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Brisbane Times

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Why women are obsessed with Nadia Bartel, and men will never get it

Why women are obsessed with Nadia Bartel, and men will never get it

When news broke this week that the influencer has listed her Windsor home for sale, the story went nuts. Everyone raced to have a good old sticky...

13.03.2026 10

WA Today

Kate Halfpenny

Why women are obsessed with Nadia Bartel, and men will never get it

Why women are obsessed with Nadia Bartel, and men will never get it

When news broke this week that the influencer has listed her Windsor home for sale, the story went nuts. Everyone raced to have a good old sticky...

13.03.2026 10

Brisbane Times

Kate Halfpenny

Why women are obsessed with Nadia Bartel, and men will never get it

Why women are obsessed with Nadia Bartel, and men will never get it

When news broke this week that the influencer has listed her Windsor home for sale, the story went nuts. Everyone raced to have a good old sticky...

13.03.2026 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Kate Halfpenny

Why women are obsessed with Nadia Bartel, and men will never get it

Why women are obsessed with Nadia Bartel, and men will never get it

When news broke this week that the influencer has listed her Windsor home for sale, the story went nuts. Everyone raced to have a good old sticky...

13.03.2026 10

The Age

Kate Halfpenny

Kyle and Jackie O’s demise is proof that Melbourne is culturally superior to Sydney

Melburnians’ discerning taste has brought down a Sydney rating juggernaut, and the rest of the country should be grateful.

06.03.2026 10

Brisbane Times

Kate Halfpenny

Kyle and Jackie O’s demise is proof that Melbourne is culturally superior to Sydney

Melburnians’ discerning taste has brought down a Sydney rating juggernaut, and the rest of the country should be grateful.

06.03.2026 20

WA Today

Kate Halfpenny

Kyle and Jackie O’s demise is proof that Melbourne is culturally superior to Sydney

Melburnians’ discerning taste has brought down a Sydney rating juggernaut, and the rest of the country should be grateful.

06.03.2026 20

The Sydney Morning Herald

Kate Halfpenny

Kyle and Jackie O’s demise is proof that Melbourne is culturally superior to Sydney

Melburnians’ discerning taste has brought down a Sydney rating juggernaut, and the rest of the country should be grateful.

06.03.2026 30

The Age

Kate Halfpenny

Fergie’s the loose cannon the royal family should really fear

She has an untold “access-all-areas” story, no shame, nothing to lose and she’s broke. Is Sarah Ferguson now more dangerous than Andrew to the...

27.02.2026 9

WA Today

Kate Halfpenny

Fergie’s the loose cannon the royal family should really fear

She has an untold “access-all-areas” story, no shame, nothing to lose and she’s broke. Is Sarah Ferguson now more dangerous than Andrew to the...

27.02.2026 10

The Age

Kate Halfpenny

Fergie’s the loose cannon the royal family should really fear

She has an untold “access-all-areas” story, no shame, nothing to lose and she’s broke. Is Sarah Ferguson now more dangerous than Andrew to the...

27.02.2026 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Kate Halfpenny

Fergie’s the loose cannon the royal family should really fear

She has an untold “access-all-areas” story, no shame, nothing to lose and she’s broke. Is Sarah Ferguson now more dangerous than Andrew to the...

27.02.2026 8

Brisbane Times

Kate Halfpenny

From his wild eyes to his tented hands, you can see the penny has finally dropped for Andrew

Culturally the royals still do something nothing else can: give us a rolling global soap opera about power, family, betrayal and survival that cuts...

20.02.2026 150

WA Today

Kate Halfpenny

From his wild eyes to his tented hands, you can see the penny has finally dropped for Andrew

Culturally the royals still do something nothing else can: give us a rolling global soap opera about power, family, betrayal and survival that cuts...

20.02.2026 50

The Age

Kate Halfpenny

From his wild eyes to his tented hands, you can see the penny has finally dropped for Andrew

Culturally the royals still do something nothing else can: give us a rolling global soap opera about power, family, betrayal and survival that cuts...

20.02.2026 90

The Sydney Morning Herald

Kate Halfpenny

From his wild eyes to his tented hands, you can see the penny has finally dropped for Andrew

Culturally the royals still do something nothing else can: give us a rolling global soap opera about power, family, betrayal and survival that cuts...

