1 They met when, as a young journalist, he was sent to interview Lucy’s father, the reputable Sydney barrister Tom Hughes. “It is almost impossible for me to imagine, let alone remember, what it was like not to be together. Lucy is one of those few people who lights up every room she enters,” Malcolm told The Weekly last year.
2 They married in England when Lucy was 21 and Malcolm was 25 and a student at Oxford University. They were married by a Church of England minister, despite Malcolm at the time being Presbyterian and Lucy Roman Catholic.
3 Malcolm’s website includes a “dog blog” penned under various canine pseudonyms. A recent offering from “Dusty the Kelpie” reported on the then Communications Minister’s visit to Longreach, in Queensland. “I…
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The Australian Women's Weekly (Digital) - 1 Issue, October 2015