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How the experts are tipping the Melbourne Cup, the best bets for the day and how to place a wager

This is your complete guide to the races on Cup Day, with tips for each race, extended selections for the Melbourne Cup and the best bets of the day.

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Danny Russell

‘Peace President’ Trump is driving a share bonanza for weapons makers

As the US president brands himself as the world’s peacemaker, defence stocks are absolutely booming.

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Jonathan Levin

No, Australia is not ‘streaking ahead’ of other nations on climate

We checked the Nationals’ claim that Australia is reducing emissions much faster than its peers.

latest 1

Nick O&x27Malley

Trump’s tariffs face judgment day, and there’s a lot at stake

On Wednesday, the US Supreme Court will hear the Trump administration’s appeal against a lower court’s ruling that most of his extensive tariffs...

latest 1

Stephen Bartholomeusz

I use all the money ‘hacks’. So why have my finances stalled?

Taking advice solely from podcasts and books can be useful, but it’s a piecemeal approach that lacks the depth required.

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Paridhi Jain

Getting AI to do the grocery shopping: It’s closer than you think

The chatbot helping you compile a report for work could soon be curating your shopping list.

latest 1

Elizabeth Knight

Trump may have started this global trade war, but Xi’s winning it

When it comes to braggadocio and relentless self-promotion on the world stage, no leader is a match for Donald Trump and there are few who would...

latest 6

Lisa Visentin

Trump, Republicans and Democrats are all playing with fire – while people suffer

Washington: Donald Trump may not be in nearly as much strife as Sussan Ley, but he is facing a pivotal week in his presidency and, as winter...

latest 6

Michael Koziol

Trump has just exposed America’s weakness

Donald Trump’s trade wars started with an attempt to address perceived trade imbalances with China and defend America’s tech supremacy. After this...

yesterday 9

Stephen Bartholomeusz

Rue and Berejiklian will survive, but Optus customers won’t wait

When Optus chief executive Stephen Rue faced senators on Monday, he and the telco’s top brass had a rare chance to rebuild trust after a...

yesterday 8

David Swan

Some trains on platform M1 are delayed until further notice

The rail line between Sydenham and Bankstown closed 14 months ago, hitting some 60,000 south-western Sydney residents with the new, grim reality of...

yesterday 3

The Herald&x27S View

Ley has entered the most dangerous moment of her leadership – how much of it is her fault?

How much of the current chaos engulfing the Liberal Party is Sussan Ley’s fault? To paraphrase Julia Gillard when she lost the prime ministership,...

yesterday 7

James Massola

Physics of the atmosphere will ignore atmospherics of Australian politicians

Nine years ago this month, the Turnbull government secured the parliamentary ratification of the Paris Agreement, reaffirming “Australia’s strong...

yesterday 9

Matt Kean

Manly CEO set to follow Cherry-Evans out the back door

They will have new leadership on the field next season, and now it appears Manly will have new leadership in head office, too. The Sea Eagles are...

yesterday 10

Robert Dillon

Back to plain old Sarah, this is the end of the royal road for Fergie

London: When the late Queen Elizabeth II gave her favourite son the title Duke of York on his wedding day in 1986, she was entrusting him with a...

yesterday 9

Gordon Rayner

Pauline Hanson, Gina Rinehart sighted at Trump’s Halloween party

As 42 million Americans lost their federal food stamps thanks to a government shutdown, US President Donald Trump celebrated Halloween with a...

yesterday 10

Kishor Napier-Raman

A touring Indian superstar cops racist abuse. I’m sad, but not surprised

News that a South Asian superstar has copped a wave of racist and offensive abuse online during his current wildly successful tour of Australia is...

yesterday 8

Khushaal Vyas

Vauban has failed twice in the Melbourne Cup. Here’s why the third time will be the charm

As an eternal optimist, I am banking on the adage of third time’s a charm here with Vauban. The former Melbourne Cup favourite returns this year as...

yesterday 40

Ally Mosley

Does Australia still stand with Ukraine? The reality no longer matches the rhetoric

In the past 12 months, the illegal invasion by Russia of Ukraine has intensified. Moscow’s bombings of Ukrainian cities typically consist of up to...

yesterday 7

Vasyl Myroshnychenko

As the world’s greatest human crisis takes a hideous turn, Trump turns away

The world has known about the disaster of El Fasher for more than a year. The city was the last redoubt of Sudan’s armed forces in the western...

yesterday 10

Ishaan Tharoor

NIMBYism in the eastern suburbs is low rent

In the quest to block the Minns government’s low- and mid-rise housing reforms, Woollahra Council has literally gone underground and wishes to...

yesterday 8

The Herald&x27S View

With the Coalition self-destructing, there’s little pressure on Labor. It’s starting to show

There are three dominant facts about the Australian political scene right now. The first is that, gradually perhaps, something dangerous is...

