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Trump’s Golden Fleet’s battleship unlikely to set sail

The US president has named a proposed new vessel after himself.

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The Herald&x27S View

Trump’s ‘Golden Fleet’ battleship plan a disaster waiting to happen

Three consecutive US Navy surface warship schemes have collapsed. Will this be the fourth?

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Tom Sharpe

The health system is sick. It needs to be examined nationally

Australia’s health system cannot survive another decade of pretending everything is fine.

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Dr Nikki Stamp

Inside the 21-minute grilling of the MCG curator and his boss

When MCG curator Matt Page and MCC chief executive Stuart Fox emerged from gate two of the empty coliseum on Sunday, their slow walk towards dozens...

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Tom Decent

Wealthy schools find another money tree

Fees at Sydney’s wealthiest schools continue to rise in lock step with Sydney real estate prices, with the most expensive now billing parents more...

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The Herald&x27S View

There are three kinds of antisemitism – each needs to be dealt with differently

Each day that passes since the unimaginable terror of the events in Bondi seems to bring with it fresh announcements from various levels of...

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Kylie Moore-Gilbert

Why Australia will stick with Cameron Green … for now

If the ground staff at the MCG continue to produce batting surfaces that yield 20 wickets a day then the national discourse about team balance...

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Geoff Lawson

I quit my six-a-day coffee habit. Then my life began to fall apart

I made a resolution last New Year’s Eve to give up coffee. I only did it because my family had dared me. They are not kill-joys – they said my...

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Warren Duncan

The age-old question raised by horrific Bondi massacre

The horrific tragedy at Bondi two weeks ago raises again one of the most significant challenges non-believers level at the three monotheistic...

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Barney Zwartz

Calls for greater Bondi police presence went unheeded

In the aftermath of such a major tragedy as the attack on Bondi Beach that left 15 dead and dozens of others injured, the balance between...

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The Herald&x27S View

Ashes player ratings: The Australian trio who should be nervous after Bazballers finally deliver

England have finally won an Ashes Test in Australia – and it only took another two-day Test for the “Bazballers” to shine and secure a famous MCG...

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Dan Walsh

England won a game of cricket at the MCG, but this was no Test match

England won a game of cricket at the MCG on Saturday. Technically, it was an Ashes Test match, but by most other measures this game was quite a bit...

yesterday 10

Daniel Brettig

Souths were desperate to re-sign Koloamatangi. Here’s why they couldn’t

South Sydney fans are entitled to be devastated by the news Keaon Koloamatangi is on his way to NRL rivals St George Illawarra, but something had...

yesterday 10

Robert Dillon

I’m no spy, so why does ASIO think my stint in China is a black mark?

If you believe Australia needs Asia capability, then you must believe the Australian government and the wider workforce need Australians who have...

yesterday 10

Ciara Morris

Midterms, Moscow and MAGA’s main man: How 2026 will be shaped

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. What’s in store for the world next year? As our correspondents looked ahead, the...

yesterday 10

Michael Koziol

Nick Kyrgios has become a sideshow. This ‘battle of the sexes’ proves it

It is a truth universally acknowledged that paying attention to Nick Kyrgios is only justifiable when he has achieved something noteworthy....

yesterday 10

Alan Attwood

Thirty-five ways I plan to fail at being a better person in 2026

It’s nearly New Year’s Eve, so it’s Viva La Resolution. What a shame that, on past performance, most of my resolutions won’t outlast the end...

yesterday 10

Richard Glover

Lay down or lie down? The grammar errors that drive readers to distraction

Time to capsize the mailbag, check the leftovers before the year checks out. Random notes like the lay-lie muddle, via Gillian Appleton: “I...

yesterday 10

David Astle

Order an Uber: As Boxing Days go this one was borderline ridiculous

“If the Poms bat first, let’s tell the taxi to wait.” So read a banner during one of Australia’s many Ashes maulings of England in the 1990s....

