Guardian Australia’s weekend wrap of essential reads from the past seven days, selected by Jacqui Housden

Hello and welcome to the weekend. You’re looking well, some might say “refreshed”. Is it the diet, the exercise, a relaxing holiday? You’d tell me if you’d had something “done”, right? According to the experts, and some thrilling anecdotes, cosmetic procedures are more popular than ever, but admitting to them certainly isn’t. And secrets – from those kept by the Botox brigade to the mysteries revealed by devastating drought – appear to play a theme this week.

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