Real Life

All babies are miracles, but when Aria Bacon came bouncing into this world, she brought something incredibly precious with her, a life-saving cure for her gravely-ill big brother Tommy’s leukaemia.

When nurse Grace Larson moved to rural Australia, she realised she was a long way from medical help. Now she brings first aid training to those who would otherwise not have access to these skills.

When Cheryl Pearce entered the Australian military in 1985, she and other women were seen as “diluting” the Army.

The Australian women reaching for the stars...

Through drought, flood and heartbreak, Jenny Jenner's sunflowers bloom with hope, sunshine and joy.

Three generations of the Wolf-Tasker family celebrate the joy, the grief, the labour and love behind 40 trailblazing years at Lake House in Daylesford.

"Suddenly the whole world felt dangerous and unpredictable. My life narrowed around me."

In December 2023, Australia’s first uterus transplant recipient, Kirsty Bryant, gave birth to Henry, a happy, healthy baby boy. And the uterus that had made this little miracle possible had been donated by her mother, Michelle.

We look back on Maggie's covers at The Australian Women's Weekly...

WA grandmother Donna Nelson has been sentenced to six years in prison in Japan