20.02.2026 10

Brisbane Times

Kate Halfpenny

Grand romantic gesture or the act of a massive goose? This love rat got it wrong

Imagine medalling at the Olympics and using your victory lap to hash over your messy sex life. Time and place, I would have thought.

13.02.2026 7

WA Today

Kate Halfpenny

Grand romantic gesture or the act of a massive goose? This love rat got it wrong

Imagine medalling at the Olympics and using your victory lap to hash over your messy sex life. Time and place, I would have thought.

13.02.2026 20

The Sydney Morning Herald

Kate Halfpenny

Grand romantic gesture or the act of a massive goose? This love rat got it wrong

Imagine medalling at the Olympics and using your victory lap to hash over your messy sex life. Time and place, I would have thought.

13.02.2026 40

The Age

Kate Halfpenny

Grand romantic gesture or the act of a massive goose? This love rat got it wrong

Imagine medalling at the Olympics and using your victory lap to hash over your messy sex life. Time and place, I would have thought.

13.02.2026 5

Brisbane Times

Kate Halfpenny

After days of trying to call and text my brother-in-law, we rang the local police

Andrew was entertaining because he never pretended to be interesting. While in his pomp he was at the heart of the party, he decided in midlife that...

06.02.2026 7

WA Today

Kate Halfpenny

After days of trying to call and text my brother-in-law, we rang the local police

Andrew was entertaining because he never pretended to be interesting. While in his pomp he was at the heart of the party, he decided in midlife that...

06.02.2026 8

The Sydney Morning Herald

Kate Halfpenny

After days of trying to call and text my brother-in-law, we rang the local police

Andrew was entertaining because he never pretended to be interesting. While in his pomp he was at the heart of the party, he decided in midlife that...

06.02.2026 20

The Age

Kate Halfpenny

After days of trying to call and text my brother-in-law, we rang the local police

Andrew was entertaining because he never pretended to be interesting. While in his pomp he was at the heart of the party, he decided in midlife that...

06.02.2026 4

Brisbane Times

Kate Halfpenny

Five years ago I left my life behind for a beach dream. Here’s my verdict

Not having the Moving Somewhere Else fantasy is possibly illegal in Australia right now. There are tons of things I wish we’d known before we...

30.01.2026 6

WA Today

Kate Halfpenny

Five years ago I left my life behind for a beach dream. Here’s my verdict

Not having the Moving Somewhere Else fantasy is possibly illegal in Australia right now. There are tons of things I wish we’d known before we...

30.01.2026 9

The Sydney Morning Herald

Kate Halfpenny

Five years ago I left my life behind for a beach dream. Here’s my verdict

Not having the Moving Somewhere Else fantasy is possibly illegal in Australia right now. There are tons of things I wish we’d known before we...

30.01.2026 9

The Age

Kate Halfpenny

Five years ago I left my life behind for a beach dream. Here’s my verdict

Not having the Moving Somewhere Else fantasy is possibly illegal in Australia right now. There are tons of things I wish we’d known before we...

30.01.2026 9

Brisbane Times

Kate Halfpenny

We mock Victoria Beckham and the dance, but this slapdown of a mother is too cruel

Brooklyn is suggesting his mum’s a creep who “humiliated” him via dance. This is the same fella who got a “mama’s boy” tatt on his chest.

23.01.2026 10

WA Today

Kate Halfpenny

We mock Victoria Beckham and the dance, but this slapdown of a mother is too cruel

Brooklyn is suggesting his mum’s a creep who “humiliated” him via dance. This is the same fella who got a “mama’s boy” tatt on his chest.

23.01.2026 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Kate Halfpenny

We mock Victoria Beckham and the dance, but this slapdown of a mother is too cruel

Brooklyn is suggesting his mum’s a creep who “humiliated” him via dance. This is the same fella who got a “mama’s boy” tatt on his chest.

23.01.2026 30

The Age

Kate Halfpenny

We mock Victoria Beckham and the dance, but this slapdown of a mother is too cruel

Brooklyn is suggesting his mum’s a creep who “humiliated” him via dance. This is the same fella who got a “mama’s boy” tatt on his chest.

23.01.2026 10

Brisbane Times

Kate Halfpenny

There’s a dinner party game we play about disaster. But when fire bears down the choice is stark

Everything that could be done was done. With fire approaching your family home, what choices would you make?

