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One thing could bring a lasting boost to productivity, but there’s a risk

We need to unclog the pipes of the capitalist machine.

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Ross Gittins

Sucking up to Trump is now the diplomatic norm. But does it work?

Displays of deference by world leaders towards Donald Trump look so worshipful and self-belittling, they resemble courtiers tip-toeing around a mad...

latest 7

Nick Bryant

Runaway CEO pay unites political opposition to snouts in trough

The eye-watering amounts earned by Australian chief executives have largely bypassed fellow workers but when they find out, watch out.

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The Herald&x27S View

The Sharks had an $8m grant for a centre of excellence. Then it all went pear-shaped

Cronulla CEO Dino Mezzatesta complained that every other NRL club has received government funding while his club got nothing. But that’s not the...

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Neil Breen

The Wallabies are on a different planet to last year. Next to 2023, it’s a new galaxy

It was a potentially game-changing fortnight for the Wallabies in South Africa. And one of the most significant moments came in the dying moments...

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Iain Payten

Top four secured, but one glaring issue threatened Lions’ Zorko party

Their urgency, pressure game and precision moving the ball ultimately got the job done, but the Lions were nearly left to rue a woeful opening term.

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Nick Wright

Finals have almost arrived. These are the weaknesses that could expose the top eight

Finals expose teams, structural weakness and the foibles and limitations of individual players. This final round had de facto finals, none more so...

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Jake Niall

The ref’s call that cruelled the Wallabies

Springboks fullback Aphelele Fassi should have been sin-binned in the 63rd minute for cynically preventing a try-scoring opportunity under his own...

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Paul Cully

NDIS wasn’t equitable or sustainable for families. As a paediatrician, I welcome change

Every week, I meet with parents who have been waiting for months to access early intervention. It’s an anxious wait for treatment that could...

yesterday 10

Harriet Hiscock

A doctor said I was ‘too skinny’ to have PCOS. Five years later, I received a diagnosis

Seven years ago, after I didn’t have my period for six months, I asked my GP if she thought it could be polycystic ovary syndrome. One of the most...

yesterday 10

Hannah Bambra

How I structure investment property loans for maximum tax perks

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...

yesterday 8

Nicole Pedersen-Mckinnon

Year 9s were asked if women should stay in the kitchen. People were outraged. I wasn’t

When the year 9 student debaters of South Australia were given the topic for the third round of their debating competition a couple of months ago,...

yesterday 8

Jacqueline Maley

If AI just cut out the middle moron, would that be so bad?

There was a lot of artificial intelligence about this past week. Some of it the subject of the roundtable; some of it sitting at the roundtable....

yesterday 7

Parnell Palme Mcguinness

Mestrov to meet Trbojevic brothers amid simmering tension at Manly

Manly chief executive Tony Mestrov will seek to clear the air with Tom and Jake Trbojevic at the end of the season as he attempts to get the Sea...

yesterday 6

Danny Weidler

Why Australians fear this stage of life more than we think

We spend years stressing over our super balances, trying to pick the perfect retirement age, and wondering if we’ve saved enough. But what if...

yesterday 7

Bec Wilson

Subway’s new challenger, the next Penfolds: Six ASX chiefs on what’s hot

If Christmas had an opposite, such an unholy season would, for companies listed on the Australian stock exchange, fall in the month of August. Far...

yesterday 10

Jessica Yun

White House? Looks like Albanese’s in Trump’s doghouse

On Monday, South Korean President Lee Jae Myung will meet Donald Trump at the White House. Lee is the 14th leader of a G20 nation to have met with...

yesterday 9

George Brandis

The Rankine rule: How to close the loophole that helps a losing side

So, Izak Rankine will be available to play this year’s AFL grand final. Or maybe he won’t be. All this depends not merely on whether Adelaide can...

yesterday 7

Waleed Aly

I took my partner to a sex therapist. Our ‘homework’ led to a thrilling discovery

“How many sex therapists does it take to change a light bulb? One — but the light bulb has to really want to change!” Our instructor, whose name...

yesterday 7

Kathy Lette

How Wanganeen-Milera has made me feel like a fan again

I rarely become emotional when it comes to football anymore. But on Monday I realised I’m not beyond feeling like a fan again when I heard on the...

yesterday 6

Mathew Stokes

All I want is a cup of tea, but my cupboard is full of trauma mugs

I opened my cupboard the other day when I was making a cuppa. I was down to my bottom 10 mugs. I ran my pointer along them, trying to choose one....

yesterday 6

Claire Thurstans

Revival of ancient tongue a miracle of our times

I learned the Hebrew alphabet when I was three years old in kindergarten. By Grade 1, at my Jewish day school, I was taking classes in how to read,...

yesterday 6

Nomi Kaltmann

Why Ellis Park marks the start of Wallabies’ next golden era

“Was that stunning Wallaby win,” my friend Martin Devlin asked me on New Zealand radio this week, “the most significant win for Australian rugby...

