SYDNEY, September 26, 2001 - f2, the Fairfax Interactive Network, said today that it would join the interactive television trial being conducted by Optus. f2 will provide content from its domain.com.au real estate classified site. f2's involvement, which will commence within the next month, will see provision of domain.com.au to up to 1,000 Sydney households, which are currently participating in the Optus iTV trial.

Domain.com.au is Australia's leading online real estate resource with over 40,000 Australia wide listings available. f2 is the online subsidiary of John Fairfax Holdings Limited [ASX:FXJ].

Mr Nigel Dews, CEO of f2, said:

"Interactive television is the next milestone in digital convergence. Our agreement with Optus iTV is a terrific way to showcase very attractive content and demonstrate the interactive manner in which users can search for properties. As the leading real estate web site in Australia, we intend to be at the forefront of new distribution channels to provide our Agent clients with increasing value for their involvement with us.

"Our agreement with Optus demonstrates Fairfax's commitment to providing Australians our content and classified listings across the widest range of platforms including publishing, the internet and television."

Noel Leslie, Technical Director of Consumer and Multimedia at Optus, said:

"f2 is a welcome addition to the TV Net section of the Optus iTV trial. More than 75% of our trialists are using TV Net and we expect this usage to increase with the introduction of f2's outstanding content."

For further information, please contact:
Melissa Favero
Optus
Phone: 02 9342 5030