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Brisbane Times

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It was time for a purge. I had no idea how much those trinkets would be worth

It was time for a purge. I had no idea how much those trinkets would be worth

The price of gold has gone through the roof. But when friends told me to take my old jewellery to a gold guy in a Collins Street office, I did not...

17.10.2025 2

WA Today

Kate Halfpenny

It was time for a purge. I had no idea how much those trinkets would be worth

It was time for a purge. I had no idea how much those trinkets would be worth

The price of gold has gone through the roof. But when friends told me to take my old jewellery to a gold guy in a Collins Street office, I did not...

17.10.2025 5

The Sydney Morning Herald

Kate Halfpenny

It was time for a purge. I had no idea how much those trinkets would be worth

It was time for a purge. I had no idea how much those trinkets would be worth

The price of gold has gone through the roof. But when friends told me to take my old jewellery to a gold guy in a Collins Street office, I did not...

17.10.2025 3

The Age

Kate Halfpenny

It was time for a purge. I had no idea how much those trinkets would be worth

It was time for a purge. I had no idea how much those trinkets would be worth

The price of gold has gone through the roof. But when friends told me to take my old jewellery to a gold guy in a Collins Street office, I did not...

17.10.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Kate Halfpenny

Is six weeks too soon to fall in love after a breakup? Nicole has nailed the optics of divorce

Is six weeks too soon to fall in love after a breakup? Nicole has nailed the optics of divorce

I’ve done a bunch of bad things during my life, and was widely judged for my behaviour after my 23-year marriage ended.

10.10.2025 10

WA Today

Kate Halfpenny

Is six weeks too soon to fall in love after a breakup? Nicole has nailed the optics of divorce

Is six weeks too soon to fall in love after a breakup? Nicole has nailed the optics of divorce

I’ve done a bunch of bad things during my life, and was widely judged for my behaviour after my 23-year marriage ended.

10.10.2025 20

The Sydney Morning Herald

Kate Halfpenny

Is six weeks too soon to fall in love after a breakup? Nicole has nailed the optics of divorce

Is six weeks too soon to fall in love after a breakup? Nicole has nailed the optics of divorce

I’ve done a bunch of bad things during my life, and was widely judged for my behaviour after my 23-year marriage ended.

10.10.2025 30

The Age

Kate Halfpenny

Is six weeks too soon to fall in love after a breakup? Nicole has nailed the optics of divorce

Is six weeks too soon to fall in love after a breakup? Nicole has nailed the optics of divorce

I’ve done a bunch of bad things during my life, and was widely judged for my behaviour after my 23-year marriage ended.

10.10.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Kate Halfpenny

My dad went to an 86-year-old’s funeral. She was carried out to Rod Stewart’s ‘Hot Legs’

My dad went to an 86-year-old’s funeral. She was carried out to Rod Stewart’s ‘Hot Legs’

How many funerals have you been to where the eulogy has been a wild mismatch with the dearly departed? When they die, everyone becomes a goody-goody....

03.10.2025 9

WA Today

Kate Halfpenny

My dad went to an 86-year-old’s funeral. She was carried out to Rod Stewart’s ‘Hot Legs’

My dad went to an 86-year-old’s funeral. She was carried out to Rod Stewart’s ‘Hot Legs’

How many funerals have you been to where the eulogy has been a wild mismatch with the dearly departed? When they die, everyone becomes a goody-goody....

03.10.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Kate Halfpenny

My dad went to an 86-year-old’s funeral. She was carried out to Rod Stewart’s ‘Hot Legs’

My dad went to an 86-year-old’s funeral. She was carried out to Rod Stewart’s ‘Hot Legs’

How many funerals have you been to where the eulogy has been a wild mismatch with the dearly departed? When they die, everyone becomes a goody-goody....

03.10.2025 6

The Age

Kate Halfpenny

My dad went to an 86-year-old’s funeral. She was carried out to Rod Stewart’s ‘Hot Legs’

My dad went to an 86-year-old’s funeral. She was carried out to Rod Stewart’s ‘Hot Legs’

How many funerals have you been to where the eulogy has been a wild mismatch with the dearly departed? When they die, everyone becomes a goody-goody....

03.10.2025 4

Brisbane Times

Kate Halfpenny

Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban’s separation is the hardest, truest love story of all

Strip away the gowns and guitar solos and the glowing red carpets, and maybe Keith and Nicole’s home life looked a lot more like ours than we knew.

