Kate Halfpenny
Kate Halfpenny is the founder of Bad Mother Media.
Zan Rowe once broke off her engagement. Now, she’s taking the biggest leap of her career
There’s a “dorky” side of the ABC-TV personality that audiences rarely get to see.
- Kate Halfpenny
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The middle child is a dying breed – and this is why society will be worse off without us
I share this connection with Princess Diana and Winston Churchill. And it’s in danger of being lost.
- Kate Halfpenny
- Opinion
- Weddings
Singletons are already whingeing about Taylor Swift’s wedding but her ‘no randoms’ policy is genius
Building a wedding list is a task with more inbuilt booby traps than Home Alone. Invite kids but not dates? Problem. Dates but not kids? Problem. Cousins but not colleagues? Problem.
- Kate Halfpenny
- Opinion
- Luke Sayers
Women were wondering if Luke Sayers was a massive grub. Then the text messages to his wife dropped
The strained text messages between the former Carlton president and his now estranged wife, Cate, have gripped the nation this week.
- Kate Halfpenny
- Opinion
- Pop culture
I’m risking people marching on my place with pikes. But some things must be said about Kylie
There’s so much pop culture gold in the new Kylie doco. Who would have expected the standout star to be her old boyfriend and Neighbours co-star Jason Donovan?
- Kate Halfpenny
- Opinion
- Money & relationships
A windfall changed my life this week. Many Gen Xers are not so lucky
There are millions of us, ordinary, work-our-whole-lives, one-modest-home people, staring at ceilings at 3am worrying about carrying mortgages into retirement.
- Kate Halfpenny
- Opinion
- Celebrity life
Lauren Sanchez Bezos can afford to buy the world. But she can’t get what she really wants
The wife of the world’s fourth-richest man wants the world to know her coffee cup says, “Woke Up Sexy as Hell Again” and that – at 56 – she’d have another baby “tomorrow”.
- Kate Halfpenny
- Opinion
- Crime
Apparently crime in Melbourne is so bad people are fleeing to Queensland. Have fun up there
Veteran entertainment reporter Peter Ford this week fled to the Gold Coast because he said crime in Melbourne has gotten so bad. I have some news for you, Pete.
- Kate Halfpenny
Asher Keddie, 51, has a reputation for being guarded. This interview changed everything
The actor and producer “wasted a lot of energy” chasing unrealistic ideals. Now, she’s learnt to like her appearance, and has a new role with a beauty giant.
- Kate Halfpenny
- Opinion
- Style
Anna Wintour’s wardrobe hack is a bombshell that puts most of us to shame
A new book from a former Vogue insider reveals the woman who inspired The Devil Wears Prada sees people and things as “useful” or “noise”.
- Kate Halfpenny