Opinion
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Billionaires
‘Party of hate’: Why Silicon Valley’s rift with the White House is growing deeper
Once-strong ties between US Democrats and Silicon Valley, the new heart of American corporate power, have broken down.
- by James Titcomb
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State of Origin
The huge calls left for Brad Fittler to make before Origin selection
The NSW coach has two candidates vying for the utility role and a big decision to make on his middle forward rotation.
- by Adam Pengilly, Michael Chammas and Christian Nicolussi
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CBD
Rabbitohs inherit the nation
Nation’s two highest offices now held by league tragics, while some big names flop for the senate and cannabis party’s hopes ride high.
- by Noel Towell and Helen Pitt
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Liberal Party
Why Bridget Archer is the jewel in the Libs’ tarnished crown
The re-elected member for Bass has shown her mettle both in the party room and in her electorate. She is now key to a moderate, Liberal revival.
- by Jenna Price
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Glory, glory to South Sydney as Albo sworn in by Hurley
It was a case of Rabbitohs #1 fan being sworn in as new leader by another Souths tragic.
- by Helen Pitt and Noel Towell
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Australia votes
Coalition and Labor may never win back the seats they lost
These monumental shifts in how Australians vote aren’t just a short-term “protest”. They reflect a growing detachment among millions of Australians from politics as usual.
- by Osman Faruqi
Opinion
Tax reform
What Treasury told the new treasurer... probably
When an incoming treasurer is briefed by top Treasury officials, they are often told uncomfortable truths. Here’s my fictional take on what Jim Chambers might have been told in recent days.
- by Jessica Irvine
Opinion
World politics
Climate shift: Albanese agenda warms bilateral relationship
Australia’s change of government will find accord on a facet of US relations, but the major preoccupation in Asia remains the same: China.
- by Peter Hartcher
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Climate policy
Climate action is the undisputed winner of the federal election
Parliament is set for an unprecedented shake-up after millions of voters put climate first at the ballot box, and all eyes are on what climate action can be achieved by the incoming government.
- by Tim Flannery
Opinion
Australia votes
A lesson for Labor: Why the people of Fowler rejected Keneally
Labor’s ham-fisted campaign to get Kristina Keneally elected revealed a disturbing lack of understanding of the cultural complexities in Fowler.
- by Cat-Thao Nguyen
Opinion
Wimbledon
Wimbledon ban ‘a damaging precedent’? Tell that to the people of Mariupol
By removing rankings points from Wimbledon, the ATP and the WTA are cutting off their noses to spite their faces.
- by Greg Baum
Analysis
Australian rugby
Senator ‘Bam Bam’: Pocock to enter a whole new ball game
David Pocock joins a growing list of top athletes entering politics. Can he make this transition work?
- by Georgina Robinson
Opinion
Real Footy Podcast
Key forwards have been the feature of the season so far. Which one would you choose?
This week on the Real Footy podcast, Michael Gleeson, Caroline Wilson and Jake Niall discuss which star forward they would pick for their team, if they could only have one.
Analysis
Australia votes
Peter Dutton likely to lead the opposition, but will he go the way of Brendan Nelson?
Peter Dutton is firming as the man most likely to lead the Coalition, but he will need to overcome voters’ perceptions of him and the rising independent vote.
- by James Massola
Opinion
Racism
Albanese is Italian? That’s not diversity
That a prime minister with white European ancestry is noteworthy shows how little progress we have made in this country on cultural diversity.
- by Ash Salardini
Analysis
AFL 2022
Putting the umpires on notice? Why Beveridge wants the ‘Astro-Naught’ to take flight
Footage of Sam Collins’ treatment of Aaron Naughton may have shown the Gold Coast Suns have little case to answer, but Bulldogs coach Luke Beveridge’s post-match comments have a bigger-picture feel.
- by Jon Pierik
Opinion
Casinos
Star Entertainment a sitting duck as it sinks into governance void
The casino operator is now just a hasty patchwork of interim executives, cobbled together to run a $3 billion company that’s increasingly vulnerable to an opportunistic takeover.
- by Elizabeth Knight
Opinion
Bills
Five ways the new government could help you to combat rising cost of living
The incoming federal government should promote and implement good policies to help us to help ourselves to combat the rising cost of living.
- by Joel Gibson
Opinion
Interest rates
Walking dead: The zombies may finally be killed off
Since the 2008 financial crisis, low interest rates have provided a lifeline for companies that might otherwise not have survived. But the tide is going out for these “zombie” companies.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
Opinion
World markets
The sharemarket crash has only just begun and it will hurt
Bear markets come and go but this one could be one of the worst in history.
- by Matthew Lynn
Analysis
Australia votes
Existential battle looms for Victorian Liberals as they digest wipeout
With as few as five out of 39 Victorian seats, the Liberal Party has been routed from the state that was its stronghold.
- by Josh Gordon
Opinion
Australia votes
A swift Liberal comeback is possible, if we react the right way
If the party listens to the messages from the electorate, it could go to the next election with optimism.
- by Simon Birmingham
Analysis
Australia votes
Hear me roar: how the female vote swung the election
Disaffected female voters drove the surge towards a progressive agenda. But while they moved away from the Coalition, they did not strongly endorse Labor either.
- by Jacqueline Maley
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City life
The future is going to be teal bright
Election day is over and the world turns.
- by Stephen Brook and Helen Pitt
Opinion
Australia votes
On the back of urgency on climate, Australia is tipping centre-left
Climate was a decisive issue in Saturday’s election - and not only in the teal seats.
- by Bob Carr
Opinion
Australia votes
Women who weren’t going to take it any more have changed Australian politics
The 2022 election result is a reckoning for the toxic culture that took hold in the Coalition – one unlikely to change until it embraces quotas.
