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DCE is a $1.5m halfback who can play until he’s 40. So who is getting a bargain?

DCE is a $1.5m halfback who can play until he’s 40. So who is getting a bargain?

The Daly Cherry-Evans news nearly knocked me over on Monday night, and I’m exactly like everyone else: wondering why he can’t finish his career as...

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Andrew Johns

Dutton says he’s ‘on the cusp’ of power. Time for his close-up

Dutton says he’s ‘on the cusp’ of power. Time for his close-up

Peter Dutton is ready for his close-up. But will enough Australians like what they see? The government, via its budget, has fired its last shot...

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Shaun Carney

I earn lots, but can’t stop comparing myself to others. What do I do?

I earn lots, but can’t stop comparing myself to others. What do I do?

My partner and I are high-income earners in the top income tax bracket. I know we’re doing well, but I can’t stop from comparing myself to others...

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Paridhi Jain

How do we gift money to our grandson without hurting our pension?

How do we gift money to our grandson without hurting our pension?

My wife and I are on a part age pension. Our total assessable assets are $490,000 – this includes $30,000 in household contents and $460,000 in...

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Noel Whittaker

Listen: Modest budget full of sweeteners, no ‘grand message’

Listen: Modest budget full of sweeteners, no ‘grand message’

Jim Chalmers has targeted the cost of services – such as GP visits and pharmaceutical drugs – offered another energy rebate, and served a...

yesterday 10

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Shane Wright

Albanese and Dutton are bidding to buy your vote, with no regard for the price

Albanese and Dutton are bidding to buy your vote, with no regard for the price

Australians are about to be invited to an auction in which Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton bid for votes with competing claims about personal tax...

yesterday 8

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David Crowe

It’s jaw-dropping gall from team Trump, who just can’t admit a mistake

It’s jaw-dropping gall from team Trump, who just can’t admit a mistake

Washington: Identifying the most unbelievable part of the so-called Signal-gate scandal that exposed advance details of US military strikes on...

yesterday 8

The Age

Michael Koziol

Think you’re too young for self-managed super? Maybe not

Think you’re too young for self-managed super? Maybe not

Ever felt like personal finance is an endless pool of acronyms? Trust me, you’re not alone. One that often piques curiosity is SMSFs – self-managed...

yesterday 8

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Daniel Zaffino

Should politicians be banned from owning multiple properties?

Should politicians be banned from owning multiple properties?

Imagine a football match where the two teams were the Liberal Party and the Labor Party – but instead of just playing, they were also the umpires....

yesterday 9

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William Bennett

In Australia’s energy dilemma, Japan may end up selling us our own gas

In Australia’s energy dilemma, Japan may end up selling us our own gas

With energy bills set to soar again this year, it is no wonder the Albanese government announced a fresh round of subsidies in Tuesday night’s...

yesterday 1

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Colin Kruger

We’re becoming dumb and dumber – welcome to the idiocracy

We’re becoming dumb and dumber – welcome to the idiocracy

In news that won’t shock anyone who engages with comments on social media or Married at First Sight, human intelligence is declining. The Financial...

yesterday 2

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Cherie Gilmour

Bloated and out of control, Victoria’s spending puts thousands of jobs on the line

Bloated and out of control, Victoria’s spending puts thousands of jobs on the line

On a Friday afternoon before a long weekend, the Victorian government quietly administered the last rites to the Tim Pallas era with the release of...

yesterday 10

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Chip Le Grand

I hid my epilepsy for years, but brain surgery released me from misunderstood disease

I hid my epilepsy for years, but brain surgery released me from misunderstood disease

It’s been 18 years since I stopped waking every morning thinking “when is it going to happen?” When will my next seizure occur? And how will I...

yesterday 7

The Age

Wally Lewis

Why our former PMs should speak up, not shut up

Why our former PMs should speak up, not shut up

Should Malcolm Turnbull just shut up? It’s a question the former prime minister faced this month when he appeared on The Project to talk about...

yesterday 6

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Matthew Knott

One last push, and the Socceroos can book their spot at the 2026 World Cup

One last push, and the Socceroos can book their spot at the 2026 World Cup

World Cup qualifiers for the Socceroos are typically nerve-wracking, stomach-churning affairs. Long nights and/or early mornings filled with dread...

yesterday 6

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Vince Rugari

An extra $5 a week might not be much, but it’s intelligent

An extra $5 a week might not be much, but it’s intelligent

The federal budget’s headline tax cuts are best described as breadcrumbs. They’re tiny, one eventually leads to another, and they’re supposed to...

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Peter Hartcher

The budget that nobody wanted ... and nobody might get

The budget that nobody wanted ... and nobody might get

Forget Paul Keating’s famous invocation of the “recession we had to have”. This is the budget we had to have when we really didn’t expect to have a...

