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Big business needs bigger penalties to ensure it protects our data

A proactive approach is urgently needed to protect Australia from data and privacy breaches.

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The Herald&x27S View

As the world watches, Australia stands up for childhood

Decisive regulation of social media is akin to the enfranchisement of women as a piece of revolutionary social policy reform. This is the...

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Peter Hartcher

The four questions that can decide how you spend your super

There is a big remaining flaw in our retirement funding system, one that has long flown under the radar and also needs reform.

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Nicole Pedersen-Mckinnon

Cost of complacency: We must compel corporations to take data protection seriously

A proactive approach is urgently needed to protect Australia from data and privacy breaches.

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The Age&x27S View

How a low super balance can still mean a happy, fulfilling retirement

Real retirement planning isn’t about hitting a magic figure, it’s about understanding how your super turns into regular, reliable income.

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Bec Wilson

No reservations and angry signs: Sydney’s worst restaurant habits

The annual Bad Food Guide is back to highlight Sydney dining’s dark side.

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Richard Glover

Where were you when ‘eugenics’ had a viral moment?

The best way to mark time, it seems, is through newsy look-up words.

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David Astle

The final straw for a King whose brother had become poisonous

Not in a lifetime has there been such a downfall of a duke. Prince Andrew has given up his Duke of York title, under growing public pressure and a...

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Hannah Furness

Why Pat Cummins’ stats only tell half the story when it comes to his Ashes importance

Can Australia beat England without their skipper? Hard to say – but after looking back at last summer’s Test series, it’s easier to conclude they...

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Malcolm Knox

With Zelensky meeting, Trump makes clear his role in this conflict

On the back of the Gaza ceasefire, the US president believes more than ever that he can end wars. And he doesn’t care about the history, or the...

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Michael Koziol

Call to sack chair shows the drama is not over for Rebel Sport owner

Call to sack chair shows the drama is not over for Rebel Sport owner

Shareholders of Super Retail Group, the company behind Rebel Sport, Super Cheap Auto, BCF and Macpac, have good reason to expect answers to some...

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Colin Kruger

My boss bullied me, but HR sided with them. What can I do?

My boss bullied me, but HR sided with them. What can I do?

I recently made a complaint to HR about being bullied by my manager in the form of being set up to fail. I am in a same-sex relationship, and they...

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Jonathan Rivett

The A-League starts this weekend. Why are so many stars from last season no longer here?

The A-League starts this weekend. Why are so many stars from last season no longer here?

Stefan Mauk wishes he was 10 years younger. If he was coming through the A-League today at 19, Mauk would be one of the many young Australians...

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Vince Rugari

Has the Albanese-Chalmers relationship broken down?

Has the Albanese-Chalmers relationship broken down?

Is there a problem between Anthony Albanese and Jim Chalmers? It sure looked like it this week. After two years of insisting he would not alter his...

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James Massola

Menzies’ Liberal Party is dead. Long live ... what?

Menzies’ Liberal Party is dead. Long live ... what?

Eighty-one years ago yesterday, Robert Menzies founded the Liberal Party. Today, it faces the most severe crisis in its history. This is not simply...

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Waleed Aly

The quote you might have missed that says everything about Carlton’s post-Curnow era

The quote you might have missed that says everything about Carlton’s post-Curnow era

Club media releases rarely make for insightful reading, but one particularly pointed comment in Carlton’s trade period wrap was a notable...

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Marc Mcgowan

Why the sudden 180 on R360, Peter?

Why the sudden 180 on R360, Peter?

Strange days indeed. Most peculiar, Mama. In that interregnum of Big-Time sport that always follows the tide changing between muddied oafs and...

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Peter Fitzsimons

It was time for a purge. I had no idea how much those trinkets would be worth

It was time for a purge. I had no idea how much those trinkets would be worth

The tiny secure office was on a high floor in a Collins Street building. Buzzed in after a security camera check, I stood with fluorescent lights...

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Kate Halfpenny

Why being able to trade two years into the future skyrocketed AFL stars’ value

Why being able to trade two years into the future skyrocketed AFL stars’ value

A question from this masthead to Hawthorn list boss Mark Mackenzie on the opening day of trade period ended up being quite prescient. Reporter:...

