Pining for home: Resistance to the office return is completely natural

As Melburnians return to their offices after almost a year of working from home, some may be discovering the once-mundane rituals of work have become surprisingly difficult. 

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Supporting inclusive education benefits us all

Accommodating diversity in schools prepares students for a life of successful inclusion outside the classroom.

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Ballroom blitz of music and comedy lifts curtain on new venue

The Brunswick Ballroom kicked off proceedings with a packed show that hit all the right notes.

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Lanning: WBBL should just be called the BBL

Twelve months on from her team’s night of crowning glory at the MCG, Meg Lanning is eyeing further strides on the women’s sporting front. Or, as she says, it should just be called the “sporting front”.

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How women are leading a ‘remarkable’ change in emergency services

Women have fought hard for equality in the leadership and staffing of Victoria’s life-saving organisations, but leaders say there is plenty of work still to do.

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‘We can’t do much with 50 doses’: GPs concerned about supply, capability of COVID-19 vaccine

A doctor in Melbourne’s west says the medical practice he works for is considering delaying their rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, with their allocation for 50 doses a week not allowing them to “set something up which is sustainable”.

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Spin struggles see Australia crash to heavy defeat in T20 decider

After fighting back to level the series, the Australians turned in a shocker with bat and ball against the Black Caps in the deciding match.

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Virtuosic delight emboldens complex quartet work

Diana Doherty’s oboe brings a sparky energy and authenticity to Lachlan Skipworth’s latest offering, which deserves to be heard widely.

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Delayed by ‘the madness’, Kings of Leon finally deliver new album

There’s been homeschooling, cooking and lots of waiting since Kings of Leon made new album When You See Yourself.

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Kohli’s India on track for Waugh-like dynasty

The comparisons with peak-period Australia are inescapable. Whatever the rankings may say, India have inherited the Baggy Greens’ mantle as Test cricket’s apex predators.

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Ruby Fields’ persona shines through restrictions and police presence

Alternative rock of the ’90s, on which Fields’ music leans heavily, had an unhealthy obsession with being “authentic” but the word fits the 22-year-old like a glove.

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Two Queensland hubs to open on Monday as AstraZeneca vaccine arrives

The state has recorded one COVID-19 case in hotel quarantine overnight as the Queensland premier announces the AstraZeneca vaccine has landed.

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Bond bears threaten to spoil Airtasker’s public offering party

Soaring tech stock prices have looked like fertile ground for a float such as Airtasker - until last week.

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New Saint fell out of love with game in last year at Bombers

The veteran big man said it was a “pinch yourself moment” to be on the cusp of a round-one St Kilda debut.

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Cronulla beaches closed after suspected shark encounter

Bate Bay beaches were closed on Sunday morning after a surfer was believed to have been knocked off his board by a shark.

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Trump lawyers demand Republican groups stop raising money off his name

Former President Donald Trump has clashed again with his Republican Party, demanding that three Republican groups stop using his name and likeness for fundraising, a Trump adviser said.

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New Zealand’s Auckland emerges from weeklong coronavirus lockdown

Auckland emerged on Sunday from a strict weeklong lockdown imposed after a community cluster of the more contagious UK coronavirus variant.

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Surf’s Up. Grab Your Helmet.

Pipeline is a surfing mecca, in part because it is so perilous, and many surfers are now wearing helmets in an acknowledgment the sport can be as dangerous as it is cool.

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Amanda Gorman shares racial profiling incident: ‘This is the reality of black girls’

The celebrated poet has revealed how her new celebrity status has not prevented her from experiencing racism and discrimination.

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Mass hack of Microsoft users blamed on China

Businesses and government agencies in the United States that use a Microsoft email service have been compromised in an aggressive hacking campaign that was probably sponsored by the Chinese government, Microsoft said.

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Dolce&Gabbana seeks $780m damages from Diet Prada bloggers

The Milan fashion house has filed a defamation suit in an Italian court seeking damages from two US fashion bloggers who reposted anti-Asian comments attributed to one of the designers that led to a boycott in Asia.

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Photos of the week, March 4, 2021

The week in photos from the award winning Sydney Morning Herald and Financial Review photographers

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Government offers travel vouchers to boost Queensland tourism

The state government has announced a new incentive to help far north Queensland’s tourism industry recover from the pandemic.

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Matt Shirvington: Supreme confidence is the key to Ultimate Tag

Billed as “the fastest show on television”, Seven’s new obstacle game show, hosted by Shirvington, Bill Woods and Abbey Gelmi, sets up some David and Goliath challenges

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Excitement builds for Mardi Gras despite its move away from Oxford Street

The venue is different and crowds will be much smaller, but participants in this year’s Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras remain enthused about the event.

