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Judith Hancock with grandson Archie.

‘Are my parents really my parents?’ Judith’s search for answers took an unlikely turn

What happens when you’re searching for the truth but those who have the answers have passed? A new documentary takes a radical approach.

  • Lauren Ironmonger

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Molly Jong-Fast has written a memoir about growing up as the daughter of author Erica Jong.

If I could interview Donald Trump, this is what I’d ask him

Writer Molly Jong-Fast was born into a writing dynasty. She followed her parents’ footsteps, except for one thing.

  • Robyn Doreian
A recent photo of Rosie Waterland and her mother, Lisa Stevens.

I had a troubled childhood. This is the question I am asked the most

If I’d been removed from my mother’s care permanently from the start, would my life have turned out differently?

  • Rosie Waterland

Clara had two reasons not to date soccer star Katrina Gorry – now they’re engaged

When Swedish striker Clara Markstedt met the Australian in 2022, the Matilda midfielder was a new mum. The couple have since had another child.

  • Konrad Marshall
Nicole Kidman and her mum Janelle at the 2018 AACTA Awards in Sydney.

‘I can hear my mum, feel her, and there are moments when I cry out in my heart’

The tears still come for my beautiful, smart, wise mum who we lost last September. Huge raindrop tears. I don’t know when they’ll ever stop.

  • Nicole Kidman
Alicia Walker with her newborn baby boy Heath.

Alicia marks first Mother’s Day with tiny fan of the greatest team of all

Baby Heath burst into the world as the rousing Geelong Cats theme song blared in the birthing suite. It was a surreal moment for his Brunswick mum – one of thousands celebrating motherhood for the first time.

  • Melissa Cunningham
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In Mother’s Day cover story this week, Lucy Folk chats with writer Myffy Rigby about growing up in a home where the door was always open to friends.

Jessica Rowe with her two daughters, Allegra and Giselle Overton.

The hardest part about parenting teenagers isn’t the awkward conversations, it’s this

I’m still struggling with the letting go that comes as your children get older.

  • Jessica Rowe
Folk wears Lucy Folk “Odin” dress, Lucy Folk jewellery. Lala wears Lucy Folk sarong. Malon wears Ziggy Zaza.

‘It’s the little things that keep you balanced’: Designer Lucy Folk

The peripatetic designer and mother of two shares how her parents’ marriage has inspired her own relationship, save for one difference.

  • Myffy Rigby
For many women, their mothers are their earliest career role models.

‘She left quite a legacy’: The mothers and daughters with the same job

The greatest sounding board, or a looming shadow? Three women share the realities of pursuing the same profession as their mum.

  • Danielle Norton

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