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This could be the year voters get their priorities wrong

This could be the year voters get their priorities wrong

It’s a good thing I’m not a pessimist because I have forebodings about this year’s federal election. I fear we’ll waste it on expressing...

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Ross Gittins

I’m 67, in debt and with no super. How do I spend a $450,000 inheritance?

I’m 67, in debt and with no super. How do I spend a $450,000 inheritance?

I am a single 67-year-old with no superannuation. I own my home, have a 12-year-old Toyota, no other assets, and a $60,000 tax debt. I work...

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Noel Whittaker

What are mutual wills, and why would I choose one?

What are mutual wills, and why would I choose one?

What’s the best way for my partner and me to make wills that benefit each other but still protect our children from previous relationships? This is...

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Emma Blay

Investing under Trump: How should you allocate your portfolio in 2025?

Investing under Trump: How should you allocate your portfolio in 2025?

Financial markets have the potential to perform well in 2025, though there are many differences between now and President Donald Trump’s earlier...

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Ashwin Alankar

Too busy to invest? Here’s how I do it in under 30 minutes a month

Too busy to invest? Here’s how I do it in under 30 minutes a month

High-interest savings accounts are currently offering interest between 5 per cent and 6 per cent. Last year, my investments grew more than triple...

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Paridhi Jain

This Thursday, we’ll see sporting pandemonium. The AFL and NRL should follow suit

This Thursday, we’ll see sporting pandemonium. The AFL and NRL should follow suit

At 7am on Thursday (AEDT), 18 games in a single competition, featuring some of the best soccer clubs in the world, will kick off simultaneously...

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Waleed Aly

The science of stress: Our ancient superpower, and curse

The science of stress: Our ancient superpower, and curse

Our weekly science newsletter, Examine, has launched a mini-series of deep dives on the evidence-based pillars of good health starting with...

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Liam Mannix

Wall Street’s trillion-dollar wipeout sets off alarm bells

Wall Street’s trillion-dollar wipeout sets off alarm bells

The vulnerability of the US sharemarket to its highly concentrated reliance on a small cluster of mega technology stocks has been exposed by the...

yesterday 9

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Stephen Bartholomeusz

As I walked down the aisle, what was that sinking feeling?

As I walked down the aisle, what was that sinking feeling?

Sometime in 1982, maybe September, my mother finally told me she was dying. I’d known she wasn’t well – coughing, grey, more irritated than...

yesterday 7

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Jenna Price

Payback time: Australian shares give shelter from the AI storm

Payback time: Australian shares give shelter from the AI storm

For more than five years, the Australian sharemarket has underperformed Wall Street, thanks to the meteoric rise of the US tech market with its...

yesterday 7

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Elizabeth Knight

When it comes to energy, Donald Trump is China’s useful idiot

When it comes to energy, Donald Trump is China’s useful idiot

Donald Trump is late to the shale party. The fracking boom of the last 15 years has largely run its course as the best seams are exploited and...

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Ambrose Evans-Pritchard

How to holiday with a loved one who needs care

How to holiday with a loved one who needs care

A respite stay in an aged care home can be a great way for family members who are providing care to have a holiday while their loved receives the...

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Rachel Lane

Thirty-nine balls of madness: How Mitch Owen made BBL history

Thirty-nine balls of madness: How Mitch Owen made BBL history

Mitchell Owen has described his life-changing century in the Big Bash League final as surreal, his breathtaking innings featuring some of the...

yesterday 6

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Jon Pierik

Trump’s tariff tango will only reinforce his view that bullying works

Trump’s tariff tango will only reinforce his view that bullying works

Washington: Bullying works. That’s what Donald Trump will take away from his whirlwind tariff tit-for-tat with Colombia. What initially looked...

yesterday 9

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Michael Koziol

Why acting like George Costanza could help save your investments

Why acting like George Costanza could help save your investments

Despite Monday’s trillion-dollar meltdown, it’s hard not to be a stock market bull right now. Last week, Wall Street celebrated Trump’s arrival...

yesterday 6

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William Bennett

Tame Grace? Good luck with that. I delight in her brave belligerence

Tame Grace? Good luck with that. I delight in her brave belligerence

Grace Tame was Australian of the Year in 2021. She received her award for outspoken advocacy on behalf of sexual assault survivors and her...

