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NSW Liberal leader Mark Speakman is on borrowed time. He knows this and so do his colleagues

NSW Liberal Leader Mark Speakman was not responsible for his party’s byelection loss, but he will wear the blame.

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Alexandra Smith

With Charlie Kirk’s death, the MAGA movement gains its first patron saint

While it’s easy to find condemnation for senseless violence, and feel sympathy towards Kirk’s wife and young children, it’s difficult to find...

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Cory Alpert

How is that an Aussie fair go, for the War Memorial to change the rules at half-time?

I was surprised, and not surprised, that my book had been twice rejected by the Australian War Memorial as winner of the Les Carlyon Literary...

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Chris Masters

Drug-smuggling, match-fixing scandals … and a pop song: who is Ange’s new boss?

What do we know about Greek shipping billionaire Evangelos Marinakis? Which song lyrics did he write, who did he spit at, and why is he suing...

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Emma Kemp

Gould, Bulldogs close ranks around Galvin’s family after online abuse

The online abuse of Lachlan Galvin has prompted Canterbury football manager Phil Gould and chairman Adam Driussi to pay special attention to the...

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Danny Weidler

Was Collingwood’s win in Adelaide all it was cracked up to be, and is the clock ticking for their ageing list?

Collingwood were stumbling late in the season, but a stirring finals win in Adelaide has restored the faith in Craig McRae’s men. We’re about to...

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Marc Mcgowan

The razzle-dazzle politics of Britain’s rising Right

What in the World, a free weekly newsletter from our foreign correspondents, is sent every Thursday. Below is an excerpt. Sign up to get the whole...

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David Crowe

Carry on up the Danube: President Daniel, 20, stakes claim for ‘new’ country

Daniel Jackson, an Australian, is 20 years old and also the president of the Free Republic of Verdis (derived from the Latin word for “green”),...

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Peter Fitzsimons

The crypto conundrum: Should you invest your super in Bitcoin?

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...

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Dominic Powell

The stress on NSW hospitals is real, and should be taken seriously

Going to hospital isn’t exactly anyone’s idea of a good time. But the idea of seeking care while ill or injured only to find those treating you are...

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The Herald&x27S View

Price wasn’t racist, but she did expose what turns off voters

Shortly before the 2024 US election, Elon Musk went on The Joe Rogan Experience . “If Trump doesn’t win,” the entrepreneur told the podcaster,...

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Parnell Palme Mcguinness

Not just Harry and Lachlan. What if all of generation next fail to succeed?

King Charles III’s estranged son, Prince Harry of California, met his father this week for the first time in nearly two years. Harry, who famously...

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Jacqueline Maley

I just turned 60 and don’t need the money. Should I still draw from my super?

I have recently turned 60 and could draw a pension from my accumulation super fund. However, I receive a generous pension from my defined benefit...

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Paul Benson

All of his big, beautiful good deeds won’t get Trump into heaven

Donald Trump recently told Fox News that he is worried about getting into heaven. This purported angst seemed more of a fundraising device, as it...

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Barney Zwartz

The jungle kings are shaken but still standing. The Pies will find them hard to bring down

Omar Little, the notorious stick-up man from HBO classic The Wire, once warned his rivals “If you come at the king, you best not miss.” Gold Coast...

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Andrew Wu

Rugby as God intended … but Wallabies can’t conjure a miracle this time

If rugby is indeed the game they play in heaven, it would look a lot like this. Lord help me, Jesus, count ’em off: And in the first five minutes,...

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Peter Fitzsimons

Do you see what I see? (And more importantly, is it a whale?)

The reception desk at the charming coastal hotel, which would be my home for the next few days, was working overtime to ensure I knew how charming...

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Thomas Mitchell

The AFL is its own beast. That’ll make finding Goyder’s replacement fascinating

The Australian Football League is a beast of a business. For the reporting period ending October 31, 2024, the AFL’s gross revenue was $1.04...

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Darren Kane

Clubs demand secret ballot on Brownlow day amid ‘embarrassing’ AFL power struggle

The AFL leadership crisis that has punctuated the 2025 season and cast a shadow over September is threatening to come to a head in the hours...

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Caroline Wilson

For the Liberals, it will get worse … before it gets worse

The Liberals are behaving like a party with a death wish. Having lost the support of the majorities in the Australian electorate, they now seem...

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Peter Hartcher

It’s simple: This is the best kept secret in retirement planning

I once had a mentor who gave me advice I’ll never forget: “Do it the !#$&ing easy way, Bec.” It was blunt, even lazy-sounding. But it was...

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Bec Wilson

Want to pay 0% on your credit card debt? Get in quick

One of my favourite financial repair-and-rebuild strategies is the 0 per cent balance transfer. In the credit card concept that came to Australia...

