Love Stories

Lucinda Light became one of Australia's most beloved reality personalities thanks to her warmth, humour and unwavering belief in love on  Married at First Sight . But the foundations for that outlook were laid long before she stepped in front of the cameras.  In this episode of  The Australian Women's Weekly Love Stories, Lucinda joins host Tiffany Dunk alongside her fathe...

They grew up in the same house, chased the same dream and spent two decades racing each other to the wall. Now, without any medals on the line, Cate and Bronte Campbell are sitting down to talk about the love story at the heart of it all: sisterhood.  In this episode of The Australian Women's Weekly Love Stories , Cate and Bronte join host Tiffany Dunk to reflect on two de...

Emily wasn't sure she wanted to apply for Farmer Wants a Wife – until David's photo popped up on Facebook and changed her mind. Meanwhile, David had tried the apps, was living on his family farm and quietly hoping for something more.   In this episode of The Australian Women’s Weekly Love Stories, David and Emily sit...

When Rob "Millsy" Mills saw Georgie Tunny on  ABC Breakfast  in 2018, he did what any reasonable person would do: he Googled her, found their two mutual friends, and slid into her DMs.  In this episode of  The Australian Women's Weekly Love Stories , Georgie and Rob sit down with Tiffany Dunk to talk about the message Georgie left on read for three days, the Harry Potter spoof...

When Nas Campanella was sent to Bega to take over Tom Oriti's job, neither of them expected the handover to become the beginning of a life together.  In this episode of The Australian Women's Weekly Love Stories, Nas and Tom sit down with Tiffany Dunk to talk about the early days of their relationship, from nightly drives home and Italian family dinners to the very practical first gift that s...

When Amanda Ferrari left Sydney for the tiny town of Trangie, she was told there were two eligible bachelors she should stay away from. But the moment she walked into the local pub and saw farmer Ross across the bar, she knew she'd be ignoring that warning completely.  More than 30 years later, Amanda and Ross Ferrari sit down with Tiffany Dunk for The Australian Women’s Weekly Love Sto...

Charlie Albone and Juliet Love’s love story started like a real-life rom com, although Juliet did not exactly leave their first meeting swooning.  When the  Better Homes and Gardens  pair first met during a screen test in Rushcutters Bay, Charlie was nervous, hungover and barely speaking. Juliet drove away thinking he was rude. Somehow, a silent car ride, an acc...

Comedian, writer and professional tall girl Melanie Bracewell has built a career out of making strangers laugh  but the real love story starts at home, with a rescued Shih Tzu cross called Charles, his 'chaos goblin' sister Gigi, and a scrapbook full of tiny, hard won victories. In this episode, Melanie talks with Deputy Editor Tiffany Dunk about growing up as the lanky kid who felt like &ldq...

Deb Lawrie did not set out to become a symbol. She just wanted to fly.  By the late 1970s, Deb had the hours, the qualifications and the experience to become an airline pilot. What she did not have was the one thing Australia’s major airlines seemed to require: being a man.  When Ansett refused to hire her, Deb took on one of the country’s most powerful co...

When  Katie Noonan’s 20-year marriage ended, it wasn’t a clean plot twist, it was the slow unravelling of the life she thought she’d be living forever: two boys, one family, a future she could name. In this episode of  Love Stories , Katie chats with Deputy Editor Tiffany Dunk of The Australian Women's Weekly about her layered grief: losing her Dad, becoming suddenly si...

If you grew up translating for your parents, working in the family business and quietly editing your dreams down to something “sensible,” this episode is for you. Actor Ana Thu Nguyen and her mum, Uyen, talk about going from a crowded boat and 17‑hour bakery days to a life where survival isn’t the only goal and why Ana finally stopped treating acting as a selfish fantasy and star...

On paper,  Sarah Todd and Declan Cleary’s love story looks like a match made in heaven: two chefs meet on  MasterChef Australia: Back to Win , he cooks the “marry me” barbecue fish, she makes the French bouillabaisse, and they ride off into the sunset with matching aprons. In reality, it’s messier, braver and far more interesting a story about second chances, blen...