- by Chris Wallace
Opinion
Australia votes
The most important line in Albanese’s victory speech signalled the end of an era
One reading of this election is that Australians now recognise they can no longer stay relaxed and comfortable.
- by Sean Kelly
Analysis
NRL 2022
NRL key takeouts: Round 11
It wasn’t just in Saturday’s federal election that Queensland made its presence felt. Here’s what else we learned from the weekend’s fixtures.
- by Dominic Bossi, Tom Decent, Christian Nicolussi, Adam Pengilly, Adrian Proszenko and Dan Walsh
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Australia votes
A tip for the new independents: look to the youth
For the past decade, during most of their teenage years all they have known is “nah”, it’s not possible, not going to happen, and we don’t believe you.
- by Cathy McGowan
Analysis
Australia votes
‘A much better cycle this time’: the polls make a comeback
After a big miss in 2019, all major opinion polls correctly predicted Labor’s victory in 2022.
- by Matt Wade
Analysis
Australia votes
Labor failed to gain seats in Queensland, but it’s not all bad news for Albo
On the face of it, Labor did not do too well in Queensland. But dig a little deeper and it’s not all doom and gloom for Prime Minister-elect Anthony Albanese.
- by Cameron Atfield
Analysis
Australia votes
Anthony Albanese must balance expectations with reality
Anthony Albanese cannot deliver everything his supporters want. No Labor leader ever can. Expectations are always too great when progressive parties sweep into office.
- by David Crowe
Opinion
Josh Frydenberg
Frydenberg, vanquished, struggles to comprehend the depth of disaster
The outgoing treasurer appears baffled by the political disaster that has consigned him and his party to the wilderness.
- by Tony Wright
Editorial
Anthony Albanese
Albanese wins a clear mandate for inclusive but cautious change
The ALP has the opportunity to end the nasty culture and climate wars of the past decade. But its mandate on economic policy is for incremental reforms.
- The Herald's View
Canberra or Christchurch: Finals picture shows value of Waratahs win
There are no easy pathways when you get to the quarter-final stages, but some are harder than others.
- by Paul Cully
Opinion
Australia votes
Albanese’s road to the Lodge was paved by Mark McGowan
Sandgropers again bucked the national trend, but this time swung hard towards Labor and Anthony Albanese. That road was cleared, graded, paved and marked by Mark McGowan.
- by Gareth Parker
Opinion
Australia votes
Why having Labor in charge shouldn’t be your biggest fear
How is an Albanese government going to perform? Not as well as the new government’s supporters hope, but not as badly as its opponents predicted.
- by Ross Gittins
Analysis
Australia votes
Perth turns red as Labor delivers election bloodbath in WA
The entire Perth metro region, aside from Canning MP Andrew Hastie’s electorate, has turned red and for the first time since 1998 two Labor MP’s received a primary vote above 50 per cent.
- by Hamish Hastie
Opinion
Australia votes
If I were Albanese here’s what I’d be praying for
An outcome where the Greens or the teals impose a much more adequate policy on climate change on Labor might not be a bad thing.
- by Ross Gittins
Opinion
Australia votes
Can Labor deliver its promised federal ICAC by Christmas?
Labor has promised to pass legislation establishing a national anti-corruption commission by the end of the year. Is this feasible?
- by Yee-Fui Ng
Opinion
Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Sadness behind the smile: Shireen Abu Akleh, a voice for Palestine
It is fitting that Shireen was given a state memorial service. She was a role model for millions of women who grew up watching her on television.
- by Sherine Salama
Opinion
Scott Morrison
Questions of character dominated campaign as shape-shifting PM tried on new personae
Whether character is fixed or not was a theme of the last six weeks.
- by Jacqueline Maley
Opinion
NRL 2022
Barrett knew axe could fall if Dogs lost to Knights
Reports that Trent Barrett was blindsided by a Bulldogs board meeting to discuss his future and sacked by football manager Phil Gould are far from the truth.
- by Danny Weidler
Opinion
Courts
McLachlan’s defamation retreat won’t stop other men suing to silence women
Women have fought for centuries for the right to speak out against abusers, but defamation law remains as a refuge for powerful men,
- by Jessica Lake
Opinion
Australia votes
Morrison’s legacy will be a shadow of his predecessors
If your next dinner party is getting dull and charades no longer amuses, try this for a laugh: run through recent prime ministers and capture their careers in just a few words.
- by Jon Faine
Opinion
Superannuation
The tax trick everyone earning more than $45,000 needs to know
As the end of the financial year approaches, it’s time for everyone, particularly those earning more than $45,000 a year, to have a good look at the tax savings available on money funnelled into superannuation.
- by Jessica Irvine
Opinion
Five Minutes with Fitz
‘The man who murdered the Logies’: Julia Morris on Tom Gleeson, the Logies and life
The comedian and actress is nominated for a Gold Logie – and is pitching for it go to a woman this year.
- by Peter FitzSimons
Opinion
Australia votes
The class of 2022 will be the voters of 2025 – and they’ll have plenty of reasons to cast their ballots
If you’re under 18, don’t think you can’t become engaged in our democracy.
- by Daisy Turnbull
Opinion
Parental leave
The new parliament must address paid parental leave
Australia’s policy no longer meets the diverse needs of many families. Parents should get six months of gender-neutral paid parental leave to encourage shared care.
- by Lisa Annese
Analysis
Australia votes
Victoria now the fading jewel in the Liberal crown
Many Victorians felt abandoned by the Coalition during the pandemic, particularly by Treasurer Josh Frydenberg, and now they’ve returned the favour - deserting the party in droves.
- by Josh Gordon