HIGHLIGHTS FROM The Guardian Australia

• Simon Stone on luring film stars on stage, family tragedy and staging Chekhov in Korean: ‘It’s one of the proudest moments in my career’ READ
• Kindness of strangers: I was ill and about to miss my flight when a well-dressed man helped me to the airport READ
• Caroline felt she was doomed to dating failure. Learning to sit with sadness was part of overcoming her loneliness | Ahona Guha READ
• Doomscrolling, people pleasing and low-fat foods? Life’s too short! Nine writers on what they won’t bother with this year READ
• Trump threatens Colombia with military action as he reiterates that the US is ‘in charge’ in Venezuela – live READ