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Apple’s cautious step into a brave new world

Will the launch of Apple’s extended reality headset provide the long-awaited breakthrough for what many see as the future of computing? Probably...

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Stephen Bartholomeusz

Working from home? Tax time just got a lot trickier

Taxpayers will have to go to a lot more trouble to claim working-from-home expenses in their returns this financial year, with the tax office...

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John Collett

Four Pies, no Brownlow winners: Who makes the mid-year All-Australian side?

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Jake Niall

Demand for low deposit home loan scheme expected to boom

Prospective home buyers looking to secure a place in the government’s low deposit home loan scheme have been told to get a move on, with the...

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John Collett

It’s careful, forensic and devastating, but is the Ben Roberts-Smith judgment appeal-proof?

The full judgment from Justice Anthony Besanko in the Ben Roberts-Smith defamation case is not just damaging for Australia’s most decorated...

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Michael Bachelard

Private schools are crying poor – but trust me, they can afford a new tax

We like to think we are very egalitarian in Australia, but this isn’t reflected in our education system. I would sum up our education using three...

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Emma Rowe

Renters like me are ignored by policymakers, and I think I know why

My flatmate and I have a funny ritual to keep the rent down. It involves a sneeze-inducing chemical and kneeling before our shower drain every two...

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Millie Muroi

Why the world is turning away from the US dollar

All around the world, a backlash is brewing against the hegemony of the US dollar. Brazil and China recently struck a deal to settle trade in their...

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Michelle Jamrisko

Democracies’ twin mission crystallises: A Russia defeated, a China deterred

When the war is over, Ukraine’s defence minister is planning to resign his post and head to Australia and New Zealand as soon as possible. “I...

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Peter Hartcher

No heroes any more? Yes there are, you just need to know where to look

We human beings need a moral centre, a set of core values and principles to guide our behaviour and help us make ethical decisions. Without a moral...

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Kerri Sackville

How a ‘lollipop’ just shook up the world of oil

The OPEC oil cartel is showing signs of the tensions generated by a slump in oil prices in which the Western sanctions on Russia’s oil output...

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Stephen Bartholomeusz

Mid-season report: Green shoots for Giants as Tom and Toby lead the way

As much as first-season coach Adam Kingsley would hate this, it has been a season of honourable losses for the Giants, who were poor in two of...

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Andrew Wu

Mid-season report: After a slow start, Freo is really starting to heave ho

Fremantle came in cold to the 2023 season, kicking off their campaign with back-to-back losses to St Kilda and North Melbourne. Yet after...

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Marnie Vinall

Mid-season report: Suns must bridge the chasm between rousing best and ‘wet-lettuce’ worst

After 12 years in the competition, and with coach Stuart Dew in his seventh year at the helm, the Suns set themselves a clear target at the...

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Andrew Stafford

Mid-season report: Port’s stunning turn from untenable to unbelievable

Stung into action by their shock last-quarter Showdown meltdown, Port Adelaide have barely put a foot wrong for two months as they charge up the...

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Steve Barrett

Why Tottenham Hotspur is a perfect project for Ange Postecoglou

Some things are written in the stars. In the case of Ange Postecoglou’s impending move to Tottenham Hotspur, it’s written at the bottom of the...

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Vince Rugari

Mid-season report: Sydney take a swan dive down the ladder

The Swans have been one of the major disappointments this year. Injuries have hit them hard, particularly to their key position ranks, but do not...

yesterday 1

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Andrew Wu

Three out of 10: Why Carlton’s top-end talent is producing bottom-end results

A season that began with high hopes enters the midway point close to despair. The Blues are under fire from the board down. Fans are losing faith...

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Andrew Wu

Mid-season report: Reality bites for struggling North

The Kangaroos’ defeat to Essendon on Sunday means they have won only 11 of 73 games since the start of the 2020 season, which makes for hideous...

yesterday 1

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Marc Mcgowan

Mid-season report: After a poor start, young Hawks show benefits of call to strip the list

A dismal first half against Port Adelaide on Saturday revived memories of the doom-and-gloom forecasts after Hawthorn’s two substandard efforts...

yesterday 1

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Marc Mcgowan

Mid-season report: Has a soft draw flattered the Demons?

Sitting top four with seven wins from 12 games, on face value it’s been a positive first half of the season for the Demons. But the reality is...

yesterday 1

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Damien Ractliffe

Mid-season report: Charlie, Dunkley and Daniher have Lions roaring

After dropping two of their first three games in a shaky start to the season, the Lions have roared into the front rank of flag contenders. They...

