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Khawaja cancels book interviews after refusing to answer key question about Cummins

Khawaja cancels book interviews after refusing to answer key question about Cummins

Usman Khawaja wanted to tell his truth about Sandpapergate. But during a grilling from the ABC’s Sarah Ferguson, the former Australian cricketer...

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Tom Decent

Shock reshuffle at Australian Women’s Weekly as top editor departs

Shock reshuffle at Australian Women’s Weekly as top editor departs

Sophie Tedmanson has left the magazine after three years – and her role may no longer exist.

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John Buckley

Cricket Australia must get to the bottom of what happened in South Africa

Cricket Australia must get to the bottom of what happened in South Africa

Sandpapergate, the scandal that shattered Australian cricket eight years ago, refuses to go away.

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The Herald's View

Anyone interested in the integrity of sport must ask Cricket Australia this question

Anyone interested in the integrity of sport must ask Cricket Australia this question

To reduce Usman Khawaja’s intervention simply to a cynical marketing ploy is not only lazy, it takes away from the bigger picture.

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Akshay Prasan

Harry and Meghan want to protect children. They can’t escape her father’s shadow

Harry and Meghan want to protect children. They can’t escape her father’s shadow

The royal couple’s appearance at an event to promote online safety came just as Meghan’s father once again made headlines for all the wrong reasons.

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David Crowe

I can tell you why Qantas sent 850 jobs to India in just two words

I can tell you why Qantas sent 850 jobs to India in just two words

When bonuses are tied to profits, company leaders make short-term decisions that benefit themselves.

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Dee Madigan

Trump’s Fed nightmare: Rates won’t be slashed. They could surge now

Trump’s Fed nightmare: Rates won’t be slashed. They could surge now

The US president’s demands for falling interest rates are going to be ignored when the Federal Reserve responds to last month’s...

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Stephen Bartholomeusz

I’ve been a principal for decades. Here’s how to choose a school for your child (it’s not the one you think)

I’ve been a principal for decades. Here’s how to choose a school for your child (it’s not the one you think)

I’ve sat with hundreds of families nervously weighing this decision. And there’s something those parents deserve to know that isn’t in the...

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Adam Voigt

No room at the inn: The Christmas aged care shortage stressing families

No room at the inn: The Christmas aged care shortage stressing families

For families relying on aged care, finding respite over the festive season is becoming a source of stress.

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Rachel Lane

The midterm message to Trump and Albanese: Fix the economy to keep your job

The midterm message to Trump and Albanese: Fix the economy to keep your job

What can governments do about cost of living? Nothing that is quick or painless.

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Ross Gittins

Khawaja and Warner have rekindled the sandpaper scandal. What will Steve Smith say?

Khawaja and Warner have rekindled the sandpaper scandal. What will Steve Smith say?

While the claims made by Usman Khawaja drive a wedge between a generation of Australian Test players, the former captain has been watching events...

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Chris Barrett

I’ve been renting my house for two years. Will I have to pay tax when I sell?

I’ve been renting my house for two years. Will I have to pay tax when I sell?

If you’ve previously lived in a house that you’re now renting, you might be able to save on capital gains tax when you sell.

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Noel Whittaker

Who keeps crashing China’s sharemarket?

Who keeps crashing China’s sharemarket?

China is again in the midst of a sharemarket rout. The blame game has already begun.

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Shuli Ren

Civilians are always landing planes in movies. Call me cynical, but I doubt I could wing it

Civilians are always landing planes in movies. Call me cynical, but I doubt I could wing it

In our particular cultural moment, overestimating one’s ability to take on complex tasks seems less like hubris and more like the norm.

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John Bailey

Hackers plunged dozens of European supermarkets into chaos. It should worry Australians how easy it was

Hackers plunged dozens of European supermarkets into chaos. It should worry Australians how easy it was

Freezers in dozens of stores across at least 11 countries were cranked up remotely, in a hack that cost less than $10. It should worry Australians.

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David Swan

Most Australians don’t have a mortgage. Rate rises could leave them better off

Most Australians don’t have a mortgage. Rate rises could leave them better off

Despite what the headlines might say, many Australians can be ‘winners’ from rate rises. Here’s how.

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Max Yong

Russell Brand blamed Kylie Minogue for his MTV sacking. But he left out a key fact

Russell Brand blamed Kylie Minogue for his MTV sacking. But he left out a key fact

Russell Brand spent years trying to preemptively save himself from a legal reckoning by self-imposing a moral one, being the first to admit his sins...