yesterday 10

Sean Kelly

How many hours do you work? Australia’s most gruelling jobs revealed

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Miners, farmers, surgeons and even politicians are among the occupations that put...

yesterday 10

Matt Wade

Baby Priya brought compassion to the parliament. Then four men hijacked the debate

Politics can be a cynical and nasty business, but outbreaks of grace and compassion do occur. One happened on Wednesday during a parliamentary...

previous day 30

Jacqueline Maley

Even the King cannot save Andrew from questions about Epstein

London: There are many ways to measure the fall of Andrew Mountbatten Windsor from prince to private citizen, and most of them are about money and...

previous day 7

David Crowe

Fifteen Test matches in a year is too much. The Wallabies are paying the price

The Wallabies’ 25-7 loss to England confirmed they are in a slump – they haven’t played well across their past five Tests. At Twickenham, there...

previous day 3

Paul Cully

These Bluetooth headphones cost $1000. They’re still a bargain

The premium noise-cancelling headphones market has never been more competitive or more expensive. With flagship models routinely exceeding $700,...

previous day 10

David Swan

The Nationals’ decision on net zero will push Sussan Ley’s leadership to the brink

For the second time in three years, David Littleproud’s Nationals have ratted on the Liberal Party and staked out a policy position that has...

previous day 2

James Massola

Bromance ads are everywhere, but they hide a darker truth about men

After my mom died, I went to the same movie every day for a week, a buddy comedy about two divorce mediators who sneak into weddings to seduce...

previous day 2

Maureen Dowd

Fairytales and heavyweights: How to tip the Melbourne Cup trifecta

Our racing writers Danny Russell and Peter Ryan pull apart the Melbourne Cup field in search of tipping the coveted trifecta. Hey, Pete, part of my...

previous day 20

Danny Russell

The royals want a chance to recover over Andrew. They may not get it

“Sandringham,” former Conservative Party MP (and ex-prisoner) Jonathan Aitken remarked drily to LBC radio’s Nick Ferrari, “is not Siberia.” It is,...

previous day 1

Peter Hunt

I hissed at a man on the train. Don’t judge me, there are two types of Karens

I have sympathy for so-called Karens because with each passing day I realise I’m turning into one. I haven’t sent a half-eaten meal back to the...

previous day 1

Claire Heaney

I am in my mid-60s. When people suggest I retire, this is what I tell them

You could never accuse me of being shy and retiring. I tend to say what I’m thinking. So, when my accountant started talking to me about retiring I...

previous day 6

Kathy Lette

The email from your super fund you don’t want to miss

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...

previous day 1

Dominic Powell

Barnaby Joyce and Andrew Hastie worry these women might cheat the system

Politics can be a cynical and nasty business, but outbreaks of grace and compassion do occur. One happened on Wednesday during a parliamentary...

previous day 6

Jacqueline Maley

Sussan Ley must say ‘sorry’ – and not just about T-shirtgate

Now would be a good time for Sussan Ley to admit that she’s wrong. After a churlish comment about our US ambassador in a moment of national good...

previous day 1

Parnell Palme Mcguinness

I’m 68 and about to inherit $1.5 million. What should I do with it?

I will soon inherit money from my mother, who recently died. It will be somewhere in the region of $1.5 million. At present, I have a very modest...

previous day 2

Paul Benson

My friend may have died, but I only have to remember her and she is there

At my father’s funeral, just after the casket was lowered into the ground, she hugged me so comfortingly that it spoke louder than words. In that...

previous day 1

Gemma Di Bari

Why England have stacked their bench – and given the Wallabies an opportunity

Here is a statistic that might comfort Wallabies fans looking ahead to the Twickenham clash against England with a degree of anxiety given the...

saturday 20

Paul Cully

The Ashes are here and Australia still haven’t found an opener. But mess isn’t all of selectors’ making

Maybe David Warner was right, and the Australian selectors really did have to put up with the mediocrity of his declining years because there was...

saturday 3

Malcolm Knox

Our law to ‘save’ nature is a rubber stamp for species extinction

Australian governments have perfected the art of watching things die, then approving more things to keep the dead things company. For example, many...

saturday 1

Natalie Kyriacou

Australia’s resisting the global populist tide. But now’s no time for smugness

March for Australia rallies, at which neo-Nazis have been a visible presence. The heightened prominence of the sovereign citizen movement. Vigils...

saturday 3

Nick Bryant

Treat or trick? Why Trump won the trade truce but may yet lose the war

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. New York: Pictorially, Donald Trump had a blockbuster 24 hours. One minute he was...

saturday 1

Michael Koziol

We set our sights on this race months ago. It’s where reputations are made

For any racing fan, the Melbourne Cup carnival marks the pinnacle of the racing season – a week when world-class horses, owners, trainers, and...

saturday 1

Sam Freedman

Can this loophole help our kids onto the housing ladder?

