Australian Women's Weekly

The Australian Women's Weekly, published by Australian Consolidated Press (a Kerry Packer media company), is a monthly women's magazine published in Australia and sold all over the world. It typically contains feature articles about the modern Australian woman, as it has done over the past 70 years (since 1933, started by Frank Warnecke). It is usually 240 pages long and printed on A4 glossy paper. As of 2004 it costs $5.70 in the supermarket, and is slightly more expensive on the subscription. The current editor of the Women's Weekly (just simply called the Weekly) is Deborah Thomas, who has this position since 2000. Other editors of the Weekly have included Ita Buttrose and Jennifer Rowe. The Women's Weekly in any era was and is known for its cookbooks, which are sold in supermarkets and newsagents. Recently these have become of a smaller format than they were formerly, and contain many multicultural and forward-thinking recipes. Some Weekly columnists include Patter (Pat McDermott), Robin Barker (author of the Mighty Toddler), Jackie (gardening), Lee Tulloch (writes an expatriate column). The Weekly is also known for its monthly fiction and it has recently started a book club, parellel to Oprah's book club.