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Don’t let this barbaric assault on my home – my happy place – tear us apart

On the morning after, the walk down to Bondi became a solemn procession. Locals who usually head to the beach with towels slung casually over their...

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Nick Bryant

Life turned up to 11: Why I tapped into profound silliness

“Hello. My name is Marty DiBergi. I’m a filmmaker … I jumped at the chance to make the documentary – the, if you will, rockumentary – that you’re...

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Malcolm Knox

The Ashes third Test day three recap: The science behind Starc’s stranglehold over Ben Stokes

Adelaide: Ben Stokes knew what Mitchell Starc was doing. And Starc knew what Stokes was doing. Without getting too deep into it, they both knew the...

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Dan Walsh

Bozza’s guide to the best Premier League games to watch over Christmas

It’s the most wonderful time of the year - especially if you’re a football fan. The Premier League will be staging 40 games in 17 days over the...

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Mark Bosnich

From bird-dogging to undorsing, political pollywaffle has hit a new peak

I saw my share of bird-dogging before I’d even met the word. Geelong, say, 2021. Scott Morrison, the then-PM, was on the campaign trail. Amid a...

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David Astle

I’m jealous of anyone who hasn’t yet seen The Princess Bride. Some movies turn life up to 11

On a 1987 Sunday night at the Valhalla in Richmond, I first saw This Is Spinal Tap. For 82 perfect minutes, my BFF Pies and I laughed until we...

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Kate Halfpenny

Who will guard the guards? Why Australia needs to consider a sports regulator

The whole Wests Tigers set-up really is a bit of a seven-ring clown show, isn’t it? Directors axed, Barry O’Farrell apparently almost ready to rise...

yesterday 10

Darren Kane

Travis Head’s Christmas party buries England’s Ashes tour

Adelaide: If this match is henceforth to be known as the Christmas Test, then Friday afternoon became Travis Head’s Christmas party at an...

yesterday 10

Daniel Brettig

ASIO has a record billion-dollar budget, but fumbled terrorist threat

In the fraught days after the Bondi Beach shootings came promises of gun law reform and a gun buyback, legislation to crack down on antisemitism...

yesterday 8

The Herald&x27S View

What kind of Australia do we want to be? Let’s stop dodging the hard questions

The worst terrorist attack in Australian history has triggered no shortage of hot takes. Pro-Israel writers blame critics of Israel. Anti-Israel...

yesterday 10

Josh Szeps

The cynicism of Frydenberg is familiar — and tempting. It’s also grossly uncharitable

Josh Frydenberg’s speech at Bondi Beach this week did not sound like anything produced by the Australian political system in a long time. That was...

yesterday 8

Rob Harris

Once untouchable, Albanese ends the year under siege

Anthony Albanese appeared untouchable in November, when Canberra was consumed by conversations about the Coalition’s internal feuds. But the...

yesterday 6

Paul Sakkal

People are losing their homes over a $10,000 debt: this must stop

Imagine losing your home or business because of a debt that could have been negotiated, or because the rules meant to protect you are stuck in...

yesterday 1

Claude Von Arx

Two years have flipped the script on free speech. Now Australia is in new territory

Ever since protesters took to the steps of the Sydney Opera House in October 2023 – where chants of “where’s the Jews” and other antisemitic...

yesterday 10

Natassia Chrysanthos

PM must return to Bondi and meet the moment

Follow our live coverage of the Bondi shooting here. It took him four days, but Anthony Albanese finally conceded on Thursday that his government...

yesterday 6

James Massola

The Ashes third Test day two recap: He’s past McGrath – could Nathan Lyon actually reel in Warne’s 708-wicket record next?

Almost six months ago to the day, half a world away in balmy Barbados, it was put to Nathan Lyon that he needed roughly 15 wickets to move past...

yesterday 7

Dan Walsh

My son had planned to be at Bondi. Will hate follow him wherever he goes?

Before I say what I’m about to say, I need to tell you one thing. Which is that I, too, know the rapture that seems to spread like liquid through...

yesterday 8

Samantha Selinger-Morris

Sacking Ange was a huge mistake. Spurs are now in a mess of their own making

Forget the line about always winning trophies in his second season. There’s another quote from Ange Postecoglou that should be resonating more...

yesterday 6

Vince Rugari

All I want for Christmas is for the Elf on the Shelf to disappear

Children are encouraged to write a letter to Santa, but why shouldn’t grown-ups also express their hopes and dreams? As usual at this time of year,...

yesterday 7

Richard Glover

Forget about ‘Bazball’, bad Ashes prep and DRS. England simply aren’t good enough

Adelaide: Forget about the DRS dramas. Forget all the arguments about Ashes preparation, too. Definitely forget “Bazball”, a term that currently...

yesterday 9

Daniel Brettig

Albanese tries to reseize the day on Bondi Beach

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has moved decisively to put the Australian government’s response to Sunday’s Bondi Beach shootings back on the...

