Jennifer Leake

1 week ago | abc.net.au | Sarah Kanowski |Jennifer Leake |Nicola Harrison

When Alex Schnell was around 5 years old, playing in rock pools around Clovelly beach in Sydney, she had an alien encounter. The creature in the shallow water in front of her was a little octopus and unlike anything Alex had seen before, and instead of darting off in fear like a fish might, to Alex it felt like the octopus was genuinely curious in her.

1 week ago | abc.net.au | Nicola Harrison |Jennifer Leake |Sarah Kanowski

When Alex Schnell was around 5 years old, playing in rock pools around Clovelly beach in Sydney, she had an alien encounter. The creature in the shallow water in front of her was a little octopus and unlike anything Alex had seen before, and instead of darting off in fear like a fish might, to Alex it felt like the octopus was genuinely curious in her.

1 month ago | abc.net.au | Nicola Harrison |Jennifer Leake |Richard Fidler

Luke Hura has innate ability to understand and communicate with animals and for decades he's been training them for film, TV and the stage. You’ve probably seen one of Luke's dogs in action, he trained Bouncer, the labrador from Neighbours, the kelpie from the film Red Dog andthe maremma who starred in Oddball. Luke has trained cats, chickens and even earned the trust of a big black pig with tusks, whom he says was a dream to work with.

1 month ago | abc.net.au | Sarah Kanowski |Jennifer Leake |Nicola Harrison

In 2023, Arnold Dix helped rescue 41 men trapped in a tunnel after it collapsed high in the Himalayas. As an engineer and tunnel expert, he was uniquely placed to assist, but Arnold also used another skill in the high risk operation, he listened to the mountain.

2 months ago | abc.net.au | Lucia Stein |Jennifer Leake

Donald Trump's preoccupation with tariffs as both a weapon and a bargaining chip isn't new. The US President's protectionist approach to trade actually dates back to 1988, to his past life as a real estate mogul. That was when the Art of the Deal author was winding his way through the US talk show circuit, espousing views that would one day land him in the Oval Office. "We let Japan come in and dump everything right into our markets, it's not free trade," he told Oprah Winfrey.