3+ hour, 46+ min ago   (414+ words) First published 14 Sep 2026, 1:21pm An apartment costing $1,100-a-week can be labelled “affordable housing” in Australia – and a new bill introduced today seeks to end that paradox, pushing for a national crackdown on what the term actually means. Bradfield MP Nicolette Boele…...

9+ hour, 44+ min ago   (541+ words) Updated 14 Sep 2026, 9:02am First published 14 Sep 2026, 9:00am The remarkable three-level residence that now stands on the large 1020sq m block at 10 Clarendon St looked very different when the vendor, Renee Weyers, and her husband purchased the home. “In its original state, it was…...

13+ hour, 44+ min ago   (404+ words) Updated 14 Sep 2026, 4:31am First published 14 Sep 2026, 4:30am Chris Rock wants a fourth Madagascar movie, admitting he no longer has “Madagascar money” following his costly divorce settlement. The comedian, who voiced Marty the Zebra in the hit animated franchise, called it quits with…...

3+ day, 3+ hour ago   (910+ words) First published 11 Sep 2026, 2:54pm Victim survivors of domestic and family violence are often pushed into homelessness, and at the same time, Australia’s housing crisis is making it harder to leave abusive situations. Escaping abuse often means leaving with no belongings, and…...

3+ day, 8+ hour ago   (583+ words) Unity Jackson-Muir, Real estate reporter Updated 11 Sep 2026, 10:15am First published 11 Sep 2026, 10:08am A ruined home in Faulconbridge has returned to the market for sale. A once grand Sydney manor – that turned into a crumbling ruin of graffitied walls and stonework pierced by…...

3+ day, 9+ hour ago   (1016+ words) First published 11 Sep 2026, 9:24am More than five years after a fast-moving fire destroyed their condominiums, nearly a dozen Texas property owners are still paying hundreds of dollars in monthly HOA fees and special assessments on their uninhabitable units while rebuilding drags…...

3+ day, 11+ hour ago   (877+ words) First published 11 Sep 2026, 6:58am The rural Northern California spot is surrounded by redwood trees and conveniently located between highways. Picture: Google Earth Bridgeville, CA, made history in 2002 as the first town to ever be sold on eBay, and soon, it will…...

3+ day, 13+ hour ago   (495+ words) Updated 11 Sep 2026, 5:05am First published 11 Sep 2026, 5:00am A grown-up treehouse with a private wellness space to rival many luxury hotels has hit the market for upwards of $4.1m in Torquay. It took more than 150 trucks of concrete to construct the striking tri-level curved…...

3+ day, 14+ hour ago   (717+ words) Updated 11 Sep 2026, 4:32am First published 11 Sep 2026, 4:30am A green-thumbed homeowner has been hit with more than $2400 in fines after council officers deemed his productive frontyard food garden “overgrown vegetation”. Michael Sherman, from Chino in Southern California, says he was stunned when a…...

3+ day, 18+ hour ago   (544+ words) Updated 11 Sep 2026, 12:02am First published 11 Sep 2026, 12:00am Jackson O’Doherty bought the mountain retreat after selling his last luxury party pad Internet prankster Jackson O’Doherty has splashed $3.3m on a Gold Coast Hinterland mansion complete with a private motocross track and ultimate double-storey man…...