Opinion
Opinion
Cricket
Unhappy anniversary, time to start again
Next Friday, the bans on Steve Smith and David Warner expire. It's been a year to forget.
- by Greg Baum
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Analysis
Companies
How Facebook's hour of inaction enabled the Christchurch video to spread
A full 29 minutes passed from the start of the gunman's live stream before Facebook - the very platform on which it was hosted - even knew about it.
- by John McDuling
Exclusive
AFL
'No longer if but when': Push grows for a Tasmanian AFL team
Designing a ‘‘respectful’’ exit strategy for Hawthorn and North Melbourne is a part of the plan that would see Tasmania establish its own AFL club by 2026.
- by Caroline Wilson
Opinion
Cricket
It's time for cricket to name names
The proposal to put names and numbers on Test cricketers' backs is an idea whose time has come.
- by Greg Baum
Opinion
North America
Toxic tribalism and the sad, broken state of Australian conversation
Australia is swimming in the same dangerous waters as America and it's worth thinking whether we want to venture any further from the shore.
- by Matthew Knott
Opinion
National
Voting for Gladys Berejiklian is not a feminist act
The Premier may be female but she’s done nothing to make NSW fairer, cleaner or less clubby.
- by Elizabeth Farrelly
Opinion
TV & radio
Vale Game of Thrones: The greatest show that ever was or will be
Before you sit down to watch the final season next month, join me in my ode to the show in a trip down memory lane.
- by Hamish Hastie
Opinion
National
Humans in the headlights: frozen in the path of a climate catastrophe
We humans are rabbits in the headlights of climate change, intuitively knowing we’re in trouble, but standing around watching as it thunders towards us.
- by Alex Fletcher
Opinion
Workplace
Time for discussions over migration and needs of job market
University academics Stephen Clibborn and Chris F Wright explore why many migrants work in poor quality jobs.
- by Stephen Clibborn and Chris F Wright
Opinion
Workplace
My colleague is overly competitive - do I ignore or confront?
What do you do if your colleague is constantly playing a game of one-upmanship?
- by Jonathan Rivett
Letters
NSW
Morrison struggles to fake compassion when needed
While I don't condone everything the Turkish President Erdogan said, it isn't surprising he feels strongly about the massacre in New Zealand.
Opinion
Europe
Crimea: Enduring five years in a human rights black hole
This month marks five years since Ukraine’s Crimean peninsula was invaded and subsequently occupied by Russia.
- by Dr. Mykola Kulinich
Opinion
NSW
NSW government's debt-slayer mantle masks poor record on liabilities
On a critical measure of economic management, the state Coalition has gone backwards during its eight years in power, argue two accounting experts.
- by Bob Walker and Betty Con Walker
Opinion
National
How to talk about racism with your great aunt
Instead of shouting at racists, experts recommend engaging them in conversation.
- by Jenna Price
Editorial
NSW
Coalition deserves a third term to get the job done
It has been a long and uninspiring campaign but the best outcome at the election on Saturday would be a third term for the Coalition.
Opinion
Small business
How sex at home makes you happy at work
Research suggests employers should be concerned about the frequency - and quality - of their employees’ sexual activity.
- by James Adonis
Opinion
Federal
Just don't do it, PM: trading votes with Hanson is playing with fire
One Nation is not just another political party. It is defined by racism, and the Coalition must resist all temptations to preference it ahead of Labor.
- by David Crowe
Opinion
NSW
Don't write off first-time candidates, writes ex-MP who stole the show
Expect fresh-faced surprises in Saturday's NSW election, says Barry Collier, a former Labor MP who ousted a deputy Liberal leader in Miranda.
- by Barry Colier
Opinion
NSW
In the Herald : March 22, 1933
Disorderly crossword meeting, Nellie Cameron escapes hospital and noxious Alsatians
- by Ellen Fitzgerald
Opinion
NSW
Democracy and the classroom: parents pay for the aircon
Too many NSW children are educated in classrooms above 30C. The Coalition and Labor would both spend on airconditioning, but will it be well spent?
- by Paul Cleary
Opinion
National
Christchurch: Why avoiding terror laws might be best for victims
Many have been perplexed by this approach and are questioning what distinguishes the gunman's conduct from other acts of terrorism.
- by Jessie Smith
Opinion
National
Timber Creek decision shouldn't inspire land title fearmongering
The High Court decision is neither surprising, nor radical, and responsible governments and proponents have been preparing for this day for decades.
- by Bridgid Cowling
Analysis
NSW
All aboard the Gladys bus: schools, hospitals and something about stadiums
Can one confidently say an election has taken place if a politician has not held a single baby or patted even one pooch with at least a dozen photographers on hand to capture the incident?
- by Lisa Visentin
Opinion
Sustainability
Tahlia believed she had no future. And then came learning, hands on
Tahlia Heinrich could see nothing but failure for herself in school, and refused to attend. Then she was saved by a simple but revolutionary program.
