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The oil market should brace for a forever stalemate in Iran

The oil market should brace for a forever stalemate in Iran

The oil market sees the future of the war in the Middle East as binary. Either Iran or the US reach a deal or they head into a worsening conflict....

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Javier Blas

Sydney’s new metro will fix my life, but I’m not sure my sister is excited

Sydney’s new metro will fix my life, but I’m not sure my sister is excited

We’ve waited for the Southwest Metro to open and change our lives, sometimes patiently, sometimes not so patiently.

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Melanie Tait

Payman and Hanson are right. Albanese should forget the king rat

Payman and Hanson are right. Albanese should forget the king rat

The two women have formed an unlikely alliance to try and pressure the prime minister to change his mind. Here’s why it’s not working.

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James Massola

Reforms must stop hospitals becoming boarding houses for the aged

Reforms must stop hospitals becoming boarding houses for the aged

A patient marooned in a NSW hospital for four months has exposed the inadequacies of the aged care sector.

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The AFL fixture is like a lottery. Here are the biggest winners (and losers)

The AFL fixture is like a lottery. Here are the biggest winners (and losers)

The fixture arrives like lottery tickets: It might be good, but probably won’t be, and we won’t really know until later. We’ve ranked every...

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Michael Gleeson

Consumers are mincemeat, but the RBA keeps raising the heat

Consumers are mincemeat, but the RBA keeps raising the heat

Our most successful retailers can attest that the cost-of-living crisis is getting worse by the day – even before further rate rises hit consumers.

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Colin Kruger

‘Decoy Dan’ dirty trick has sent Trump on the warpath in Alaska

‘Decoy Dan’ dirty trick has sent Trump on the warpath in Alaska

The New York Times has revealed a Democratic plot to confuse voters in Alaska by recruiting a “Dan Sullivan” to run against the Republicans’ Dan...

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Michael Koziol

Life, laundry and a much-loved Speed Queen: this is where the world comes clean

Life, laundry and a much-loved Speed Queen: this is where the world comes clean

Things are changing outside the window, and some of it feels a little soiled.

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Sophie Quick

There are ceremonies for births, marriages and death. We need better ones for divorce

There are ceremonies for births, marriages and death. We need better ones for divorce

Break-up registries are all the rage. I say bring back the sweet art of petty revenge.

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Kathy Lette

The price of Victoria Barracks is much higher than $200 million

The price of Victoria Barracks is much higher than $200 million

The government owes veterans, and every taxpayer, an honest account of what this sale will really cost.

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Nadia Teong

‘Politics played no role’: Fed hits pause button ahead of midterms

‘Politics played no role’: Fed hits pause button ahead of midterms

The US central bank has left interest rates on hold, but inflation data due later this week is expected to show another increase in prices.

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Stephen Bartholomeusz

Gen Z workers don’t want to be the boss. Can you really blame them?

Gen Z workers don’t want to be the boss. Can you really blame them?

For years, the unspoken rule in workplaces is that everyone wanted to move up the ranks. But now fewer people want to be the boss, and it’s not hard...

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Tim Duggan

What Lula’s win in Brazil means for the Amazon and the warming world

What Lula’s win in Brazil means for the Amazon and the warming world

Lula’s narrow re-election in Brazil means the world has dodged a climate bullet. But with the right wing dominant in Congress, the victory remains...

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Nick O'Malley

Inglis, Renshaw and Green offer glowing glimpse of life after Smith

Inglis, Renshaw and Green offer glowing glimpse of life after Smith

With Josh Inglis, Matt Renshaw and Cameron Green batting like this, life after Steve Smith and Marnus Labuschagne may not be too shabby after all.

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Daniel Brettig

Who would want to be Jim Chalmers right now?

Who would want to be Jim Chalmers right now?

Halfway through the government’s second term, how many ordinary Australians could identify what its big defining goals are?

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Shaun Carney

I suspect a neighbour of befouling my recycling bin. The only option is to get petty

I suspect a neighbour of befouling my recycling bin. The only option is to get petty

I used to fancy myself as a binfluencer, the first mover on bin night who signals to the neighbourhood what colour bin they should be wheeling out...

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Claire Heaney

Albanese trips over the truth when it suits. If he’s not careful, it could be contagious

Albanese trips over the truth when it suits. If he’s not careful, it could be contagious

Of all things to repeatedly entangle yourself in, the saga of a $6 million grant to the Marrickville Golf Club must be the most ridiculous.

