Amanda Hooton

1 week ago | smh.com.au | Amanda Hooton

, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Here’s a thought experiment. It’s 2017, and you’re a 35-year-old Australian woman with your own successful business. You’re four years into a relationship with a man five years younger than you, and he’s just won a Fulbright scholarship to the US. You really love each other, but it’s safe to say you’re at a low point in your relationship.

1 week ago | smh.com.au | Amanda Hooton

, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. This story is part of the April 12 edition of Good Weekend.See all 11 stories. Melinda French Gates is the 10th-richest woman on the planet, or thereabouts. Her personal wealth is estimated at $US30 billion ($48 billion). How does an ordinary person even conceive of this sort of money?

3 weeks ago | smh.com.au | Amanda Hooton

By Amanda Hooton April 3, 2025 — 5.00am, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Isabella Mikac, 23, is the daughter of Walter Mikac, 62. She was born in 2001, five years after the Port Arthur tragedy, in which Walter’s first two daughters, Alannah and Madeline – and their mother, Nanette – were killed. Isabella: Dad says I was born with my eyes wide open, ready for the world. When I was little, he was around a lot.

3 weeks ago | watoday.com.au | Amanda Hooton

Exponential Interactive, Inc d/b/a VDX.tvCookie duration: 90 (days). Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device identifiers, Probabilistic identifiers, Browsing and interaction data, Non-precise location data, Users’ profiles, Privacy choicesmoreCookie duration resets each session. View details | Storage details | Privacy policyConsentCookie duration: 365 (days).

2 months ago | smh.com.au | Amanda Hooton

, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. New year, new me. Here we are in 2025: a fresh start, a blank page, a clean canvas on which to paint the glorious colours of a fabulous new life. Although, to be honest, I’m looking for my new life to differ from my old life in only one respect – that somehow, in some fashion, I will finally get fit.