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Andrew Stafford

Mid-season report: Crows flying with newfound flair

The light at the end of a very long tunnel is suddenly shining, with Adelaide’s rebuild clicking hard into overdrive in 2023. Some truly sizzling...

yesterday 1

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Steve Barrett

Blues clues: The rookie, the veteran and the impact of Cleary’s Origin blow

A barely blooded NSW No.7 or a battle-hardened veteran, back for his first Origin in seven years, will be tasked with saving the Blues Origin...

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Dan Walsh

The seven reasons Adam Reynolds could wear NSW’s No.7 shirt

There are seven key reasons NSW coach Brad Fittler could end Adam Reynolds seven-year Origin exile and get the in-form Brisbane halfback back in...

yesterday 2

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Christian Nicolussi

Mid-season report: Scott a chance - young Bombers surprise finals contenders

Many AFL pundits had Essendon pegged for a bottom-four finish this year, but at the halfway point of the season, this young side looks a finals...

yesterday 2

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Marnie Vinall

It’s just the beginning for the four-day week, but even Bunnings will see if it works

Most of us are looking forward to a rare long weekend. But some Australians now enjoy a four-day week every week. They’re lucky enough to work for...

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John Hopkins

Folbigg pardon has long-term implications for justice in NSW

Kathleen Folbigg has now walked into that nether world between guilt and innocence. The Hunter Valley woman convicted of killing her four children...

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Bombers on the improve, Magpies depth to be tested: Key takeouts from round 12

The key takeout from Friday night was the Footy Record. Otherwise, this was a match to forget. It was low-scoring, error-ridden and lacked any of...

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Greg Baum

Warning bells ringing for Australian Super Rugby sides

Significant improvements are needed by the Brumbies, Waratahs and Reds in the space of a week to ensure it isn’t an all-New Zealand competition...

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Paul Cully

Ashes spy drama: Why Stokes will need all his wiles to overcome England injuries

It’s just as well that England’s captain Ben Stokes got the chance to hang out with Oscar-winner Gary Oldman for his birthday. The way...

yesterday 7

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Daniel Brettig

Mid-season report: Missing link sees Tiger plans derailed

This was always to be an all-in year for Richmond. The arrival of two ready-to-go midfield recruits in Tim Taranto and Jacob Hopper was designed to...

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Michael Gleeson

Mid-season report: Pies go from mystery to eyeing history

Collingwood was the mystery coming into the season. It was hard to read whether so many close wins in the 2022 season flattered them or if their...

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Michael Gleeson

Mid-season report: ‘Ross the Boss’ returns to lead St Kilda’s resurrection

It’s been a remarkable start in the second coming of coach Ross Lyon at the Saints after a tumultuous end to the previous year. He restumped,...

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Peter Ryan

Mid-season report: Key injuries, slow start put Cats’ premiership defence on the brink

The defending premiers knew they would start slowly but hoped to build into the season with enough wins on the board at the halfway point to put...

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Peter Ryan

Mid-season report: Eagles’ injury list ‘as long as the Nullarbor’

Rival clubs thought that if the Eagles could stay healthy, and their senior players performed well, they were capable of a mid-table finish. That...

yesterday 1

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Jon Pierik

Mid-season report: Top-four challenge looms for Bevo’s Bulldogs

Back-to-back defeats of 50 and 51 points to start the season had many – including the Bulldogs’ brass – wondering what had gone wrong. That...

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Jon Pierik

Smaller powers find their voice at the Shangri-La

Singapore: The most controversial moment of this year’s Shangri-La Dialogue was not the United States demanding that China pick up the phone, or...

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Eryk Bagshaw

Don’t be conned by the PR spin: The AFL is no exemplar on racism

The latest failure of the AFL to resolve allegations of racism in the sport it oversees provides a cautionary tale of what happens when we do not...

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Barry Judd

Big business cries poor on wages even as profits mount

Don’t believe anyone – not even a governor of the Reserve Bank – trying to tell you the Fair Work Commission’s decision to increase minimum...

yesterday 1

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Ross Gittins

Wall-to-wall coverage, but no uniformity in media’s treatment of Roberts-Smith

Justice Anthony Besanko’s dispassionate tone gave nothing away about the force of the judgment he was delivering in Ben Roberts-Smith’s...