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Peter Fitzsimons

Trump is losing his grip as Europe loads up

BAE Systems is quietly ramping up production of 155mm artillery shells at Glascoed in rural south Wales. Output will have increased 16-fold from...

previous day 3

Ambrose Evans-Pritchard

Albanese doesn’t share Chalmers’ ambition. He’s got a different one

It was dismissed as a mere talkfest. But this week’s economic reform roundtable actually chanced upon a pretty big breakthrough. The chair,...

previous day 1

Peter Hartcher

Lawyer up and fight them on the benches: The inside story of the Izak Rankine case

Izak Rankine’s homophobic comment, made in the intense final quarter of a close encounter, travelled swiftly through the clubs and to the AFL’s...

previous day 2

Jake Niall

If I wait until I’m 55 to sell, can I avoid capital gains tax?

I have an investment property I’d like to sell. I’m now 54. If I wait until I’m 55 to sell, can I avoid capital gains tax? Another question: by...

previous day 3

Nicole Pedersen-Mckinnon

Baths are good in theory – but horrendous in practice

I need your help here. I want to suck all the pleasures from life but I don’t understand the appeal of some things. Other people enjoy these...

previous day 2

Richard Glover

Gilead rising: In Trump’s America, misogyny has found a powerful toehold

You know you’ve reached a low point when reporters need to ask if America’s defence secretary does, in fact, support women having the vote. Yes, a...

previous day 1

Julia Baird

I opened my radio show to listeners’ biggest peeves. The phone lines flooded

Can you over-exaggerate? Too much by nature, can hype turn hyper? From Latin, exaggerate means “above the pile”, heaping more onto the heap. You...

previous day 2

David Astle

Can the Wallabies beat South Africa again? Yes – if they do these five things

While last week’s historic win at Ellis Park was followed by Wallabies scarves and jerseys being pulled out from cupboards across the country,...

previous day 2

Tom Decent

No, you’re not imagining it. That round shiny thing in the sky is the sun

There’s a saying, mostly attributed to the Germans, that goes “there’s no such thing as bad weather, just inappropriate clothing”. I was...

previous day 2

Robyn Willis

Game over, Sydney. The sun may be back, but the rain has finally defeated us all

As a general rule, I am not one to support any kind of aggressive public outburst, conscious that it shatters the unspoken social agreement that we...

previous day 1

Thomas Mitchell

Labor roundtable timidity shows boldness is the only way ahead

The Economic Reform Roundtable aimed to build consensus on ways to improve productivity, enhance economic resilience and strengthen budget...

friday 10

The Herald&x27S View

Wallabies double down on speed for South Africa rematch

The Wallabies’ superb win at Ellis Park last weekend will live long in the memory, and the resilience in the side offers hope they can do the...

friday 3

Paul Cully

Alpha move: Arsenal’s Eze heist heaps humiliation on Spurs

Eberechi Eze was Tottenham’s most important signing when they thought they had him. He definitely is now that they don’t and Arsenal do. On the...

friday 10

Emma Kemp

For peace in Ukraine, Putin must be offered something. Here’s what he should get

The worst man in the world has been having a good week. The red carpet was rolled out for Vladimir Putin over the ice in Alaska, notwithstanding...

friday 4

Geoffrey Robertson

Does Chalmers really have the appetite to fight for big changes?

A cautious Treasurer Jim Chalmers has dipped his toe into the often toxic waters of tax reform. Whether he decides to go all the way in will help...

friday 1

Paul Sakkal

The cool Cat: In 15 years, this AFL coach has only raised his voice at his players twice

In his 15 seasons as coach, players who have been there for the majority of Chris Scott’s tenure can remember him raising his voice twice. Both...

friday 10

Sam Mcclure

Do university early offer schemes dent year 12 motivation? That’s not what we found

For thousands of Year 12 students, the journey to university now starts months before final exams. What was once a niche pathway – the early offer...

friday 1

Eric Knight

Candles don’t quite cut it in a powerless share house

The good thing about century-old share houses is that they tend to be (relatively) affordable to rent. The bad thing about them? At any given time,...

friday 1

Millie Muroi

The AFL’s dithering over slur shows they’re not ready to embrace an Ian Roberts moment

Here’s a radical thought: what if we stopped treating grown men like toddlers who need five-day sensitivity seminars every time they say something...

friday 1

Kate Halfpenny

DCE is a rugby league great. The end

If you judged a sporting career by the way it ended, Don Bradman would be a flop, out for a second-ball duck. Tiger Woods would be last seen...

friday 2

Malcolm Knox

My colleague has a very annoying habit. What should I do?