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Daniel Brettig

Can you make new friends in your 50s? I’ve found them in unexpected places

This nearly-done year. Maybe the fastest of my life. And not completely balanced. A little bit from column A, a little bit from column B. I saw...

previous day 6

Kate Halfpenny

This is no time for partisan rage

Earlier this month, when contemplating what to write for a year-end column, I wanted to depart from the journalistic tradition of casting an eye...

previous day 10

Nick Bryant

Why the AI boom Is unlike the dot-com boom

The dot-com boom, a period of wild exuberance and extreme hype that began in the mid-1990s, built the foundations for the contemporary wired world....

previous day 40

David Streitfeld

It’s not too late to cash in on the new space race

Elon Musk fans might soon have a new stock to fixate on: SpaceX. Over the past few weeks, news has been filtering out that Musk’s company might be...

previous day 1

David Stevenson

In praise of mediocrity – and having a go regardless

One thing I will never forget on the one occasion I met Donald Trump, when he was running for president in 2016 and trying to convince The New York...

previous day 10

Julia Baird

What’s in a name? Trump’s vainglorious branding stunts point to underlying phobia

In April 2018, during his first term as US president, Donald Trump visited George Washington’s former residence and plantation at Mount Vernon in...

previous day 7

Michael Koziol

Rory, Duplantis and India’s women cricketers: In 2025, it was a wide world of sports

It’s a big world. Here are my best sporting moments of 2025 that did not involve Australians. The Ryder Cup is the best thing in sport, and the...

previous day 4

Malcolm Knox

Sorry, Elton, but ‘sorry’ seems to be the easiest word

Why is everyone apologising? It’s 50 years since Elton sang S orry Seems To Be the Hardest Word, yet these days I spend my time swatting more...

previous day 5

Jo Pybus

Silicon Valley’s billionaire elite can’t engineer our consent

You have to give them credit – today’s tech lords thought about the future when many in democracy had forgotten about it. We hear constantly how...

previous day 40

Chris Zappone

How sober curious and Ozempic gave Aussie wines a Christmas hangover

Shares of Penfolds owner Treasury Wine Estate (TWE) are trading at a decade low, and its plight serves as a good barometer for Australia’s wine...

previous day 2

Colin Kruger

Why Albanese is plain wrong on a Bondi royal commission

Anthony Albanese’s opposition to a national royal commission into the massacre at Bondi is, quite simply, baffling. As the shock and indignation of...

previous day 10

James Massola

Philippines’ experience carries lessons for dealing with Bondi Beach

While we are yet to discover what the Bondi Beach gunmen did in the Philippines, their sojourn is a reminder of how the threat of extremism can...

previous day 3

The Herald&x27S View

The fight for the Ashes is over. But the Boxing Day Test is definitely not dead

Just because the last two Tests of the Ashes series are again dead does not mean that they are not brimming with life, gravitas and meaning. No...

previous day 2

Greg Baum

Bondi shows us that politics is the very worst forum for us to try to stand together

“Stand together.” It’s not often you can quote both major party leaders at once, but just now we can. Both Anthony Albanese and Sussan Ley used...

previous day 4

Waleed Aly

Ben Stokes’ leadership is fracturing. Has it cracked or fully shattered?

$Ben Stokes’ leadership is fracturing. Has it cracked or fully shattered?$

Apparently Ben Stokes asked his teammates to run 12 kilometres with him in Noosa National Park, and apparently they decided to sit in a bar all day...

thursday 5

Malcolm Knox

Looking for a Christmas Day movie? Try A Dingo Ate My Christmas Spirit

You’ve sat down on the couch, post-Christmas lunch, and turned on the telly. What great Christmas film are you and the family going to watch?...

thursday 10

Shane Wright

The Doomsday Clock: Counting down to the next apocalypse

We’re once again approaching the annual resetting of the Doomsday Clock. Last January, the Science and Security Board of the Bulletin of Atomic...

thursday 30

Andreas Kluth

Sometimes, childlike wonder points to something adults don’t allow ourselves to see

I got my son an Elf on the Shelf this year. Do I regret it? Absolutely. But it reminded me of something this holiday season, something too easy to...

thursday 10

Abby Mccloskey

I’m not going to judge Ben Duckett for drinking. I did the same

I am not going to criticise England for what they got up to in Noosa. I criticise what they do on the cricket field, the way they play and the way...

thursday 10

Michael Vaughan

Who suffers FOMO any more? I’m more likely to have ROMO

I used to have FOMO but these days you’re more likely to find me in a calm state of ROMO. For the uninitiated, that’s shorthand for Fear of Missing...

