Opinion
Opinion
Soccer
Sport Thought: Horror year can't dent faith, so expand A-League fast
FFA should be bold, capture the current investor interest in the game and expand the A-League rapidly - and introduce a second division too.
- by Michael Lynch
Latest
Analysis
Markets
A Tweetstorm that every investor should read
Prominent investor gave out some sage advice in 26 tweets this week.
- by Barry Ritholtz
Analysis
North America
The lies unmasked by Trump's latest rage-filled tirade
Homeland Security chief Kirstjen Nielsen drafted her resignation after a furious Trump unloaded on her for 30 minutes.
- by Greg Sargent
Opinion
Banking & finance
AMP shareholders voted again, this time with their wallets
All it takes is a strongly negative stock report from a highly rated investment bank to sink a share price.
- by Elizabeth Knight
Editorial
NSW
Two budget visions: all about me or all about us
We don’t know when the election is, but after this federal budget week everyone knows what it will be about: tax, tax and tax.
Letters
NSW
Dignity is crucial in assisted dying debate
Congratulations to David for having the courage to follow his dream.
Opinion
Federal
Change for the better for working mums
John Howard was careful never to penalise stay-at-home mothers when it came to childcare rebates. Malcolm Turnbull is taking a different approach.
- by Jacqueline Maley
Opinion
National
To avoid uni drop outs, vocational ed needs a boost
Under demand-driven funding, some students who might otherwise have taken a vocational education course went to university instead.
- by Andrew Norton
Analysis
Companies
The challenge facing the ABC: Time for a clear channel
The ABC needs to sort out its communications with the sitting government.
- by Jennifer Duke
Opinion
Federal
Why is no one debating one of the budgets’ biggest spends?
Parliament will stay largely silent over the next few weeks instead of asking if we are spending enough or spending on the right things to ensure our security.
- by Andrew Carr
Opinion
Federal
Uphill fight selling Coalition budgets a fait accompli
For the first time in a number of years the treasurer has a positive story to tell the electorate.
- by Simon Cowan
Opinion
Federal
'Santa Claus' Morrison eager to hand out a sack full of tax cuts
Treasurer Scott Morrison’s tax plan is unimaginative, late 20th century stuff. The long-term result stinks.
- by Crispin Hull
National
Richard Glover: Powerhouse dressing - then and now
As a tightwad, I never throw anything out. Even clothes that no longer fit are still there in my wardrobe.
- by Richard Glover
Opinion
Middle East
Yes, it's unfashionable, but Trump was right to tear up the Iran deal
Iranian society is now in such a state of ruin that it will take decades of freedom to heal.
- by Allister Heath
Opinion
Life & relationships
Travelling with no internet was brutal, for a day or two. Then ...
Pretty soon I realised why everyone in Cuba looked so relaxed and friendly and alive: the internet there is crap.
- by Danny Katz
Opinion
Sustainability
People think my new project is weird but to me it's entirely natural
Why wouldn't a lover of cities buy a farm? Farming and cities are flipsides. They sustain, need and complement each other.
- by Elizabeth Farrelly
Opinion
National
Bowen seizes chance to make history
Labor's budget reply outwitted the government on the politics and outmanoeuvred it on the economics.
- by Peter Hartcher
Analysis
AFL
When the Lions almost became Bulldogs
A document found in dusty old boxes is a window on what might have been for Fitzroy, and the moment that made the modern Bulldogs.
- by Michael Gleeson
Analysis
Federal
Suddenly, the tax choice is clear
Labor’s decision to back only the first stage of the Coalition's tax cuts and then to build on it offers a clear choice.
- by Peter Martin
Opinion
Cricket
CA plays the wrong line, again
Bangladesh gets the brush-off, and the public get bamboozlement.
- by Greg Baum
Opinion
AFL
A pair of players Collingwood can't let Goey
The Magpies need to re-sign Jordan De Goey.
- by Michael Gleeson
Opinion
Companies
Pointing finger at diversity for poor performance is a cop-out
Female leaders are getting the terrible message that when the going gets tough, we'll blame your gender
- by Carol Schwartz
Opinion
Life & relationships
Stop criticising Meghan Markle for her decisions
Isn't the whole point of feminism to give women the freedom to make their own decisions?
- by Kara Alaimo
Opinion
The economy
In today's Ypres, a reminder of the trail from war to taxes
As Scott Morrison proclaimed relief for some on personal income taxes, I thought of how it was World War I that gave us income taxes in the first place.
- by Tony Wright
Opinion
Rugby Union
David Campese could hold the game to ransom, but the game has changed
How is one New South Wales utility causing so many problems for a game that doesn't need him.
