What lies beneath?

The self-styled, calculating leaders of these protests do not represent the community of Melbourne – and they never will.

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Simon Holmes a Court is sitting on a $1.4 million election war chest, here’s how it will be spent

He’s co-founded an initiative to back candidates who will change the political agenda.

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‘I’ve probably got CTE. I fit the criteria for that’: Ex-NRL star breaks silence on concussion battle

James McManus says he is likely living with a brain injury from his time in rugby league, and knows he has a long fight ahead. But he is doing everything he can to live the best life possible.

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How coronavirus closed in on the City of Hume

Melbourne’s north has borne the brunt of the latest outbreak, and frustration now runs deep within this community that witnessed a slow-moving train wreck, as risk factors compounded and then crippled the region.

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Why artist Benja Harney will try any style

“I can’t wait to see what I’ll be wearing in the future.”

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Player ratings: Wallabies backs star in third straight win

The Wallabies won three straight Rugby Championship matches for the first time in six years on Saturday night. Here’s who starred for Dave Rennie’s side.

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Ministers eye 90 per cent vaccination coverage to lift restrictions on unjabbed

Sporting events, regional travel, pubs and restaurants will likely remain off limits to unvaccinated people for months.

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‘Surprising number of first doses’: Mandates prompt rise in vaccine take-up, GPs say

Strong growth in first doses across all age groups has been partly driven by a string of announcements making it clear that unvaccinated Victorians will be excluded from many road map freedoms, and in some cases their jobs, if they don’t roll up their sleeves.

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Voters want to ban politicians from spamming them with texts and calls

A campaign from the United Australia Party has ignited debate over the exemptions for political parties in the Privacy Act, Spam Act and the Do Not Call Register.

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Joe Hockey was right about our age of entitlement. Just look at the Melbourne protests

The rage on the streets against vaccination was at the extreme fringe of Australian society, yet it won support from some politicians.

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Peter Dutton, prime minister: the case for a highly effective fixer

Astonishing as it may seem, in a post-Morrison world, the Liberal Party might prefer Peter Dutton over Josh Frydenberg.

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Mandatory jabs for students considered under return-to-campus plan

More than 150,000 students at Sydney’s largest universities would face mandatory vaccination under reviews being considered by the state’s higher education sector.

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Tom Wills remains a major figure in Australian history

A research discovery has suggested Tom Wills, one of the founders of Australian football, participated in the murder of Aboriginal people. Martin Flanagan says the historical document contains gross distortions, and that he remains one of the most dramatic figures in Australian history.

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We’re all talking about the Maroubra super-spreader party, but who’ll name names?

People out there should be sick by now. Contact tracers need to know.

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How to get unions through the eye of vaccine storm

Ugly protests last week pricked the national consciousness on workers’ rights and mandates for COVID-19 inoculation.

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‘Also a parachuter’: Claims that candidate who missed out to Keneally was also a blow-in

Tu Le was pitched as the “local” cast aside for Kristina Keneally in Fowler – but ALP members say Le is also a ‘parachuter’, from outside the electorate.

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Zoe emerged from her second birth ‘totally transformed’. She credits her midwife

Zoe Naylor always assumed the “best” way to give birth was in a private hospital, but her first birth left her emotionally scarred.

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Finish line in sight: how lessons of the marathon can help us to the end of lockdown

For those who like to run, we’re at the of lockdown part where your lungs are burning and your mind is begging you to stop. So how do we keep going?

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From Obama to Kidman: The celebs putting infertility into the open

“I would turn up to work and put on the brave face of presenting the news ... And I look back at myself then and I don’t relate to who that person was.”

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As the pandemic lays bare gender inequality, the time for change is now

There is something in the air, and we stand on the precipice of genuine reform that could benefit women for generations to come.

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Treacherous thoughts about ‘Mummy Merkel’, Germany’s first great female populist

How will the nation recover from Angela Merkel’s political dominance?

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Former fire chief calls for paid firefighting reserve to fight mega blazes

Australia must rethink how it battles bushfires supercharged by climate change, says Greg Mullins, who was the commissioner of Fire and Rescue NSW for 14 years until 2017.

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Churches fear vaccine mandates could lead to two-tiered society

Religious groups are calling on the government to allow them to open up to their entire communities amid growing fears they will be forced to shut out those who have refused to be vaccinated.