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Jane Caro

Trump’s happy to play the ‘madman’ to restore global order. But will it work?

Trump’s happy to play the ‘madman’ to restore global order. But will it work?

Can a powerful leader who is a bit crazy – or is at least perceived to be crazy – make the world a safer place? Richard Nixon, the 37th United...

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Matthew Knott

Dutton’s enthusiasm for DOGE is just old tricks with a new name

Dutton’s enthusiasm for DOGE is just old tricks with a new name

Finding efficiency savings inside the sprawling federal public service has been the go-to “painless” budget message of politicians for a...

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Shane Wright

Trump is set to put the blowtorch on an old enemy

Trump is set to put the blowtorch on an old enemy

Later this week, the US Federal Reserve Board chair, Jerome Powell, is likely to find himself in Donald Trump’s crosshairs, yet again, with the...

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Stephen Bartholomeusz

Trump’s a Luddite, but his blossoming tech bromance makes perfect sense

Trump’s a Luddite, but his blossoming tech bromance makes perfect sense

When I drove around Silicon Valley in 2017, talking to tech gods for a magazine piece, trying to figure out if artificial intelligence would be...

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Maureen Dowd

‘People will be shocked’: Trump tests boundaries of presidency

‘People will be shocked’: Trump tests boundaries of presidency

Washington: On his first full day back in the White House, President Donald Trump revelled in his return to power and vowed to do what no president...

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Peter Baker

The bottom line is that we need to open up about our bums

The bottom line is that we need to open up about our bums

We don’t talk about our bums enough. No, I should be more specific. We don’t talk about our anuses enough. It’s the most intimate part of our...

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Richard Hillman

I was at the centre of an Elon storm – and survived

I was at the centre of an Elon storm – and survived

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. When you wake up to hundreds of Twitter notifications, it’s generally not for...

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David Swan

Think the past will protect Australia from Trump’s future? Think again

Think the past will protect Australia from Trump’s future? Think again

It’s been a week. Just as he promised, the 47th president of the United States has wasted no time. As soon as he was inaugurated, Trump began a...

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Dr Emma Shortis

Trump is ditching climate action, again. This time there are ways to fight back

Trump is ditching climate action, again. This time there are ways to fight back

When a triumphant Donald Trump reclaimed the White House last week, he wasted no time in declaring war. Not a trade war, nor an invasion of...

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Caitlin Fitzsimmons

Sinner lifts the trophy, but the Open must beware the cup runneth over

Sinner lifts the trophy, but the Open must beware the cup runneth over

The only threat to Jannik Sinner in the Australian Open final was the same threat to the tournament itself – that they would suffer from too much of...

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Greg Baum

The Australian Open is deeply compromised. It has to be to survive

The Australian Open is deeply compromised. It has to be to survive

The genuine magnetism of the Australian Open is that it’s the biggest global sporting event that comes here every year. Outside the Formula 1...

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Malcolm Knox

Should we sell our investment property and put the money into super?

Should we sell our investment property and put the money into super?

Should we sell our investment property and put the money into super? My husband and I retired two years ago and have about $700,000 each in super....

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Paul Benson

The looming Joe Schmidt problem … and it’s not his contract

The looming Joe Schmidt problem … and it’s not his contract

The will-he-won’t-he wait around Joe Schmidt’s future continues, and for once in Australian rugby, grapevine clues are scarce. It wasn’t raised...

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Iain Payten

Zverev has a fatal flaw. And this is how Sinner can exploit it and win the final

Zverev has a fatal flaw. And this is how Sinner can exploit it and win the final

Alexander Zverev’s forehand is misbehaving like an unattended garden hose. The 27-year-old German committed 19 forehand errors in the first (and...

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Craig O&x27Shannessy

Illness, pressure and a looming doping case: Sinner’s challenging road to final

Illness, pressure and a looming doping case: Sinner’s challenging road to final

Jannik Sinner’s “safe place”, as his Australian super coach Darren Cahill puts it, has been a little less so this past fortnight in Melbourne....

