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‘Consume, be silent, die’: that’s the PM’s message, say fed-up business chiefs

‘Consume, be silent, die’: that’s the PM’s message, say fed-up business chiefs

There is a growing schism between the federal government and business. Anthony Albanese can’t afford to let it go on.

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James Massola

I shopped at Costco to save money. Here’s what I learnt

I shopped at Costco to save money. Here’s what I learnt

A kilogram of blueberries is reasonable, but a kilogram of spinach? Maybe not ... and knowing your prices is the key to snagging a bargain.

28.08.2026 0

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Millie Muroi

The One Nation conundrum: details don’t matter and their voters are OK with that

The One Nation conundrum: details don’t matter and their voters are OK with that

No one seems to care much that One Nation’s policy is so hard to pin down. Rather than trusting the details, they are relying more on vibes.

28.08.2026 0

The Age

Waleed Aly

Munster puts boot into new kick-off rule. But did it work?

Munster puts boot into new kick-off rule. But did it work?

Is this the future of rugby league? Or will this join the Manly-Norths merger and Chis Anderson’s one-marker defence as the NRL’s greatest failed...

28.08.2026 0

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Adrian Proszenko

Billionaire brings former Gold Walkley winner back from the cold

Billionaire brings former Gold Walkley winner back from the cold

Judith Neilson promised $100 million to journalism in 2018, but after a series of ructions it went all but dormant for years. Now it’s coming back.

28.08.2026 0

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Calum Jaspan

Porn industry ‘has blood on its hands’ as sexual choking rates soar

Porn industry ‘has blood on its hands’ as sexual choking rates soar

Consent advocate Chanel Contos says strangulation has become so normalised that many young people don’t recognise a need to discuss it in the first...

28.08.2026 0

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Clair Weaver

Should I have pushed back against my boss’s terrible idea?

Should I have pushed back against my boss’s terrible idea?

The reason everyone except one brave soul stayed quiet in the meeting seems to me a problem of the culture of your workplace.

28.08.2026 0

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Jonathan Rivett

The ethical dilemmas this concussion mess raises are as important as the legal ones

The ethical dilemmas this concussion mess raises are as important as the legal ones

The Cats were handed a big fine and accepted they made a mistake in not lodging the concussion waiver with the AFL, but no one can hide from the...

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Peter Ryan

I bought my seven-year-old daughter a squishy toy. Now, she’s fluent in therapy-speak

I bought my seven-year-old daughter a squishy toy. Now, she’s fluent in therapy-speak

Remember the good ol’ days when we twiddled our thumbs? Now the squishy-toy generation knows the language of self-diagnosis.

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Cherie Gilmour

From zero to $21 billion: Kingmaker’s exit is the end of an era for markets

From zero to $21 billion: Kingmaker’s exit is the end of an era for markets

When Phil King founded fund management firm Regal 20 years ago, he wasn’t looking to invest for others. But people soon came knocking at his door.

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Elizabeth Knight

The NRL needs 60 players for two more teams. So where have all the rookies gone?

The NRL needs 60 players for two more teams. So where have all the rookies gone?

A brief look at the rookie of the year contenders would be enough to have fans wondering if there is enough young talent to sustain a healthy,...

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Christian Nicolussi

The secret skill to getting what you actually want at work

The secret skill to getting what you actually want at work

Whenever someone opens their month at work, there’s usually an unspoken negotiation taking place, and that’s easy to forget.

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Tim Duggan

AirPods with cameras and smart specs. Big tech is keen, but are we?

AirPods with cameras and smart specs. Big tech is keen, but are we?

As debate continues over glasses with integrated cameras, it seems Apple is about to wade into the category, moving it beyond novelty eyewear.

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Tim Biggs

Why no one comes close to Nick Daicos and ‘The Bont’

Why no one comes close to Nick Daicos and ‘The Bont’

Nick Daicos and Marcus Bontempelli clashing in front of a packed MCG will be a moment to cherish for supporters – and their teammates.

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The Age

Mathew Stokes

A teenage girl dies from strangulation during sex. Porn and social media must be held to account

A teenage girl dies from strangulation during sex. Porn and social media must be held to account

So-called “choking” is now a normal part of sex for a generation of young people, but it is dangerous, even lethal.

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David Corlett

Is Kitchen Cabinet past its use-by-date? Don’t write it off yet

With Australian politics and media more fractured than ever, this long-running ABC series is serving up just what we need.

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Debi Enker

Joker and the thief: Did the Roosters just rob themselves of a grand final run?

Joker and the thief: Did the Roosters just rob themselves of a grand final run?

It would have been madness to suggest just five days ago, but I can now see a world where the Roosters don’t make the top four, let alone the grand...