Sensitive issues raised 💓 Love Notes bonus episode is part of our series of Love Stories -  short, quiet episodes from The Australian Women’s Weekly . W ith small reminders that love is something we practise, not just something that happens to us. In this Love Note , Charmaine Caldwell , CEO and founder of VIXIN   returns to discuss with Deputy Editor Tiffany Dunk  the p...

Who loves you for the longest? Not in the dramatic, fireworks way but in the quiet “did you book your scan?” way. In this episode, we sit with Miss Universe Australia Lexie Brandt and her mum, Penny, in the kind of conversation that usually happens in hospital corridors or parked cars outside imaging clinics Lexie was 11 when Penny was diagnosed with high grade breast cancer on the sam...

Have you ever talked yourself out of something big because it sounded “unrealistic” on paper new city, new partner, new life and then spent years wondering what might’ve happened if you’d just gone with your gut? In this episode of Love Stories hosted by our Deputy Editor Tiffany Dunk , David and Lisa Campbell rewind to the moment they met by chance in Melbourne him in a mu...

In this episode of The Australian Women’s Weekly Love Stories, we’re talking about the kind of love that pads down the hallway on four legs and leaves a paw-shaped crater when it’s gone. 🐾💓 You’ll meet Ryan Wilson, a former SAS soldier whose life was literally saved by a military dog named Fax during a Taliban ambush in Afghanistan, and whose heart was later held together...

Journalist and TV host Narelda Jacobs and her wife, political strategist Karina Natt, join Deputy Editor of the Australian Women's Weekly, Tiffany Dunk on the Love Stories couch to share the very modern, very tender story of how friendship across state lines became a marriage, a baby and a whole new way of living. From a chance meeting in the ABC Q+A green room, through late‑night five‑hour p...

Sensitive issues raised 💓 Love Notes bonus episode is part of our series of Love Stories -  short, quiet episodes from The Australian Women’s Weekly . W ith small reminders that love is something we practise, not just something that happens to us. In this Love Note , we sit with Charmaine Caldwell , CEO and founder of VIXIN and Deputy Editor Tiffany Dunk as she uncovers something...

What if your armpit smell, your birth control, and a dying octopus all had something to say about your love life? In this episode of Love Stories with beloved Dr Karl Kruszelnicki - Australia’s loudest shirt and sharpest science brain we pull apart the chemistry, hormones and fascinating questions behind who we want, why we stay, and when we should absolutely run alongside Deputy Editor of t...

Sensitive issues raised. 💓 Before she was the first winner of  MasterChef Australia , Julie Goodwin was a 19‑year‑old girl on Pennant Hills Road, in a car with a quiet boy who loved rock music. The Angels came on, “I Just Want to Be With You” started to play, and somewhere between the traffic lights and the chorus, Mick casually said, “This’d be my song for you.&rdquo...

There’s nothing quite like that giddy the rush of first love. But while not every first romance will last the distance, for Samantha Harris her first love became her husband… and now the father of her newly arrived baby daughter Bella. In this intimate conversation with Love Stories host Tiffany Dunk – deputy editor of The Australian Women’s Weekly – new mum Sam talk...

Love stories rarely look this cinematic in real life, but Jessica Rowe and Pete Overton make a strong case for the romcoms they both adore. In this intimate new conversation with host Tiffany Dunk Deputy Editor of The Australian Women’s Weekly, the long time couple pull back the curtain on 22 years of marriage, IVF heartbreak and joy, teenage daughters, rescue pets, and the small daily ritua...

What’s your love language? The Australian Women's Weekly Love Stories is for the chronically curious about the strongest of our emotions. Hosted by Tiffany Dunk, this podcast swaps cliché romcom endings for real, messy, magnetic connections told by unforgettable voices from The Australian Women’s Weekly universe. From lifelong mateship to unexpected soulmates to finding love bot...