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Ben Stokes’ leadership is fracturing. Has it cracked or fully shattered?

There has been a cult of personality around the England captain for years. When cults of personality collapse, they do so suddenly and in the most...

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Malcolm Knox

Looking for a Christmas Day movie? Try A Dingo Ate My Christmas Spirit

There are great Christmas movies to enjoy this time of year. And then there are the offerings from Hallmark – an industry unto itself.

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Shane Wright

The Doomsday Clock: Counting down to the next apocalypse

You can dismiss this timepiece trope as a gimmick, but you’d do so at your own intellectual risk.

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Andreas Kluth

Sometimes, childlike wonder points to something adults don’t allow ourselves to see

Nearly 92 per cent of us believe that people have a soul or spirit or that there’s something beyond this world.

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Abby Mccloskey

Remember Elon Musk’s DOGE? Here’s how it caused so much chaos but saved so little money

The group’s biggest claims were largely incorrect, while its many smaller cuts added up to few savings.

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Emily Badger

I’m not going to judge Ben Duckett for drinking. I did the same

I am not going to point the finger at a group of young people who have had a few beers on a couple of days off.

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Michael Vaughan

Who suffers FOMO any more? I’m more likely to have ROMO

Ever found out that you had two things on at the same time, and secretly felt relief that the gods had given you an excuse to skip one?

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Claire Heaney

There’s a place near you where problems are solved. You can even borrow a book

All my life, visits to the library were relatively transactional. I picked out books as a kid then, later, CDs as teenager and took them home to...

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Brodie Lancaster

America’s increasingly ‘K-shaped’ economy is difficult to reconcile

It’s difficult to reconcile US data that showed the economy was growing at a breakneck speed in the September quarter despite a deteriorating...

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Stephen Bartholomeusz

From sinister to prime minister? The surprise candidate putting his hand up to lead Thailand

In this post-truth, Trumpian world, seemingly nothing can stop a political career. A few years in a Sydney jail back in the 1990s certainly failed...

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Michael Ruffles

I’ve seen jihadist training camps on the island visited by the Bondi shooters. The memory will never leave me

Mindanao, the second-largest island in the Philippines, has white beaches, turquoise waters, and a lush tropical hinterland. It could be up there...

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Irris Makler

After Bondi Beach, Christmas can show human nature at its best

It will be in our children’s eyes. Bright with expectation and sure something magical is about to occur, their smiles are always wider at...

yesterday 9

The Herald&x27S View

Holidays are cheaper, thanks to the RBA. Here’s why

If you’re reading this from an overseas destination – or planning to jet overseas these holidays – kudos, first of all, for keeping up with the...

yesterday 9

Millie Muroi

Flawed strategy, ill-advised batting, bowling like millionaires: How England got it so wrong

Robert Falcon Scott’s Terra Nova expedition to the South Pole in 1910 stands as a stark example of how overconfidence in a flawed strategy can lead...

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Greg Chappell

Loss of Russian, Venezuelan oil a drop in ocean for world’s crude glut

Oil prices are hovering around their lowest point for the year despite the unexpectedly severe impact of US sanctions on Russia’s oil exports and...

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Stephen Bartholomeusz

Australia were ripe for the picking. England failed to lay a glove on them

Let’s go back a couple of months and lay out some doomsday Ashes scenarios for the first three Tests. Let’s say that Australia’s two best...

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Greg Baum

‘Fundamental looseness’: Why England’s Noosa ‘stag do’ sums their Ashes woe

On England’s penultimate day in the idyllic Queensland seaside resort of Noosa, their popular strength and conditioning coach Pete Sim put a...

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Will Macpherson

Trump has set America up to be the biggest loser in the energy race

Energy is suddenly becoming much cheaper in the UK and Europe, rapidly narrowing the gap in industrial competitiveness with America and rescuing...

previous day 10

Ambrose Evans-Pritchard

What to believe in this Christmas, even if you don’t believe in anything

Christmas is here. After a week in which our collective emotional paralysis effectively stopped the clock, what follows now seems strangely...

previous day 20

Michael Idato

I went to Bondi and hugged people who’d never spoken to a Muslim before

We share with the Jewish community the burden of fear and exclusion, and we must work together to overcome it.

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Ahmed Ouf

Myanmar’s elections will be neither free nor fair. But could they rattle the deadly status quo?

On December 28, war-torn Myanmar will go to the polls. In a way. No one really believes the long-promised elections will be free, fair or even...

