Melissa Fyfe
Melissa Fyfe is an award-winning senior writer with Good Weekend.
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‘Profound injustice’: 16 experts demand inquest for Epstein survivor Virginia Giuffre
A rare intervention by some of Australia’s most prominent domestic violence experts warns it would be a “profound injustice” if potential systemic failures were not scrutinised.
- Carla Hildebrandt and Melissa Fyfe
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‘Slow femicide’: Call to hold abusive partners to account for suicides
One of the nation’s leading domestic violence experts has urged a rethink of the treatment of suicide deaths when there is a history of domestic abuse.
- Carla Hildebrandt and Melissa Fyfe
Why ‘quiet quitting’ your friends might be doing more harm than good
There’s often an extra hidden emotional cost in slowly ending a friendship.
- Melissa Fyfe
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Virginia Giuffre’s family seeks coronial inquest, says she was ‘let down’ in final months
A year after Jeffrey Epstein’s most prominent abuse survivor died by suicide at her rural West Australian property, her brothers are calling for a public inquest and a formal review of police actions they believe failed to protect her.
- Carla Hildebrandt and Melissa Fyfe
The one topic you should never use as a conversation-starter (and what to say instead)
Breaking the ice with a stranger is an artform: experts recommend learning to nail “body torque” and subliminal cues as well as “safe starter” questions.
- Melissa Fyfe
Is your dog secretly stressed? The subtle signs most owners miss at the dog park
Five expert-approved steps to navigate a pooch playground without the drama
- Melissa Fyfe
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Violent incident between Giuffre and husband revealed as legal fight over her fortune rages on
A police report has revealed details of a violent incident between Virginia Giuffre and her estranged husband as a bitter legal fight over her multimillion-dollar estate resumes in the Supreme Court.
- Carla Hildebrandt and Melissa Fyfe
‘I had a little happy cry in the Uber’: the post-election moment that moved Adam Bandt to tears
After the shock loss of his federal seat, former Greens leader Adam Bandt has a new focus: powering up the low-key Australian Conservation Foundation.
- Melissa Fyfe
Tragedy, scrutiny, a six-day coma: How Aussie star Jamie Melham got back on the horse
She’s survived a bad fall, the death of dear colleagues and more than her fair share of controversy. We have republished this Good Weekend cover story from this time last year after Jamie Kah – now Jamie Melham – won the 2025 Melbourne Cup.
- Melissa Fyfe
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‘Excuse me. I’ve killed my wife’: The ongoing menace of forced marriage in Australia
At 21, Ruqia Haidari was murdered by the man she was forced to marry. Other women in Australia have made desperate escapes to avoid a similar fate.
- Melissa Fyfe