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Nicole Pedersen-Mckinnon

Lost in translation: Why bots battle with Aussie sarcasm

“Hot enough for you?” Probably not, given the season. Or maybe the mercury has climbed since I wrote this column. Who’s to say? Certainly not...

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David Astle

The moment that proved Wallabies have found their next Eales

After that fabulous win over the Pumas in Townsville last Saturday, courtesy of a try in the sixth minute of extra time, my colleague Paul Cully...

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Peter Fitzsimons

Is it time to move Burton to centre? Bulldogs season hinges on massive Ciraldo decision

Canterbury Bulldogs coach Cameron Ciraldo rolled the dice this week, laughing in the face of those accusing him of meddling with his team too much...

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Michael Chammas

‘He backs us all in’: Sam Mitchell has Hollywood Hawks back on the big stage and in the flag hunt

Adelaide: It may have been a boring movie for the neutral, but the Hollywood Hawks hit the Crows like a cyclone on Friday night. And there were...

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Sam Mcclure

Raised in rugby, unmissable in league: Why is Nawaqanitawase so good?

Mark Nawaqanitawase. Fun to say. More fun to watch. The funnest part of all? Diving deep into exactly why and how the Roosters code-crossing...

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Dan Walsh

‘It’s easier when you’re young’: Bolt on Gout, and Aussies to watch at the worlds

The world athletics championships begin on Saturday in Tokyo, and plenty of Australians will be vying for glory. Usain Bolt, the greatest sprinter...

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Michael Gleeson

Raising Tane: Edmed on the verge of great leap forward

The Wallabies are going to miss the rested Len Ikitau — not only does he top the list for most carries in the Rugby Championship, he’s the only...

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Paul Cully

As a parent, I’m watching America’s anti-vax madness with horror

In the days before he died in August, my father-in-law was most animated when recalling his childhood years on a sheep and wheat farm in the NSW...

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Liz Gooch

Instead of pashing my husband I’m watching Jennifer Aniston with a blowdryer. I’m a phubber

Along with considering shoes an investment, trying to make everyone join my gym, narrating out loud whatever I’m doing — “get the porridge on then...

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Kate Halfpenny

Charlie Kirk was practising politics the right way

The foundation of a free society is the ability to participate in politics without fear of violence. To lose that is to risk losing everything....

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Ezra Klein

I surfed the same breaks as Mercury. I hate to see politics trawl this tragedy

The stretch of surf breaks where Mercury Psillakis was taken by a white shark last Saturday is called No Man’s Land, or Poles, for a large rusty...

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Malcolm Knox

As thousands of bank staff found out this week, the future of work’s already here

Australia’s banking sector has just offered a glimpse into the future of work – and it’s a future many employees will find unsettling. ANZ’s...

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Shumi Akhtar

Popes and pop stars come and go, but this wordsmith was a one-off

I have lived to see the death of six popes, Burma, the USSR, the Holden, the Queen, Princess Diana, half The Beatles, all The Band and, at a guess,...

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Anson Cameron

Rock star players, margaritas, a blossoming romance: This footy team is the hottest ticket in town

At the risk of offending North Melbourne, Brisbane and Adelaide, the AFL Women’s competition finally has its first rock star team. This season, the...

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Kelli Underwood

US risks political violence becoming contagious

The assassination of conservative luminary and fervent Trump supporter Charlie Kirk is the latest in a grim wave of political violence in the...

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The Herald&x27S View

At a loved one’s memorial, I got the giggles. Why we laugh at the worst moments

The other day, I was slicing bread on my kitchen bench as my daughter did her homework at the table. Now, it’s never a good idea for me to be...

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Kerri Sackville

How the ‘great dealmaker’ Donald Trump became impotent on the world stage

The vast bulk of Donald Trump’s presidential playbook centres on deal-making. On matters as diverse as trade and foreign policy, the approach seems...

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Waleed Aly

Disgraced surgeon offloads luxury Sydney Harbour penthouse

Disgraced surgeon Dr Munjed Al Muderis recently lost his defamation case against The Age, The Sydney Morning Herald and 60 Minutes (all owned by...

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Jacqueline Maley

Lachlan’s win means his mates Down Under can breathe easily

In this Murdoch edition of On Background, the finale to the succession battle brings a muted sigh of relief at Holt Street. Also, a mapping out of...

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Calum Jaspan

If we’re focused on fairness, it’s not the rich we should be worrying about

When we talk about inequality, we tend to focus on income. After all, if some people are raking in thousands of dollars a week while others get by...

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Millie Muroi

I want to tell my co-workers something, but what if they react badly?

I’ve gone through a difficult period in my private life. I have spent a lot of time wondering whether this is something I should tell people at...

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Jonathan Rivett

Babies need a rebrand: with the birthrate in freefall, we’re overlooking one aspect of parenting

As a very new mother, I was prepared for breastfeeding to be a nightmare. For sleep to be non-existent. For a love unlike anything I’d ever...