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Matildas homecoming shapes as make or break for coach Gustavsson

The Matildas’ ranking has slipped from 7th to 11th after just two wins from 12 games under the Swedish coach - who, one year into his tenure, has still not set foot in Australia.

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Andrews and Berejiklian weigh defamation risks of allowing Facebook comments

It comes as Tasmanian Premier Peter Gutwein said he would ban comments on some of his Facebook posts due to a High Court ruling making media companies liable.

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Morrison in defence mode as AUKUS fallout goes global

Frozen out in Europe, feted in Washington, alarming some of its south-east Asian neighbours: the AUKUS misfire raises questions about Australia’s ability to perform on the world stage.

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Theatres, MSO warn road map start date won’t work without rehearsals

Theatres and concert halls may not reopen on the date set in the state government’s road map because they can’t rehearse or build sets in advance.

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It’s Yeo time: Old soul Isaah the leader Penrith’s young stars need

Co-captain Isaah Yeo is just 26, but has a much wiser head on his shoulders than many of his Penrith teammates.

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Police order investigation after officers overrun at anti-lockdown protest

The Police Association is concerned police command left officers dangerously exposed without riot equipment and in insufficient numbers to confront hundreds of demonstrators.

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Between East and West, Australia is no longer the misfit. That would be China

As a founding member of both AUKUS and the Quad, Australia is discrediting the prophets of permanent identity crisis and existential anguish.

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His sights on domestic navel-gazing, Morrison’s all at sea on the world stage

The Prime Minister has addressed the world with his partisan domestic voice - and managed to upset not only France but the United States, too.

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COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy plunges to record low, poll finds

The latest Resolve Political Monitor findings suggest Australia could achieve a 90 per cent vaccine target across the adult population.

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How do you move a zoo? If you are an elephant, you go on tiptoes with a fairy tread

It took years to plan how to transport hundreds of animals from Sydney’s first zoo to the new Taronga Park facility in 1916.

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Simon Goodwin, from high anxiety to high achiever

It may never be known just how close the Demons’ 2021 grand final coach came to losing his job before the season.

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‘Boards are looking for a name’: Ex-ACCC chair says cosy networks limit diversity

Graeme Samuel says companies should look wider than the existing networks so that potential leaders are not overlooked for director roles.

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Jessica Rowe: ‘I’d wrongly assumed that becoming pregnant would be easy’

We had a huge mortgage with a perfect baby room set aside, but suddenly there was a glitch in our plan: after two years of trying, my body was letting me down.

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She turned 30 in lockdown and began her quest to become a single mum

Few of us will ever forget lockdown, but for these six Australians, life will never be the same again.

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Who wants to be a company director? Top leaders give their tips

Demand for company board seats has never been higher but getting a slot at one of Australia’s biggest corporations is not easy. Who you know helps a lot.

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‘No timeframe, let alone a date’: France has no immediate plans to speak to Canberra

Meantime, Emmanuel Macron and Boris Johnson have moved to heal a damaging rift triggered by the Morrison government’s AUKUS pact.

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Former news executive says Chris Cuomo sexually harassed her

A veteran TV news executive says CNN anchor Chris Cuomo, the brother of former New York governor Andrew Cuomo, sexually harassed her by squeezing her buttocks at a party in 2005.

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Choose your own picnic adventure at these iconic Sydney gardens

Whether you’re after rolling hills and glistening lakes, or a lush setting with harbour views, add these spots to your future picnic agenda.

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Has solidarity succumbed to the rise of rage?

It cuts both ways and once you look beyond the conspiratorial muck, it becomes clear that these protesters feel no one stands in solidarity with them.

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‘NBN is profiteering from lockdowns’: Telcos join forces on pandemic relief

The CEOs of Australia’s five biggest telcos are saying the discounts on wholesale charges provided by NBN Co during the lockdowns are “insufficient”.

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Peter Dutton’s relationship with defence chief ‘frayed’ by overturned decisions

The Defence Minister’s failure to support a number of General Angus Campbell’s decisions has made the defence chief a “lame duck”, senior sources say.

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‘A big brother to me’: Pangai jnr hails mentor Quade

Penrith star Tevita Pangai jnr has opened up on his close relationship with Wallabies hero Quade Cooper, who he says has helped shaped the person he is today. 

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Scams, forgeries rise as vaccine passport mandates loom

Cybercriminals are exploiting the confusion around vaccine passports to sell fake credentials and steal sensitive information.

