Samantha Trenoweth

News and Features Editor

Samantha Trenoweth is the News & Features Editor at The Australian Women’s Weekly. For more than 30 years, she has written books and contributed to newspapers, magazines and anthologies on everything from politics, food and feminism to rock & roll. At The Weekly, she’s walked dusty backroads and the corridors of power to share the stories of the most inspiring women in Australia and the issues that affect their lives. You can follow her on Instagram @samanthatrenoweth

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EXCLUSIVE: Jacqui Lambie talks family, politics and a life of service

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.

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Sam Bloom returns to Africa

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.

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The women behind the Sydney Royal Easter Show

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.

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Elly-May Barnes shares her personal health battle: “So long as I’m alive, I’m grateful”

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.