Hi Nicole, I have a friend who gave me an intriguing idea: contribute to your underage child’s super so they can withdraw it sooner than age 60 and...

saturday 1

Nicole Pedersen-Mckinnon

On hold for two hours: How the super system is failing everyday retirees

Most Australians don’t wake up eager to wrestle with their superannuation. They want to save, contribute, tick the box and feel confident they’re...

saturday 1

Bec Wilson

The ultimate zomcom: How one word ate the dictionary

“Travelling in a fried-out Kombi, on a hippie trail, head full of zombie …” You know the words by heart or have the nerve to mumble them on karaoke...

saturday 1

David Astle

Say cheese! Am I dressing up for the supermarket security camera?

Halloween is over. It was fun and creative – I don’t agree with the naysayers – but, as all that sparkly plastic is being trucked off to landfill,...

saturday 2

Richard Glover

The more we know the better: How the AFL’s NBA-style gamble on injury could come unstuck

The AFL typically looks to the NFL for its lead: using a salary cap, the draft, the “any given Sunday” principle where any team can win, and Snoop...

saturday 3

Michael Gleeson

Patchy regulation in the freebirthing sector has put lives at risk

Over the past year, The Age has brought readers the voices of women subjected to the most appalling misogyny within the medical system. An...

saturday 1

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How the experts are tipping the Melbourne Cup, the best bets for the day and how to place a wager

Danny Russell

‘Peace President’ Trump is driving a share bonanza for weapons makers

Jonathan Levin

No, Australia is not ‘streaking ahead’ of other nations on climate

Nick O&x27Malley

Trump’s tariffs face judgment day, and there’s a lot at stake

Stephen Bartholomeusz

I use all the money ‘hacks’. So why have my finances stalled?

Paridhi Jain

Getting AI to do the grocery shopping: It’s closer than you think

Elizabeth Knight

Trump may have started this global trade war, but Xi’s winning it

Lisa Visentin

Trump, Republicans and Democrats are all playing with fire – while people suffer

Michael Koziol

Trump has just exposed America’s weakness

Stephen Bartholomeusz

Rue and Berejiklian will survive, but Optus customers won’t wait

David Swan

Some trains on platform M1 are delayed until further notice

The Herald&x27S View

Ley has entered the most dangerous moment of her leadership – how much of it is her fault?

James Massola

Physics of the atmosphere will ignore atmospherics of Australian politicians

Matt Kean

Manly CEO set to follow Cherry-Evans out the back door

Robert Dillon

Back to plain old Sarah, this is the end of the royal road for Fergie

Gordon Rayner

Pauline Hanson, Gina Rinehart sighted at Trump’s Halloween party

Kishor Napier-Raman

A touring Indian superstar cops racist abuse. I’m sad, but not surprised

Khushaal Vyas

Vauban has failed twice in the Melbourne Cup. Here’s why the third time will be the charm

Ally Mosley

Does Australia still stand with Ukraine? The reality no longer matches the rhetoric

Vasyl Myroshnychenko

As the world’s greatest human crisis takes a hideous turn, Trump turns away

Ishaan Tharoor

NIMBYism in the eastern suburbs is low rent

The Herald&x27S View

With the Coalition self-destructing, there’s little pressure on Labor. It’s starting to show

Sean Kelly

How many hours do you work? Australia’s most gruelling jobs revealed

Matt Wade

Baby Priya brought compassion to the parliament. Then four men hijacked the debate

Jacqueline Maley

Even the King cannot save Andrew from questions about Epstein

David Crowe

Fifteen Test matches in a year is too much. The Wallabies are paying the price

Paul Cully

These Bluetooth headphones cost $1000. They’re still a bargain

David Swan

The Nationals’ decision on net zero will push Sussan Ley’s leadership to the brink

James Massola

Bromance ads are everywhere, but they hide a darker truth about men

Maureen Dowd

Fairytales and heavyweights: How to tip the Melbourne Cup trifecta

Danny Russell

The royals want a chance to recover over Andrew. They may not get it

Peter Hunt

I hissed at a man on the train. Don’t judge me, there are two types of Karens

Claire Heaney

I am in my mid-60s. When people suggest I retire, this is what I tell them

Kathy Lette

The email from your super fund you don’t want to miss

Dominic Powell

Barnaby Joyce and Andrew Hastie worry these women might cheat the system

Jacqueline Maley

Sussan Ley must say ‘sorry’ – and not just about T-shirtgate

Parnell Palme Mcguinness

I’m 68 and about to inherit $1.5 million. What should I do with it?

Paul Benson

My friend may have died, but I only have to remember her and she is there

Gemma Di Bari

Why England have stacked their bench – and given the Wallabies an opportunity