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Michael McGowan

Trump’s America is facing a reckoning as it drowns in debt

Trump’s America is facing a reckoning as it drowns in debt

The clock may be ticking on America’s “exorbitant privilege”.

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Jeremy Warner

Forget the mortgage belt: Gamers are getting smashed and Chalmers should worry

Forget the mortgage belt: Gamers are getting smashed and Chalmers should worry

Chalmers, Gallagher and Albanese have to play a larger role in easing demand in the Australian economy to deal with global inflationary pressures.

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Shane Wright

Opposition’s Long Bay idea not the negative gear portrayed by Labor

Opposition’s Long Bay idea not the negative gear portrayed by Labor

Opposition Leader Kellie Sloane’s proposal to sell Long Bay jail to help relieve the state’s housing crisis has merit.

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The four balls that turned the Test, and saved captain Pat Cummins

The four balls that turned the Test, and saved captain Pat Cummins

South Africa were in control when Pat Cummins handed Mitchell Starc the second new ball. Twenty minutes later, Australia were back in the game.

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Andrew Wu

Netanyahu has wrestled his opponents to a draw. For now, that’s a victory

Netanyahu has wrestled his opponents to a draw. For now, that’s a victory

Israelis have rejected Benjamin Netanyahu and the far-right extremists who have kept him in power for the past four years. But that’s only half the...

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Matthew Knott

The cult of Trump is waning. Now beware the death throes

The cult of Trump is waning. Now beware the death throes

The reality TV star who transformed America has lost his relevance, with Republicans expected to pay the price in the midterms. But therein lies great...

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Cory Alpert

Thank you, Mr President: BlueScope gets a windfall from Trump’s tariffs

Thank you, Mr President: BlueScope gets a windfall from Trump’s tariffs

Donald Trump’s tariffs on steel imports have kicked off a bonanza for steel producers in the US, including BlueScope. They’re a pain for the wider...

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Stephen Bartholomeusz

Do you believe what you’re reading? Chances are, a bot wrote it

Do you believe what you’re reading? Chances are, a bot wrote it

Most of us live between two interconnected worlds, the online and the offline, each governed by wildly divergent and often contradictory rules and...

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Kylie Moore-Gilbert

Does bequeathing my shares in my will incur capital gains tax?

Does bequeathing my shares in my will incur capital gains tax?

The federal government is yet to clarify the tax implications for leaving shares in your will, prompting a lot of confusion.

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Noel Whittaker

One Nation comes for NSW and Labor gets the jitters

One Nation comes for NSW and Labor gets the jitters

Labor warns MPs the party could lose a dozen seats at March election.

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The Herald's View

Could Sam Walker end up at the Rabbitohs? Can the Raiders still keep Hudson Young?

Could Sam Walker end up at the Rabbitohs? Can the Raiders still keep Hudson Young?

After having their contracts extensions spectacularly withdrawn from the negotiating table, Sam Walker and Hudson Young are looking for a new home.

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Adrian Proszenko

On the day that ‘stops the nation’, the RBA will tackle inflation (again)

On the day that ‘stops the nation’, the RBA will tackle inflation (again)

On Melbourne Cup day – bet on interest rates rising. It’s a sure thing.

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Ross Gittins

Resilient Starc and Lyon laugh last, but Australia’s biggest mountain awaits

Resilient Starc and Lyon laugh last, but Australia’s biggest mountain awaits

Whether Pat Cummins’ call will be looked upon kindly by history will depend on a rather bigger question than Australia’s resilience with the ball...

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Daniel Brettig

Thinking of delaying downsizing? It could cost you more than you think

Thinking of delaying downsizing? It could cost you more than you think

When property prices fall, it is tempting to put your downsizing plans on hold. But before you decide to wait, ask yourself three questions.

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Rachel Lane

Why Scott Boland’s axing doesn’t make sense

Why Scott Boland’s axing doesn’t make sense

There is growing pressure on the Australian selectors as the Test team heads into a series-defining third and final Test against South Africa in Cape...

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Jon Pierik

Serbia’s election shows new vulnerability for nationalist populists

Serbia’s election shows new vulnerability for nationalist populists

In much of Europe, the advance of the right has been seen as unstoppable. But in the east, nationalists are being cast aside in places where they long...