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Jacqueline Maley

The government is timid, uninspired and uninspiring. This budget fits it perfectly

The government is timid, uninspired and uninspiring. This budget fits it perfectly

If you’re having trouble working up much interest in the budget, don’t feel bad. It’s not you, it’s the government. So much fuss is made about the...

previous day 10

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Ross Gittins

Was this really the budget we needed? Our experts deliver their verdicts

Was this really the budget we needed? Our experts deliver their verdicts

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Treasurer Jim Chalmers has announced tax cuts as the headline measure in his fourth...

previous day 1

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Shane Wright

Chalmers didn’t give much away. The real gift could come later this year

Chalmers didn’t give much away. The real gift could come later this year

Michele Bullock and her new board of monetary policy experts at the Reserve Bank can breathe a sigh of relief. Jim Chalmers’ fourth budget could...

previous day 8

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Shane Wright

Bleed for the Bulls: What really happened behind the Khawaja blow-up

Bleed for the Bulls: What really happened behind the Khawaja blow-up

When Usman Khawaja walks out to bat in the Sheffield Shield final, he will have the opportunity to make runs in front of his fiercest critic....

previous day 9

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Daniel Brettig

Ugly reality of beauty industry demands urgent makeover

Ugly reality of beauty industry demands urgent makeover

“Magic mirror on the wall, who is the fairest one of all?” On one level, the fairytale of Snow White – back in the cinemas since last week – is the...

previous day 9

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The Age&x27S View

Trump is everywhere in the budget, but you won’t find his name

Trump is everywhere in the budget, but you won’t find his name

Call it the “he who shall not be named” budget. Donald Trump looms over this year’s economic statement like a menacing spectre, threatening to...

previous day 9

The Age

Matthew Knott

Are you a winner or a loser in this budget?

Are you a winner or a loser in this budget?

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. The budget has been handed down, promising relief on income tax, power bills and...

previous day 10

The Age

Paul Sakkal

The budget explained in seven charts

The budget explained in seven charts

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Treasurer Jim Chalmers has delivered his fourth budget amid what he calls a “new...

previous day 10

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Matt Wade

On this occasion, Victorian voters have little cause for complaint

On this occasion, Victorian voters have little cause for complaint

Victoria will benefit from an additional $14.45 billion during the next four years as Treasurer Jim Chalmers seeks to ease fiscal pressure on the...

previous day 2

The Age

Chip Le Grand

Is the world’s hottest company losing its mojo?

Is the world’s hottest company losing its mojo?

A year ago, Nvidia was one of Wall Street’s hottest stocks. The semiconductor giant, already a dominant force in the video game graphics market...

previous day 1

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Tim Biggs

Who really ‘invented Wi-Fi’, and the problem of Australian science innovation

Who really ‘invented Wi-Fi’, and the problem of Australian science innovation

Examine, a free weekly newsletter covering science with a sceptical, evidence-based eye, is sent every Tuesday. You’re reading an excerpt – sign...

previous day 2

The Age

Liam Mannix

Inside the circus that led to Daly Cherry-Evans’ bombshell Manly exit

Inside the circus that led to Daly Cherry-Evans’ bombshell Manly exit

As Manly scramble to persuade Daly Cherry-Evans to stay at the club, the fact remains they had never tabled a formal offer for their...

previous day 2

The Age

Michael Chammas

Princess of the people? Meghan’s new fashion venture misses the mark

Princess of the people? Meghan’s new fashion venture misses the mark

Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, has shrugged off the last vestiges of a noble life, trading access to the crown jewels to spruik a symphony of beige and...

previous day 1

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Damien Woolnough

How the budget affects you – from students to retirees

How the budget affects you – from students to retirees

Australians saddled with rising health costs, power bills and mortgage repayments are the target of Treasurer Jim Chalmers’ fourth budget, as Labor...

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Natassia Chrysanthos

The greatest threat to America’s security? Donald Trump’s inept inner circle

The greatest threat to America’s security? Donald Trump’s inept inner circle

News broke on Tuesday that senior members of the Trump administration were using the encrypted messaging app Signal to plan major military strikes...

previous day 6

The Age

Cory Alpert

Joe Rogan won’t give us all measles but he’s one part of a bigger problem

Joe Rogan won’t give us all measles but he’s one part of a bigger problem

Measles outbreaks are occurring around the world, including in Australia. With the new Trump administration white-anting vaccine confidence and...

previous day 4

The Age

Julie Leask

Adolescence is heartbreaking and brilliant. But it has one crucial flaw

Adolescence is heartbreaking and brilliant. But it has one crucial flaw

Warning: This column contains spoilers. It’s wonderful that the internet is lighting up over the new Netflix series Adolescence . This intimate,...