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Katy Hall

Nvidia CEO’s fling will be an affair to remember for AI, and for Trump

Nvidia CEO’s fling will be an affair to remember for AI, and for Trump

Jensen Huang’s liaison with an alleged Chinese spy could cost Nvidia billions, set America’s AI sector back in its arms race with China, and...

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Stephen Bartholomeusz

How Donald Trump could become an accidental climate saviour

How Donald Trump could become an accidental climate saviour

Trump ostentatiously set out to wreck any attempt to head off ruinous climate change. Yet his futile war on Iran has galvanised the global shift to...

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Peter Hartcher

Pat Cummins has to front up and explain all on ball-tampering scandal

Pat Cummins has to front up and explain all on ball-tampering scandal

The Australian skipper usually likes to share his opinions publicly, but the one debate he has always steered clear of is what happened in Cape Town...

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Nick Hoult

I was loyal to David Jones. If only they’d been loyal to me

I was loyal to David Jones. If only they’d been loyal to me

Increasingly, I walk through the fashion floors and feel as though the store is looking past me, towards a younger woman it would rather attract.

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Mina Iacono

The Wallabies are in freefall, and it’s difficult to see how things improve

The Wallabies are in freefall, and it’s difficult to see how things improve

Les Kiss’s side was lucky to avoid a cricket score in the defeat to England after several selection decisions backfired badly. This weekend’s Test...

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Paul Cully

Wall Street’s $4.7 trillion meltdown may have a silver lining

Wall Street’s $4.7 trillion meltdown may have a silver lining

The “blue tsunami” that hit Donald Trump sent shockwaves through Wall Street. But there may be a bright side to the sharemarket turmoil.

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Stephen Bartholomeusz

The Wallabies have the talent. But something is going badly wrong

The Wallabies have the talent. But something is going badly wrong

After another humiliating defeat, the Wallabies look a long way from putting together the team capable of delivering a home World Cup masterpiece.

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Peter Fitzsimons

‘Heist’ merchants or white knights? The private equity firm that owned David Jones

‘Heist’ merchants or white knights? The private equity firm that owned David Jones

Anchorage Capital Partners has owned more than 20 companies, with none more controversial than its tenure at Dick Smith Electronics.

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Nick Bonyhady

Albanese doesn’t need to be liked. He needs to be trusted

Albanese doesn’t need to be liked. He needs to be trusted

Just one in five voters trusts the prime minister. His path to the next election demands he rebuild the connection the Marrickville Golf Club scandal...

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James Massola

Can Albanese win the next election? Depends on the RBA’s danger zone

Can Albanese win the next election? Depends on the RBA’s danger zone

‘There’s always a plan’, the PM has said in the past, about 2027. There will have to be.

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Sean Kelly

Why younger homebuyers risk being locked in mortgage prison

Why younger homebuyers risk being locked in mortgage prison

There’s a generational gap between those who can switch banks to get a better home-loan deal, and those who cannot.

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Clancy Yeates

One trainer was fined $50k, the other was banned for a month. This is how their cases differed

One trainer was fined $50k, the other was banned for a month. This is how their cases differed

Were the Freedmans harshly done by in comparison to Chris Waller? We asked Racing Victoria to explain.

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Danny Russell

Crypto’s Trump-fuelled Washington boom comes to an abrupt halt

Crypto’s Trump-fuelled Washington boom comes to an abrupt halt

With Democrats set to control Congress following their midterm sweep, crypto faces the prospect of tougher rules and closer scrutiny.

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Teresa Xie

‘A nightmare for Pat Cummins’: Why Khawaja claims are set to dog Australia captain

‘A nightmare for Pat Cummins’: Why Khawaja claims are set to dog Australia captain

Figures involved with the Australian team during the ball-tampering controversy in 2018 have stayed silent following Usman Khawaja’s revelations....

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Tom Decent

This is the ultra-left, and it comes in all colours: A night with the Paris protesters

This is the ultra-left, and it comes in all colours: A night with the Paris protesters

Donald Trump blamed the protests on “migrants, jihadists and communists”. David Crowe, reporting from Paris, says it’s about political ideology,...

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David Crowe

The American people have finally turned on Trump

The American people have finally turned on Trump

The Democratic trouncing of the Republicans and the revulsion against the Trump administration are beyond anyone’s imagination.

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Maureen Dowd

It was the email of my dreams! From Sally Sara. Or so I thought

It was the email of my dreams! From Sally Sara. Or so I thought

I’m Sally’s biggest fan. Overwhelmed with excitement, I wrote back saying I’d be delighted to contribute.

