The Weekend Australian Magazine’s new editor, Elizabeth Colman: “I hope I won’t be a stranger for too long”

I’m taking on the editorship of The Weekend Australian Magazine with an edict to uphold its long tradition of unrivalled journalism.

Joel Edgerton is no stranger to us. He’s been part of our film and television landscape since his breakout role in that early noughties prime time series, The Secret Life of Us. However, The Stranger is the name of his astonishing new film; a complex psychological study, it is one of a string of roles that have earned him accolades at cinema’s most prestigious festivals this year. The freshly minted A-lister, who is usually deeply private, submits

to a different study in our exclusive cover story shot by his partner Christine Centenera, and reveals a side we’ve never seen before to our writer Megan Lehmann. Speaking of strangers, does it feel like you have one writing this letter today? This week I inherit The Weekend Australian’s unique and much-loved Magazine with an edict to uphold its decades-strong tradition of unrivalled journalism. I hope I won’t be a stranger for too long. Enjoy your weekend.