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Andrew Johns

Ben Carroll says he respects taxpayer money. His party needs a spell in opposition to rediscover what this means

Ben Carroll says he respects taxpayer money. His party needs a spell in opposition to rediscover what this means

Seats won and lost is the only calculus that mattered to Daniel Andrews and to a dwindling group of government MPs who believe that staying in power...

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The Age

Chip le Grand

This dodgy $60b deal reeks. Now it’s being buried in pure bulldust

This dodgy $60b deal reeks. Now it’s being buried in pure bulldust

An independent report finds the nation’s GST deal is a $60 billion mistake. Opponents are smothering those findings in a nauseating level of bulldust.

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The Age

Shane Wright

Royal commission has created the best record of antisemitism since World War II

Royal commission has created the best record of antisemitism since World War II

The commission has developed an extraordinary truth-telling process.

yesterday 10

The Age

Philip Crutchfield

He’s finally stood aside, but Gosling is still a headache for the PM

He’s finally stood aside, but Gosling is still a headache for the PM

Northern Territory MP Luke Gosling is the distraction Anthony Albanese doesn’t need. The prospect of a byelection in Solomon is real, and that would...

yesterday 20

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James Massola

Great SRL Swindle plays us all for mugs

Great SRL Swindle plays us all for mugs

For five years, the rail improvement charge has been the dirty little secret at the heart of the state’s largest transport infrastructure project.

yesterday 10

The Age

Chip le Grand

Price wars in perpetuity: Discounts (and Ooshies) usher in Woolies’ resurgence

Price wars in perpetuity: Discounts (and Ooshies) usher in Woolies’ resurgence

After years of being beaten up by politicians and targeted by the consumer regulator, the supermarket giants won’t be winning any popularity...

yesterday 20

The Age

Elizabeth Knight

The high-wire genius of Dolly Parton, the last great unifier in a divided nation

The high-wire genius of Dolly Parton, the last great unifier in a divided nation

Dolly Parton understood how fragile the kind of fame she had developed could be among her mix of fans. And yet she was anything but a coward.

yesterday 20

The Age

Cory Alpert

Trump is clutching at straws and the world knows it

Trump is clutching at straws and the world knows it

A desperate Donald Trump is searching for a way out of his pointless war and drawing out the agony for the US and the world.

yesterday 10

The Age

Ambrose Evans-Pritchard

Are murderous dictators really so bad? The generation turning to tyranny

Are murderous dictators really so bad? The generation turning to tyranny

Trump himself, perhaps the biggest influencer of them all, appears more comfortable in the company of dictators than among America’s democratic...

yesterday 10

The Age

Kylie Moore-Gilbert

Why Labor’s carbon credit scheme’s an economist-conceived sham

Why Labor’s carbon credit scheme’s an economist-conceived sham

Environmental economists came up with the idea of the offset. The Albanese government’s using the mechanism to pretend it cares about climate change.

yesterday 10

The Age

Ross Gittins

No excuses. Review of youth mental health services is needed now

No excuses. Review of youth mental health services is needed now

The state of mental health services for young people, as reported by The Age, requires action. We owe our young people the belief that hope lives.

yesterday 10

The Age

The Age's View

Should I sell my $1m investment property and put it into my super?

Should I sell my $1m investment property and put it into my super?

Money invested in a good super fund should outperform a 20-year-old investment property, particularly once you consider the costs that come with...

yesterday 10

The Age

Noel Whittaker

The alarming reason one in three seniors are giving up aged care

The alarming reason one in three seniors are giving up aged care

If people are refusing nursing or allied health because they believe they cannot afford it, we have a communication problem as well as a care problem.

yesterday 10

The Age

Rachel Lane

Gold has lost its glitter. Does that mean it’s time to buy?

Gold has lost its glitter. Does that mean it’s time to buy?

The queues outside the bullion dealers may be shorter, but now may be the right time to enter the store.

yesterday 10

The Age

Justin Lin

Essendon claim heritage was not a factor, but McVeigh’s return feels like a homecoming

Essendon claim heritage was not a factor, but McVeigh’s return feels like a homecoming

What Mark McVeigh lacked on his playing resume compared to James Hird, he more than made up for with his coaching CV.

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The Age

Andrew Wu

The tone-deaf Tigers have provided a lesson for all footballers

The tone-deaf Tigers have provided a lesson for all footballers

Sure, the Richmond players celebrating the end of their season didn’t think they were making themselves the story, but no one does until they are on...

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The Age

Michael Gleeson

Women have changed. Why are men struggling to keep up?

Women have changed. Why are men struggling to keep up?