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Cook defends office workplace culture amid allegations staffer was ‘bullied’, ‘brutally sacked’

Western Australia’s Deputy Premier Roger Cook has defended his electoral and ministerial offices amid allegations a senior staffer and his right-hand was bullied and “brutally sacked”. 

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Freedmans’ Glistening for Slipper and Anamoe shines for Godolphin

The right run and preparation probably won Godolphin’s Anamoe ($9) the Todman Stakes, while the Freedman brothers have a second string to their Golden Slipper bow after Glistening ($16) led all the way in the Reisling Stakes.

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Zampa wants to be a man for all occasions in T20 World Cup

The spinner is taking valuable lessons away from a nail-biting tour of New Zealand that is set to culminate in a T20 series decider.

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‘A misguided sense of vocation’: Teacher who inspired was hired on lies

He was a teacher who inspired his students to great heights, but his educational career was forged on lies.

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South Africa still waiting on shots for urgent vaccination drive

Battling to contain a highly infectious new variant, South Africa faces a vaccine shortage as supplies are delayed.

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‘Will you marry her?’ Fury in India over chief justice’s rape case remarks

More than 4,000 women signed the letter demanding the chief justice’s resignation after he he told a man accused of raping a 16-year-old he should marry her.

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Police searching for registered sex offender Paul Kraft

The 55-year-old is living in the Sandringham area but is actively avoiding police.

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Viruses and violence: Pope’s high-security Iraq tour a call for peace

The 84-year-old pope donned a facemask during the flight from Rome, as did his hosts in Baghdad. But the masks came off when the leaders sat down to talk.

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Norman street-fight fine halved but NRL doesn’t accept ‘no other option’ explanation

Corey Norman has had his fine halved after being involved in a street brawl, as two Raiders players were also hit with fines for drink driving offences.

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Lions tour won’t be moved to Australia this year

Rugby Australia offered to host the British and Irish Lions series against the Springboks but northern hemisphere officials have rejected the proposal.

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‘Unbelievably frightening’: Emerald Fennell on the prevalence of sexual assault

Having made an incendiary film about toxic masculinity in Promising Young Woman, Fennell seems stunned to hear how often sexual assault has been in the news in Australia this week.

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Stylist Heleena Trahanas on her three wardrobe essentials

The stylist and marketing manager on why she appreciated unconventional style, her essential wardrobe items, and challenging trends.

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Pant’s ton puts India on top, and closer to Test championship

A remarkable century from Rishabh Pant put India firmly in control against England, and in a good position to claim the other world Test championship spot.

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Three new cases of COVID-19 detected in Queensland hotel quarantine

Saturday’s update takes the state’s total number of active cases to 24, with 6438 tests carried out in the previous 24 hours.

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Safe space for hip-pop to soar

The Melbourne rapper’s songs had new emotional depth, but his freestyling roots were missed.

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‘Hotel Rwanda’ hero was tricked onto plane to Rwanda to face terror charges

A pastor has told a Rwandan court he tricked exile Paul Rusesabagina onto a plane to Rwanda: “the only person who didn’t know where we were headed was Paul”.

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Warriors to ask NRL for compensation after Australia stay extended by three months

The Warriors will now remain on the Central Coast until June 21.

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‘Biggest test’ from AFL rule changes not man-on-mark: Buckley

Nathan Buckley and Damien Hardwick did not have to be prodded to speak about how two of the AFL’s rule changes might make footy look different in 2021. 

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Snipers wanted for Putin’s police force, ‘no experience required’

The riot squads that dispersed the protests over Alexei Navalny’s detention have advertised for thousands of snipers in the last two months.

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Motorcyclist killed, man seriously injured in separate SEQ crashes

The 55-year-old rider was allegedly struck by an oncoming car in Mount Cotton early on Saturday.

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Do you really want to vote above the line? Your quick election guide to WA’s 19 parties

Premier Mark McGowan may be set for a second term in parliament but majority control of the upper house to be able to pass legislation unimpeded will be a tougher challenge.

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Mildura pair sue for defamation over Aboriginal flag dispute

A man and a woman from Mildura who went viral under the #toostrongforyoukaren hashtag are now suing a raft of media companies for defamation.

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‘Life at home just didn’t make sense’: the mental trauma of foreign correspondent Sally Sara

Covering war, famine and other atrocities left its mark on the celebrated ABC reporter. In her struggle to recover, she turned to therapy – and the creative release of writing a play about her experiences.

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VicRoads takes privatisation route with new joint venture

Part of VicRoads will be privatised by the Andrews government, with the agency’s licence and registration arm to be run as a collaboration between the public and private sectors.

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Wally’s legacy: The cop who taught other cops

Wayne Laver worked homicide for years, seeing the Hoddle and Queen street massacres. But it was a swiftly solved case that haunted him.

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