- by Tony Wright
Opinion
NSW
NSW voters are out of their old boxes, so picking this one is harder
Reading the NSW election result has been difficult - because the old assumptions no longer apply.
- by Andy Marks
Analysis
National
After Christchurch: Lessons from an atrocity
The terror attack at the Al Noor and Linwood mosques in Christchurch during Friday prayers on March 15 was an act of unfathomable hatred. So where to from here?
- by Michael Bachelard
Opinion
Life & relationships
Growing up, pictures like this didn't exist. I'm so glad they now do
As a child, I could never see myself in the game. Pictures like Tayla Harris' show how far we've come.
- by Emily Brooks
Opinion
Federal
How the British Parliament would have dealt with the Fraser Anning petition
When more than a million people speak, Australia's politicians should work out to listen.
- by Latika Bourke
Opinion
The economy
The sudden shift that should have all of us worried about the global economy
Donald Trump, and the rest of the world, ought to be concerned about the message the Fed has just sent.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
Analysis
NRL
Without their stars, Dragons can't stop Bunnies in full flight
They are playing at Kogarah, so I’m expecting the match to be tight for the first 60 minutes, but Souths’ strength in the forwards will see them kick away.
- by Andrew Johns
Opinion
NSW
The Daley bombshell that Liberals sat on for months
The NSW Coalition’s record should be enough to deliver it a third term. But the polls suggest it isn't. If they win it will be their last-ditch tactics.
- by Alexandra Smith
Editorial
The economy
Helping hand needed for long-term unemployed
The Coalition, which once provocatively divided Australia into lifters and leaners, has made a potentially significant change of policy towards the unemployed.
Letters
NSW
Offensive Daley may have just cost Labor the election
As far as I can see it was not a housing affordability issue Michael Daley was addressing. He was clearly saying it was a "foreigners v us" issue.
Opinion
Banking & finance
Will AMP's scorched earth on bonuses be enough?
AMP chairman David Murray needs to skate a clean program to keep an angry shareholder community at bay.
- by Elizabeth Knight
Opinion
Oceania
What will change as shock waves of terrorism flow across two countries?
The shock of the Christchurch terror attack has reverberated across Australian and New Zealand. But will the consequences be permanent or temporary.
- by John Warhurst
Opinion
National
PM's population plan riddled with holes on the big issue: immigration
Scott Morrison has announced a cut to immigration but his population plan is lacking essential ingredients, writes a former Immigration Department official.
- by Abul Rizvi
Opinion
Life & relationships
It is OK to unfriend that bigot in your timeline
Ever read a news story about immigration only to see an old friend has commented that Muslims are terrorists and we should ban them from the country?
- by Kerri Sackville
Opinion
National
Teaching the brain new tricks takes time, attention and funding
If we want to keep up with traumatic brain injury treatment, the government will need to commit more resources to research.
- by Nicholas Stuart
Opinion
National
Words, like bullets, do injure: let's talk about freedom
Islam has been exploited as a political weapon. After the Christchurch massacre, past offenders cannot hide what they've said.
- by Ed Husic
Opinion
NSW
In the Herald : March 21, 1921
Union Jack forced on Irish parade, cooking classes for future wives and trouble in Silesia
- by Ellen Fitzgerald
Opinion
The economy
Stop bagging 'fat cat' bosses; this is the national debate we need
Political spats over wages and industrial relations are a distraction from the main economic debate we should be having.
- by Jessica Irvine
Opinion
National
Australia’s 'care and protection' programs for children are in crisis
Our governments have a legal as well as moral responsibility to ensure the rights of state wards and homeless children are respected.
- by Brian Burdekin
Opinion
AFL
Anarchy of the trolls not a pretty picture
The AFL, which has long fancied itself as a champion of social change, has to make an effort to tackle social media commentary.
- by Greg Baum
Analysis
AFL
Carlton need to bridge the gulf between Cripps and next best
In 2019, Carlton's fortunes will rest more on what the Blues do to help Patrick Cripps than what Cripps does to help Carlton.
- by Jake Niall
Opinion
AFL
We will stand by Tayla and need our male allies to do so too
I remember being out on the field on Sunday when this 45-metre drop punt sailed through post high. Like many, I was in awe.
- by Katie Brennan
Opinion
AFL
2019 AFL crystal ball: Shock Brownlow fancy and the AFL's biggest problem
This AFL season is tipped to be an exciting and emotional feast for footy fans. Our team of WA experts gaze into the crystal ball to see what will happen on the AFL rollercoaster in 2019.
- by WAtoday
Analysis
Markets
Markets are on edge as US trade talks with China hit a rough patch
The US market had largely priced in a successful outcome from the trade negotiations between the US and China. Now it's not so sure.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
Analysis
Rugby Union
Sayonara to the Sunwolves? Australian teams fearing Super backlash
The Sunwolves are set to be cut from Super Rugby, but the Japanese side attracted the second biggest crowd in Canberra last season.
- by Chris Dutton