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Charlotte Mortlock

Surely, American life just cannot go on like this

Washington: The assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk is a shocking tragedy and an awful, scary reflection of the extreme political...

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Michael Koziol

Why you shouldn’t dismiss the power of a ‘work spouse’

There’s always one in every workplace: the person you gravitate towards and forge a close bond with. It might be a loose friendship that evolves...

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Tim Duggan

The tragic irony of Charlie Kirk’s assassination

Charlie Kirk was fatally wounded by an assassin’s bullet while fielding a question about gun violence. At a university rally in central Utah on...

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Bill Wyman

Block Everything: France faces a financial crisis as it descends into chaos

France is again experiencing political upheaval, and is now on the verge of a financial crisis after President Emmanuel Macron was forced to...

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Stephen Bartholomeusz

‘I told you so’ moment for Albo as $1b computer bet pays off

What do the largest company in the world, Nvidia, our home-grown millionaires’ factory Macquarie Group and the country’s leading venture...

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Elizabeth Knight

Crazy danger: Every provocation from Putin highlights Trump’s hesitation

London: Vladimir Putin keeps finding new ways to test Donald Trump and the major European leaders when they talk tough about the war in Ukraine....

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NSW Liberal leader Mark Speakman is on borrowed time. He knows this and so do his colleagues

Alexandra Smith

With Charlie Kirk’s death, the MAGA movement gains its first patron saint

Cory Alpert

How is that an Aussie fair go, for the War Memorial to change the rules at half-time?

Chris Masters

Drug-smuggling, match-fixing scandals … and a pop song: who is Ange’s new boss?

Emma Kemp

Gould, Bulldogs close ranks around Galvin’s family after online abuse

Danny Weidler

Was Collingwood’s win in Adelaide all it was cracked up to be, and is the clock ticking for their ageing list?

Marc Mcgowan

The razzle-dazzle politics of Britain’s rising Right

David Crowe

Carry on up the Danube: President Daniel, 20, stakes claim for ‘new’ country

Peter Fitzsimons

The crypto conundrum: Should you invest your super in Bitcoin?

Dominic Powell

The stress on NSW hospitals is real, and should be taken seriously

The Herald&x27S View

Price wasn’t racist, but she did expose what turns off voters

Parnell Palme Mcguinness

Not just Harry and Lachlan. What if all of generation next fail to succeed?

Jacqueline Maley

I just turned 60 and don’t need the money. Should I still draw from my super?

Paul Benson

All of his big, beautiful good deeds won’t get Trump into heaven

Barney Zwartz

The jungle kings are shaken but still standing. The Pies will find them hard to bring down

Andrew Wu

Rugby as God intended … but Wallabies can’t conjure a miracle this time

Peter Fitzsimons

Do you see what I see? (And more importantly, is it a whale?)

Thomas Mitchell

The AFL is its own beast. That’ll make finding Goyder’s replacement fascinating

Darren Kane

Clubs demand secret ballot on Brownlow day amid ‘embarrassing’ AFL power struggle

Caroline Wilson

For the Liberals, it will get worse … before it gets worse

Peter Hartcher

It’s simple: This is the best kept secret in retirement planning

Bec Wilson

Want to pay 0% on your credit card debt? Get in quick

Nicole Pedersen-Mckinnon

Lost in translation: Why bots battle with Aussie sarcasm

David Astle

The moment that proved Wallabies have found their next Eales

Peter Fitzsimons

Is it time to move Burton to centre? Bulldogs season hinges on massive Ciraldo decision

Michael Chammas

‘He backs us all in’: Sam Mitchell has Hollywood Hawks back on the big stage and in the flag hunt

Sam Mcclure

Raised in rugby, unmissable in league: Why is Nawaqanitawase so good?

Dan Walsh

‘It’s easier when you’re young’: Bolt on Gout, and Aussies to watch at the worlds

Michael Gleeson

Raising Tane: Edmed on the verge of great leap forward

Paul Cully

As a parent, I’m watching America’s anti-vax madness with horror

Liz Gooch

Instead of pashing my husband I’m watching Jennifer Aniston with a blowdryer. I’m a phubber

Kate Halfpenny

Charlie Kirk was practising politics the right way

Ezra Klein

I surfed the same breaks as Mercury. I hate to see politics trawl this tragedy

Malcolm Knox

As thousands of bank staff found out this week, the future of work’s already here

Shumi Akhtar

Popes and pop stars come and go, but this wordsmith was a one-off

Anson Cameron

Rock star players, margaritas, a blossoming romance: This footy team is the hottest ticket in town

Kelli Underwood

US risks political violence becoming contagious

The Herald&x27S View

At a loved one’s memorial, I got the giggles. Why we laugh at the worst moments

Kerri Sackville

How the ‘great dealmaker’ Donald Trump became impotent on the world stage