Innholdsfortegnelse for Issue 3, 2026 i Woman's Day

Some faces remain etched in our memory, like that of little Matilda, who was tragically killed in the Bondi massacre in December. Matilda’s mum Valentyna asked for help to find the woman who saved her youngest daughter, Summer, that evening, and she found her. Tash, a petting zoo worker, put her own life on the line to save six-year-old Summer. In our exclusive interview, Valentyna told our Deputy Editor Laura how Tash will always be a part of their family due to the part she played (p8). Speaking of incredible Aussies, we also have an exclusive chat with Jordan Smith, the amateur tennis player who beat world No.2 Jannik Sinner to win $1 million at the Australian Open (p14)! Enjoy your week. Katherine Chatfield Editor…

If Duchess Meghan is ever to set a stiletto heel back on UK soil, then she wants it to be on her terms and certainly not her rivals-in-law Prince William and Princess Catherine’s! And with news of a possible return to the UK looking more likely by the week, insiders say Meghan has made it clear to her husband, Prince Harry, there will need to be a compromise if she is to go. HOME AT LAST? As the home secretary finally looks ready to grant Prince Harry the taxpayer-backed security he has been fighting for years to have – and was the reason he said it was unsafe to bring his wife and children, Prince Archie, six, and Princess Lilibet, four, home – the couple’s arrival on British soil is…

Defiant Lily Allen is refusing to take the blame for her ex-husband David Harbour’s current burnout, which saw him quit what promised to be the biggest movie of his career, drama Behemoth. “There are worries David’s not taking any of this well – and the rumour around Studio City is he was booted off the production after Lily’s album dropped, despite having already started filming,” says an insider of David, 50, and Lily, 40. “While there’s no doubt Lily’s revelations had an impact on him losing his dream role, he’s only got himself to blame. “He betrayed her and her two daughters, who had bonded with him.”…

David Beckham has planned a do-or-die attempt to salvage his broken relationship with his son Brooklyn after their bitter family feud has reached a shocking new low, sources say. The British football superstar, 50, is said to be jetting out to his eldest son’s home in LA in the coming days to confront Brooklyn, 26, and his wife, Nicola Peltz, 31, just days after they served him and Victoria yet another brutal legal letter informing them they will now only communicate with them through their lawyers. LAST CHANCE “The Beckhams are reeling after receiving the letter,” a source close to the family tells Woman’s Day. “The notice has plunged David and Victoria into fresh anguish – so much so that David will be flying out to the US imminently to…

Here’s the story… of a man named Barry Williams! He played the eldest son Greg Brady in the seminal US ’70s sitcom The Brady Bunch across its entire five-year run, and it made him one of Hollywood’s biggest heartthrobs. And now, more than 50 years later, he’s headed into the South African jungle for I’m A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! Australia. So, how on earth did we get here!? “Well, I’ve conquered a lot of things that I’ve wanted to do. I’ve been on television, I’ve made records and movies. I’ve produced and written. I’ve been on Broadway. So this presents a challenge unlike anything I’ve ever taken on,” he tells Woman’s Day. “And I’m really grateful, to tell you the truth, to have the challenge. “I’m a…

A ginger cat named Mango is purring his way to social media stardom. Adopted by station owner Beck Smith when he was eight weeks old, Mango quickly found his place among her pack of working dogs. Now, the whiskered celebrity trots after the kelpies, tags along on cattle runs and happily rides shotgun on Beck’s motorbike across her vast 52,600-hectare remote station in Queensland’s Mulga Country. “He rides in the back of the car with the dogs, he’s been out mustering and he even pitches in down the yards drafting and working the weaners,” Beck tells Woman’s Day. “I have six working dogs, and they are a lot bigger than him and could overpower him. But they know Mango is the boss and they are his subordinates!” Mango rose to…