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Nick Bonyhady

Revamped Central Station will help revitalise a great city

Redevelopment of railway stations in CBDs can revitalise great cities and Sydney train users have had their first glimpse of the future with the...

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No time to lose for Albanese, but there’s a clear and present danger for Dutton

Amid all the factors that might affect a government’s ability to govern well, a broad and simple one sits at the top: the luck of governing at...

yesterday 2

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Sean Kelly

Four Points: De Goey bump raises questions, Tigers show bite but Dogs disappoint

Jordan De Goey has never made it through a full season of games so on that score there was a sense of inevitability that something would come up to...

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Michael Gleeson

Warner’s Test exit a harbinger of franchise future

Taking pride of place on David Warner’s bat in photos promoting the showpiece World Championship final of cricket’s oldest format is a harbinger...

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Daniel Brettig

The case for Cody: Why Walker can help save NSW - without leaving a fingerprint

Every so often, a player will throw a pass and it happens so quickly you swear if the good folk with CSI: Miami had been called in even they might...

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Adam Pengilly

Mums and dads, are you guilty of ‘sharenting’? In France it’s a crime

The French have an unnerving (to me) way of doing certain things very well. French women don’t get fat, because they only eat three mouthfuls of...

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Daisy Turnbull

We should be losing the plot over this grave real estate crisis

Owning property has long been sold as the great Australian dream. Now the frenzy is not just about finding somewhere affordable to live; there’s...

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Antoinette Lattouf

Being an international student is not all bad. Some of it is terrible

In the summer of 2006, my family had taken the day off only to usher me towards the promise of a big bright future in which I was about to scale...

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Daksh Tyagi

Make YIMBYs cool to take the heat out of housing inferno

It is a year for divisive debates – the kind that pit generations against one another and make people hateful and racist. While you’d think the...

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Parnell Palme Mcguinness

Cashback hack: The genius opportunity saving me big money (for free)

In these tight times, I’ve become hyper-motivated by getting something for nothing. Anything for nothing, in fact. Points are now frequently...

previous day 10

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Nicole Pedersen-Mckinnon

Influential Dragons lobby Doust to change his tune on Flanagan

With Jason Ryles having knocked back St George Illawarra to sign with the Storm, influential Dragons are trying to soften the anti-Shane Flanagan...

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Danny Weidler

‘I loved books as a child. Never did I imagine that I would become a writer’

Running my finger across the red hardback book cover, I would stop to trace the slightly indented title, The Pink Ballet Slippers. The words were...

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Jessica Rowe

Rich list season gives glimpse inside the world of the ultra-wealthy

It’s Rich List season, and according to the various stocktakes of wealth that have been published recently around the world, it’s been a tough...

previous day 9

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Andrew Hornery

‘The Liberals’ future is in doubt’: Kerry O’Brien on politics, racism and (not) going grey

Kerry Michael O’Brien, one of Australia’s most respected broadcasters, won six Walkley Awards in his storied 30-year ABC career. He recently...

previous day 9

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Peter Fitzsimons

Shiv was no feminist. In Succession’s dark gender politics, it wasn’t an option

Was there ever a more pathetic cry? “I’m the eldest boy!” shouts Kendall Roy, the actually not-quite-eldest boy of the dead yet ever-present...

previous day 9

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Jacqueline Maley

Guard rails are needed around proliferation of AI

Scientific progress often comes with its moral quandaries. So it is with artificial intelligence, which promises to revolutionise our lives and...

previous day 10

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Flying mullets and captain’s knocks: The Australian Super Rugby team of the season

Eddie Jones probably has more questions than answers. The Wallabies coach said at the start of the year that players would select or deselect...

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Paul Cully

The two words that convinced Roxy Jacenko to quit Sydney

Roxy who? These are the two words Sydney media magnet Roxy Jacenko says convinced her to quit Sydney, where she has scaled the dizzying heights of...

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Andrew Hornery

Exciting yet invisible, Sydney sell-off leaves grand final flat

Even the people of Vanuatu enjoyed a superior A-League Men’s grand final experience to those in Australia supporting ‘home’ team Melbourne City....

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Emma Kemp

Seriously, how else was Origin I going to end?

Rugby league is a simple game. Twenty-six men chase a ball for 80 minutes and at the end, the Queenslanders always win. Yes, with apologies to Gary...

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Peter Fitzsimons

How much do retirees really live on in Australia?

