Kiss Cam, the harbinger of doom that picks out smooching couples in a crowd and projects them for everyone to see, brought out the ugly truth for us all. Every workplace hosts a dodgy relationship, and that hurts the rest of us. I can tell you from personal experience in both newspapers and universities. The relationship, even when consensual, damages how work works.

I have zero idea why workplaces can’t institute a bonk ban. Sure, at the same level and with no chain of command issues, there’s barely a risk – except for the one where you can say to a trusted colleague: Geez, that bloke [you’re rooting] is utterly useless.

Then-chief executive of Astronomer, Andy Byron, and the company’s chief people officer, Kirstin Cabot, at the Coldplay concert.Credit: Aresna Villanueva

When advocating for workplace bonk bans, I’ve been reprimanded by former students who tell me that work is the only place they meet people. My advice? Get out more.

We could and should emulate prime ministers Malcolm Turnbull and Anthony Albanese. Turnbull imposed the bonk ban after the chaos of Barnaby Joyce’s love life. Albanese continued the policy because it was the sensible thing to do. My god, I loved watching the musical chairs among staffers in the wake of the first round of........

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