Melbourne the new Aussiewood as celebrities brush Sydney

Melbourne the new Aussiewood as celebrities brush Sydney

It seems a number of international mega-stars have managed to slip into Melbourne without much fanfare,overshadowed by Australian Open drama.

  • byLucy Manly

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What will our working lives look like in 2022?

What will our working lives look like in 2022?

Our Got a Minute? columnist outlines how last year’s learnings will inform the new working year.

  • byKirstin Ferguson
Sean Penn and estranged wife Leila George celebrate NYE in Sydney

Sean Penn and estranged wife Leila George celebrate NYE in Sydney

Of all the celebrities in Australia right now,one of the biggest Hollywood A-listers to grace the harbour city arrived without any fanfare.

  • byLucy Manly
Omicron comes to the party,cancels our hot vax New Year’s Eve

Omicron comes to the party,cancels our hot vax New Year’s Eve

Many parties and fireworks displays were cancelled or scaled-down due to a rise in coronavirus infections,including a star-studded New Year’s Eve party in Vaucluse.

  • byLucy Manly
Affairs,drug busts and lockdown louts:Sydney’s year of secrets and scandals

Affairs,drug busts and lockdown louts:Sydney’s year of secrets and scandals

Parties and events may have been cancelled in 2021,but gossip certainly wasn’t – much to this writer’s delight.

  • byLucy Manly
Puzzles take off after the world went to pieces

Puzzles take off after the world went to pieces

The jigsaw community grew during lockdown and puzzling may be a habit that sticks after the pandemic ends.

  • byEllie Mitchell andClaudia Forsberg
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I was promised a pay rise that never came. What do I do?

I was promised a pay rise that never came. What do I do?

As a questioner waits for a pay rise that was promised long ago,Dr Kirstin Ferguson has advice on tackling the conversation objectively.

  • byDr Kirstin Ferguson
Roaring back? The regions need a rev up
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Roaring back? The regions need a rev up

The government needs to do more to help rural Victoria bounce back and breathe life back into domestic tourism.

  • byJon Faine
I’ve never celebrated Christmas,but there is something special about the day

I’ve never celebrated Christmas,but there is something special about the day

Christmas 2021 will be the icing on the freedom cake. We always deserve to celebrate the good stuff,but in this hugely challenging year we deserve it even more.

  • byKerri Sackville
After lockdown,where does the grief go?

After lockdown,where does the grief go?

When Sally Spicer cancelled on a work friend shortly after Melbourne’s fifth lockdown,nobody could have guessed that two weeks later he would be gone.

  • bySally Spicer
Dreaming of Oz:the holiday havens our foreign correspondents miss the most

Dreaming of Oz:the holiday havens our foreign correspondents miss the most

Where do Aussies abroad pine for? Six journalists dive into their memory banks.

  • byMatthew Knott,Bevan Shields,Chris Barrett,Eryk Bagshaw,Amelia Lester andNick Bryant