thursday 10

Claire Heaney

Remember Elon Musk’s DOGE? Here’s how it caused so much chaos but saved so little money

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Elon Musk’s department of government efficiency said it made more than 29,000 cuts...

thursday 40

Emily Badger

There’s a place near you where problems are solved. You can even borrow a book

All my life, visits to the library were relatively transactional. I picked out books as a kid then, later, CDs as teenager and took them home to...

thursday 10

Brodie Lancaster

America’s increasingly ‘K-shaped’ economy is difficult to reconcile

It’s difficult to reconcile US data that showed the economy was growing at a breakneck speed in the September quarter despite a deteriorating...

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Stephen Bartholomeusz

From sinister to prime minister? The surprise candidate putting his hand up to lead Thailand

In this post-truth, Trumpian world, seemingly nothing can stop a political career. A few years in a Sydney jail back in the 1990s certainly failed...

24.12.2025 3

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Trump’s Golden Fleet’s battleship unlikely to set sail

The Herald&x27S View

Trump’s ‘Golden Fleet’ battleship plan a disaster waiting to happen

Tom Sharpe

The health system is sick. It needs to be examined nationally

Dr Nikki Stamp

Inside the 21-minute grilling of the MCG curator and his boss

Tom Decent

Wealthy schools find another money tree

The Herald&x27S View

There are three kinds of antisemitism – each needs to be dealt with differently

Kylie Moore-Gilbert

Why Australia will stick with Cameron Green … for now

Geoff Lawson

I quit my six-a-day coffee habit. Then my life began to fall apart

Warren Duncan

The age-old question raised by horrific Bondi massacre

Barney Zwartz

Calls for greater Bondi police presence went unheeded

The Herald&x27S View

Ashes player ratings: The Australian trio who should be nervous after Bazballers finally deliver

Dan Walsh

England won a game of cricket at the MCG, but this was no Test match

Daniel Brettig

Souths were desperate to re-sign Koloamatangi. Here’s why they couldn’t

Robert Dillon

I’m no spy, so why does ASIO think my stint in China is a black mark?

Ciara Morris

Midterms, Moscow and MAGA’s main man: How 2026 will be shaped

Michael Koziol

Nick Kyrgios has become a sideshow. This ‘battle of the sexes’ proves it

Alan Attwood

Thirty-five ways I plan to fail at being a better person in 2026

Richard Glover

Lay down or lie down? The grammar errors that drive readers to distraction

David Astle

Order an Uber: As Boxing Days go this one was borderline ridiculous

Daniel Brettig

Can you make new friends in your 50s? I’ve found them in unexpected places

Kate Halfpenny

This is no time for partisan rage

Nick Bryant

Why the AI boom Is unlike the dot-com boom

David Streitfeld

It’s not too late to cash in on the new space race

David Stevenson

In praise of mediocrity – and having a go regardless

Julia Baird

What’s in a name? Trump’s vainglorious branding stunts point to underlying phobia

Michael Koziol

Rory, Duplantis and India’s women cricketers: In 2025, it was a wide world of sports

Malcolm Knox

Sorry, Elton, but ‘sorry’ seems to be the easiest word

Jo Pybus

Silicon Valley’s billionaire elite can’t engineer our consent

Chris Zappone

How sober curious and Ozempic gave Aussie wines a Christmas hangover

Colin Kruger

Why Albanese is plain wrong on a Bondi royal commission

James Massola

Philippines’ experience carries lessons for dealing with Bondi Beach

The Herald&x27S View

The fight for the Ashes is over. But the Boxing Day Test is definitely not dead

Greg Baum

Bondi shows us that politics is the very worst forum for us to try to stand together

Waleed Aly

Ben Stokes’ leadership is fracturing. Has it cracked or fully shattered?

Malcolm Knox

Looking for a Christmas Day movie? Try A Dingo Ate My Christmas Spirit

Shane Wright

The Doomsday Clock: Counting down to the next apocalypse

Andreas Kluth

Sometimes, childlike wonder points to something adults don’t allow ourselves to see

Abby Mccloskey

I’m not going to judge Ben Duckett for drinking. I did the same

Michael Vaughan

Who suffers FOMO any more? I’m more likely to have ROMO