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The March 8 Edition

In our cover story this week, we celebrate The Trailblazers – 10 inspiring women who are shaking things up and kicking goals in their chosen fields.

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Frances Rings just did something no other Australian has. She leads this year’s Trailblazers

From the stage and field, to the frontline battle against violence, these 10 women are helping to shape Australia.

  • Helen Pitt, Genevieve Quigley, Melissa Singer and Abby Seaman
Sheryle Bagwell, as a child, and her mother on a cruise from Sydney to Melbourne.

Mum sacrificed everything for us. After she died at 41, I honoured her lifelong wish

The 1970s was a decade of great change for women. Sadly for my mother, they came too late.

  • Sheryle Bagwell

I thought about the type of women I admire and came to this surprising realisation

Celebrities don’t make the best role models. For that, we should look closer to home.

  • Kerri Sackville
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I’m unlikely to ever have children, but perhaps this is the prize instead

Becoming a childless aunt started with sadness, then guilt, and now joy.

  • Pip Jarvis
Amanda Pelman with Kylie Minogue in Las Vegas in 2024.

Kylie Minogue, Michael Gudinski and my ‘betrayal’ to the dark side

Music executive Amanda Pelman also shares the ups and downs of her love life, including an 18-year marriage to singer Brian Cadd.

  • Jane Rocca
Actor Aubrey Ibrag says she’s in her “minimalist” era, after having phases of dressing with ’50s and ’80s inspiration.

Obsessed with Love Story? This actor shares her must-haves for nailing ’90s minimalism

Aubri Ibrag says Kate Moss and Gabbriette are both her style icons, for different reasons.

  • Georgie Gordon
Mudgee’s Peppertree Farm under a stunning night sky.

This town has been given the ‘luxe rural’ treatment. Even my 86-year-old mum was impressed

Mudgee is fiercely protective of its hard-won gold-medal podium position for “top rural town getaway”.

  • Fiona Carruthers

She’s the hairdresser loved by Dua Lipa. Now, anyone can try her range of products

On International Women’s Day, we celebrate some of the names behind the brands we love.

  • Stephanie Darling
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The surprise reason this voiceover actor steers clear of coffee in the morning

Angela Tran shares what she eats in a day.

  • Nicole Economos
Nicole Williams (left) and Reinette Roux in their lounge room. The glass and lucite coffee table was purchased from a friend.

The weekly ritual that will make your home feel instantly more luxurious

Two female creatives have filled their home with eclectic finds and artefacts from their travels.

  • Heather Nette King
Photography by Maree Homer from Everyday Joy (Hardie Grant) by Kate Nixon

These winning home pieces all have one significant thing in common

We celebrate the female founders leading the way in everything from floristry to furniture design.

  • Georgie Gordon
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Pisces: Stop counting pennies and start calling in favours

Free weekly forecast in life, love and career from renowned astrologer, Hedy Damari.

  • Hedy Damari

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