Opinion
Analysis
Rugby Union
Folau at a crossroads, but RA and Castle have chosen their path
The sight of a subdued Israel Folau sitting among his teammates in the stands on Friday night prompted the obvious question: where to from here?
- by Georgina Robinson
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Editorial
NSW
Inquiry nails the banks and the government
With the resignation of AMP’s chief executive, Craig Meller, the banking royal commission within weeks of starting work has achieved spectacular results.
Letters
NSW
Banks and Coalition must pay the price
The financial institutions could somewhat ameliorate the opprobrium they currently face.
Opinion
The economy
How New Zealand helped Australia achieve its 25-year economic dream
Over a quarter of a century, the Reserve Bank has kept average inflation at exactly 2.5 per cent - exactly what it set out to do.
- by Jessica Irvine
Opinion
National
We forget to tell key part of story on Anzac Day
To suggest a change in the way we think about Anzac is dangerous territory. Over the past 20 years, Anzac has become impregnable; a bastion of patriotism over which words and argument cannot prevail.
- by Matthew Bailey
Opinion
Sport
We put sports players on moral pedestals then act all high and mighty when they fall
I’ll never see why, when an athlete expresses non-mainstream views regardless of personal cost, Australia wants his head on a plate. And I’ll never buy that being able to kick a goal with staggering accuracy or throw a ball with blinding speed makes you some kind of moral paragon, some “role model”.
- by Elizabeth Farrelly
Opinion
Federal
Coalition builds new tower for Abbott to smash to pieces
After Australia's decade of disastrous policy, federal Energy and Environment Minister Josh Frydenberg was given the task of building a new policy out of nothing more than a box of matches, an incendiary and an unstable Coalition.
- by Peter Hartcher
Opinion
National
Revenue more important than tax cuts for business, government and society
Both the economics and politics surrounding the company tax cut just got a whole lot worse.
- by Ben Oquist
Opinion
National
Veiled threats: Muslim women cop hate from all sides
Muslim women who dare to speak out will receive abuse and threats from Islamist misogynists and Islamophobic racists.
- by Julia Baird
Opinion
Federal
Economic gains of higher immigration don't add up
If higher GDP is the best argument for continuing Australia's increased immigration intake, it is a very poor one.
- by Crispin Hull
Opinion
Federal
The right to free speech doesn't make really bad ideas any better
The defence of the right to debate bigoted junk-science that damages vulnerable young people represents the natural end-point of Enlightenment thought.
- by Jacqueline Maley
COMMENT
National
A letter from Clancy: It's not always easy being top dog
Dear Mum and Dad, it's your puppy Clancy here, writing from my home in the city.
- by Richard Glover
Opinion
National
In memory of a real war hero, who made his sacrifice every year
Captain Fraunfelder once shook my sweaty, sticky Twistie-stained boogery-fingered hand.
- by Danny Katz
Opinion
Cricket
It's not cricket, and that's the whole idea
You can't improve the appeal of a sport by forever cutting it back.
- by Greg Baum
Opinion
Cricket
Success will need to be found on and off field for new cricket regime
When Darren Lehmann was appointed Australian cricket coach in 2013, he was asked about his goals. ‘Winning,’ he said. Anything else?
- by Malcolm Knox
Opinion
Banking & finance
People are still crying out for justice, perhaps now someone will listen
It took four years for the truth to finally come out: that these businesses have operated with an absence of morality and a proper ethical framework in which to work.
- by Adele Ferguson
Analysis
Climate change
Phony peace? Challenges to energy plan sent back to modelling board
Somewhere down the track lies possibly Josh Frydenberg's biggest challenge.
- by Peter Hannam
Opinion
Federal
Does royal commission turncoat Scott Morrison really think the public is so dim?
A clearly panicked Scott Morrison has endless reasons for embarrassment.
- by Tony Wright
Opinion
Banking & finance
AMP's mea culpa doesn't cut it - more heads need to roll
AMP essentially sacking its chief executive for the second time in a month is like shooting someone who is already dead.
- by Elizabeth Knight
Opinion
AFL
Adam Goodes controversy a sorry affair for football
Two documentaries are being produced on an episode where football's chiefs failed to adequately back one of the game's greats.
- by Caroline Wilson
Opinion
Technology
Russian router spies: what you can do to protect your home internet
When was the last time you logged into your home's router or modem to check whether it needed updating?
- by Ben Grubb
Opinion
Cricket
100-ball game can prove a winner but Test cricket ignored once more
Why do we have new ideas and innovation for white-ball cricket but not Tests?
- by Michael Vaughan
Opinion
Small business
Why startups need to start talking about failing
With a whopping four-out-of-five startups crashing and burning, you’d expect to read a lot more stories about what went wrong.
- by Nicole Kersh
Opinion
The economy
How Trump's hair-raising level of debt could bring us all crashing down
If there is such a thing as a capital crime in economics, it is Donald Trump's reckless government spending.
