of students, academics, seniors and housewives broke into a Sydney house, creating Australia’s first women’s refuge. Named Elsie, it changed attitudes to family violence forever.

How the clues to Australia’s most mysterious missing persons case were untangled by a devoted daughter and a team of amateur sleuths.

Over 50 years ago, a generation of young women and girls went to Vietnam to entertain the troops. Many of them still carry the scars.

Read The Weekly’s exclusive interview with the couple…

Bright stars in a rugged land…

This Aussie hero helps the tiniest koala joeys beat the odds of survival

“As a little girl I was so frightened”

The couple were forced to retire after they both faced health scares…

She tells The Weekly, in her own words, about that terrifying moment and about finding a new sense of purpose helping others.

The billionaire is in the middle of a legal battle with her family, and others, who want a slice of her fortune. Here's what you need to know.

"I’ve mellowed a lot and I’m much less judgmental..."

She lived on a Greek Island with her 85-year-old mother...

Ameliah Scott has devoted herself to bringing veterinarian services to the vast outback NSW plains she calls home.

"Love gave me wings..."

For 45 years, Girlie Goody has run her property solo, braving drought, broken bones and doubting bank managers to become a Queensland legend.

We surveyed more than 5000 women and found we're having less sex than we were in 1980, but we're just as satisfied with our sex lives.

The Weekly's Voice of Australian Women survey brings to light some shocking statistics around domestic violence.

"Australia is very much a vibrant, multicultural place; this needs to be reflected all over."

“This story starts weird but just gets weirder…”

When Mark Green lost the love of his life, the devastation was crushing. But the unexpected kindness power of hold music brought joy back into his life.

"Torn with the guilt of leaving," she says she must dig deep to find hope.

In 1977, Jane Gillespie was holidaying in Bali with her mother. She had no idea that there, she would fall in love with a real-life prince. Here's her first person story.

Unexpected friendships have been made across the Gaza border in an effort to find green shoots of peace in the battlefield.

Natalie Ive was diagnosed with dementia at 48. Here's her story.

Thousands of babies were sent away to other countries, including Australia, and subjected to horrific abuse.

After his mum and brother fell ill, Kenny Davis stepped up to look after them. Now the family is closer than ever.

They are among several World Vision ambassadors for their International Day of the Girl campaign.

And now the journalist has published a book on everything she has learnt about stalking.

Her mother's murder has been the subject of court cases, tabloid headlines and a seminal podcast. Today, she speaks her truth.

We hear from a few women who have made the choice. The verdict? It can be empowering.

Free help, support and services for carers is closer at hand than you thought.

Michelle Harley was told she couldn't fall pregnant. Then her sister and mother stepped in as surrogates.

Carer Gateway was the help she needed.

Michelle Moriarty coped with the loss of her partner by creating an award-winning grief support group.

Parliament has passed reforms to address Australia’s homelessness crisis.

A tragic, dysfunctional childhood is overshadowed by her notoriety as an international con artist.

Emma Carey returns to the scene of her near-death experience with her best friend who has stood by her throughout.

We've answered all your important questions - including when and where to vote.

An unexpected act of kindness led Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti to find the love of a mother, a whole new family and an iconic AFL career.

But His Majesty also praised the Matildas for their efforts.

One man's chance discovery of an urban platypus led to a battle to save its home.

“I’ll never forgive myself…”

As well as how the memories of her father and sister help her daily.

39-year-old Jenna Hill was raised in the fold of Scientology since she was a baby - so what happened when she finally broke free?

A mysterious femme fatale, eye-watering bills from Italy’s top designer boutiques, links to international spies and shady underworld figures – all this has featured in the Vatican’s “trial of the century”.

''I've been sexually assaulted three times when I was sleeping rough.''

We also meet the country town that fought the biggest battle to get them home.

''Some small part of me must see a future and therefore want to exist.''

What would you do if a court said your baby wasn’t yours, and took him from your arms? As Genevieve Gannon discovers, this has been the devastating reality for couples caught up in IVF embryo mix-ups.

The resilient people of Nymboida in NSW are intent on rebuilding the community they love.

In the midst of an unprecedented bushfire season, possibly the worst Australian has ever seen, Susan Chenery pays tribute to the women firefighters who risk their lives to keep us safe.

When Lezlie left her husband Greg at the airport, his family lost everything. Then his brother Ollie began to investigate, and found a trail of deception all around the world.

When Allison Baden-Clay was murdered, her family was shocked. They had no idea she was in an abusive relationship. Now in an exclusive interview with The Weekly, her sister Vanessa Fowler shares Allison’s story in the hope it will help save lives.

Homicide detectives are seeking information on a handwritten note discovered in a story The Australian Women’s Weekly wrote about the disappearance of a teenage girl.

Fifteen years after their son’s murder, Denise and Bruce Morcombe share their heartbreaking journey, and a little light-hearted grandparent time, in an exclusive interview with *The Weekly’s* Sue Smethurst.