We think men should have moved on in the way that women have moved on. But clearly, it’s not happening, and that’s a big problem.

previous day 20

The Age

Jenna Price

The White House says this is the Iran endgame. We’ve heard that before

The White House says this is the Iran endgame. We’ve heard that before

The Trump administration’s latest vow to inflict an “economic D-Day” on Iran seems fated, yet again, to come up short against the cold, hard...

previous day 10

The Age

Michael Koziol

Thredbo’s woes: Is a ski resort without snow like a pub with no beer?

Thredbo’s woes: Is a ski resort without snow like a pub with no beer?

Historically, there has been a vanity aspect to owning both of Australia’s major alpine resorts, Thredbo and Perisher. But global warming has melted...

previous day 10

The Age

Elizabeth Knight

‘I didn’t earn this’: The silent shame of inheriting family wealth

‘I didn’t earn this’: The silent shame of inheriting family wealth

Receiving a large inheritance is not the kind of problem that garners much sympathy. Nevertheless, it does come with its own set of unique challenges.

previous day 10

The Age

Paridhi Jain

The tough questions Hird fielded during his Essendon coaching interview

The tough questions Hird fielded during his Essendon coaching interview

James Hird left his coaching interview with the Bombers buoyant on two fronts, and having changed the perception that he was bigger than the club.

previous day 10

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Jon Pierik

Records tumble and so do robots at China’s humanoid Olympics

Records tumble and so do robots at China’s humanoid Olympics

Is there a more apt depiction of existential futility than a humanoid sprinting at top speed only to slam into a safety barrier?

previous day 10

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Lisa Visentin

The surprising figure One Nation supporters back more than anyone apart from Hanson

The surprising figure One Nation supporters back more than anyone apart from Hanson

No.1 among One Nation voters is, as you’d expect, Pauline Hanson. But No.2 is not Barnaby Joyce or Donald Trump or any conventional political figure.

previous day 10

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Peter Hartcher

How is Trump weakening American power? Let me count the ways

How is Trump weakening American power? Let me count the ways

Donald Trump is on track to diminish America’s global dominance, and that’s bad news for its allies, such as Australia.

previous day 10

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Peter Hartcher

My suburb drips with money. Its open-minded outlook may surprise you

My suburb drips with money. Its open-minded outlook may surprise you

Behind the displays of filthy lucre, there’s an energy and a kindness here, as well as a dedication to the arts.

monday 10

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Peter Craven

Mess of its own making: KPMG sacrifices staff to limit financial damage

Mess of its own making: KPMG sacrifices staff to limit financial damage

The purge is just the start of a multi-year fallout for the business.

monday 20

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Elizabeth Knight

The Sussexes’ selfish return spells peril for the royal family

The Sussexes’ selfish return spells peril for the royal family

Prince Harry and Meghan’s return to the UK heralds a moment of intense danger for the monarchy because almost anything could happen – and very...

monday 10

The Age

Allison Pearson

Dockers primed for finals despite loss while Eagles sweat on Harley tackle

Dockers primed for finals despite loss while Eagles sweat on Harley tackle

West Coast stopped Hawthorn from finishing third despite a big loss in wet conditions, while Fremantle ended their home-and-away season with their...

monday 20

The Age

Paddy Sweeney

People feared the Chiefs would be a joke. The NRL might have created a monster instead

People feared the Chiefs would be a joke. The NRL might have created a monster instead

The PNG Chiefs are happily swinging a wrecking ball through the entire league, a year and a half before they make their first tackle.

monday 20

The Age

Malcolm Knox

Trump’s war on the world is exposing him

Trump’s war on the world is exposing him

The Canadians’ preparedness to walk away from talks with their US counterpart is the latest sign that Donald Trump’s bulldozer approach may be...

monday 2

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David J. Lynch

‘The worst actress that ever lived’: Fleet St has the knives out for Harry and Meghan and this won’t end well

‘The worst actress that ever lived’: Fleet St has the knives out for Harry and Meghan and this won’t end well

There is much confusion over the return of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex. Let’s not forgot how Harry impressively fought the bullies that have...

monday 20

The Age

Gary Nunn

‘Never mind the Nazis’, Coalition says to the Brethren. ‘Just show us the money’

‘Never mind the Nazis’, Coalition says to the Brethren. ‘Just show us the money’

Revelations that a group of so-called Christians had paid neo-Nazis to sway an election have not shaken the Coalition’s public support for a...

monday 20

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Michael Bachelard

Harm done now can be harm forever; how government delay can derail lives

Harm done now can be harm forever; how government delay can derail lives

Policymakers have long time frames. But lives are being changed forever by lack of immediate action.

monday 10

The Age

Sean Kelly