30.09.2025 3

WA Today

Kate Halfpenny

Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban’s separation is the hardest, truest love story of all

Strip away the gowns and guitar solos and the glowing red carpets, and maybe Keith and Nicole’s home life looked a lot more like ours than we knew.

30.09.2025 5

The Sydney Morning Herald

Kate Halfpenny

Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban’s separation is the hardest, truest love story of all

Strip away the gowns and guitar solos and the glowing red carpets, and maybe Keith and Nicole’s home life looked a lot more like ours than we knew.

30.09.2025 4

The Age

Kate Halfpenny

Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban’s separation is the hardest, truest love story of all

Strip away the gowns and guitar solos and the glowing red carpets, and maybe Keith and Nicole’s home life looked a lot more like ours than we knew.

30.09.2025 4

Brisbane Times

Kate Halfpenny

Mum guilt is so universal it inspired the name of my company

Being pregnant is to experience one guilty thought after another. We don’t need Donald Trump adding to that stress.

26.09.2025 10

WA Today

Kate Halfpenny

Mum guilt is so universal it inspired the name of my company

Being pregnant is to experience one guilty thought after another. We don’t need Donald Trump adding to that stress.

26.09.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Kate Halfpenny

Mum guilt is so universal it inspired the name of my company

Being pregnant is to experience one guilty thought after another. We don’t need Donald Trump adding to that stress.

26.09.2025 10

The Age

Kate Halfpenny

Mum guilt is so universal it inspired the name of my company

Being pregnant is to experience one guilty thought after another. We don’t need Donald Trump adding to that stress.

26.09.2025 9

Brisbane Times

Kate Halfpenny

With a wag of his finger, Trump has broken Australia’s most sacred rule

Now we’ll see if Anthony Albanese can stand up for one of us and stare down the most powerful whinger on earth.

19.09.2025 40

WA Today

Kate Halfpenny

With a wag of his finger, Trump has broken Australia’s most sacred rule

Now we’ll see if Anthony Albanese can stand up for one of us and stare down the most powerful whinger on earth.

19.09.2025 20

The Sydney Morning Herald

Kate Halfpenny

With a wag of his finger, Trump has broken Australia’s most sacred rule

Now we’ll see if Anthony Albanese can stand up for one of us and stare down the most powerful whinger on earth.

19.09.2025 10

The Age

Kate Halfpenny

With a wag of his finger, Trump has broken Australia’s most sacred rule

Now we’ll see if Anthony Albanese can stand up for one of us and stare down the most powerful whinger on earth.

19.09.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Kate Halfpenny

Instead of pashing my husband I’m watching Jennifer Aniston with a blowdryer. I’m a phubber

Maybe I’ve been married too long, but suddenly the phone has become inexplicably irresistible.

12.09.2025 10

WA Today

Kate Halfpenny

Instead of pashing my husband I’m watching Jennifer Aniston with a blowdryer. I’m a phubber

Maybe I’ve been married too long, but suddenly the phone has become inexplicably irresistible.

12.09.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Kate Halfpenny

Instead of pashing my husband I’m watching Jennifer Aniston with a blowdryer. I’m a phubber

Maybe I’ve been married too long, but suddenly the phone has become inexplicably irresistible.

12.09.2025 10

The Age

Kate Halfpenny

Instead of pashing my husband I’m watching Jennifer Aniston with a blowdryer. I’m a phubber

Maybe I’ve been married too long, but suddenly the phone has become inexplicably irresistible.

12.09.2025 20

Brisbane Times

Kate Halfpenny

There’s something comedic about the grandad child-swap case, but it hurts my heart

I know that nannas would drive through walls for their beloved grandbabies, but they shouldn’t have to. It’s our failure that is putting so much...

05.09.2025 7

WA Today

Kate Halfpenny

There’s something comedic about the grandad child-swap case, but it hurts my heart

I know that nannas would drive through walls for their beloved grandbabies, but they shouldn’t have to. It’s our failure that is putting so much...

05.09.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Kate Halfpenny

There’s something comedic about the grandad child-swap case, but it hurts my heart

I know that nannas would drive through walls for their beloved grandbabies, but they shouldn’t have to. It’s our failure that is putting so much...

05.09.2025 10

The Age

Kate Halfpenny

There’s something comedic about the grandad child-swap case, but it hurts my heart

I know that nannas would drive through walls for their beloved grandbabies, but they shouldn’t have to. It’s our failure that is putting so much...