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Marc Mcgowan

Greatest reason Gaza war ‘will not end’: Why Hamas isn’t going anywhere

Greatest reason Gaza war ‘will not end’: Why Hamas isn’t going anywhere

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Few people have been involved in more American efforts to broker peace in the...

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Michael Koziol

Silicon Valley’s Trump courtship is backfiring spectacularly

Silicon Valley’s Trump courtship is backfiring spectacularly

San Francisco: On a Friday evening in late September, Amazon’s immigration team sent urgent messages to thousands of employees: return to the...

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David Swan

Call this a geriatric rant if you wish, but at 90, I’ve decided enough is enough

Call this a geriatric rant if you wish, but at 90, I’ve decided enough is enough

I turned 90 last week, and I thank all the generous gods and a favourable cardiovascular system for the privilege. What I find as I face the...

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Thomas Keneally

Cup dream that almost became a nightmare: The real story behind Without A Fight’s incredible win

Cup dream that almost became a nightmare: The real story behind Without A Fight’s incredible win

Two years ago, on the day of the Caulfield Cup, I was on edge. Our horse, Without A Fight, had been struggling with a virus for two weeks, and we...

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Sam Freedman

Rosie O’Donnell’s fallen for Australia. And now she’s got the tattoo to prove it

Rosie O’Donnell’s fallen for Australia. And now she’s got the tattoo to prove it

American actor, comedian and talk show host Rosie O’Donnell has been touring Australia with her one-woman show, Common Knowledge . She performed at...

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Peter Fitzsimons

Bidding for a home is a bit like buying off Facebook Marketplace – but worse

Bidding for a home is a bit like buying off Facebook Marketplace – but worse

Around the time I started looking to buy my first home this year, this masthead published a special investigation into Australia’s property market...

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Millie Muroi

Chances are you’re about to lose: Gambling slump a new reality for sports and media

Chances are you’re about to lose: Gambling slump a new reality for sports and media

In this edition of On Background, the questions hanging over gambling advertising, media companies and the biggest deal in town; a News Corp...

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Calum Jaspan

‘There is nothing intelligent to be said after a massacre’

‘There is nothing intelligent to be said after a massacre’

My father liked a chat. Born into the deep silences of an Australian bush property, he came to crave and value human conversation. It afforded him...

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Tony Wright

Charlie Curnow can deliver what Buddy couldn’t for the Swans – a premiership

Charlie Curnow can deliver what Buddy couldn’t for the Swans – a premiership

The Sydney Swans’ greatest moments have been built on brilliant key forwards, from Tony Lockett to Barry Hall to Lance Franklin – and now,...

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Vince Rugari

Sydney universities queue up to award doctorates to Julia Gillard

Sydney universities queue up to award doctorates to Julia Gillard

Julia Gillard’s dignified approach to post-prime ministerial life has won her adoration from the public which was absent when she was Australia’s...

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Kishor Napier-Raman

Why this forgotten Disney sequel is the greatest movie musical of all time

Why this forgotten Disney sequel is the greatest movie musical of all time

The Lion King is often considered the greatest animated movie of all time. You have to admire the ambition of turning Shakespeare’s epic tragedy...

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Tom W. Clarke

Where do babies come from? Immigration critics don’t seem to know

Where do babies come from? Immigration critics don’t seem to know

Bridgerton fans will remember the scene. Lady Featherington, hopeful of a male heir to secure the family’s place in Mayfair and society, discovers...

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Shane Wright

The world is watching as China unveils its new five-year plan

The world is watching as China unveils its new five-year plan

Next week, China’s leadership will gather in Beijing for a meeting to set the direction of its economy for the next five years. The escalation in...

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Stephen Bartholomeusz

China’s nanny state collides with Penfolds profit

China’s nanny state collides with Penfolds profit

You could forgive Treasury Wine Estates’ chairman John Mullen for wanting a glass of Penfolds Grange after the week he’s had. On the one hand, he...

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Elizabeth Knight

Even in Trump’s America, the crackdown on Pentagon reporters is chilling stuff

Even in Trump’s America, the crackdown on Pentagon reporters is chilling stuff

An unprecedented crackdown on the rights of journalists covering the Pentagon represents a dark day for democracy and should serve as a wake-up...

