Real life

It is almost 20 years since Revelle Balmain, disappeared on the streets of Sydney. Her family still don’t know what happened to the young model and dancer… It took Suellen Simpson eight years to realise that her sister, Revelle Balmain, was never coming home. Throughout that time she continued to live in hope. Their mother, […]

The mistress of convicted wife-killer Gerard Baden-Clay believed she would eventually build a life with him and his three young daughters. In an exclusive interview with The Australian Women’s Weekly, Toni McHugh has opened up about how she and the now convicted murderer had high hopes of setting up house together and getting shared custody […]

British mum Karen Steer can’t believe how lucky she is after she gave birth to a little miracle against odds of 100 to one. The 41 year old conceived a child using the sperm of her late husband who passed away from lung cancer in 2011. After numerous failed attempts, Karen welcomed a baby girl […]

Jacqui Kennedy wants to inspire older women to explore Australia saying you don't have to wait to be a grey nomad just get out there and do it.

Perth parents Anthony Maslin and Rin Norris, who lost their three children in the MH17 tragedy, have released a statement saying they ‘live in a hell beyond hell’. The pair lost their children – Mo, 12, Evie, 10 and Otis, 8 – and Mrs Norris’ father, Anthony, when the Malaysian Airlines jet carrying 298 people […]

Precious Cassie would’ve wanted her valiant mother to celebrate this big achievement Gloria Nascimento would have given anything for her daughter Cassie to be there when she was named 2014’s Barnardos Mother of the Year. It was a bittersweet occasion for the humble Wollongong mum and her family when she was awarded the national prize at a heart-rending ceremony in […]

For nine days straight inspirational burns victim Turia Pitt has been cycling for charity and she says life has never been better.

As the Queensland drought stretches on, Kent Morris writes about his daily battle to keep his farm afloat as his livestock drop dead in their thousands.

Police officers in Detroit have made a sick little boy's dreams come true, allowing him to become chief for a day.

While most 16-year-old girls are worrying about their weight and obsessing over boys, Jordyn Archer was saving children who had been trafficked for sex.