As work-from-home windback looms,some are ecstatic and others are ‘grieving’

As work-from-home windback looms,some are ecstatic and others are ‘grieving’

The super-keen can’t wait to break out their workwear,those on the fence are sorry for what they’re giving up and some feel sick at the prospect of returning to the office.

  • byWendy Tuohy

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WA lags in facing the reality of our future living with COVID-19

WA lags in facing the reality of our future living with COVID-19

All states have now released their road map out of the pandemic and some issues stand out. The most obvious is how out of kilter Western Australia is with the rest of the country.

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Cases are falling in Victoria. What happens next?

Cases are falling in Victoria. What happens next?

Victoria’s COVID-19 outbreak has reached an inflection point,with government modelling suggesting the state’s cases should now start to track up,while other experts point to NSW’s declining case load as evidence something unexpected is going on.

  • byLiam Mannix
Businesses knock back Australians vaccinated overseas

Businesses knock back Australians vaccinated overseas

Peak tourism and hospitality groups are lobbying the federal government for a more straightforward way for returned travellers and international tourists to prove their vaccination status.

  • byHenrietta Cook
From lockdown to freedom:remembering the rules of engagement

From lockdown to freedom:remembering the rules of engagement

Now that we are allowed to see each other again,many of us find it tiring. We need time to adjust.

  • byJacqueline Maley
‘As an African woman,there’s a limited view of who you are’:Sampa the Great

‘As an African woman,there’s a limited view of who you are’:Sampa the Great

The multi-ARIA award winner headed back to Zambia because of the pandemic. And found inspiration.

  • byNeha Kale
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Reopening diaries:Melburnians share their experiences as the city reopens

Reopening diaries:Melburnians share their experiences as the city reopens

Melburnians share their experiences as the city reopens. Today,in the sixth instalment of the series,skydiving instructor Cody Bekkerus writes about what it felt like to strap himself to a thrill seeker and leap from a plane 4000 metres above St Kilda beach.

  • byCody Bekkerus
Teen girls drive mental health hospital visits post-lockdown

Teen girls drive mental health hospital visits post-lockdown

Adolescent girls from socio-economically advantaged backgrounds drove the biggest rise in mental health admissions and visits reported by Sydney’s two children’s hospitals in five years,according to data collected after the pandemic’s first wave.

  • byLucy Carroll
WestConnex sale to pay down debt,not fund promised $5b recovery fund

WestConnex sale to pay down debt,not fund promised $5b recovery fund

The bulk of the NSW government’s pandemic recovery spending is earmarked for western Sydney,but only a fraction of the money will come from the sale of the WestConnex motorway.

  • byAlexandra Smith
Grandparents may be larger than they appeared on the phone
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Grandparents may be larger than they appeared on the phone

Mayoral scent bottles start a trend.

‘Hard battle’:Why shops are still closed despite the end of Sydney’s lockdown

‘Hard battle’:Why shops are still closed despite the end of Sydney’s lockdown

A number of shops and food outlets remain closed more than two weeks after the easing of lockdown restrictions because of a lack of customers and staff shortages.

  • byAndrew Taylor