The defenders of banks don't get capitalism. They're holding us back
Most of Australia's richest got there in industries subject to political favours, hardly any by inventing something new.
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Why Donald Trump is like my preschooler
The backflips. The exaggeration. The tiny hands.
Census privacy debate: Why it can pay to reveal yourself online
Cheaper goods and better services are just some of the reasons it can pay to reveal ourselves online.
We need to keep the Sydney Opera House great
What should we think of the massive upgrade of Australia's most famous building asks architect Philip Drew.
Abbott's attack on Liberal lobbyists makes the case for a federal ICAC
Two years ago then Prime Minister Tony Abbott was unequivocal in his rejection of the need for a federal version of NSW's Independent Commission Against Corruption.
We're turning a blind eye to war crimes on our doorstep
Why have those with the ultimate responsibility for the slaying of 1400 Timorese never been brought to justice?
Stan Grant: why I'm a poet not a politician
Journalist Stan Grant explains his love of literature adn why he doesn't want to go into politics.
Glenn Stevens is right: politicians must reform
Fairness in the budget context is tricky. Australians are willing to tolerate financial pain as long as it spread reasonably.
Plenty can share blame for census fiasco
It is said that a picture is worth a thousand words, in which case the three pictures on the front page of the Herald are alone worth the entire day's edition.
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More bondage and discipline
Before the Big Bang
Imagine the world as seen by a peasant in the year 1016. Let us call him Alfred.
In a grim year, the Olympics are welcome
Even with the controversies over doping, the Olympics are proving an uplifting spectacle, and one we needed this year.
Jail not the answer for petty drug crimes
Australia could learn a lot from the fact that a number of American cities are successfully reducing the role of criminalisation in their drug policies.
As sexy as a car park. Why this city landmark has to go.
With limited space and limited resources, we can't slap "heritage" on every building erected since day dot.
Olympians, there's no need to share your pain with the rest of us
Failure, as they say, is a great teacher.
Census debacle puts the Prime Minister on notice
The Herald urged people to fill in the census form fully and honestly. We noted the ABS's assurances that its systems were robust enough to protect our personal information from attack. That appears not to have been so. Trust is broken.
Incensed by census? You are not alone
So, despite assurances that it couldn't possibly happen, the ABS census website crashed badly when called upon to 'do its part for Australia'. ("Malicious hackers behind website collapse", smh.com.au, August 10).
ABS census survey for hackers of ABS census survey
Sure, #censusfail was a humiliating disaster, but the Australian Bureau of Statistics can at least get some valuable data out of it.
The hashtag that turned the media's cheap shot into an act of love
Noongar woman Gina Williams was one of the first to take up the viral #indigenousdads campaign on Twitter. Here's why she did.
Slower - drunker - fatter - stupider: how to survive the City2Surf
We need to sculpt ourselves. Forget Fat Bastard and sumo wrestlers; we can be even sexier.
Build on rugby's Rio success and invest in women
We have come a long way on women's sport, and our Olympic sportswomen have always punched above their weight, but now is the time to invest in it.
Highlights
Pay no attention to big coal. Wind power is doing just fine
First it was dead birds, then noise. Now wind farms are being blamed for destroying the electricity market and pushing prices as high as $14,000 per megawatt hour.
The male breadwinner is an outdated relic
It is time to dispense with a relic lingering at the core of our economy: the male breadwinner.
I'm having the craziest dream and I can't wake up
I had a dream. There was an election but it was incredibly long. And cold.
Sydney's most over-rated destinations
Welcome aboard everyone, and thanks for joining us on today's Big Bus Tour of Sydney's Most Over-Hyped and Over-Rated.
I'm sorry about Sonia Kruger's stupid comments
As a Leader of the Caucasian Australian Community, I would like to condemn in the most unambiguous terms the inflammatory and ill-informed statements of some of the people which I so officially represent.
We need a revolution in renters' rights
It's time to stop viewing renters as second-class citizens. First up, the term "landlord" needs to get it in the neck.
Why I decided to rent my suburban dream
We need a property market that facilitates people to move to housing that best suits them. That's why I'm up to my 20th home.
Turnbull's potentially deadly moment
To say the knives have come out for him would be wrong. Some never put them away in the first place
How Turnbull was set up for his downfall
All the pictures of Malcolm Turnbull looking glum since Saturday night tell us a story we already instinctively knew: he fears he has miscalculated again.