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Australians want to name 10,000 biggest companies that got JobKeeper

A clear majority of Australians want to know which companies got paid JobKeeper funds and how much they got.

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Evergrande collapse exposes lost world a lightning-fast economy left behind

When the villagers left the Shengsi Islands in the early 1990s, China’s property market was at the start of a boom that would last until this year.

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Federal green bank, CBA back climate friendly commodities trader

The government’s Clean Energy Finance Corporation and the Commonwealth Bank have emerged as significant investors in Macquarie-backed Xpansiv’s $US100 million raising.

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Bitcoin trader takes banks to court over cryptocurrency ‘discrimination’

Cryptocurrency traders Allan Flynn says the banks discriminated against him when they closed his bank accounts. His case will be heard in October.

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Why the AFL grand final whistle will send my blood cold: a domestic violence survivor’s plea to good men

During sporting events, domestic violence numbers grow. This is a dangerous time, and a time for decent men to step up.

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Liberal backbenchers want JobKeeper overpayments returned to public coffers

Queensland Liberal senator Gerard Rennick is among those who want the ATO to request any companies whose revenue increased to repay their JobKeeper support.

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Warnings of family violence spike on grand final weekend, concerns about those stuck in lockdown

There was up to 30 per cent more family and domestic violence incidents reported during the grand final weekend last year when compared to the average daily number. 

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TAFE students recruited to help vaccination rollout

TAFE students are helping health professionals deliver COVID-19 vaccinations around the state.

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Cost of NSW’s long-delayed council elections balloons to $146m

The bill for the compulsory local body elections in December is a near three-fold increase on previous elections.

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Puzzler, piecemaker, jigseer: what do you call a jigsaw puzzle fanatic?

If home-baked sourdough is not the lockdown totem, then jigsaws run close, a logo above the ribboned slogan: “You’re on mute.”

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How to forage for weeds and turn it into ‘free food’

Exploring is one of the best ways for kids to enjoy and learn nature and gardening, and it turns out we are surrounded by ingredients for French toast, smoothies and more.

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The ocean as therapy and a study of love fantasies: what to read this week

Kerryn Goldsworthy and Fiona Capp have cast their eyes over a batch of recently released fiction and non-fiction books.

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I’m sad our once-jolly nation goes Waltzing Matilda no more

Our alternative anthem has a dark undercurrent, but have we swapped it for something more sinister?

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D’Abrera hoists the flag at the National Archives

There’ll be more blanching over another “reliably conservative” federal government appointment which quietly occurred this month

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How to lose friends and infuriate people

Scott Morrison had two opportunities to show leadership and political smarts this week. He torpedoed them both.

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Mandatory jabs could ‘radicalise’ anti-vax advocates, experts warn

Forcing people to get vaccinated in exchange for work or services could further “radicalise” anti-vaccination activists and should only be done as a last resort, immunisation experts and civil liberty groups say.

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‘We need to go big’: Morrison, Biden unveil pledges to vaccinate world

Australia will share an extra 40 million COVID-19 vaccines as part of a push by US President Joe Biden to vaccinate 70 per cent of the world’s population within a year.

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Author Thrupp’s a crowd favourite with conservatives

Alan Jones’ photogenic senior producer Jake Thrupp is stepping into the limelight

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‘I know he’s watching’: The heartbreak inspiring Manly prop Paseka

Towering Manly prop Taniela Paseka credits his late father with instilling him with the work ethic required to make it in the NRL.

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Two-thirds of people support NSW opening at 70 per cent vaccination

There is widespread support in NSW for the state to start opening up in October once vaccination rates hit 70 per cent.

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Top adviser quits in protest over building industry crisis

The Victorian government’s top construction industry adviser has quit amid a fierce backlash over building site lockdown orders, as union and industry groups blame unresponsive health officials for the deepening crisis that has led to days of protests.

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One in five psychologists close books to new patients under pandemic strain

The effects of working and learning from home have driven huge demand for psychology appointments, with wait times blowing out to three months for many clinics, data shows.

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Labor MPs lash Paul Keating for China comments

One Labor MP said Keating has trivialised Australia’s national security priorities, while another said he’s done his party a “great disservice” by attacking Penny Wong.