Just as Greece specialises in ancient history and Japan majors in sushi, Canada excels in national parks. It was the first country to create a nationwide national-park agency in 1911 under the auspices of Parks Canada, and its modern parks attempt to balance ecological integrity with visitor experience. A work in progress, Canada currently lists 48 national parks and reserves from highly visitable Banff to the Arctic tundra of Quttinirpaaq on Ellesmere Island. JASPER NATIONAL PARK Take Banff, stretch its borders, remove over half its tourists and sprinkle it with more wildlife and you’ve got Jasper. The less famous of the two main Rocky Mountain parks is sometimes (wrongly) seen as a latecomer to the ball – it was designated 22 years after Banff but was still Canada’s sixth national…

NUTELLA LAMINGTONS MAKES 15 PREP 30 MINS COOK 25 MINS • 6 eggs • 1 cup caster sugar • 1 cup self-raising flour • ½ cup plain flour • 2 cups shredded coconut • 1 cup desiccated coconut • ¾ cup Nutella • ⅔ cup thickened cream, whipped CHOCOLATE ICING • 4 cups icing sugar mixture • ½ cup cocoa powder • 50g butter, chopped • ¾ cup milk 1 Grease a 19cm x 30cm lamington pan. Line base and sides with baking paper, extending 3cm above pan edges. 2 Beat eggs in large bowl of an electric mixer for about 7 mins, or until thick and creamy. With motor operating, gradually beat in sugar, 1 tbsp at a time. 3 Sift flours twice onto a sheet of baking paper.…

Britney Spears has announced she will no longer perform in the USA, citing personal reasons, but is looking forward to going on the road internationally with her son Jayden, 19, who friends say has given her a new lease on life. And their first stop will be Australia! “Britney will never give up on her happy family ending and having Jayden back in her life – working with him too – is paradise for her,” says an insider of the 44-year-old. “She had her best Christmas in decades with him and she’s ecstatic that he’s inherited her music abilities. He’s been writing songs since he was a teen and she genuinely believes he’s got what it takes to be just as successful as she is.”…

The lucky one Some fear the empty nest – but not J.Lo! The 56-year-old singer sounds pretty enthusiastic about her twins, Emme and Max, 17, heading off to college. “I feel really good about it… They’re so ready to get out there,” says the star. And so, it seems, is she! The four-times-married actress has been telling friends she has every intention of finding a new man by the end of the year – to keep her busy in their absence. And despite their ongoing public flirting, it won’t be on-off love Ben Affleck, 53. Instead, Zac Efron is still at the top of her wishlist! When the Greatest Love Story Never Told star appeared on The Ellen DeGeneres Show back in 2017 post-Ben 1.0, she chose Zac, 38, over…

As the war between the Beckhams and Peltzes reaches fever pitch, it’s clear what side the Ramsay family have chosen! Holly Ramsay, 26 – the daughter of celebrity chef Gordon, a longtime close friend to David and Victoria – was seen wearing one of Vic’s gowns during her extravagant nuptials to Olympic swimmer Adam Peaty in Bath late last month in what appeared to be a huge show of support for the Beckhams. The move proved even more striking given Victoria’s own daughter-in-law Nicola chose to wear Valentino at her wedding to Brooklyn in 2022 – a decision that’s said to have kickstarted their fallout.…

After brutally killing her cellmate, Rebecca Jane Butterfield quickly developed a reputation as one of Australia’s most violent female prisoners – and now she could walk free after two decades behind bars. Since her 12-year sentence for the manslaughter of Bluce Lim-Ward at Emu Plains Correctional Centre ended in 2015, Butterfield, 50, remained imprisoned under continuous detention orders (CDOs) until May 2024 after a judge ruled she had an unacceptable risk of committing further serious offences due to severe mental instability. “There is little to indicate that this risk has dissipated to any significant degree in more recent years, or that it is likely to do so for the foreseeable future,” NSW Supreme Court Justice Robert Allan Hulme said during a review of her case in January 2021. As the…

