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Manly’s biggest need – emergency roster surgery – will linger after DCE leaves

Sea Eagles officials acknowledge their salary cap needs significant reshaping - but it’s unlikely to come before 2027.

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Dan Walsh

Inside job: Why Saudi Arabia is losing its appetite for oil

You know that horror movie trope where the babysitter gradually realises the crazed killer is phoning, not from some distant location, but from...

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David Fickling

No, I won’t remove erotica from my walls, no matter what agents say

Successful downsizing requires decluttering, failed dreams and a reform of the real estate laws. No wonder it’s unpopular.

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Jenna Price

Trump’s tariffs and anti-vaxxer clash with Australia’s $130b health giant

CSL is battling the US president’s threat against big pharma and the vaccine scepticism of his health tsar, but that’s not why its shares plunged...

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Colin Kruger

‘You look fabulous in that suit’: The funny moment Zelensky won over Trump

English may not be his first language but the Ukrainian president was a comedian before going into politics. In take two with Donald Trump in the...

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Michael Koziol

White House love-in moved war in right direction – but potential dealbreaker looms

If you are Vladimir Putin, you probably would not love the images that came out of Washington today – even if an end to the war still feels very...

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Michael Koziol

A stain on the game: The AFL must find a new way to tackle homophobia

If proven, the alleged Rankine incident and others show the AFL’s current approach is failing to stamp out homophobia on-field.

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The Age&x27S View

Money can’t buy happiness, but here’s what can

Your bank account doesn’t govern how well-off you feel. You can have lots of money, but still worry about not having enough.

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Paridhi Jain

Melbourne’s key street has got its buzz back, and it’s bigger than, well ...

For years, the city’s spine has been on life support, but a string of new openings suggests our entertainment and retail hub is returning to its...

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Cara Waters

‘Not usually a target’: Rumours run wild as Xi’s top diplomats vanish

Chinese elite politics is an opaque business, especially under President Xi Jinping. Yet even as his grip tightens, speculation about power plays...

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Lisa Visentin

‘Wrong kind of sorry’: How Justice Michael Lee put Qantas to the (rhetorical) sword

At moments, Lee’s words appear to be written with a feathered quill. At others, a sword or a poisoned dart.

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Chris Zappone

Why a fake treatment might cure your flu … and which ones to avoid

Whether your preferred cold remedy is lemon and honey tea, eucalyptus rubs, chicken soup or vitamin C, they probably shouldn’t work. So how are...

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Jonathan Davies

What about the 1.2 million Australians who receive no super tax breaks?

If we want true tax reform we need to start with changes for the lowest balances, not the highest. After the Albanese government’s landslide return...

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Robbie Campo

RSL open to putting pokies in the sale starter’s gate

Depending on your point of view, the RSL’s 52 Victorian pokies venues are keeping the veterans charity afloat, are morally indefensible or are a...

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Madeleine Heffernan

Putin, profit and peace: How Trump went from American eagle to cooing pigeon

Two weeks before his Alaska summit with Vladimir Putin, Donald Trump said that Russia’s war on Ukraine was disgusting: “Russia? I think it’s...

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Peter Hartcher

The Democrats can’t allow Trump to be a saviour on crime in Washington

My sister is having a bad summer. My sister Peggy and I had dinner in Georgetown recently and when we came back to my house, where her car was...

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Maureen Dowd

Under-pressure Dockers face history repeating as season’s end nears

Pressure: it’s something the Dockers failed to combat on Friday night against Brisbane. It’s something they must also walk towards and embrace if...

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Paddy Sweeney

Hesitation nation: We have it in us, so let’s unleash Australian innovation

Australia can’t fix productivity without confronting its innovation hesitation. As the nation launches another national conversation on...

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Tessa Forshaw

Forget Cameron Ciraldo’s cheat sheet. This is why Canterbury are struggling

Cameron Ciraldo walked into one of the more illuminating press conferences of his career on Friday night with an A4-sized cheat sheet of talking...

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Dan Walsh

Your guide to round 24: The games that will shape the top eight

Well, it’s come down to this. The final home-and-away round – plus a rescheduled fixture – with so much still to play for as nine teams jostle for...

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Jon Pierik

The humiliation of Qantas is now complete

It should not have been possible for things to get worse for Qantas after it exhausted all appeals in 2023 but remained guilty of illegally sacking...