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The Sydney university scholarship student defying mongooses and mozzies in Indian slum

Tushar Joshi has next to nothing. But a scholarship from Sydney University with help from the non-profit Asha Society is helping lift him out of poverty and one of India’s slums.

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Why Manly can reach the grand final – but Penrith can’t

The week off is a huge advantage for the Rabbitohs and Storm. The Sea Eagles can overcome it, but the battered Panthers are in trouble.

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Troubled super fund EISS to face parliamentary grilling

EISS Super has been accused of recklessly spending its funds on corporate sponsorships, lavish parties, overseas junkets and now - office refurbishments ahead of a proposed merger with TWUSuper.

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Running on empty: how Evergrande became the world’s most indebted property company

For 25 years Evergrande built its empire on China’s rapid urbanisation. A newly mobile middle class needed units to live in, music to listen to and stadiums to fill.

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Immigrant households deliver some good news on COVID

A national survey asked about official COVID messages, social cohesion and fairness during the pandemic - and it has yielded some startling findings. The more positive responses came from residents who don’t speak English at home.

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The trouble with kids’ bubbles: not every child has two mutually agreed best friends

Social exclusion is about the worst thing that can happen to a child, and with the bubble buddy rules, some kids will be excluded.

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Delta dawns in Berejiklian’s vital numbers

Her towering preferred-premier figures have taken a knock. For now, she probably has bigger concerns.

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Consulting giant McKinsey tries courting a new audience: kids

The management-consulting giant has created four editions of McKinsey for Kids. Topics include workforce automation (cool, robots!) and reducing food waste (ew, cabbage!). It’s a hard sell.

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‘Put your man pants on’: Building watchdog tells ASIC to do its job

The NSW Building Commissioner wants the nation’s corporate regulator to share in more of the heavy lifting to help clean up the construction industry.

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The rich could have saved the world. Instead, they hesitated

In Shutdown, Adam Tooze crunches the numbers on how COVID-19 has affected the world’s economies and confronts us with the inequalities it has exposed.

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Scientists discover what made a T-Rex wag its tail

Cutting-edge computer modelling has revealed some dinosaurs wagged their tails, but it was far from a friendly gesture.

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I sent the Premier a personal photo and waited for a reply ...

Can Peter Gutwein give the rest of the country some holiday hope?

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The far right are capable recruiters and have found fertile ground thanks to COVID

I have observed the far right consciously appropriating the language of anti-vaxxers seeking to exploit their anger and distrust.

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Road map leads us to stark choices

The inoculated sensible cannot be made hostage to the wilfully unprotected – but there will be a cost.

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Morrison is making an enemy of China - and Labor is helping him

China does not pose a military threat to Australia, yet this is how the Morrison government is presenting it.

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Afterpay goes retro with layby option to lure younger customers

From petrol to groceries, Afterpay’s soon-to-be released banking app will come with a feature that will let customers pay for goods under $200 in fortnightly instalments.

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‘This is very serious’: UK warns of challenging few days as energy crisis deepens

The UK’s Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng warned the next few days will be challenging as the energy crisis deepens, and meat producers struggle with a crunch in carbon dioxide supplies.

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Smash-hit musical Hamilton announces return to Sydney stage

The lights are set to go up again on the musical nearly three months after it was forced to shut.

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Scott Morrison’s News Corp dinner in New York

The Prime Minister dined with News Corp boss Robert Thomson in New York before meeting with US President Joe Biden.

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Wallabies workhorse Koroibete ‘best in the world’ but hasn’t earned a rest just yet

A video of Marika Koroibete’s incredible work rate has Wallabies officials saying there is no better winger in world rugby.

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Union plans train strike across NSW as industrial dispute intensifies

Train drivers say they will strike next Tuesday, bringing the state’s rail network to a halt, as a prolonged industrial dispute with the government intensifies.

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Clear majority of Australians want net zero emissions by 2050

More than half of the Australians surveyed in the Resolve Political Monitor also want a stronger emissions reduction target for 2030.

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Nationals explode over George Christensen’s call to arrest police officers

George Christensen’s comments supporting “freedom fighters” at rallies in Melbourne have reignited fierce divisions within the National Party.

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‘No focus on where the fire will go next’: Byron concerned by low vax rates

Almost one in four health workers in northern NSW are yet to receive a COVID-19 vaccine, as the local community says a mix of hesitancy and access problems have led to low rates.