- by Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
Editorial
NSW
If you live in the bush, don’t get sick
Picture this: you are driving out of Sydney, when someone in the car is taken ill. How easy is it to get medical help?
Letters
NSW
Revelations an indictment of sorry financial system
The banks' idea of competition is to devise creative ways to channel customers' deposits into shareholder dividends and their own pockets.
Opinion
The economy
Bogor not Bali shows Indonesia's huge potential
With more than half it’s 250 million population under 30, this booming country will, within a decade, overtake Australia as the world’s 13th biggest economy.
- by Harold Mitchell
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Companies
Suncorp chair lightened her coal lode before new role
Suncorp has been smashed by weather disasters over the last decade, but chose former Whitehaven Coal board member Christine McLoughlin as its new chair.
- by Colin Kruger
Opinion
Health & wellness
I wrote this while having an epidural
To prove how magical - and vital - medicalised births are.
- by Polly Dunning
Opinion
Companies
Israel Folau saga shows there's a whole new ball game in sports media
Is the mouthpiece Israel Folau used to defend himself the future of sports media? Or an just athlete press release machine?
- by John McDuling
Opinion
Banking & finance
Sickening bank behaviour shows need for broader probe
The behaviour of executives must be examined amidst the government's disgraceful spin.
- by Adele Ferguson
Opinion
Banking & finance
Why do people park their ethics in the driveway as they go to work?
It remains a conundrum that intelligent, well-paid people who behave decently in private somehow park their ethics in their driveway as they leave for work.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
Opinion
NSW
Selective school students miss out on broad education
The wider the range of students in a cohort, the greater their daily exposure to the human condition, to talents which echo the breadth of the general population. We unquestionably value this at primary school but for some peculiar reason don’t appreciate its strengths at secondary level.
- by William McKeith
Opinion
Federal
Cricket fixture in memory of slain friend puts fringe dwellers back in their box
To those who will raise their putrid voices calling for an end to migration from Muslim countries, the decency of those men is the most emphatic rebuttal.
- by Catherine McGregor
Opinion
Europe
Lesson from an ancient town: Dark ages pass, but knowledge is forever
Travelling in southern Spain, a paradox: with almost limitless knowledge instantly accessible, increasing numbers of us no longer know what to think or believe.
- by Tony Wright
National
What do we need? A royal commission into tax evasion now
The government tells us there is no problem with tax compliance by big business. It also told us there was no problem with banks.
- by Jenna Price
Analysis
Climate change
Chance to end climate wars: Can the NEG get up?
All you need to know about the National Energy Guarantee as state and federal ministers meet to debate its detail.
- by Peter Hannam & Cole Latimer
National
World of photos - April 16, 2018
A selection of photographs from around the world by Fairfax picture editors.
Analysis
Planning & budgeting
The cost of flying first class: How can anyone afford it?
Being up the front costs many times more than economy but it's not clear it's worth that much.
- by Georgina Dent
Opinion
Health & wellness
What are the chances of your being sucked out a plane window?
When you consider that a 737 takes off or lands somewhere in the world every 1.8 seconds, this event is likely to be a one-off aberration.
- by Saj Ahmad
Analysis
Borrowing
Now's the time to fix (half) your home loan rate
There are signs of movement from the Reserve Bank.
- by Nicole Pederson-McKinnon
Opinion
Federal
Australia's young people are under attack
From being told to just 'get a good job' or 'cut back on the smashed avo' as the solution to housing affordability, to Prime Minister Turnbull's assertion his cabinet is 'young at heart' when the average age of that cabinet is over 50, young people and the issues they face are being trivialised.
- by Katie Acheson
Opinion
Small business
Do men suffer too much gender prejudice in part-time work?
Blocking men from taking on less hours has implications for gender pay inequality and organisation agility.
- by Tony Featherstone
Opinion
Federal
Syrian tragedy reveals embarrassing triviality of Australian politics
While the world reeled from horrors in Syria, Australian political debate focused on Scott Morrison as Santa Claus and Peta Credlin's claims she could silence a cabinet minister.
- by David Crowe
Opinion
Asia
Anger at Hindu leaders over India's rape epidemic
If Indians are disturbed over the latest rapes, it is because they can see that religious bigotry, caste hatreds, and politics are mixed with sexual violence.
- by Amrit Dhillon
Opinion
Europe
Is this old passport black or blue? The answer explains Brexit
The row over the colour of Britain's post-Brexit passports is really about Brexit itself.
- by Nick Miller
Opinion
AFL
How WA punches above its weight with top-end AFL talent
While there are 430 Victorians currently on AFL lists making up 53 per cent of the player pool, WA only contributes 114 players (14 per cent).
- by Ben Cameron
Opinion
Small business
Is the wellness trend a load of garbage?
The wellness trend is a joke if it’s merely treated as another ‘thing to do’ at work.
- by Alexandra Cain