Jessica Wright
Fairfax Good Food
Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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Food fight
Food fight : the origins of Australian cult foods up for debate The best way to ensure robust debate between countries is to claim ownership of a certain foodstuff. → Read More
Medicine's stoic woman for all seasons
Elegant, poised, tough as nails and successful, Susan Alberti is a near-perfect example of a woman shattering the glass ceiling. → Read More
Unlicensed backyard dentist pleads guilty, escapes jail term
A man who operated a backyard dentist practice without a licence for more than a decade in Meadow Heights has pleaded guilty to 17 charges but has escaped a jail term. → Read More
Ashley Hart makes it two in a row at Melbourne Spring Fashion Week
One of Australia's most successful modelling exports, Ashley Hart, will return to Melbourne for Spring Fashion Week, resuming her duties as official ambassador for the second year in a row. → Read More
Wimbledon 2015: Call that a heatwave?
As Wimbledon gets into full swing at the All England Club, the Brits have been confronted with a bit of, er, weather. → Read More
'Enough is enough': Clementine Ford to lodge police complaint over trolling
Clementine Ford has had enough with online trolls, and says she will report a man who abused her online to police. → Read More
Primary school teacher sacked over 'inappropriate touching' of students
A Melbourne primary school teacher has been fired amid allegations of "inappropriate" touching of students, the Department of Education has confirmed. → Read More
Dolph Lundgren talks tough with brave Melbourne woman Clare Verrall
Sometimes a girl's just gotta help herself. → Read More
Ciao factor: Hollywood siren Sophia Loren wows Melbourne for a good cause
The original screen siren, Sophia Loren, can still work a room like nobody's business. → Read More
Dolph Lundgren talks tough with brave Melbourne woman Clare Verrall
But Ms Verrall was not not going to go quietly into that dark night. The 31-year-old successfully defended herself against the cowardly attack by kneeing the man - hard - in the groin, and once he was on the ground, Ms Verrall booted her assailant twice in the kidneys before fleeing the scene. The attack left her with a broken nose, broken toe (via the kidney kicking) and heavy bruising. Clare… → Read More
Squadron of cyclists attack motorist in Fitzroy
It was a case of road rage on two wheels this week as a squadron of cyclists assaulted a motorist in Fitzroy. → Read More
Private Melbourne: fashion, festivals and Franks
The matriarch of Australian fashion retailing, David Jones, ditched the conservative glad rags for its autumn/winter 2015 launch in Sydney this week, replacing the traditionally muted tones of the season with bursts of colour and edgy style. → Read More
Wolf of Wall Street star Margot Robbie sweeps into Stakes Day
She may have played second fiddle to the wolf of Wall Street but on Saturday, Margot Robbie was most certainly the fox of Flemington. → Read More
Ten places to be at Flemington on the big day
Whether you are a bird headed for the Cage, a VRC member or a guest, or if you simply have a general admission ticket for the Big Dance - then we have the lowdown on where you should be and what's on offer at Flemington. Happy Cup Day! → Read More
Fashion tips for the cup
Go bold, go big, but never go shod in white. → Read More
Keith and the Cup: will the Rolling Stone present racing's biggest prize?
The Rolling Stones' Keith Richards is to present the Melbourne Cup — or so says the hot rumour currently hurtling around Melbourne's public relations and related glamour circles. → Read More
Birdcage bound: where the celebrities will be on Melbourne Cup day
Guests to the Johnny Walker marquee can expect a 'sensory tour'. Photo: Justin McManus Lexus Pavilion The faces: Emma Freedman, Jamie Durie, the cast of the Real Housewives of Melbourne: Gina Liano, Lydia Schiavello, Pettifleur Berenger, Gamble Breaux, Chyka Keebaugh, Janet Roach and Jackie Gillies. Bells and whistles: For the first time, a three storey-marquee has been erected in the Birdcage… → Read More
Flemington's Melbourne Cup Birdcage goes dizzily over the top
Disneyland for adults. There is really no other way to describe the funland that is this year's Birdcage at Flemington Racecourse. → Read More
Spring Racing Carnival: Which day is right for you?
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Melbourne Cup 2014: Fashions on the Field launches at Flemington racecourse
If there were any doubt, a single glimmer of misapprehension, that the true heart of spring fashion was anywhere but Flemington Racecourse, then consider this: over three days of the nation’s premier racing carnival, almost half a million dollars in prizes will be shelled out to stylish women and (to a lesser extent) men and kids as part ofthe Myer Fashions on the Field contest. → Read More