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Legal tender: Seven reasons not to abandon cash just yet

Despite the rapid rise in digital payments, about 1.5 million Australians still use cash regularly, according to Treasurer Jim Chalmers. Cash can be...

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Nina Hendy

Can this union veto Virgin’s potential choice of CEO?

There is no tinderbox quite like that which sits at the heart of industrial relations in Australia’s aviation sector. So one has to question why...

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Elizabeth Knight

In 2005, an Australian citizen was hanged in Singapore. It could happen again

In the very early morning of December 2, 2005, my client Van Nguyen was hanged in Singapore’s Changi Prison. His offence? Carrying 396 grams of...

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Lex Lasry

The Republicans declare war on ‘woke’ Wall Street billionaires

Even before Donald Trump has returned to the White House and the Republicans take control of Congress, the war on “woke capitalism” in the US...

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Stephen Bartholomeusz

After eight years out and with no NRL experience, can Daley tame a new Origin beast?

Laurie Daley, genuine good guy of the game that he is, acknowledged the elephant in a room replete with blue seats, blue carpet, blue everything,...

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Dan Walsh

Joe Biden’s pardon for Hunter defies historical comparison

It’s one thing for a president to pardon his son. It’s another to do it like this. President Joe Biden’s pardon of his son, Hunter Biden, on...

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Aaron Blake

Gambling is a problem because of advertising. To say otherwise is an insult

I wouldn’t mind a wager that the scripts for those lobbying the federal government not to ban gambling advertising outright are being written by...

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Greg Baum

Blood in the boardroom: The battles behind Daley’s second coming

The smile on NSWRL boss Dave Trodden’s face as he prepared to announce the return of Laurie Daley as NSW coach on Monday said it all. He’d won....

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Michael Chammas

Trump is America’s Caligula. His mission is to destroy what made America great

In finalising his cabinet, Donald Trump has come to resemble an American Caligula, the Roman emperor rumoured to have considered appointing his...

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Nick Bryant

‘Go find another sucker’: Trump threatens Xi, Putin and co

The self-proclaimed “Tariff Man” has struck again, this time threatening the BRICS countries with 100 per cent tariffs if they try to undermine...

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Stephen Bartholomeusz

Resilience, humility, and commitment to the team: A tribute to Ian Redpath

This week, Australian cricket bid farewell to one of its most selfless and admired sons, Ian Ritchie Redpath. Born on 11th May 1941 in Geelong,...

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Greg Chappell

Angry workers, empty shelves put Woolworths in a bind

Woolworths is caught in the ultimate pincer movement. Pitchfork-wielding politicians are blaming it and its competitor Coles for fuelling...

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Elizabeth Knight

The 15 things we learnt about the Wallabies in 2024

The difference in where the Wallabies are now and where they were this time last year is enormous. On and off the field. After emerging from the...

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Iain Payten

Medical misogyny condemns half the population to poor treatment

It’s the bias that affects half of Australia, yet so little is known about the true scope and impact of medical misogyny. The Herald hopes to...

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The Herald&x27S View

Joe Biden can be pardoned as a parent, but not as a politician

My instinctive reaction to news of the pardon given to Hunter Biden by his father, President Joe Biden, was that here is a father in complete,...

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Bruce Wolpe

Katies and Noni B owner allegedly left directors uninsured

Tis the season to be merry, except if you’re a director at clothing retailer Mosaic Brands. The clothing group, which went into administration in...

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Anne Hyland

An Advent calendar for $200,000? Now that’s a very merry Christmas

When Eartha Kitt sultrily sang her Christmas wish list in Santa Baby – a 1954 convertible (in light blue), a yacht, a ring, Christmas tree...

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Shona Hendley

I was detained in Syria. Assad reminds me of a song by The Clash

The Syrian civil war that the world had tried to hope away and forget has again erupted into international headlines. And the West will, again,...

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David Livingstone

Joe Biden has pardoned his son, and excused Donald Trump’s next move

US President Joe Biden and President-elect Donald Trump now agree on one thing: the Biden Justice Department has been politicised. In pardoning his...

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Peter Baker

The clues from Canberra that point to next twist in Test series

India’s decision to continue batting at 10.20pm on Sunday night after already passing the total of 240 posted by the Prime Minister’s XI at...

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Tom Decent

It’s dumb, but gas-rich Australia has little option but to import gas

You won’t hear politicians admit it, but the nation’s south-eastern states need to import gas and moves are afoot to quietly make it happen....

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Mike Foley

After my brother’s funeral, grief hijacked my nervous system for months

Warning: This article discusses suicide. I was 32 when my older brother Sam died by suicide. To call him that, a brother, feels inadequate. As...