As retirement approaches, one of the biggest concerns people have is determining the amount of money they need to sustain a comfortable lifestyle...

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Bec Wilson

Blues coach concedes ‘we are not good enough’ as ‘ticking timebomb’ lingers

A lot of people are hurting at Carlton, even if they are mostly putting on brave faces. Patrick Cripps’ mum is one of them. Harry McKay’s mum,...

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Marc Mcgowan

The season so far: The stars, the shocks, and all the big moments

Whether it be the dash of Collingwood’s Nick Daicos or the eloquence of Darcy Moore, the poise of the Western Bulldogs’ Marcus Bontempelli, the...

saturday 5

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Jon Pierik

Why my friend Stan Grant got under Australia’s skin

My earliest memory of my friend Stan Grant being placed in an uncomfortable position because of the colour of his skin is from the 1990 federal...

saturday 5

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George Megalogenis

Why you should think twice before paying your parent’s aged care deposit

Most people who move into an aged care home are market price payers, which means that they pay the price agreed with the home for their...

saturday 5

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Rachel Lane

Dutton’s race to the bottom distorts the Voice

Not everything that Peter Dutton said about the Indigenous Voice to parliament is false or misleading. For instance, in the course of the past...

saturday 6

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Peter Hartcher

How unreliable emotional responses could hurt your career

Emotions frequently cloud judgements. You can see it in the workplace with people who storm out of their jobs, or perhaps worse than that, cling on...

saturday 6

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Jim Bright

NSW wins the blame game, Queensland wins the brain game

Whenever New South Wales lose an Origin match as they lost on Wednesday – like three-quarters of the matches played since 1980 – the entire...

02.06.2023 5

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Malcolm Knox

A letter from Dennis Lillee was my husband’s most treasured possession – then he lost it

When my husband was 12, he wrote to Dennis Lillee. Standard but heartfelt fare: I was at the MCG when you bowled Viv Richards off the last ball of...

02.06.2023 10

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Kate Halfpenny

Why do we engage with the machinery of atrocity?

More than two years after Myanmar’s military staged a coup d’etat and plunged the country into a new round of bloody civil war, Australia’s...

02.06.2023 3

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David Scott Mathieson

Reputation over rank: Where was the command over this culture?

02.06.2023 5

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Chris Masters

I’m a terrible tiger mum, but that makes me a good enough parent

There are three things in my life I thought I’d be absolutely brilliant at, but I turned out to be terrible. The first was surfing. The second...

02.06.2023 7

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Sophie Gee

Roberts-Smith belongs in the War Memorial, but as a villain not a hero

Ben Roberts-Smith remains lionised in the Australian War Memorial, and he keeps his Victoria Cross, despite a civil court finding this week that he...

02.06.2023 5

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Ben Saul

Affordable housing? Build (in the right place) and they will come

People have been complaining about the unaffordability of houses for as long as I’ve been a journalist. In all that time, governments have...

02.06.2023 3

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Ross Gittins

Chain of command breaks when esteem outstrips rank on the battlefield

Exposure of a war criminal within the ranks is an onerous and telling revelation for the Australian Defence Force. But the damage must be...

02.06.2023 1

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The Herald&x27S View

Why Fair Work’s wage decision reveals Australia’s biggest economic shortcoming

The 5.75 per cent lift in the wage rates for a fifth of the working population goes to the heart of the economic issues facing Australia. There was...

02.06.2023 10

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Shane Wright

Vladimir Putin no longer has the money or the kit to sustain a modern war

Sanctions against Russia have been the unsung success story of the advanced democracies. Vladimir Putin’s ability to wage military war against...

02.06.2023 3

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Ambrose Evans-Pritchard

From the four walls to the fat side: Cutting through footy jargon

A kid I went to school with walked out of a maths class with a confused expression on his face. Stumped by talk of derivatives, coefficients and...

02.06.2023 10

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Andrew Wu

After Origin, the Origin auditions: Expert breakdown of NRL round 14 matches

Friday 8pm, Campbelltown Sports Stadium Jarrod Croker’s would-be 300th NRL game will have to wait another week with Canberra coach Ricky Stuart...

02.06.2023 7

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Billie Eder

Avoiding extremes, Albanese defines his approach to Beijing as the middle ground

Singapore: The prime minister has laid out his vision for Australia’s most pressing foreign policy challenge: managing the rise of China. This is...

02.06.2023 9

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Eryk Bagshaw

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