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The Herald&x27S View

The deadly war raging on Australia’s doorstep that Trump won’t touch

The deadly war raging on Australia’s doorstep that Trump won’t touch

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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Zach Hope

Workers aren’t leaving their jobs. Here’s why that’s a problem

Workers aren’t leaving their jobs. Here’s why that’s a problem

There’s an intriguing trend happening in the job market right now. In previous years, employees usually jumped from job to job, searching for...

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Tim Duggan

Julia Roberts’ anti-woke film feels hopelessly dated in Trump’s America

Julia Roberts’ anti-woke film feels hopelessly dated in Trump’s America

This article contains spoilers. After the Hunt , Luca Guadagnino’s psychological thriller about the fallout from the #MeToo movement, has been in...

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Michelle Goldberg

Girlboss anti-heroes are having a TV moment – and I can’t stop watching

Girlboss anti-heroes are having a TV moment – and I can’t stop watching

You can sense the story even before you see it. Its narrative beats and emotional arcs announce themselves with such little subtlety they’re almost...

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Brodie Lancaster

Kim Kardashian’s latest controversial product may be hailed as feminist, but I don’t buy it

Kim Kardashian’s latest controversial product may be hailed as feminist, but I don’t buy it

When you work in media, there is very little that shocks you. And so on Wednesday, when Kim Kardashian released a line of underwear crowned with...

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Lauren Ironmonger

From Petracca’s dream move, to Merrett’s nightmare: We rank each AFL club’s trade period

From Petracca’s dream move, to Merrett’s nightmare: We rank each AFL club’s trade period

The trade period can so often be such a massive build-up for such little return, but that couldn’t be further from the case this year. From...

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Marc Mcgowan

Australia’s biggest banker is staying put – but how long is too long?

Australia’s biggest banker is staying put – but how long is too long?

Commonwealth Bank chief executive Matt Comyn will be a hard act to follow, irrespective of when he decides to vacate the building. The 49-year-old...

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Elizabeth Knight

Grisly video shows how Gaza peace can fall apart

Grisly video shows how Gaza peace can fall apart

Palestinians only had to wait a few hours to discover the peace they were promised in Gaza could sound a lot like war. As US President Donald Trump...

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David Crowe

Peace in Trump’s time? Maybe, just not in America

Peace in Trump’s time? Maybe, just not in America

This is one piece of gold that President Donald Trump is never going to get his short, stubby fingers on: an 18-carat gold medal with three naked...

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Maureen Dowd

Stuart Broad’s latest Ashes swipe is only loosely based in fact – as usual

Stuart Broad’s latest Ashes swipe is only loosely based in fact – as usual

You’ve got to hand it to Stuart Broad. As far back as his decision not to walk when he nicked Ashton Agar to slip via Brad Haddin’s gloves at Trent...

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Daniel Brettig

Donald Trump has already set his sights on the next calamity

Donald Trump has already set his sights on the next calamity

Flush with the success of ending the war in Gaza, at least for now, US President Donald Trump is turning his attention to Russia’s invasion of...

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Roland Oliphant

Facing other parents’ judgment, I put my baby into childcare at four months

Facing other parents’ judgment, I put my baby into childcare at four months

Earlier this year, my son started childcare. Though this fact in and of itself is not remarkable, what is of note – and what is a constant point of...

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Zoya Patel

How bloody-minded Essendon drew a new line in the sand

How bloody-minded Essendon drew a new line in the sand

Christian Petracca landed at Gold Coast on a deal that was exceptional for the Demons. Charlie Curnow was granted his wish, just 15 minutes before...

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Jake Niall

The six words no one wants to hear from a tradie

The six words no one wants to hear from a tradie

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. You realised this moment was coming, right? You sensed it when you made the call in...

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Michelle Cazzulino

In every couple, there’s a travel organiser and a passenger. I know who I’d rather be

In every couple, there’s a travel organiser and a passenger. I know who I’d rather be

There is a genre of travel video doing the rounds on social media, and it goes something like this: A person is shown standing in line at the...

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Kerri Sackville

If you can call me bald, I can call you fat

If you can call me bald, I can call you fat

I’m sitting in the boardroom at work one day when the lights flicker then fade. Too dark to continue the meeting? Nah, quips a colleague, “there’s...

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Chris Harrison