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Marc Mcgowan

There are few elections more political than the one to choose a new pope

There are few elections more political than the one to choose a new pope

Friends were discussing the brilliant new film Conclave this week, and said they were surprised athow political electing a new pope is. I was...

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Barney Zwartz

Is Albo destined to be a one-term PM?

Is Albo destined to be a one-term PM?

As the summer holiday ends and election season begins, opinion polls continue to head in the wrong direction for Anthony Albanese. So it is not too...

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George Brandis

Second hostage swap is a bitter pill for Netanyahu’s failed ambitions

Second hostage swap is a bitter pill for Netanyahu’s failed ambitions

The fragile Gaza ceasefire continues to hold after 15 months of Israeli devastation of the Strip in response to Hamas’s attacks on Israel. That...

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Amin Saikal

My Catholicism lapsed long ago, so why can’t I let go of the relics?

My Catholicism lapsed long ago, so why can’t I let go of the relics?

Last year, during a routine spring clean, my partner pulled out a small metal box – about the size of a palm – nestled in between some long...

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Caroline Zielinski

Not celebrating Australia Day shouldn’t mean discounting our good fortune

Not celebrating Australia Day shouldn’t mean discounting our good fortune

More so than any other cohort, Gen Z Australians are reluctant to commemorate Australia Day. Recent polling suggests that the younger you are, the...

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Daniel Cash

No job? No worries. This insurance gives peace of mind if you can no longer work

No job? No worries. This insurance gives peace of mind if you can no longer work

Real Money, a free weekly newsletter giving expert tips on how to save, invest and make the most of your money, is sent every Sunday. You’re...

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Dominic Powell

How Trump’s win has fired up Dutton’s culture war, starting with Australia Day

How Trump’s win has fired up Dutton’s culture war, starting with Australia Day

First Bro Elon Musk has called it a “vibe shift” and Opposition Leader Peter Dutton reckons it’s a “near revolution”. The backlash from what...

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Jacqueline Maley

Trump is showing us the true cost of liberalism

Trump is showing us the true cost of liberalism

I heard a joke this week from the era when communists expected workers to rise up any minute to cast off the chains of paid labour. Though, told in...

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Parnell Palme Mcguinness

Playing hard or being ‘reckless’? Dutton ramps up attack

Playing hard or being ‘reckless’? Dutton ramps up attack

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Peter Dutton admitted in a 2023 episode of the ABC’s Kitchen Cabinet that he is...

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Paul Sakkal

This year, think twice when it comes to setting career goals

This year, think twice when it comes to setting career goals

The start of a new year is a popular time to set in motion new career resolutions and goals. It is also a time to reflect on the great Australian...

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Jim Bright

Should we really go forth and multiply?

Should we really go forth and multiply?

For most of human history, it’s been a miracle for us to survive long enough, or reproduce vigorously enough to rapidly grow in numbers. But as...

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Millie Muroi

Sam Konstas must play in Sri Lanka. Cooper Connolly should not

Sam Konstas must play in Sri Lanka. Cooper Connolly should not

Given the national selectors’ prevarication over the opening batting position for almost three years, it borders on bizarre that the waft of...

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Geoff Lawson

Why are we so obsessed with taking the high road?

Why are we so obsessed with taking the high road?

Whenever I check the mailbox, I feel a bit like a war bride, fumbling with the key, hoping to get word from my brave beloved. Sadly, the digital...

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Thomas Mitchell

Learning my own family history ended my indifference to Australia Day

Learning my own family history ended my indifference to Australia Day

In the 80s, when I swapped school for a job, I went into shock when I could no longer hang out at the beach from Christmas ’til February. I would...

25.01.2025 4

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Jo Pybus

With God and tech bros on his side, Trump’s ‘golden age’ has just begun

With God and tech bros on his side, Trump’s ‘golden age’ has just begun

According to Washington folklore, it was Ronald Reagan, that one-time master of political stagecraft, who altered the location of the inaugural...