- by Malcolm Knox
Opinion
Life & relationships
The jaywalking phone zombie plague is completely out of control
Before mobile phones infiltrated society and dictated our lives, the annoyance of pedestrians not paying attention to road rules was known as jaywalking.
- by Wendy Squires
Opinion
Planning & budgeting
Five ways to scratch your travel itch without breaking the bank
How the mindset of financial independence can help you realise your travel bug dreams.
- by Paul Benson
COMMENT
National
Budget 2018: Why the government should spend $50 million on ABC rather than Capt Cook
I can think of a quick way of giving the ABC a boost – ditch the utterly ridiculous $50 million about to be spent on commemorating the 250th anniversary of the voyage to Australia of Captain Cook.
- by Jenna Price
Opinion
Small business
How to get staff to do what you want
When managers are struggling to get their staff to comply with simple instructions, it might just be the manager's fault.
- by James Adonis
Analysis
Asia
Something's going on at North Korea's nuclear test site
North Korea could be taking preliminary steps to close its nuclear test site, or Kim Jong-un is making the rest of the world think he is.
- by Anna Fifield and Adam Taylor
Opinion
The economy
It's time to stop pretending we are winning on innovation
Backing people to achieve their potential and investing in the future is the only way to resolve problems and seize opportunity.
- by Harold Mitchell
Letters
NSW
Pandering to personal gain no way to draw up a budget
Throwing crumbs to the masses in return for votes seems to be the stuff of pre-election budgets.
Editorial
NSW
Malaysia votes for change – and may even get it
Sixty years after independence, Malaysia is starting to see its own democracy emerge from the shadow of one-party rule.
Opinion
National
David Goodall's story forces us to confront uncomfortable truths
Many ill and elderly people fear the possibility of a bad death as they approach the end of their lives.
- by Penny Hackett
Opinion
National
How Morrison devised his 'big bang' tax cuts to corner Labor
Scott Morrison had to start from scratch to devise a budget that could rescue the government's political fortunes.
- by David Crowe
CBD
Companies
AMP investors roast AMP's David Murray on climate views
Forget AMP's women problem, activists highlighted David Murray's climate scepticism.
- by Colin Kruger
Analysis
Federal
Beyond tax, there are three other policy fights Bill Shorten is squaring up for
How the measures are funded remains to be seen.
- by Bevan Shields
Opinion
NRL
Burgess: I am not Adrian Morley ... and I won't change my style
The Englishman will return from a two-match suspension when his side meets NRL front-runners the Dragons at ANZ Stadium on Sunday.
- by Andrew Webster
Opinion
Life & relationships
What we're really saying with Mother's Day gifts
A scented candle once a year doesn’t come close to compensating for the domestic inequality that so often comes with motherhood.
- by Kasey Edwards
Opinion
Banking & finance
'They'd like to see you on a spit': AMP in full-throttle damage control
The AMP didn't just receive a first "strike" on Thursday against its remuneration report. It was a resounding thwack.
- by Elizabeth Knight
Opinion
Federal
The potentially mortifying prospect dangling over Bill Shorten's leadership
All through the long months of denial, Shorten must have known one of his MPs, Susan Lamb, most likely remained a dual citizen.
- by Tony Wright
Opinion
Life & relationships
Seven myths about being 50 (which we wish were true ...)
Sex is only getting better; speaking up at work is a doddle; who isn't doing a marathon?
- by Shane Watson
Analysis
Basketball
How Simmons and the 76ers can become contenders
Philadelphia's report card is in. This is not a championship roster, and it is not particularly close.
- by David Murphy
Opinion
Companies
Stop dreaming, Australia: Google is staying in Sydney
Google isn't leaving Sydney, but the excitement around that mere possibility tells us a lot about the rest of the country, and the world economy.
- by John McDuling
Analysis
AFL
James Sicily can become one of the great defenders
Sicily is fast becoming a key focus in any coach’s planning for the Hawks. And even at 23, curbing his influence might be easier said than done.
- by Wayne Carey
Analysis
Super & retirement
Seal of approval for government reverse mortgage
The decision to expand the Pension Loans Scheme is win-win for the government and older Australians.
- by Daryl Dixon
Opinion
Planning & budgeting
Women's endurance gives them a financial edge
In tough conditions, women complete the Boston Marathon at a higher rate than men. This psychological edge can also help with finances.
- by Catherine Robson
Opinion
Federal
Why are all our dual citizens white?
I’m far from the first to observe it is those of Anglo-Celtic or Anglo-Saxon stock who are caught in this mess. And it’s worth considering why.
- by Waleed Aly
Analysis
Companies
How Microsoft turned from cultural icon to invisible giant
Microsoft may have lost its cultural relevance, but it is as profitable as ever.
- by James Titcomb