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Margot Saville

This Australian team was already under pressure. Khawaja’s allegations could finish it off

This Australian team was already under pressure. Khawaja’s allegations could finish it off

The Test series defeat in South Africa exposed a struggling batting order, an ageing bowling attack and a captain under fire. England, here for a...

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Michael Vaughan

Faith is neither blind nor restricted to religion

Faith is neither blind nor restricted to religion

Faith steps in when not all the facts are known and where reason alone does not suffice.

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Barney Zwartz

Pitch battle: Cricket NSW stumps Bears’ plan for historic return match

Pitch battle: Cricket NSW stumps Bears’ plan for historic return match

Perth Bears hoped to play their return match at their spiritual home, North Sydney Oval, but grade cricket is standing in the way.

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Danny Weidler

I don’t know a bowler who hasn’t licked, flicked, scratched or slobbered on a cricket ball

I don’t know a bowler who hasn’t licked, flicked, scratched or slobbered on a cricket ball

Former South Africa captain Faf du Plessis has said he thought the punishment for Steve Smith, David Warner and Cameron Bancroft was over the top. He...

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Geoff Lawson

Beijing gets ready to welcome ‘lame duck’ Trump and Putin

Beijing gets ready to welcome ‘lame duck’ Trump and Putin

A weakened Trump will arrive in China this month in a new test of his foreign policy agenda ahead of a possible three-way summit with Chinese leader...

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Lisa Visentin

House prices wouldn’t be falling so fast if Albanese was a man of his word

House prices wouldn’t be falling so fast if Albanese was a man of his word

Imagine how a first-time buyer who bought into the five per cent deposit scheme feels owing 95 per cent on an asset that’s losing value thanks to...

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Parnell Palme McGuinness

Worried you can’t afford aged care? Here’s what you could pay

Worried you can’t afford aged care? Here’s what you could pay

Australia’s aged care system is unreasonably complex, with myriad ways to pay and various fees to keep track of.

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Dominic Powell

Donald Trump said it 47 times, and it cost him the midterms

Donald Trump said it 47 times, and it cost him the midterms

It’s being called a “blue wave” and a “blunami”, but none of those descriptors work for veteran journalist Nick Bryant because they don’t...

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Peter Fitzsimons

Full-time workloads, part-time help: Coaches in women’s footy are being short-changed

Full-time workloads, part-time help: Coaches in women’s footy are being short-changed

Who’d want to be a woman and an AFLW coach? Not many people, judging by the events of the past year. Now there are now just three women left....

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Kelli Underwood

The only winner out of Khawaja’s bombshell is the saga’s villain

The only winner out of Khawaja’s bombshell is the saga’s villain

There are more losers than winners out of Usman Khawaja’s revelations. Even the players to whom he dedicated a chapter of his book don’t come out...

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Andrew Wu

Six months ago, Australians were optimistic. Now, we’re cutting back on toothpaste

Six months ago, Australians were optimistic. Now, we’re cutting back on toothpaste

It’s one thing to make sure you have an emergency savings account, it’s another thing to genuinely feel a sense of hopelessness when you think...

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Victoria Devine

I’ve just retired with $650k in super. Should I spend it faster?

I’ve just retired with $650k in super. Should I spend it faster?

As you progressively use up your super savings, your age pension entitlement will grow.

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Paul Benson

Donald Trump’s humiliation is an opportunity for America

Donald Trump’s humiliation is an opportunity for America

US voters have done their job, now politicians have to do theirs. But Trump is not a man who likes to be left out.

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The Economist

Satisfying your bloodlust is one thing. What happened at the boxing on Friday night is another

Satisfying your bloodlust is one thing. What happened at the boxing on Friday night is another

Nelson Asofa-Solomona – at 201 centimetres and 137 kilograms – is a man who, if so inclined, can inflict serious damage. With much power comes...

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Adrian Proszenko

Usman Khawaja remained silent for eight years. Why did he speak out now?

Usman Khawaja remained silent for eight years. Why did he speak out now?

Cricket Australia, and its Test players, might look back to their failure in 2018 to honestly and broadly tell the truth about what happened at...

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Malcolm Knox

Under siege, Trump reaches for his most trigger-happy lieutenant

Under siege, Trump reaches for his most trigger-happy lieutenant

Observers wondered whether Donald Trump’s final two years in the White House would be “lame duck” or “raging bull”. The appointment of...

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Michael Koziol