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Jessica Maguire

Too young for TikTok, old enough for jail: How a meaner Australia treats its kids

At the end of year 4, I said goodbye to my classmates and my teacher. I was a little sad, a little excited: the next year, I was to change schools....

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Sean Kelly

The Wallabies are not only competitive again - they are wonderfully, spectacularly dangerous

What a match! What a tour. And what a superb game is rugby when its derring-do is derring-done like this. True, our blokes narrowly went down 22-19...

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Peter Fitzsimons

Respect regained, now polish is needed for Wallabies

Had the Wallabies managed to get over the line in their 22-19 loss to Ireland in Dublin, it would have been their finest defensive performance...

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Paul Cully

By dismissing Joe Rogan, Kim Williams has missed a golden opportunity

A single post on X from Joe Rogan summed it up perfectly. “LOL WUT”. This, after ABC chair Kim Williams unloaded on the world’s most popular...

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David Swan

‘That’ll do me’: Paul Vautin calls it a day after 33 years in TV

It’s hard to know what to say when farewelling a legend of your business, but that’s what we’re doing today with the news that Paul Vautin has...

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Danny Weidler

Demonising Dutton will backfire for Labor, just as it did for Harris with Trump

Amid the welter of commentary and post-mortems among Democrats to explain Kamala Harris’ loss to Donald Trump, there is one theory that has...

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George Brandis

We’ve turned kids into outlaws. It won’t work, but we can still make social media safer for them

There is a growing consensus among parents that social media platforms are places they don’t want their teen children to be. Rather than try to...

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Carly Kind

Assad’s old allies can’t rescue him this time

In 2015, Russia waged its largest military campaign outside its borders since the Cold War, launching a sweeping air war to rescue Bashar...

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Hassan Hassan

For the rest of the year, half of us will work for ‘free’. Here’s why

A dark day on Australian calendars came around recently. It’s not officially marked down, and no alerts are issued. But for 48.7 per cent of the...

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Victoria Devine

Tinsel makes baby Jesus cry: Christmas tree rules to live by

At this very moment, thousands of people around the country are partaking in one of the great festive rituals: putting up the Christmas tree....

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Thomas Mitchell

Abrahamic angst and aspirations

If there’s one individual from history who continues to enthral billions of people across our planet it’s a man called Abraham. Knight of faith,...

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Rabbi Ralph Genende

Lucky enough to get a Christmas bonus? Here’s what to do with it

Real Money, a free weekly newsletter giving expert tips on how to save, invest and make the most of your money, is sent every Sunday. You’re...

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Dominic Powell

Bali 9: Nine very different drug mules and the two painful traits they shared

Madonna King is the co-author – with Cindy Wockner – of Bali 9: The Untold Story . I spoke to her on Thursday. Fitz: Madonna, I know you know...

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Peter Fitzsimons

Is our language going down the toilet? My word!

I’m no linguistic purist. My brother and I exclaim “YOLO!” (you only live once) to each other, as in, “I backed into our neighbour’s car,...

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Cherie Gilmour

It looks like the latest form of protest, and Lidia Thorpe is its master

Is taking offence the new form of protest? If so, then Senator Lidia Thorpe, the Green-turned-independent whose disruptions of parliament have...

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Jacqueline Maley

Tariffs, sanctions or bans? What will Trump really achieve when the US says ‘no’

In a way, tariffs, sanctions and bans all boil down to one word: no. We’ve just had a month of “no”. No-vember, you could even say. But not all...

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Parnell Palme Mcguinness

Hate your boss but can’t quit? Here are eight things to do instead

Almost every week there is a new toxic culture story in the media, and Australia is no exception. Allegations of toxic management have been...

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Colin D Ellis

We just switched our super to an SMSF. How should we invest it?

We’ve recently shifted our super to an SMSF as we wanted greater visibility on our investments. Our inclination is just to use ETFs to invest our...

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Paul Benson

Do the changes to Australia’s $230 billion giant mean anything?

There’s a certain tension in Treasurer Jim Chalmers’ recent move to require the taxpayer-owned Future Fund to consider “national priorities”...

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Clancy Yeates

The two big challenges the Wallabies must overcome in Dublin

It is critical that the Wallabies’ finish the year on a high against Ireland this weekend. The feelgood factor from the wins against England and...

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Paul Cully

Five ways to get a leg up on the property ladder (including one new one)

It has taken so long that it’s almost the next generation that will benefit, but the Help to Buy shared housing equity legislation finally...

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Nicole Pedersen-Mckinnon

Family compound escapes demolition, becomes elegant home

Large home plots in Melbourne’s blue-chip suburb Toorak tend to be prime targets for demolition. Substantial homes built there in the early to...