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Colin Kruger

Market revolution or the price the Saints have to pay? Unpacking the historic Nasiah deal

A heady new era of AFL player wages is upon us with St Kilda’s $2 million-a-year mega deal to retain emerging superstar Nasiah Wanganeen-Milera....

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Marc Mcgowan

Rankine, Snoop and the AFL’s hypocrisy on homophobia

“It’s acceptable in the singing world (to come out as gay), but in the rap world I don’t know if it will ever be acceptable because rap is so...

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Michael Gleeson

The NRL’s boss of football has had a stinker of a year. It might be time for the sin bin

First, there was the rolling the Steeden in the play-the-ball crackdown. Then there wasn’t a crackdown, and we were back at the bowling alley,...

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Neil Breen

My uncool suburb is so under-the-radar, even the criminals avoid us

In 2020, Time Out readers voted Yarraville the fifth-coolest neighbourhood in the world. This was back when the phrase IYKYK (if you know, you...

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John Bailey

Ahead of crucial meeting, Trump and Rubio pull in opposite directions

Washington: US Secretary of State Marco Rubio spent all day telling TV interviewers that high-stakes negotiations to end a war are best done behind...

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Michael Koziol

Want better productivity? Keep wages rising strongly

Our economy has become unbalanced and is in danger of slowing to a halt. But not to worry. The Reserve Bank is determined to ensure that, should we...

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Ross Gittins

Government must make clear roundtable is only the first step

A month after the election, Anthony Albanese gave a speech to the National Press Club. Eight days later, Jim Chalmers did the same. The two...

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Sean Kelly

My partner and I are separating. Should I keep renting or try to buy a property?

I would be grateful for any advice on whether to continue renting or trying to buy a property. I am 54 years old with a school-age child, and my...

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Paul Benson

Yes, you can believe the hype: the Wallabies are officially back

1. The Wallabies are back – categorically The Wallabies’ win against England at Twickenham last November was good, and the win against the British...

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Paul Cully

Tech lords are promising us utopia. Their brave new world might be a dump

A number of recent humiliating fiascos have reinforced artificial intelligence’s growing image as the 21st century reincarnation of Tulip Mania. In...

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Melanie La&x27Brooy

No Reynolds, no Mam, all Walsh: How Broncos star kept top-four hopes alive

Broncos superstar Reece Walsh has vowed to continue searching for the killer play, despite being on the receiving end of extensive criticism for...

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Nick Wright

Posturing over peace: What Trump and Putin’s meeting was really about

Friday’s summit between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin came together with all the finesse that we’ve come to expect from the US president and his...

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Cory Alpert

Putin has eliminated truth. If nothing is true, anything is possible

Starting with red carpets, military fly-overs and shared limo rides and ending with a stage-managed media appearance next to a fawning Donald...

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Pete Shmigel

Roundtable ignores the most urgent leak in our productivity pipeline

Every year, more than 200,000 Australians slip through the departure gates. Among them are some of our brightest minds, lured by the glittering...

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Tushaar Garg

When it comes to teaching dogs or humans, patience is key

In the past month, coincidentally, I have qualified as a volunteer assistant teacher to help people with literacy and computer skills, and as a...

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Barney Zwartz

Bravo, you mighty Wallabies for the greatest comeback in Australian rugby history

Rugby Australia ought to put David Campese on retainer and get him to do what he now does best: bag the Wallabies coach Joe Schmidt and say our...

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Peter Fitzsimons

Europe on edge as Trump risks his biggest TACO moment

The sheer emptiness of Donald Trump’s pageantry in Alaska sends an alarming message about his struggle to close a deal on peace in Ukraine. The US...

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David Crowe

Forget one rate cut – here are five

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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Nicole Pedersen-Mckinnon

Recognising Palestine won’t stop the killing, on either side

A long time ago in a galaxy that now feels far, far away, I led study tours to Israel and Palestine to examine co-existence. Endorsed by both the...

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Lynda Ben-Menashe

They’ve been dismissed as ‘beta males and pathetic women’. But this Young Lib is punching back

Georgia Lowden, 24, is the outgoing president of the NSW Young Liberals. I spoke to her on Thursday. Fitz: Georgia, thank you for your time. I have...

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