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The Age

Steve Biddulph

More than half of NRL clubs could benefit from DCE. Where will he end up?

More than half of NRL clubs could benefit from DCE. Where will he end up?

Daly Cherry-Evans’ shock decision to leave Manly has put the NRL on high alert. A strong case could be made for more than half the clubs to sign...

previous day 1

The Age

Adrian Proszenko

The Trump turmoil has handed China a golden opportunity

The Trump turmoil has handed China a golden opportunity

Steve Brice had just returned from meeting prospective investors in Jakarta, Surabaya and Manila when he saw what US President Donald Trump would...

previous day 1

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Chris Price

Day by day, Trump’s America becomes more like Xi’s China

Day by day, Trump’s America becomes more like Xi’s China

For three or four decades, the fashionable consensus in the West was that China was becoming more like the West. Once the Chinese people enjoyed...

previous day 10

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Peter Hartcher

Why Waratahs-Brumbies cracker could cost McKellar, Larkham Wallabies job … for now

Why Waratahs-Brumbies cracker could cost McKellar, Larkham Wallabies job … for now

The Waratahs-Brumbies game on Saturday was a firecracker: intense, seesawing and with moments of real quality. It made you want to see the teams go...

monday 1

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Paul Cully

‘He wants to break us’: Canada’s newbie PM calls snap election as Trump looms large

‘He wants to break us’: Canada’s newbie PM calls snap election as Trump looms large

Washington: Canadians will go to the polls at the end of April in an election that will be as much about another country as it is their own. The...

monday 10

The Age

Michael Koziol

The ‘ghost jobs’ that could be harming Australia’s future

The ‘ghost jobs’ that could be harming Australia’s future

Ghost ads – listings for jobs that don’t actually exist – are a nuisance for jobseekers. They linger for months, dupe eager applicants to pursue...

monday 2

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Chris Zappone

How a stainless-steel monster became the world’s most hated car

How a stainless-steel monster became the world’s most hated car

New Orleans’ Mardi Gras festival celebrates weirdness, but among the costumes, masks and bacchanalian partying, one newcomer at this year’s...

monday 10

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James Titcomb

Working from home is part of the new normal. Bosses need to lay off

Working from home is part of the new normal. Bosses need to lay off

Headlines about major employers “ordering” their employees back to the office suggest Australia is in full-scale retreat from working from home....

monday 2

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Trent Wiltshire

Major Australian healthcare provider can’t pay bills with time running out

Major Australian healthcare provider can’t pay bills with time running out

A big “For Sale” sign has gone up outside dozens of Australia’s private hospitals, but the real concern is why. Healthscope, operator of the...

monday 1

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Colin Kruger

The politics of gratitude: How Trump insists on thanks from foreign leaders

The politics of gratitude: How Trump insists on thanks from foreign leaders

Washington: After US President Donald Trump spoke on the phone with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky last week, the White House wanted to...

monday 9

The Age

Erica L. Green

I was a professional cleaner. Here are all the things men do wrong

I was a professional cleaner. Here are all the things men do wrong

The issue of men and housework is suddenly current, or current again, or current still, thanks to the latest Household, Income and Labour Dynamics...

monday 8

The Age

Jacqueline Wilson

Trend or mirage? The AFL teams whose form you can trust

Trend or mirage? The AFL teams whose form you can trust

We are often guilty of handing out praise for clubs that scoop up a bevy of recruits in the player movement period, and can be critical when rivals...

monday 20

The Age

Marc Mcgowan

Forget Tuesday’s budget. Trump’s liberation day will shape the world

Forget Tuesday’s budget. Trump’s liberation day will shape the world

Tuesday’s federal budget is vital to the re-election chances of Anthony Albanese. But the political importance of March 25 is likely to be...

monday 2

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Shane Wright

Xi’s plan to make China a football power is failing. Australia can deliver the killer blow

Xi’s plan to make China a football power is failing. Australia can deliver the killer blow

It has been a decade since China announced an ambitious 50-point reform plan to bring to life the “football dream” of avid fan President Xi...

monday 5

The Age

Vince Rugari

In my suburb we’re not snobs. But we look down on Black Rock and Brighton

In my suburb we’re not snobs. But we look down on Black Rock and Brighton

Thirty-five years ago, we were looking to move out of our house in South Frankston, complete with a swimming pool, to somewhere in Melbourne’s...

monday 20

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Colin Hill

Goodwin’s candour invites unwanted attention on Gawn but empathy can’t be faulted

Goodwin’s candour invites unwanted attention on Gawn but empathy can’t be faulted

“I’m not going to go into the details, but he’s someone that ... there’s footy, and there’s some stuff in life. We’ve just got to understand that...

monday 4

The Age

Jake Niall