KEEP IN TOUCH WITH MITCHELL ONLINE! Visit mitchell coombes.com Q Two years ago we moved after over four decades. Our previous home was elevated with a view and I felt connected to it. The new one doesn’t have the same vibe. It’s not light, has no lawn and is claustrophobic. I’m still unsettled and frustrated. Can you help me? Wondering MITCHELL SAYS I can sense how much your previous home meant to you – it held a special energy that felt like an extension of your soul. I feel you’ve done your best to settle where you are now, but this place was only ever meant to be temporary. I’m picking up there’s another move ahead, one that will finally bring you both the peace and comfort you’ve been longing…

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Exclusve interview! Four years after she lost out to Ariana DeBose for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for The Lost Daughter, It girl and Irish actress Jessie Buckley, 36, is tipped to take home an Academy Award for her part as Agnes, Hamnet’s mother and William Shakespeare’s wife, in the historical fiction film Hamnet. What was it about this character you connected so strongly with? I love women, and I’m fiercely curious about them. And I’ve had the great privilege in my life to work with extraordinary directors who are women, who are unafraid and uncompromising to bring the bits of woman that have been repressed or which are too much to the surface. Sometimes strong women are misjudged as being hard and cold, and there’s defensiveness. But what’s…

As the rain stopped, a beautiful rainbow broke through the grey gums as we gathered for our photo session, causing us to pause and look skyward. Believed to be a symbol of hope, guidance and connection, it seemed fitting as we reunited the family of Matilda, the youngest of the 15 victims who were killed during the Bondi terror attack, with the courageous young woman from the crowd, Natasha, who saved their other daughter, Summer. “I cried, there were lots and lots of hugs,” Valentyna, Matilda and Summer’s mother, says of their reunion at last Sunday’s vigil at Bondi Beach, which marked the end of 30 days of mourning in Jewish tradition. Smiling gently across at Natasha as we meet up at her mum’s home in Mulgoa, Penrith, Valentyna remembers…

It seems the rift between one-time friends Beyonce and Jay-Z and Kanye West and former wife Kim Kardashian is being carried on via their eldest daughters, Blue Ivy Carter, 14, and North West, 12 (left). “Both girls are doing their own music and videos, trying to build up a following on social media and a reputation as the next generation of taste-makers, but it’s forcing everyone involved in teenage Hollywood to take sides,” says an insider. “You don’t want to be the best dancer in LA right now because you’ll find yourself in a bidding war between Blue and North’s teams. It’s sad because these kids used to play together. “But Blue figures she has twice the amount of talent North does because BOTH her parents are musical geniuses.”…

They made a promise to “take care of each other” and stay in “each other’s orbit” after Wicked, but Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo have sparked rumours they’re locked in a bitter feud. Buzz began after Hollywood gossip site Crazy Days And Nights posted a “blind item” which read, “Apparently the A-list actress/singer and her A-list co-star are not speaking to each other, which will make award season awkward.” Fans speculated the Wicked co-stars were the mystery pair. And there are other signs of a rift, too. Ariana, 32, raised eyebrows when she failed to acknowledge Cynthia’s 39th birthday on social media on January 8, for the first time in years! “Yeah they’re 100 per cent over. Especially considering the SPEECHES they used to write for each other,” one fan…

Mia Hewitt, the 20-year-old daughter of Lleyton and Bec Hewitt, has teamed up with Pat Rafter’s 19-year-old daughter India Rafter for Reebok’s Born Classic. Worn for Life campaign. “Working with Reebok was amazing, and to work with India makes sense. We kind of grew up alongside each other on the tour,” Mia, who is also the lead singer of the folk band Father’s Favourite, told Stellar of her early years spent on the tennis circuit. “It was nice to see her again and get reconnected.” Meanwhile India, the youngest child of Pat, 53 – who’s modelled himself for Bonds – and former model Lara, signed with prestigious Sydney-based agency Priscillas Model Management in 2025, which also represents Liam Hemsworth’s fiancee Gabriella Brooks and catwalk queen Naomi Campbell.…