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Zach Hope

The tragedy at Bondi Beach demands a federal royal commission

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese looks increasingly out of touch with community sentiment backing a national royal commission into the Bondi Beach...

previous day 10

The Herald&x27S View

Strategy, smarts and people skills: The man behind ‘Ronball’ and why he’d hate the attention

Bazball: A style of Test cricket in which the batting side attempts to gain the initiative by playing in a highly aggressive manner. Origin:...

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Mike Hussey

I’m a former cop. The Bondi police actions were entirely correct

The events that occurred at Bondi have awoken Australia from a complacency about the risk and threat of extremism. This, tragically, was our 9/11...

monday 3

Cameron Watts

‘Holy Grail’: Trump goes nuclear with a very peculiar deal

What do Donald Trump’s social media company and a leading fusion energy researcher have in common? Nothing, but that hasn’t stopped them from...

monday 10

Stephen Bartholomeusz

England called this Ashes ‘Everest’. Perhaps that’s why they never got out of base camp

One of the many observations made amid the wreckage of England’s last tour of Australia in 2021-22 was that the tourists needed to consider getting...

monday 10

Daniel Brettig

We can break the cycle by responding to hate with love

On Sunday in Bondi we saw a tremendous outpouring of grief, support and determined resolution. Most remarkably, we witnessed a Jewish community...

monday 10

Mark Connelly

Stokes and McCullum are digging a hole to nowhere. England need to change

A lot of credit should go to Brendon McCullum and Ben Stokes for what they have done for our cricket, but it is obvious that Bazball has run its...

monday 10

Geoffrey Boycott

Why Sabalenka and Kyrgios’ battle of the sexes is an insult to women’s sport

Dust off the fondue set – the “battle of the sexes” is back. Women’s tennis world No.1 Aryna Sabalenka will take on Australian Nick Kyrgios,...

monday 10

Angela Pippos

As recriminations in Canberra grow, Chris Minns has what Anthony Albanese wants

NSW Premier Chris Minns typically takes every opportunity to sledge the member for Vaucluse, Kellie Sloane, on the floors of parliament. But on...

monday 10

Natassia Chrysanthos

Sex toys and shotguns: What happened when Andrew invited Epstein to Sandringham

“Am I right in thinking you threw a birthday party for Epstein’s girlfriend, Ghislaine Maxwell at Sandringham?” journalist Emily Maitlis asked...

monday 10

Robert Jobson

Fat stepmothers and tacky gold-diggers – David Walliams’ books should have worried any parent

I can’t quite remember when a David Walliams book first entered our house, but I do remember my reaction. On the surface, it looked fine....

monday 10

Lucy Denyer

The $393 billion crypto craze that could one day threaten banks

When you think of cryptocurrencies, the one that probably comes to mind is bitcoin. It’s the best-known and by far the largest digital asset, and...

monday 10

Clancy Yeates

NSW gun reforms must pass without delay

The NSW government will today introduce laws to parliament for the biggest overhaul to gun laws in decades. The way two terrorists were able to...

monday 1

The Herald&x27S View

After Bondi, we crave certainty – but quick fixes are dangerous

Australians want answers and reassurance. They want to believe that tragedy could have been prevented if only someone had acted differently....

monday 10

John Coyne

One leader has handled the Bondi attack aftermath well. It’s not Anthony Albanese or Sussan Ley

The partisanship that has dominated federal politics since the terror attack at Bondi Beach has not created any winners. Not Prime Minister Anthony...

monday 10

Natassia Chrysanthos

McRae can free two Magpies with one move. It’s the switch he must make this off-season

It should have been the most devastating double-barrelled attack coming out of their back line. In the end, it cannibalised itself. To salvage...

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Michael Gleeson

A Bazballing tragedy: The tactical forensics of an Ashes capitulation

“All sound and fury signifying nothing”. The Macbeth-inspired quote was aptly left in the Facebook comments of a BBC Test Match Special post,...

monday 2

Dan Walsh

Fixers, ‘sensible Greens’ and falling stars: 2025’s best, worst and most embarrassing

Who croaked out a rendition of “It’s Time” with all the gusto of a nursing home singalong? We reveal all.

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George Brandis

They were called Australia’s worst Ashes team in 15 years. Eleven days of cricket later, the urn is theirs

Adelaide: This team was supposed to be Australia’s weakest Ashes side since 2010-11. This team has repeatedly been referred to as “not the...

