Inside Jamie Durie’s $30 million waterfront mansion – that’s headed to auction

The TV host’s ultra-luxe waterfront home at Avalon Beach was nearly a decade in the making. In March, it’s set to go under the hammer in what will be one Sydney’s largest residential sales of early 2026. ‘Belah House’, the six-bedroom, six-bathroom property at 189 Riverview Road, that took the better part of 10 years […]

Hublot and Yohji Yamamoto return with an all black Classic Fusion camo

Hublot has opened 2026 by returning to familiar ground, teaming up once again with Yohji Yamamoto for a fourth collaboration. This time, the partnership lands on the Classic Fusion for the first time, resulting in the Classic Fusion Yohji Yamamoto All Black Camo, limited to 300 pieces worldwide. The watch sticks closely to the All […]

Meta deletes 544,000 accounts – but says Australia’s under-16 social media ban is not working

Mark Zuckerberg’s social media juggernaut has pushed back on the federal government’s landmark social media ban, saying that despite wiping more than half a million accounts, the new law is failing to improve online safety and may be creating new risks for teenagers. Key Takeaways Key background Australia’s under-16 social media ban places the responsibility […]

How Parmigiani Fleurier became the anti-luxury luxury brand – fit for a king

Four years after taking over a struggling independent Maison, Guido Terreni has transformed Parmigiani Fleurier with one key objective at heart – to make restraint desirable again.   Sitting in a dimly lit Collins St. Kitchen inside Melbourne’s Grand Hyatt, Guido Terreni leans forward and unclasps his watch. “Try it on,” he says, sliding the platinum […]

What money can’t buy: Rita Ora

She’s been in the public eye since her teens, but Rita Ora isn’t interested in nostalgia. The British-Albanian singer, actor and entrepreneur has built a career on reinvention – one that spans chart-topping singles, film roles, fashion collaborations and her own beauty brand. Now, she’s entering a new phase.  This story appears in Issue 20 […]

How Hyrox turned everyday gym training into a $130 million juggernaut

By the end of this weekend, more than 24,000 people will have run, pushed, pulled and lunged their way across the floor of the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre – the biggest Hyrox event Australia has hosted. It’s both punishing, and highly lucrative for those pulling the strings. On the ground in Melbourne, the scale […]

Antarctica to Hobart: Ponant’s ultra-luxury icebreaker is headed Down Under

The world’s first ultra-luxury icebreaker is charting a course for Hobart, bringing billionaires, scientists and an idea born over dinner in Brittany to Australia’s edge.  In 2015, over dinner and a bottle of wine in Brittany, France, a handful of Ponant executives discussed an idea that sounded implausible. They wanted a ship strong enough to […]