Can my employer limit the amount of leave I take?

Can my employer limit the amount of leave I take?

After two years of accruing leave,a worker is keen to head overseas for a month. But can an employer really knock back their request?

  • byKirstin Ferguson

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‘Quite humbling’:The little Byron Bay start-up that inked a Qantas deal

‘Quite humbling’:The little Byron Bay start-up that inked a Qantas deal

TripADeal co-founder Norm Black reflects on the holiday booking site’s growth and how it was courted by Australia’s biggest airline.

  • byJessica Yun
‘Our jaws dropped’:Stephanie Alexander and Maggie Beer’s Tuscan adventure set to become a movie

‘Our jaws dropped’:Stephanie Alexander and Maggie Beer’s Tuscan adventure set to become a movie

Twenty-five years after Stephanie Alexander and Maggie Beer set up a cooking school in Tuscany,a film about the experience,and their friendship,is brewing.

  • byKarl Quinn
From Manly to Antarctica:How Australian doctor is training for historic 110-day trek

From Manly to Antarctica:How Australian doctor is training for historic 110-day trek

The 40-year-old consultant anesthetist at St Vincent’s Hospital in Darlinghurst pulls four-wheel-drive tyres along the sand for up to six hours,several times a week,to simulate the 200-kilogram sled he will drag across 2600 kilometres of snow and ice later this year.

  • byAndrew Taylor
They were offered a ‘trip of a lifetime’ but wound up in an Australian jail

They were offered a ‘trip of a lifetime’ but wound up in an Australian jail

When two American friends – later dubbed the “Drug Grannies” – were offered an all-expenses-paid trip,it seemed like an offer too good to refuse.

  • bySandi Logan
Home at last:Adventurer and his faithful dog complete seven-year trek around the globe

Home at last:Adventurer and his faithful dog complete seven-year trek around the globe

Touched by tragedy,Tom Turcich left his home behind to embark on a remarkable journey across 38 countries.

  • byFarrah Tomazin
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Room boom:New hotels aplenty in Melbourne,all that’s needed are guests

Room boom:New hotels aplenty in Melbourne,all that’s needed are guests

New hotels are popping up all over the Melbourne CBD,and while visitor numbers remain low,locals are taking the chance for low-cost ‘staycations’ in the city.

  • byCara Waters
Flight Centre on right path but pandemic turbulence not over

Flight Centre on right path but pandemic turbulence not over

Flight Centre has warned investors of a higher-than-expected loss in the 2022 financial year due to slow uptake of leisure travel but says corporate bookings have bounced back to almost pre-COVID levels.

  • byAnthony Segaert
Victoria,NSW maintain ‘baffling’ freeze on student exchange

Victoria,NSW maintain ‘baffling’ freeze on student exchange

While international students can fly into Australia for university,teenagers in the country’s two biggest states are still waiting on government approval to study overseas.

  • byMadeleine Heffernan andDaniella White
International travel’s back,but there’s good reason to explore at home
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International travel’s back,but there’s good reason to explore at home

In these climate impacted times,I just don’t want to blithely join throngs of Australian tourists circumnavigating the globe pointlessly,getting drunk in generic bars or lounging on beaches all day while the planet burns.

  • byJames Norman
‘Now we can be happy again’:Rio’s dazzling Carnival returns

‘Now we can be happy again’:Rio’s dazzling Carnival returns

Rio’s top samba schools have begun putting on their delayed Carnival parades,their first after a hiatus caused by the COVID-19-pandemic.

  • byDavid Biller andMauricio Savarese