New Idea 2 April 2018

Our all-new crime podcasts are going from strength to strength and we’ve had amazing feedback about them. This week, we talk to Sharon McKell, whose daughter, Emma Jade Pawelski, was tragically murdered in 2005, but the crime has never been solved. We delve into how the details of that awful event in Adelaide and how Emma’s murder changed her family. With a $20,000 reward for any information leading to an arrest, this brave mother’s fight for justice is not to be missed. • Search on iTunes or visit omny.fm/shows/new-idea-investigates…

IS GEORGIA’S FLOATY DRESS HIDING HER BABY BUMP? Talk about couple goals! Bachelorette lovebirds LEE ELLIOT and GEORGIA LOVE looked as smitten as ever at the Glamour On The Grid Party in Melbourne. And Georgia did nothing to dispel baby whispers with her choice of floaty dress. Dare we say #babybump? ROYAL DUTY CALLS! Speaking of baby bumps... a beaming Kate showed no signs of slowing down as she stepped out for an event in partnership with the Royal Foundation to discuss childhood mental health. The eight months pregnant duchess is just weeks away from giving birth – we can’t wait! AT 53, ELLE STILL ROCKS A BEACH BOD! ELLE ‘THE BODY’ MACPHERSON graced Bondi with her impossibly fit physique during the autumn heatwave last week. There’s not many 53-year-old’s who can get away with…

Last week Crown Casino Resorts director James Packer announced his resignation due to ‘mental health issues’. His ex Tziporah Malkah – formerly an actress known as Kate Fischer, who he was engaged to in the ’90s – spoke out about his decision. ‘For a man who is so passionate, he must be really suffering,’ she told Sunrise. The 44-year-old admitted at times he was ‘very withdrawn’. ‘He would go into his shell and be non-communicative for days at a time,’ she said. She also said on the Kyle And Jackie O Show that he sometimes would ‘take really long showers’. ‘I once had a peek and he was just standing there with his arms across his chest with water beating on his head, just looking so sad,’ she said. Tziporah told New Idea that James is actually…

Australia’s new Bachelor Nick ‘Honey Badger’ Cummins is turning out to be a favourite with the ladies. In exclusive behind-the-scenes snaps from the popular dating show, the buff sportsman is seen flexing his rippling muscles in a sexy fireman’s outfit. The ladies appear to not resist his charms, with one pretty brunette needing to be rescued. After being scooped up in his arms, she later took the chance to pat down his muscular back and check out his pert posterior. In other pictures, the hopefuls are seen awaiting the star on a group date, dressed in what appear to be schoolgirl outfits. On another single date, things seem to be going swimmingly with a pretty blonde. The pair are seen frolicking in the ocean, after going paddleboarding. The two appear to hit it off, as he’s…

After recently announcing he has ended his eight-year marriage to Rosie, weatherman Steve Jacobs has been reportedly involved in an altercation with his estranged wife’s Canadian lover Dylan Nash. According to the Daily Mail , the incident took place at Ultimate Fitness gym in Port Vila, Vanuatu, on February 24. ‘The gym was pretty busy and Dylan was standing there talking to someone, when all of a sudden Steve came up to him... and shouted something about moving in on his wife,’ a witness told Daily Mail Australia . The incident came after Rosie went to police in Vanuatu and took out an AVO against her former husband. In 2016, Steve and Rosie moved to Vanuatu in a last ditch attempt to salvage their marriage, but the couple finally called it quits in late…

With Prince Charles and Camilla due to touch down in Australia in two weeks for the Commonwealth Games, there’s one person very excited about their arrival – Simon Dorante-Day, the man who believes he’s their secret Aussie son. Now in a bombshell new revelation, the Queensland grandfather – who has a mountain of credible and alarming proof to back up his explosive claim – has revealed plans for a highly anticipated secret meeting with the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall. In an exclusive interview with New Idea, 51-year-old Simon says he’s ‘very confident’ his meeting will come off after the royal couple land in Queensland in April, and says he can’t wait to finally sit across from them. ‘I would love nothing more than to come face-to-face with Camilla and…