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REA logo outside their office is of a red and white arrow going up
Article is a 17 minute read.

It can cost thousands to list a property online for sale. The competition regulator has stepped in after years of complaints that REA Group is using its dominant position to the detriment of home sellers and real estate agents. 

An elderly, bearded man wearing an animal-fur hat on his head.
Article is a 14 minute read.

Amid an extinction crisis, some amateur conservationists are taking matters into their own hands, releasing threatened animals on their properties. It's skirting rules and worrying scientists. 

An Australian swimmer arches her back as she dives into the water in a backstroke race.
Article is a 5 minute read.

Kaylee McKeown beat rival Mollie O'Callaghan in the race of the night at the Australian Swimming Trials, but she acknowledges she is still not at her best after struggling since the Paris Olympics. 

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An older man with white hair and glasses chops a chocolate croissant, wearing an apron that reads "Men's Kitchen".
Article is a 4 minute read.

The Men's Kitchen is changing the lives of men over 60, many of whom are recently widowed or caring for partners who can no longer cook, teaching kitchen skills and offering social connection.

A 3D graphic of a large long-necked sauropod with yellowish skin standing on mud next to pine-like trees.
Article is a 6 minute read.

The first reported fossilised stomach contents from a sauropod, belonging to a Diamantinasaurus that lived 95 million years ago, has confirmed a long-held theory of herbivorous behaviour.

Artist Jungle looks into the camera smiling, he wears glasses and a dress hat and jacket both covered in splotches of paint.
Article is a 10 minute read.

Jungle could once paint around 100 works in one sitting. Today he might be a little slower, but his joyful expression on canvas hasn't diminished a bit. 

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