One of my colleagues has an annoying habit of loudly clearing their throat and snorting. They do this all day, every 60 seconds or so – except when...

friday 7

Jonathan Rivett

The walkout of writers shows how promiscuous the politics of safety can be

What might we discern from the wreckage of the Bendigo Writers Festival? To recap, nearly 60 per cent of its participants withdrew on the eve of...

friday 4

Waleed Aly

The VIPs with a seat at Canberra’s roundtable – and how they got there

It’s been dubbed Canberra Coachella. For three days, a curious assortment of boffins, bureaucrats, business leaders and cabinet ministers have...

friday 1

Matt Wade

NDIS costs will still need to be reined in, but this autism plan is a good start

The National Disability Insurance Scheme we have today is not the one envisaged when the world-leading scheme was introduced in 2013. It has grown...

friday 1

Sam Bennett

I’m a parent of two autistic sons. Navigating the NDIS has become my full-time job

As a mother with two autistic sons, I witnessed the immediate reaction of parents to Health Minister Mark Butler’s announcement on Wednesday that...

friday 2

Kate Kricker

I was a metro naysayer. A year on, I’d like to apologise

A little over a year ago, I texted a group chat of friends a link to a report from the Herald that Sydney’s Sydenham to Chatswood metro line would...

friday 1

Grace Lagan

There’s a serious problem with this image of NSW’s top police officer

Girls can’t be what they don’t see, or so the adage goes. But if girls considering careers in law enforcement have been watching the travails of...

friday 1

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One thing could bring a lasting boost to productivity, but there’s a risk

Ross Gittins

Sucking up to Trump is now the diplomatic norm. But does it work?

Nick Bryant

Runaway CEO pay unites political opposition to snouts in trough

The Herald&x27S View

The Sharks had an $8m grant for a centre of excellence. Then it all went pear-shaped

Neil Breen

The Wallabies are on a different planet to last year. Next to 2023, it’s a new galaxy

Iain Payten

Top four secured, but one glaring issue threatened Lions’ Zorko party

Nick Wright

Finals have almost arrived. These are the weaknesses that could expose the top eight

Jake Niall

The ref’s call that cruelled the Wallabies

Paul Cully

NDIS wasn’t equitable or sustainable for families. As a paediatrician, I welcome change

Harriet Hiscock

A doctor said I was ‘too skinny’ to have PCOS. Five years later, I received a diagnosis

Hannah Bambra

How I structure investment property loans for maximum tax perks

Nicole Pedersen-Mckinnon

Year 9s were asked if women should stay in the kitchen. People were outraged. I wasn’t

Jacqueline Maley

If AI just cut out the middle moron, would that be so bad?

Parnell Palme Mcguinness

Mestrov to meet Trbojevic brothers amid simmering tension at Manly

Danny Weidler

Why Australians fear this stage of life more than we think

Bec Wilson

Subway’s new challenger, the next Penfolds: Six ASX chiefs on what’s hot

Jessica Yun

White House? Looks like Albanese’s in Trump’s doghouse

George Brandis

The Rankine rule: How to close the loophole that helps a losing side

Waleed Aly

I took my partner to a sex therapist. Our ‘homework’ led to a thrilling discovery

Kathy Lette

How Wanganeen-Milera has made me feel like a fan again

Mathew Stokes

All I want is a cup of tea, but my cupboard is full of trauma mugs

Claire Thurstans

Revival of ancient tongue a miracle of our times

Nomi Kaltmann

Why Ellis Park marks the start of Wallabies’ next golden era

Peter Fitzsimons

Trump is losing his grip as Europe loads up

Ambrose Evans-Pritchard

Albanese doesn’t share Chalmers’ ambition. He’s got a different one

Peter Hartcher

Lawyer up and fight them on the benches: The inside story of the Izak Rankine case

Jake Niall

If I wait until I’m 55 to sell, can I avoid capital gains tax?

Nicole Pedersen-Mckinnon

Baths are good in theory – but horrendous in practice

Richard Glover

Gilead rising: In Trump’s America, misogyny has found a powerful toehold

Julia Baird

I opened my radio show to listeners’ biggest peeves. The phone lines flooded

David Astle

Can the Wallabies beat South Africa again? Yes – if they do these five things

Tom Decent

No, you’re not imagining it. That round shiny thing in the sky is the sun

Robyn Willis

Game over, Sydney. The sun may be back, but the rain has finally defeated us all

Thomas Mitchell

Labor roundtable timidity shows boldness is the only way ahead

The Herald&x27S View

Wallabies double down on speed for South Africa rematch

Paul Cully

Alpha move: Arsenal’s Eze heist heaps humiliation on Spurs

Emma Kemp

For peace in Ukraine, Putin must be offered something. Here’s what he should get

Geoffrey Robertson

Does Chalmers really have the appetite to fight for big changes?

Paul Sakkal

The cool Cat: In 15 years, this AFL coach has only raised his voice at his players twice