16.01.2026 30

WA Today

Kate Halfpenny

There’s a dinner party game we play about disaster. But when fire bears down the choice is stark

Everything that could be done was done. With fire approaching your family home, what choices would you make?

16.01.2026 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Kate Halfpenny

There’s a dinner party game we play about disaster. But when fire bears down the choice is stark

Everything that could be done was done. With fire approaching your family home, what choices would you make?

16.01.2026 20

The Age

Kate Halfpenny

There’s a dinner party game we play about disaster. But when fire bears down the choice is stark

Everything that could be done was done. With fire approaching your family home, what choices would you make?

16.01.2026 20

Brisbane Times

Kate Halfpenny

The Lachie Neale saga and the one big question

Weeks on, I still can’t get my head around the Shakespearean scale of the implosion of Jules Neale’s marriage to AFL untouchable Lachie.

09.01.2026 80

WA Today

Kate Halfpenny

The Lachie Neale saga and the one big question

Weeks on, I still can’t get my head around the Shakespearean scale of the implosion of Jules Neale’s marriage to AFL untouchable Lachie.

09.01.2026 30

The Sydney Morning Herald

Kate Halfpenny

The Lachie Neale saga and the one big question

Weeks on, I still can’t get my head around the Shakespearean scale of the implosion of Jules Neale’s marriage to AFL untouchable Lachie.

09.01.2026 70

The Age

Kate Halfpenny

The Lachie Neale saga and the one big question

Weeks on, I still can’t get my head around the Shakespearean scale of the implosion of Jules Neale’s marriage to AFL untouchable Lachie.

09.01.2026 20

Brisbane Times

Kate Halfpenny

Liz and Billy, Katy and Justin: 2025 was the year of weird celebrity matches, hatches and dispatches

2025 was when celebrities stopped being famous for nothing or concentrating on wellness, and started living big, messy, operatic lives again.

02.01.2026 10

WA Today

Kate Halfpenny

Liz and Billy, Katy and Justin: 2025 was the year of weird celebrity matches, hatches and dispatches

2025 was when celebrities stopped being famous for nothing or concentrating on wellness, and started living big, messy, operatic lives again.

02.01.2026 40

The Sydney Morning Herald

Kate Halfpenny

Liz and Billy, Katy and Justin: 2025 was the year of weird celebrity matches, hatches and dispatches

2025 was when celebrities stopped being famous for nothing or concentrating on wellness, and started living big, messy, operatic lives again.

02.01.2026 20

The Age

Kate Halfpenny

Liz and Billy, Katy and Justin: 2025 was the year of weird celebrity matches, hatches and dispatches

2025 was when celebrities stopped being famous for nothing or concentrating on wellness, and started living big, messy, operatic lives again.

02.01.2026 20

Brisbane Times

Kate Halfpenny

Can you make new friends in your 50s? I’ve found them in unexpected places

The best part about writing this column is what happens afterwards. The unexpected conversations that land in my inbox once the column stops being...

26.12.2025 10

WA Today

Kate Halfpenny

Can you make new friends in your 50s? I’ve found them in unexpected places

The best part about writing this column is what happens afterwards. The unexpected conversations that land in my inbox once the column stops being...

26.12.2025 30

The Sydney Morning Herald

Kate Halfpenny

Can you make new friends in your 50s? I’ve found them in unexpected places

The best part about writing this column is what happens afterwards. The unexpected conversations that land in my inbox once the column stops being...

26.12.2025 30

The Age

Kate Halfpenny

Can you make new friends in your 50s? I’ve found them in unexpected places

The best part about writing this column is what happens afterwards. The unexpected conversations that land in my inbox once the column stops being...

26.12.2025 20

Brisbane Times

Kate Halfpenny

I’m jealous of anyone who hasn’t yet seen The Princess Bride. Some movies turn life up to 11

On a 1987 Sunday night at the Valhalla in Richmond, I first saw my first Rob Reiner film. For 82 perfect minutes, my BFF Pies and I laughed until we...

19.12.2025 10

WA Today

Kate Halfpenny

I’m jealous of anyone who hasn’t yet seen The Princess Bride. Some movies turn life up to 11

On a 1987 Sunday night at the Valhalla in Richmond, I first saw my first Rob Reiner film. For 82 perfect minutes, my BFF Pies and I laughed until we...

19.12.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Kate Halfpenny