Susan Horsburgh

Once a country kid who dropped out of design school because he felt overwhelmed, now Flack couldn’t be cooler.

Founder and former national co-chair of Women in Media, Victoria Laurie is an award-winning Perth-based feature writer.

Uncover the inspiring journey of Liz Courtney from corporate communications to directing films in Antarctica.

Award winning investigative journalist Kate McClymont AM will be giving the inaugural Women in Media Oration Honouring Caroline Jones AO on 8 August, a gala dinner taking place the evening before the 2024 WiM Conference. A ten-time Walkley winner,…

Words by Susan Horsburgh Building a career isn’t a solo pursuit – most of us need mentors and support networks particularly, to help us find our voice. The formidable forces behind Future Women and Missing Perspectives used their advocacy to launch…

Robyn Davidson’s solo desert trek made her famous 46 years ago, setting the course for her extraordinary life. But before that, her mum’s suicide shaped the woman she would become. Words by Susan Horsburgh.

Famed for her early portrait photography, this Australian artist makes sculptures that defy easy interpretation. Photographing Queen Elizabeth II was possibly Polly Borland’s most famous – if not finest – hour. Granted just five minutes to shoot Her…

This down-to-earth artist is all about attention to detail and revealing the allure of the miniature. When Mylyn Nguyen was a toddler, she’d collect empty matchboxes and make paper dolls to tuck into them, with paper blankets and pillows. Later, she…

After four decades in the music industry, Kate Ceberano’s still going strong. The singer talks to Susan Horsburgh about career highs and lows, and making peace with what might have been.

In the resurrected glory of St Kilda's historic George Ballroom, Kate Ceberano beams that brilliant signature smile for the camera, revelling in the nostalgia of the moment. She's back where it all began. These days, with its ornate ceilings and…

Having lost both her husband and son, the Minister for Indigenous Australians has dealt with grief through the fortifying power of her female friendships. By Susan Horsburgh Linda Burney’s historic first speech to federal parliament in 2016 was a…

Throughout her career, Zampatti always took time to give younger designers a leg-up, writes Susan Horsburgh, sharing business advice and showing them how to endure in an often brutal industry.

After actor and campaigner Samuel Johnson was struck by a car last year, his big sister Hilde Hinton swung into action, caring for him through a tough recovery and birthing her second book along the way. Susan Horsburgh reports.

From CEO of Layne Beachley’s “life” to the first female boss in Rip Curl’s history, Brooke Farris is riding a COVID-inspired surfing boom that’s seen more people than ever, not least women, take to the water. And there’s not a Chiko Roll in sight.

From CEO of Layne Beachley’s “life” to the first female boss in Rip Curl’s history, Brooke Farris is riding a COVID-inspired surfing boom that’s seen more people than ever, not least women, take to the water. And there’s not a Chiko Roll in sight.…

Phillip Maisel thought he’d lost his twin sister during the war. Finding her again by sheer chance is just one of the things for which this (nearly) 99-year-old is thankful. In the spring of 1944, Phillip Maisel had reached the lowest ebb of his…

Shaun Micallef is shining a light on the dark side of drinking. Now, for the first time, he tells Susan Horsburgh about the tragedy that inspired him.

With three teenage kids, Lisa McCune knows a thing or two about family comedy. Happily single, she talks to Susan Horsburgh about life in the time of COVID-19, the complexity of parenting, and learning to ignore the critics.

Hilde Hinton was always “the other sister” as her siblings, Connie and Samuel Johnson, raised millions to fight cancer, but now she is stepping out with a heartbreaking novel inspired by the mother her siblings never knew, writes Susan Horsburgh.

The king of culinary TV, Gordon Ramsay is serving up MasterChef Australia’s 12th season and its three new judges. A dad again at 53, he tells Susan Horsburgh about freaking out in the delivery room, his caveman image, and trying to raise normal kids.