25.01.2025 1

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Nick Bryant

Three sharp jabs and one blunt question: Albanese fights to win you back

Three sharp jabs and one blunt question: Albanese fights to win you back

Anthony Albanese heads to the election with a new sense of confidence that he can win voters back, despite months of polling that suggests millions...

25.01.2025 5

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David Crowe

Could mandatory annuities solve our retirement woes?

Could mandatory annuities solve our retirement woes?

The Grattan Institute has dropped a report this week that’s got everyone talking. It tackles a familiar issue: Australians are nervous about...

25.01.2025 6

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Bec Wilson

How to make the most of Qantas’ new points overhaul

How to make the most of Qantas’ new points overhaul

Regular readers of this column will know my penchant – nay, passion – for Qantas frequent flyer points. Indeed, in just a few weeks I will take my...

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Nicole Pedersen-Mckinnon

The MAGA movement is out to get Elon Musk – and so is China

The MAGA movement is out to get Elon Musk – and so is China

If it were possible to short a public figure with maximum leverage, Elon Musk would surely be the top target. The political and enterprise value of...

24.01.2025 1

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Ambrose Evans-Pritchard

Should I pretend to worship my boss so I can keep my job?

Should I pretend to worship my boss so I can keep my job?

I work in an area where a manager has developed a cult of personality. They are bombastic, aggressive and delight in attention and adulation. Many...

24.01.2025 3

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Jonathan Rivett

When violence becomes a commodity, there’s no telling where it will end

When violence becomes a commodity, there’s no telling where it will end

There is so much that is so self-evidently awful about the current spate of antisemitic attacks in Sydney that one feels trite even pointing it...

24.01.2025 2

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Waleed Aly

Michael Clarke is in the Hall of Fame. It should never have been in doubt

Michael Clarke is in the Hall of Fame. It should never have been in doubt

The inevitable grumblers grumbling about Michael Clarke’s induction to the Australian Cricket Hall of Fame are looking at the wrong hall and the...

24.01.2025 1

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Malcolm Knox

In reinventing themselves, Harry and Meghan are losing their special sauce

In reinventing themselves, Harry and Meghan are losing their special sauce

Meet Steve Irwin off his plane in Sydney, I was told. Easy. At the gate, a few passengers appeared. Not Steve. Not Steve. Ah. Was that Steve? I...

24.01.2025 10

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Kate Halfpenny

A brave bishop stumped Trump. You could call it a Bible bashing

A brave bishop stumped Trump. You could call it a Bible bashing

Well, that was awkward. In front of a man claiming to have been appointed by God, saved by God, a man to whom conservative evangelicals have...

24.01.2025 3

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Julia Baird

No 25th, and no guarantees for Novak

No 25th, and no guarantees for Novak

For once, maybe for the first time, Novak Djokovic didn’t have all the answers. Neither he nor we can truly know if he ever will again. After...

24.01.2025 1

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Greg Baum

Test cricket thrived like never before in 2024. But can it survive 2025’s reckoning?

Test cricket thrived like never before in 2024. But can it survive 2025’s reckoning?

With Brian Lara clinking bottles of champagne together in the bowels of the Gabba watching a triumphant West Indian press conference and itching to...

24.01.2025 2

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Dan Walsh

China’s audacious plot to rule the skies

China’s audacious plot to rule the skies

New Year’s Eve celebrations were on course to be a largely calm affair in Beijing. Yet while thousands of worshippers visited the Yonghe Temple...

24.01.2025 2

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Ben Marlow

Albanese’s greatest election threat isn’t Dutton. It’s the woke left

Albanese’s greatest election threat isn’t Dutton. It’s the woke left

The severed feet of Captain Cook’s bronze statue in St Kilda made for a sorry sight on Australia Day eve last year. This year, Australia Day falls...

24.01.2025 2

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Gary Newman

How bad is Sydney’s housing crisis? It’s an early sign of economic decline

How bad is Sydney’s housing crisis? It’s an early sign of economic decline

The housing affordability issue isn’t just about intergenerational inequity: it is a warning sign of a brewing economic and social catastrophe. If...

24.01.2025 1

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Robert Pradolin