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The Herald&x27S View

Trump’s shouty prime-time address suggests he may not have another gear

Washington: If it weren’t enough that Donald Trump childishly replaced Joe Biden’s photo with a picture of an autopen on his new Presidential Walk...

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Michael Koziol

ICC should fully fund DRS and make it uniform all over the world

We know Alex Carey is “clearly not” a walker. But let’s pretend Australia’s wicketkeeper-batsman does, occasionally, enjoy a walk. Just for a...

previous day 10

Emma Kemp

Albanese, at crucial moment for his leadership, steps up to the plate on antisemitism

Angry about the Bondi massacre and – almost – contrite, Anthony Albanese has laid out a top-to-bottom plan to make the country safe again for...

previous day 10

Paul Sakkal

I tried to find the genius inventor of Secret Santa to say thank you

At this festive time of year, one’s thoughts turn to a great historical figure who led humanity out of the darkness and into the light. I’m...

previous day 10

David Free

As a psychotherapist, I know people don’t change. It’s why Scrooge is my hero

Do you believe that magic happens every Christmas Eve? Do you trust that there’s an old man who rewards your belief? Well, I’m 48, and I do. My...

previous day 20

Matthew Roberts

Putin’s cash machine is under heavy attack

Russia’s war chest is being hammered by the double-whammy of a slump in oil shipments and a continuing decline in prices, sending the value of...

previous day 1

Julian Lee

Trump has changed the future of the car industry

For decades, US car manufacturers have pursued global strategies based on global platforms and global supply chains. Ford’s decision to take a...

previous day 10

Stephen Bartholomeusz

Australia is right to support a two-state solution: former Israeli PM Ehud Olmert

Australia’s support of a two-state solution in the Middle East is better for securing Israel than the messianic desire of Prime Minister Benjamin...

previous day 10

Ehud Olmert

The death of petrol has been greatly exaggerated

Petrol was meant to be Exhibit A of the energy transition. And it is – but not how the green intelligentsia ever anticipated. Rather than becoming...

previous day 3

Javier Blas

Howard has gone too far. His comments about Albanese tear us apart

The public space in Australia has never been quite right since Hamas inflicted its barbarism on Israel on October 7, 2023. Truly shocking in its...

previous day 8

Shaun Carney

Albanese has a moment in history to do something big. He’s wasting it

Australia and the United States share a tragic anniversary. On December 14 on Bondi Beach, 15 people were murdered at a Hanukkah celebration. On...

previous day 9

Chip Le Grand

Trump’s two Americas are getting further apart

The US unemployment rate is now at its highest since the pandemic, but the White House says “the best is yet to come”. The disparity between the...

wednesday 10

Stephen Bartholomeusz

Parents, here’s why you should stop steering your kids away from the humanities

Is your child passionate about the arts and humanities? Strong in English, history, philosophy or a foreign language? Considering a humanities...

wednesday 30

Julia Kindt

What Albanese could do to prove he isn’t dithering on terror

Anthony Albanese likes to be in control and comfortable, but this national crisis transcends the normal way of doing things and demands a proper...

wednesday 10

Paul Sakkal

PM’s inaction on antisemitism comes back to haunt him

A new marriage and world acclaim over the teen social media ban put Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on top of the world just a few days ago. But...

wednesday 6

The Herald&x27S View

A hundred in Test cricket heaven: Carey, Khawaja save Australia’s blushes

Adelaide: A red ball, a hot day, and a raucous crowd that swelled to 56,298: a bigger gathering even than the throng who piled in here for...

wednesday 7

Daniel Brettig

Cam Green might be worth $4m in the IPL, but should he be in the Test team?

Australia will have more chances to retain the Ashes, and maybe it was the knowledge of this luxury that led to their wastefulness on Wednesday. If...

wednesday 10

Malcolm Knox

As media moguls show Warner Bros the money, keep an eye on CNN – and US democracy

Hollywood is back in the news. Fabled names (Paramount! Warner Brothers!) are on the auction block, and much newer big names (the Ellisons!...

wednesday 10

Bill Wyman

Our college dumped the ATAR – because it doesn’t measure anything useful

By the end of this week, year 12 students from Victoria and NSW will have received their official examination results. As they begin to make...

wednesday 4

Sam Jacob

Police were young and outgunned: Where was the back-up at Bondi?

On Tuesday, the NSW Police Force sent its heavy-hitters to Bondi. The ones trained for violent conflict, with access to the state’s most serious...

wednesday 5

Jordan Baker

Move over, Boomers – Gen X is next up for retirement

It passed without much fanfare, but during 2025 the first wave of Gen X hit 60. The oldest members of that grouping – born between 1965 and 1980 –...

wednesday 3

Matt Wade

China’s property cancer is spreading through its economy

Four years after property developer China Evergrande defaulted on its sky-high debts and marked the beginning of China’s property crisis, the...