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Daniel Brettig

Ashes player ratings: The Australian match-winners and England’s missing men

The Ashes are officially staying with Australia, in near-record time, thanks to brilliance from the South Australian locals and fine bowling...

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Andrew Wu

I liked my boyfriend and his man-bun, but had to end it. He didn’t understand public ridicule

Like most significant events in my life, my first encounter with artificial intelligence happened by accident. It was 3am and I had exchanged...

21.12.2025 10

Rosie Beaumont

Who’d dare put a dumb phone under the tree for a kid? You should do it for adults, too

I wonder how many parents might be tempted this Christmas to place a dumb phone under the tree for their freshly TikTok-estranged 14-year-old to...

21.12.2025 2

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Ben Stokes’ leadership is fracturing. Has it cracked or fully shattered?

Malcolm Knox

Looking for a Christmas Day movie? Try A Dingo Ate My Christmas Spirit

Shane Wright

The Doomsday Clock: Counting down to the next apocalypse

Andreas Kluth

Sometimes, childlike wonder points to something adults don’t allow ourselves to see

Abby Mccloskey

Remember Elon Musk’s DOGE? Here’s how it caused so much chaos but saved so little money

Emily Badger

I’m not going to judge Ben Duckett for drinking. I did the same

Michael Vaughan

Who suffers FOMO any more? I’m more likely to have ROMO

Claire Heaney

There’s a place near you where problems are solved. You can even borrow a book

Brodie Lancaster

America’s increasingly ‘K-shaped’ economy is difficult to reconcile

Stephen Bartholomeusz

From sinister to prime minister? The surprise candidate putting his hand up to lead Thailand

Michael Ruffles

I’ve seen jihadist training camps on the island visited by the Bondi shooters. The memory will never leave me

Irris Makler

After Bondi Beach, Christmas can show human nature at its best

The Herald&x27S View

Holidays are cheaper, thanks to the RBA. Here’s why

Millie Muroi

Flawed strategy, ill-advised batting, bowling like millionaires: How England got it so wrong

Greg Chappell

Loss of Russian, Venezuelan oil a drop in ocean for world’s crude glut

Stephen Bartholomeusz

Australia were ripe for the picking. England failed to lay a glove on them

Greg Baum

‘Fundamental looseness’: Why England’s Noosa ‘stag do’ sums their Ashes woe

Will Macpherson

Trump has set America up to be the biggest loser in the energy race

Ambrose Evans-Pritchard

What to believe in this Christmas, even if you don’t believe in anything

Michael Idato

I went to Bondi and hugged people who’d never spoken to a Muslim before

Ahmed Ouf

Myanmar’s elections will be neither free nor fair. But could they rattle the deadly status quo?

Zach Hope

The tragedy at Bondi Beach demands a federal royal commission

The Herald&x27S View

Strategy, smarts and people skills: The man behind ‘Ronball’ and why he’d hate the attention

Mike Hussey

I’m a former cop. The Bondi police actions were entirely correct

Cameron Watts

‘Holy Grail’: Trump goes nuclear with a very peculiar deal

Stephen Bartholomeusz

England called this Ashes ‘Everest’. Perhaps that’s why they never got out of base camp

Daniel Brettig

We can break the cycle by responding to hate with love

Mark Connelly

Stokes and McCullum are digging a hole to nowhere. England need to change

Geoffrey Boycott

Why Sabalenka and Kyrgios’ battle of the sexes is an insult to women’s sport

Angela Pippos

As recriminations in Canberra grow, Chris Minns has what Anthony Albanese wants

Natassia Chrysanthos

Sex toys and shotguns: What happened when Andrew invited Epstein to Sandringham

Robert Jobson

Fat stepmothers and tacky gold-diggers – David Walliams’ books should have worried any parent

Lucy Denyer

The $393 billion crypto craze that could one day threaten banks

Clancy Yeates

NSW gun reforms must pass without delay

The Herald&x27S View

After Bondi, we crave certainty – but quick fixes are dangerous

John Coyne

One leader has handled the Bondi attack aftermath well. It’s not Anthony Albanese or Sussan Ley

Natassia Chrysanthos

McRae can free two Magpies with one move. It’s the switch he must make this off-season

Michael Gleeson

A Bazballing tragedy: The tactical forensics of an Ashes capitulation

Dan Walsh

Fixers, ‘sensible Greens’ and falling stars: 2025’s best, worst and most embarrassing