05.09.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Kate Halfpenny

Many celebrity couples are doomed. But Taylor-Travis will be different

After years of dating sensitive musicians and British actors, Taylor Swift went for the big dag who tackles people for a living. And I’m here for it.

29.08.2025 4

WA Today

Kate Halfpenny

Many celebrity couples are doomed. But Taylor-Travis will be different

After years of dating sensitive musicians and British actors, Taylor Swift went for the big dag who tackles people for a living. And I’m here for it.

29.08.2025 9

The Sydney Morning Herald

Kate Halfpenny

Many celebrity couples are doomed. But Taylor-Travis will be different

After years of dating sensitive musicians and British actors, Taylor Swift went for the big dag who tackles people for a living. And I’m here for it.

29.08.2025 3

The Age

Kate Halfpenny

Many celebrity couples are doomed. But Taylor-Travis will be different

After years of dating sensitive musicians and British actors, Taylor Swift went for the big dag who tackles people for a living. And I’m here for it.

29.08.2025 4

Brisbane Times

Kate Halfpenny

The AFL’s dithering over slur shows they’re not ready to embrace an Ian Roberts moment

I will lose it next time I hear “we’re wrapping our arms around” a bloke who behaves badly and then gets paid time off from his dream job to...

22.08.2025 6

WA Today

Kate Halfpenny

The AFL’s dithering over slur shows they’re not ready to embrace an Ian Roberts moment

I will lose it next time I hear “we’re wrapping our arms around” a bloke who behaves badly and then gets paid time off from his dream job to...

22.08.2025 5

The Sydney Morning Herald

Kate Halfpenny

The AFL’s dithering over slur shows they’re not ready to embrace an Ian Roberts moment

I will lose it next time I hear “we’re wrapping our arms around” a bloke who behaves badly and then gets paid time off from his dream job to...

22.08.2025 7

The Age

Kate Halfpenny

The AFL’s dithering over slur shows they’re not ready to embrace an Ian Roberts moment

I will lose it next time I hear “we’re wrapping our arms around” a bloke who behaves badly and then gets paid time off from his dream job to...

22.08.2025 6

Brisbane Times

Kate Halfpenny

The sad Beckhams split is a reminder to be a cheer squad not a jury

The people your children bring home may seem a bit random, but loving them is an investment in your family.

15.08.2025 10

WA Today

Kate Halfpenny

The sad Beckhams split is a reminder to be a cheer squad not a jury

The people your children bring home may seem a bit random, but loving them is an investment in your family.

15.08.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Kate Halfpenny

The sad Beckhams split is a reminder to be a cheer squad not a jury

The people your children bring home may seem a bit random, but loving them is an investment in your family.

15.08.2025 40

The Age

Kate Halfpenny

The sad Beckhams split is a reminder to be a cheer squad not a jury

The people your children bring home may seem a bit random, but loving them is an investment in your family.

15.08.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Kate Halfpenny

Want to give great advice to your loved ones? Try these three words

Listening to my mum’s neurosurgeon, I went into a brief fugue state, thinking about how to condense a lifetime’s worth of knowledge into a soundbite.

08.08.2025 6

WA Today

Kate Halfpenny

Want to give great advice to your loved ones? Try these three words

Listening to my mum’s neurosurgeon, I went into a brief fugue state, thinking about how to condense a lifetime’s worth of knowledge into a soundbite.

08.08.2025 4

The Sydney Morning Herald

Kate Halfpenny

Want to give great advice to your loved ones? Try these three words

Listening to my mum’s neurosurgeon, I went into a brief fugue state, thinking about how to condense a lifetime’s worth of knowledge into a soundbite.

08.08.2025 10

The Age

Kate Halfpenny

Want to give great advice to your loved ones? Try these three words

Listening to my mum’s neurosurgeon, I went into a brief fugue state, thinking about how to condense a lifetime’s worth of knowledge into a soundbite.

08.08.2025 5

Brisbane Times

Kate Halfpenny

Forget the debates, the Hottest 100 revealed a truth about Australians

The plan was not to spend Saturday listening to a music countdown, but I found myself making orange cake to These Days and hanging washing to Under...

01.08.2025 30

WA Today

Kate Halfpenny

Forget the debates, the Hottest 100 revealed a truth about Australians

The plan was not to spend Saturday listening to a music countdown, but I found myself making orange cake to These Days and hanging washing to Under...

01.08.2025 20

The Sydney Morning Herald

Kate Halfpenny