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Stephen Crafti

Macquarie’s word of the year is the perfect emblem for a grim era

By now, you’ll know Macquarie Dictionary’s word of the year. In case you don’t, let me give you a hint. We live in a world of pop-up ads,...

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David Astle

Matthew’s phone was snatched from his hand. In minutes, he’d lost thousands

Today I’ve got a frightening warning for everyone using a mobile phone. And it comes from a real story about Matthew, a friend’s son who was...

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Bec Wilson

Is media mogul Rupert Murdoch set for a summer holiday in Australia?

It’s been some years since media baron Rupert Murdoch has visited Australia but that may change over the summer. The talk in well-placed circles...

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Anne Hyland

Appetite for disruption: We’ve got to talk about Lidia Thorpe

The independent senator’s week of agitation ended with her being booted from a Senate fed up with her antics. Can she come back?

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James Massola

The strange events at Parliament House in Canberra this week point to a larger problem

By the end of the sitting day on Thursday, it was all smiles for Prime Minister Anthony Albanese. For the modest sum of $500 million towards social...

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The Herald&x27S View

Dutton’s suddenly electable, but here’s why he’ll struggle to become PM

Peter Dutton on Thursday challenged Anthony Albanese to call an election immediately “to put Australians out of their misery and allow a...

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Peter Hartcher

How your work WhatsApp group could get you sacked

WhatsApp is increasingly being used as evidence in employment tribunals, fuelling warnings to avoid using the social media app at work. The number...

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Samuel Montgomery

Why the wicked mother-in-law archetype never dies

Pour a slug of gin and clasp your pearls, people. The latest inevitable trope in the royal reality show is upon us. With Kate-versus-Meghan stories...

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Kate Halfpenny

The global giants costing Australia billions of dollars hit with a reality check

Earlier this week, a crucial piece of legislation made its way through parliament. It didn’t receive a lot of fanfare, but it’s a long-overdue...

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Millie Muroi

The man had nowhere to sleep but he still refused my fancy leftovers

The phone rang with good news. I’d won a prize for writing a story and I was $50,000 better off. So I called the fanciest restaurant in our salt-...

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Anson Cameron

How Albanese threw Plibersek – and the rest of us – under the bus

It’s weird to me that the bloke who undertook to build a national environmental protection agency for all Australians on the eve of the last...

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Jenna Price

After a blur of bills, Albanese and Dutton must sharpen their focus for the fight ahead

Anthony Albanese clearly wants an election dividend from his policy slog over the past two weeks in getting laws through parliament to deliver on...

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David Crowe

Our Test team is under pressure. We must beware the Australian cricket zombie

As Australia went down in Perth like a fast-motion sunset, the undead zombie of our cricket culture rose out of the dark. Our guys are too nice to...

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Malcolm Knox

‘It’s just all awkward’: Why Bumrah is Australia’s worst nightmare

Jasprit Bumrah destroyed Australia in the first Test in Perth, ripping out 8-72 and virtually deciding the game in a single spell on the first...

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Daniel Brettig

One of the worst people I know got an OAM. So I’ve decided to act

One of the worst people I’ve ever known has an Order of Australia medal. It’s an award that goes to people who have provided service worthy of...

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Aarti Betigeri

Less ‘timidness’, more confidence: What our newest embassy buildings tell the world

Our consulate in Washington, DC, recently won a big gong. Like our embassies in Jakarta and Bangkok, it projects a new image of Australia to the...

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Luke Slattery

Tennis doping cases expose the gap between Swiateks, Sinners and the rest

Tennis’ biggest drugs problem may not be the drugs themselves. Instead, it revolves around trust. Mere months after revelations that men’s world...

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Marc Mcgowan

Israel and Palestine lobby groups help no one by inviting divisive speakers to Australia

Last week the Australian government denied a visitor’s visa to Ayelet Shaked, a right-wing former Israeli cabinet minister, while this week the...

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Rodger Shanahan

Albanese’s small-target strategy has given rise to a dysfunctional parliament

By the end of the sitting day on Thursday, it was all smiles for Prime Minister Anthony Albanese. For the sum of $500 million towards social...

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The Age&x27S View

‘Clan’ powerbroker back in the fold as Mettam rebuilds frontbench with old parts

Staring down and defeating this week’s leadership coup has been the second notable time that Libby Mettam has shown some gumption in her short...

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Hamish Hastie

To my daughter: In my final days, while I still have breath, I have will

Mark Cushway has months, perhaps weeks, to live. At 62, after a double-lung transplant in 2016, he is a cystic fibrosis survivor (not sufferer). He...

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