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Top Gun: Maverick Can't Stop, Won't Stop Making Money At The Box Office

Best Weapon: Maverick is the definition of a summer blockbuster. While the COVID-19 pandemic has had an impact on the number of moviegoers going to their beloved theaters, it’s clear that many are eager to see this long-awaited sequel on the big screen. Here are the latest figures that prove it Best Weapon: Maverick can’t and won’t stop making money at the box office. As Collider shared, Best Weapon: Maverick still flying high at the box office, and we’re only at the end of July. In its ninth weekend, Tom Cruise’s films earned an impressive $16.4 million at the international box office in 65 markets, adding up to a total of $647.1 million in that category. Most of the weekend’s international revenue came from Korea, where the film has run over five weekends and has grossed $53.3 million. In other countries, Best Weapon: Maverick is in its ninth weekend, with fighter pilot films earning $2.4 million in Japan ($72.7 million total), $1.2 million in the UK ($91.9 million total), Fran

Corner office makes comeback as city company ditches hot desking

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Holding Redlich’s contemporary design approach has been launched in Brisbane, Cairns, Canberra. Now it’s Sydney and Melbourne’s turn. “In short, at Holding Redlich, open-plan and hot desking are out, and offices are in,” he said. “It’s clear from our people’s response that when you have your own office, or a shared office, you are much more comfortable working in an office.” The open layout and hot desk setup are enthusiastically welcomed by large companies, not only because they save space but because they are seen as encouraging team building and creativity. Other law firms have adopted a mixed style of office supplies. Arnold Bloch Leibler has largely closed offices across its national locations, including at 333 Collins Street in Melbourne, while Norton Rose Fulbright’s new office at 60 Martin Place, Sydney, has a hybrid layout. Despite employers’ desire to return staff to work, occupancy rates across the country have stalled. A June Property Board survey showed Sydney slumped to

'Legal and reasonable': Why bosses can force you back into the office

“In almost every case, the request [to return to the office] would be a lawful request, provided that returning to work does not involve any illegality outside the scope of the employment contract,” Wakefield said. More than 94 per cent of Australians over the age of 12 have now had at least two doses of the COVID-19 vaccine, and with COVID-19 restrictions currently minimal, a return to work request would “likely make sense”. “Increasingly, as society adapts [to the virus] the less likely it is that an employee will be able to unreasonably debate the direction to return to work.” Employment and industrial law attorney Ian Neil SC “You’re going to need more than general anxiety about catching COVID-19 or the flu … you’re probably going to need some pretty extreme exceptions,” Wakefield said. Therefore, employees who refuse an employer’s directive to return to the office could potentially expose themselves to disciplinary action. While employers can force attendance under reasonable circ

The best energy efficient office building ventilation system to stop the spread of the virus

A landmark study by the City of Melbourne focused on three options for preventing the spread of Covid-19, while reducing energy use: opening windows; ceiling HEPA air filter and displacement ventilation system. The BREATH project was carried out in partnership with Cbus Property, University of Melbourne, AG Coombs, SEED Engineering and Westaflex, with peer review by AURECON. Over a three-month period the study, which is available on the City of Melbourne website, compared the energy use and performance of a number of full-scale ventilation retrofit options. Measurements were made in a full-scale building in Melbourne’s CBD, namely 423 Bourke Street, Melbourne, which will soon be rebuilt by Cbus Property, not in a laboratory. Melbourne City Mayor Sally Capp said the study was important because fears of infection remained a barrier for some city workers from returning to work. “We encourage landlords, tenants and partners to embrace BREATH’s findings, and help us create heal