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Australia-France submarine deal could take three years to terminate

Australia could take up to three years to formally break away from the $90 billion submarine contract with France.

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Timing the economy to fit a pandemic election is a tricky business

The modelling’s been done, the reopening targets set. But the coronavirus and its variants may not be compliant with Scott Morrison’s economic re-election masterplan.

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Shameful vaccine statistic powerful nations don’t want to talk about

As wealthy nations, including Australia, mark vaccination milestones, poorer countries are being left way behind. And China is stepping into the breach.  

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I’m being excluded from company perks, and it’s starting to hurt

Long-term contractors should be made to feel part of the team, says Dr Kirstin Ferguson, so it’s definitely worth speaking up to the boss.

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Keating turns fury on Labor and government over AUKUS deal

Not content with accusing the government of selling out Australia’s security interests, Paul Keating has opened fire on his own side as well.

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‘We’re in lockstep’: Biden hails Australia at meeting with Morrison

Scott Morrison thanked Joe Biden for his focus on the Asia-Pacific region, telling the US President: “There’s no doubt you get it.”

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Top EU leader rebukes Scott Morrison during awkward New York encounter

As more countries openly criticise the new AUKUS defence pact, European Council President Charles Michel reminded the Prime Minister of the need for “transparency and loyalty”.

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Boris Johnson rebukes world leaders on climate change and warns history will judge them

“The world will see, and your people will remember and history will judge.”

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How your pet changes your brain chemistry for the better

Pets lower the levels of cortisol, the “stress hormone”, and provide relief of depression, anxiety and social isolation. Some neurotransmitters have also been studied.

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No bubbles in sight, but Australia’s property boom comes at a cost

We need to consider what are we giving up by letting home values inflate so high.

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Australia Council denies it said Prime Minister wouldn’t like artist’s self-insemination project

An artist suing the Australia Council claims their project was defunded because of the feared reprisal.

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As the world reorders itself to resist China, it’s a pity the latest move was so boofheaded

The AUKUS partners have managed to alienate France in the process of assembling their new coalition.

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Bill Gates raises $US1b as corporate CEOs join race to drive clean tech

Bill Gates has raised more than $US1 billion in corporate funding for Breakthrough Energy Catalyst from BlackRock’s Larry Fink and Microsoft’s Satya Nadella to rally support for some of the world’s most demanding clean-energy projects.

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‘Dear Dr Chilla’: Resurfacing Christian Porter’s undergraduate humour

Christian Porter being back in the news reminded CBD of some extracts from “Briefs” - the magazine from the law students of UWA.

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Fake UK passport, Albanian fraudster, dead German bikie: Australian drug ring’s network

Australian drug syndicate alleged to have network from South Africa to Spain and Albania to import tonnes of illicit drugs.

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How NSW and Victoria arrived at two different road maps

The desire of NSW health officials to focus on the effect of the vaccine rollout could explain why its plan to ease restrictions differs from Victoria’s road map.

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Dispute over COVID ward staffing as hospitals brace for worst month

The Premier has stressed the plan for hospitals to survive the coming months depended on the system being “technically overwhelmed in some ways”.

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Feared case surge in Victorian hospitals would demand ICU overhaul

The prediction came as Premier Daniel Andrews walked back a pledge to establish 4000 extra ICU beds in the state.

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‘Higher ambition’: Moderate Liberals urge government to raise climate targets

Liberal MPs want the federal government to set more ambitious climate targets for 2030 ahead of a climate summit in November.

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Apple iPhone 13 plans aimed at the data hungry

Those looking to upgrade may find themselves paying for a lot more data than they really need.

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COVID-19 will remain a ‘fire’ fought on multiple fronts, Doherty Institute says

Mask-wearing will remain indefinitely in some settings as experts predict strict lockdowns will not protect COVID-free parts of the country from the pandemic forever.

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Wayne Bennett’s Dr Phil adamant Rabbitohs’ hoodoo can be broken

South Sydney has lost three preliminary finals in a row. But one of Australia’s leading sports psychologists, who has shadowed Wayne Bennett for most of his career, explains why the curse can be broken.

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‘Building blocks of society’: Fears for COVID-crippled community sports clubs

Like many community sporting clubs across NSW, the Kellyville Ridge Cricket Club is in a state of suspended animation. Nobody can tell them when the season can start, or what it will look like when it does, and the costs are piling up.