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Andrew Higgins

Trump said mum’s attack on daughter was ‘so good’. It’s tearing the Republicans apart

Trump said mum’s attack on daughter was ‘so good’. It’s tearing the Republicans apart

Once a party that marketed itself as the protector of innocent children, the Republicans have shocked voters with a ruthless attack on an alleged...

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Katy Hall

One Nation comes for NSW and Labor gets the jitters

Labor warns MPs the party could lose a dozen seats at March election.

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The Herald's View

The Ballon d’Or is everything football shouldn’t be. Thank goodness for Harry Kane

The Ballon d’Or is everything football shouldn’t be. Thank goodness for Harry Kane

Barack Obama recently described Donald Trump’s White House renovations as “looking like Saddam Hussein opened a Cheesecake Factory”. What would...

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Vince Rugari

I’m sorry your house price is falling ... Wait, I’m not sorry at all

I’m sorry your house price is falling ... Wait, I’m not sorry at all

My three-year-old said I’d ruined his life by not giving him a fourth scoop of ice cream. Now property investors are having a tantrum that their...

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Simon Taylor

Jacinda Ardern will make a perfect professor. You don’t need a PhD to know that

Jacinda Ardern will make a perfect professor. You don’t need a PhD to know that

I understand the gatekeepers who think no one should be a professor without a PhD but the University of Sydney has made a wise choice.

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Jenna Price

My friend asked me how to get wealthy. Here was my honest answer

My friend asked me how to get wealthy. Here was my honest answer

There’s no such thing as getting rich quick. But there are some decisions that will help you get there sooner rather than later.

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Paridhi Jain

Why Trump suing the BBC could become the biggest TACO of all

Why Trump suing the BBC could become the biggest TACO of all

Trump has been ordered to attend court and answer questions – or drop the matter. But the case is unwinnable.

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Stuart Littlemore

‘Bold, but sane’? The future of AI is riding on Anthropic’s float

‘Bold, but sane’? The future of AI is riding on Anthropic’s float

The $US100 billion mega-IPO simply has to succeed. If it doesn’t, it will threaten the AI industry’s access to the trillions of dollars of new...

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Stephen Bartholomeusz

In a third of Australian homes, hunger is not a game

In a third of Australian homes, hunger is not a game

Latest research by Foodbank Australia shows rising costs are driving food insecurity in our households.

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Australia is approaching American levels of anger. Here’s how we defuse the bomb

Australia is approaching American levels of anger. Here’s how we defuse the bomb

Right-wing populist parties don’t deliver what they promise. Look at Brexit - it didn’t change the level of immigration one bit.

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Peter Hartcher

From Granny Smiths to bubble tea: My suburb is Sydney’s best-kept food secret

The train line splits our high street in two: the western end is Chinese restaurants and bubble tea stores, the eastern end brings Korean barbecue and...

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Ben Au

The ‘death spiral’ that is ominous for the neoclouds and could destroy the Wall Street boom

The ‘death spiral’ that is ominous for the neoclouds and could destroy the Wall Street boom

A severe loss of confidence in many of the companies propping up the AI industry has sent a jolt though markets.

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James Titcomb

The cardboard cockatoo, the empty seat and a parliament’s reckoning with rage

The cardboard cockatoo, the empty seat and a parliament’s reckoning with rage

Last week’s rare act of violence against one parliamentarian has prompted the rest of them to interrogate what’s holding Australia’s democracy...

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Natassia Chrysanthos

Trump’s election rallies are getting weirder and looser – and more racist

Trump’s election rallies are getting weirder and looser – and more racist

On Sunday, the president admired Nicki Minaj’s bottom and disparaged Norway. But his remarks about Democrat Abdul El-Sayed were more sinister.

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Michael Koziol

After hearing I needed chemo, I did what any rational woman would do

After hearing I needed chemo, I did what any rational woman would do

When you’re seriously ill, wanting to look good isn’t necessarily vanity. Sometimes it’s about holding on to the person you used to be.

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Brook Bayes

My dad was PM once or twice. Somewhere along the way a politician’s job changed dramatically

My dad was PM once or twice. Somewhere along the way a politician’s job changed dramatically

We’ve begun to confuse the right to hold politicians accountable with carte blanche to make their lives unbearable.

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Jessica Rudd

Obama has never mocked Trump so personally. That comes with a big risk

Obama has never mocked Trump so personally. That comes with a big risk

If you attack Trump on these terms, he comes back at you with a vengeance. And it will be more than simply referring to his predecessor as “Barack...

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Bruce Wolpe