16.12.2025 5

Stephen Bartholomeusz

He’s prolific, pioneering, easy on the eye. But Usman Khawaja should retire now

Follow our live blog of the third Ashes Test in Adelaide from 9.30am AEDT Wednesday. Usman Khawaja has been an ornament to Australian cricket, but...

16.12.2025 6

Greg Baum

Bondi terrorist attack lobs a grenade into an already febrile world

Washington: The worst terrorist attack ever on Australian soil was always going to command headlines in the United States. But in this febrile and...

16.12.2025 10

Michael Koziol

Howard’s criticism shows the moment is slipping away from Albanese

In the 48 hours since the Bondi massacre, Australia’s social cohesion has been tested as never before. Rather than coming together in a bipartisan...

16.12.2025 10

James Massola

Our political dialogue has become too vicious, too absolute, and just too much

Finally it has happened: our words have started turning into bullets. The sentences carelessly flung around by the holders of megaphones, convinced...

16.12.2025 5

Dennis Glover

Mourn for Bondi Beach, but now hard questions must be asked

Revelations that the two Bondi Beach shooters travelled to the Philippines, parts of which are notorious for Islamic extremism, just weeks before...

16.12.2025 4

The Herald&x27S View

The Ashes’ power to distract is strong. For that, we can be thankful

If an Ashes Test match had been scheduled in Sydney this week, serious questions would be asked about whether it should go ahead. Only after high-...

16.12.2025 1

Malcolm Knox

Why did it take violent deaths for our fears to be acknowledged?

At what point does allyship cease to be empathetic and instead become performative? In Australia, gun violence is not part of our daily life. Its...

16.12.2025 1

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Don’t let this barbaric assault on my home – my happy place – tear us apart

Nick Bryant

Life turned up to 11: Why I tapped into profound silliness

Malcolm Knox

The Ashes third Test day three recap: The science behind Starc’s stranglehold over Ben Stokes

Dan Walsh

Bozza’s guide to the best Premier League games to watch over Christmas

Mark Bosnich

From bird-dogging to undorsing, political pollywaffle has hit a new peak

David Astle

I’m jealous of anyone who hasn’t yet seen The Princess Bride. Some movies turn life up to 11

Kate Halfpenny

Who will guard the guards? Why Australia needs to consider a sports regulator

Darren Kane

Travis Head’s Christmas party buries England’s Ashes tour

Daniel Brettig

ASIO has a record billion-dollar budget, but fumbled terrorist threat

The Herald&x27S View

What kind of Australia do we want to be? Let’s stop dodging the hard questions

Josh Szeps

The cynicism of Frydenberg is familiar — and tempting. It’s also grossly uncharitable

Rob Harris

Once untouchable, Albanese ends the year under siege

Paul Sakkal

People are losing their homes over a $10,000 debt: this must stop

Claude Von Arx

Two years have flipped the script on free speech. Now Australia is in new territory

Natassia Chrysanthos

PM must return to Bondi and meet the moment

James Massola

The Ashes third Test day two recap: He’s past McGrath – could Nathan Lyon actually reel in Warne’s 708-wicket record next?

Dan Walsh

My son had planned to be at Bondi. Will hate follow him wherever he goes?

Samantha Selinger-Morris

Sacking Ange was a huge mistake. Spurs are now in a mess of their own making

Vince Rugari

All I want for Christmas is for the Elf on the Shelf to disappear

Richard Glover

Forget about ‘Bazball’, bad Ashes prep and DRS. England simply aren’t good enough

Daniel Brettig

Albanese tries to reseize the day on Bondi Beach

The Herald&x27S View

Trump’s shouty prime-time address suggests he may not have another gear

Michael Koziol

ICC should fully fund DRS and make it uniform all over the world

Emma Kemp

Albanese, at crucial moment for his leadership, steps up to the plate on antisemitism

Paul Sakkal

I tried to find the genius inventor of Secret Santa to say thank you

David Free

As a psychotherapist, I know people don’t change. It’s why Scrooge is my hero

Matthew Roberts

Putin’s cash machine is under heavy attack

Julian Lee

Trump has changed the future of the car industry

Stephen Bartholomeusz

Australia is right to support a two-state solution: former Israeli PM Ehud Olmert

Ehud Olmert

The death of petrol has been greatly exaggerated

Javier Blas

Howard has gone too far. His comments about Albanese tear us apart

Shaun Carney

Albanese has a moment in history to do something big. He’s wasting it

Chip Le Grand

Trump’s two Americas are getting further apart

Stephen Bartholomeusz

Parents, here’s why you should stop steering your kids away from the humanities

Julia Kindt

What Albanese could do to prove he isn’t dithering on terror

Paul Sakkal

PM’s inaction on antisemitism comes back to haunt him

The Herald&x27S View

A hundred in Test cricket heaven: Carey, Khawaja save Australia’s blushes

Daniel Brettig

Cam Green might be worth $4m in the IPL, but should he be in the Test team?

Malcolm Knox

As media moguls show Warner Bros the money, keep an eye on CNN – and US democracy