Melissa Fyfe

1 week ago | smh.com.au | Melissa Fyfe

, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. I’m going for a ciggie, wanna come?” Lidia Thorpe is at her office door, slipping on heels. The senator normally goes barefoot in her parliamentary rooms. As we walk through the corridors of “Colonial HQ”, Thorpe, 51, greets the staff like long-lost siblings. “What’s going on, old mate?” she says to a maintenance guy heating his lunch, sunnies on his head.

4 weeks ago | smh.com.au | Melissa Fyfe

By Melissa Fyfe March 27, 2025 — 10.37am, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Model and beauty influencer Onella Muralidharan, 26, met her fiancé, Ryan Smith, 26, on Tinder. From the start, they’ve shared the same life goals, though she’d like more cuddles – and he’d like a little more enthusiasm for his dad jokes. ONELLA: I matched with Ryan on Tinder on Christmas Day, 2021.

Dec 12, 2024 | smh.com.au | Melissa Fyfe

, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. In September, I had a meltdown in Mecca, the cosmetics store. I was looking at a slim tube of Summer Fridays lip butter for $40. Outwardly, I showed no signs of my inner turmoil, which felt like the beginnings of a panic attack. I was suddenly overwhelmed: the warm lights, the sweet smells, the promises everywhere of flawless skin and glowy lips.

Nov 1, 2024 | smh.com.au | Melissa Fyfe

, 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 November 2 edition of Good Weekend.See all 10 stories. It’s September and the Victorian Racing Tribunal is meeting on the eve of the spring carnival, the most prestigious stretch of the Australian racing calendar. The tribunal members make notes with nice pens. The steward, a kind of horse-racing cop, drones on. It’s low-vibe, but high-stakes.

Oct 30, 2024 | smh.com.au | Melissa Fyfe

By Melissa Fyfe October 31, 2024 — 5.00am, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. After her daughter fell into drug addiction, Marita, now 79, fought for custody of her granddaughter, Ashlee McNamara, now 32 and a technology consultant. Both strong-willed, each accuses the other of never apologising. Marita: I married John at 20 and had our first child at 21, another at 22 and another at 23.