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Porter shows the bar is now so low for Parliamentary accountability it’s getting hard to see

It will now be left to the poor voters in his WA seat of Pearce to determine just how immune the electorate has become to the litany of scandals, conflicts and contempt.

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Divided states tipped to roar back to economic life in time for Christmas

Victoria, NSW and ACT to roar back to economic life when their lockdowns end, but stay isolated from the rest of the nation.

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Gender parity targets ‘need teeth’, says Smith-Gander

After a successful decade of more women joining Australia’s biggest company boards, the push is now on for greater gender parity in senior management ranks.

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Morrison seeks to calm Indonesia, Europe sub concerns ahead of US visit

The Prime Minister has sought to calm Indonesian President Joko Widodo’s concerns that the AUKUS submarine pact will lead to a new arms race in the Indo-Pacific.

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Departing MTC director calls for mandatory theatre jabs

Brett Sheehy, who steps down this month as artistic director, wants the government to pass a law so theatre staff and audiences must be vaccinated.

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Sparky and Gangster: inside the rise and fall of a major drug syndicate

An eight-year investigation into major drug importations climaxed with the extradition of two men from Dubai last week. But investigators raised questions about organised crime infiltrating authorities.

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Blind auction for English Premier League rights could reshape Aussie streaming landscape

A four-way battle is looming for the broadcast rights to the English Premier League, which could fetch up to $240 million.

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Mortgage stress soars as RBA says tax system pushes up house prices

New research shows up to 70 per cent of households in suburban electorates are under mortgage financial stress as high house prices eat into the weekly budget.

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Left’s identity politics crisis a progressive problem

A shallow understanding of identity politics among many on the Left is a significant threat to progressive politics.

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Australia well placed to turbocharge its strategic tech capability

The real potential of AUKUS lies in how the new grouping can be leveraged in the long term to help Australia deal with the profound technological disruption about to sweep the world.

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Demand for loan laptops another signal of a city divided by COVID

Thousands of laptops have been sent to homes in Sydney’s hotspots as students face home schooling hurdles.

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‘It doesn’t mean I’m stupid’: Dementia rates set to double

The number of people living with dementia - the biggest killer of women in Australia - will double by 2058, putting pressure on budgets and carers.

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‘Village precinct’ at Moore Park signals end to on-grass parking

The plans for an area next to the new football stadium clear the way for a permanent end to the parking of vehicles on fields at Moore Park during events.

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Maritime Union probed over selling union cars to friends, family

The Maritime Union of Australia is being investigated by the industry watchdog after a whistleblower complaint raised concerns about improper selling of union cars.

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Subs set to sail past $100 billion as defence call on budget grows

Australia was planning to spend $90 billion on French submarines. Now the budget faces at least a massive hit from nuclear-powered vessels.

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Performance test sparks scrutiny of super fund spending, union deals

The banking royal commission exonerated the industry super sector leading to a boom in new members. But has this bred a complacency that serves to benefit unions and boards?

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Cabaret stars turn to gamers and influencers for streaming tips

Deprived of their intimate, candlelit venues, cabaret stars are learning the tricks of the online broadcasting trade.

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Lining up for the new normal? Have patience

Are you a homo impatientus? Does standing in a queue – any queue – feel like torture? Get ready for the post-COVID world.

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‘She has been a trailblazer’: Angela Merkel, the Queen of Europe, bows out of politics

For all the grand titles given to her, the German Chancellor leaves with a mixed legacy.

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How the V/Line outbreak unfolded and what it means for the rail system

V/Line is in the throes of a disaster scenario. The regional rail system has been largely shut down for 10 days, with about 300 drivers isolating over several days, and disruptions are expected for weeks.

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Board games: Is a cosy directors’ club a risk to corporate Australia?

A small group of powerful men, and increasingly women, dominate the boards of Australia’s biggest companies. And some fear the group is too small.

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The esports publisher trying to ‘flip the media narrative on its head’

The online gaming industry is valued at more than US$250 billion. And young Aussie Riad Chikhani is among a group that has made money from the market.

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La Palma volcano erupts in the Canary Islands, forcing evacuations

A volcano has erupted on La Palma in the Spanish Canary Islands, sending jets of lava and a plume of smoke and ash into the air.

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Manchester United edge out West Ham, Brighton and Chelsea secure wins

Ronaldo and Jesse Lingard goals saw Manchester United home in a dramatic game against West Ham United.

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