Sunday Life’s most popular cover stories of 2023
From “The Fishers” who quickly became Australia’s favourite couple this year to Moana Hope on her marriage split and navigating single parenthood – all of Sunday Life’s best profiles in one place.
From a Bali bar to sellout shows: How love paved the way for Chloe and Paul Fisher
The “Fishers” have quickly become one of Australia’s most loved couples. They are proof that sometimes shared struggles can make a relationship even stronger.
- by Gyan Yankovich
There’s something about Steph Claire Smith and Laura Henshaw
They’re influencers, business titans and best friends. Now as they enter their 30s, the Keep It Cleaner co-founders show everyone how it’s done, in more than one way.
- by Gyan Yankovich
The dating app switch that helped Casey Donovan finally find love
After years of heartbreak, the former Australian Idol winner set her search to “women only” and met her new partner.
- by Michael Koziol
How Linda Burney found strength after overcoming unimaginable tragedy
Having lost both her husband and son, the Minister for Indigenous Australians has dealt with grief through the fortifying power of her female friendships.
- by Susan Horsburgh
‘I posed naked at 10, now I’m telling my story’: Brooke Shields
At 57, the actor and mother of two tells how she broke free of the alcoholic mother who turned her into a child star.
- by Hadley Freeman
Karl Stefanovic and Sarah Abo: ‘Chemistry is either there or it’s not’
Breakfast television is a juggernaut into which one does not step lightly. For Syrian-born Abo, an unwavering focus on the audience – and its ability to spot insincerity – is serving her well.
- by Michael Koziol
‘I was confronted with 1000 messages from people telling me how old I looked’
When Luisa Dunn began to document her hair’s transition to grey, she had no idea the profound impact it would have on herself and half a million others.
- by Lorna Gray
‘We’d been unhappy for a while’: Moana Hope on her marriage split, single parenting and her football future
Being one of the country’s most loved-up, high-profile, same-sex couples, Hope’s break-up with model Isabella Carlstrom took fans by surprise. Now, she’s ready to talk.
- by Melissa Singer
Geri Halliwell-Horner at 51 by Spice Girls super fan Dolly Alderton
From working-class pop star to country novelist, the former “Ginger Spice” is the queen of reinvention. She talks about girl power and why she’ll never complain about the ’90s.
- by Dolly Alderton
‘Is this worth it?’: The difficult questions the Shameless founders have had to ask each other
For Zara McDonald and Michelle Andrews, both in their 20s, the building of their Shameless Media business came with challenges that men their age rarely face.
- by Gyan Yankovich
Dolly Alderton: ‘I couldn’t write another book about yet another heartbroken woman’
“I’m sitting here in a flat I bought with heartbreak,” Alderton explains. Her new novel, Good Material, is different.
- by Annie Lord