In the neighbouring community of Castlemaine, which is just 15 minutes away, a group of local musicians are putting on a concert called Share the Love to raise money and the spirits of locals in the bushfire-ravaged communities. “It’s not a matter of how much money we raise, it’s more about bringing the community together,” the fundraiser concert’s organiser and community radio presenter, Pete Dawson, tells Woman’s Day. “Music is always a great healer.” The inspiration for the concert came from learning his friend, Wendy Oates, had lost her Harcourt home in the bushfires. “I got in touch with Wendy and her sister Julie to see if they were happy with us to go ahead with the concert and they said, ‘Do it for the whole of Harcourt,’” Pete tells.…

She cut off her own mother’s head in an evil crime that shocked the nation in 2019, and now Jessica Camilleri is reportedly threatening to do the same to her fellow inmates. In disturbing new details about the notorious St Clair mother killer’s life inside a NSW prison, an unnamed prison officer has revealed how an unrepentant Camilleri, 31, “boasts” about the horror she inflicted on her mother Rita, and uses it to terrorise any inmates “if they p**s her off”. Camilleri was sentenced to 16 years for brutally murdering her mother, but had 22 months added to her jail time after she confessed to assaulting two prison officers by ripping chunks of their hair out in 2021. “I just wanted to give [her] a little bit of a taste…

HAVE BOOKS, CAN TRAVEL Thanks to apps like Libby, many of us have fallen back in love with our local libraries, which offer a range of ebooks to borrow and download directly onto our phones, tablets and other devices. Consider your holiday reading list sorted! GET (E)INKED If you have a Kobo ereader, you can borrow books from most public libraries using the OverDrive service. Unlike the smartphone app, it doesn’t include access to magazines or audiobooks, but it’s the perfect portal to a host of bestsellers, classic nonfiction and more. To see the illustrations in all their glory, check out the new white Kobo Clara Colour, which runs on multi-hued “e ink” and has a larger battery capacity. IN THE FOLD Not everyone enjoys reading on their phone, or…

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OCTOPUS & POTATO SALAD SERVES 4 • 250g baby new potatoes • 75ml olive oil, plus extra if needed • 1 red onion, diced • 3 garlic cloves, sliced • 1 small octopus, about 500g, braised • sea salt and cracked black pepper, to taste • 1 tsp dried oregano • 1 lemon, cut in half • 5 parsley sprigs, coarsely chopped • 2 fresh oregano sprigs, leaves picked 1 Place potatoes in a saucepan of cold water and bring to boil. Leave to boil for 25-30 mins, or until potatoes are soft and a knife goes through easily. Strain and set aside. Once cool enough to handle, cut each potato in half. 2 Heat oil in a frying pan over medium-high heat. Fry potatoes, cut-side down, for about 5…

INDIA HEART LAMP by Banu Mushtaq This collection of short stories captures the everyday experiences of women and girls in Southern India’s Muslim communities. Lawyer and journalist Mushtaq has long championed women’s rights and her work has received multiple literary awards over the years. Scribe Publications, $29.99 CANADA THE GREY WOLF by Louise Penny The bestselling crime queen, previously a radio host, revists Chief Inspector Gamache in the 20th novel of her hugely popular series. Seemingly small events, and a phone call that has the Quebecois investigator enraged, quickly snowball into an investigation more sinister than anything he has previously experienced. Hachette, $24.99 JAPAN STRANGE HOUSES by Uketsu The true identity of this author and YouTuber – who always appears in a white mask and black bodystocking, with a digitally…

GOLDEN GLOBE GIGGLES You never know if you’re going to be famous for five minutes or a lifetime and Adolescence’s Owen didn’t take any chances by grabbing a selfie with... well, everyone! Meanwhile, forget Noah’s Golden Globe, his kids made him an even better trophy, the silver globe for being Best Dad. They clearly don’t think he’s the pits. And Secret Life Of Bees stars Dakota and Queen Latifah had a sweet reunion 17 years later and presented an award together. What a buzz! Bestseller! HALLE BERRY They say never judge a book by its cover but something tells us Halle’s a rulebreaker! The star shared her new book club pick aimed at menopausal women. FUR REAL! What's next, the same sneakers? DEBORRA-LEE FURNESS We’re always here for couples dressing,…