James Dack was Australia’s top real estate agent. Then he quit. For the first time, he explains why.

Di Morrissey seems to have it all: a big house, doting partner, a legion of fans. Well, everything but a literary award …

A Young Talent Time winner at the age of nine, Danielle de Niese has gone on to become one of the world’s leading opera sopranos.

A little bit of misery goes a long way – especially when Marlon Williams sings. It hurts, but in a good way.

Australian novelist Hannah Kent's intense historical research has paid off handsomely.

Local and international record labels are embracing this singer/songwriter's pacy rap.

Michael Zavros loves luxury, beauty and expensive objects. But is the painter’s glamorous lifestyle quite what it seems on canvas?

More than five years after Japan's devastating tsunami, some are still desperately looking for their loved ones.

In a chaotic world, embracing nature can help – for truly primeval wilderness, venture into a remote Tasmanian cave.

With early-onset Alzheimer’s comes the accentuating of deeply-ingrained habits, writes Daisy Dumas of her mother’s struggle.

After six decades of isolation, Cuba has this year not only hosted US President Barack Obama, but also its first Chanel runway show. Yet a local doctor earns $80 a month. What change is coming – and will it all be for the better?

A new investigation reveals the hand Scientology played in the Cruise-Kidman break-up.

Good Weekend writer Jane Cadzow was profiling the high-flying Labor senator just as the revelations of who paid his bills blew up in his face.

For far-flung communities in Western Australia's huge Kimberley region, there's no postie on a pushbike.

When this vet documented the appalling conditions faced by Australian animals on live-export ships, she lost her job.

Like humans, trees warn each other of danger, look after sick family members and thrive in communities.

It represents 200,000-plus low-paid workers – so why is it so keen on selling them out while swanning off on moral crusades?

On September 4, Mother Teresa became a saint. How did she reach such holy heights in near-record time?

Over lunch at his home, John Olsen shares a lifetime of insights into landscape, poetry and painting.

Two schoolgirls in Bali rallied against the blight of plastic refuse. Now the rest of Indonesia is following suit.