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Brexit going badly? Would another Brexit referendum help?
Analysis
Europe

Brexit going badly? Would another Brexit referendum help?

There is a growing call in the UK for another referendum to sort it all out. Could it possibly help?

  • by Nick Miller

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Raise GST to help pay for aged care cost blowout
Letters
NSW

Raise GST to help pay for aged care cost blowout

Taxpayer dollars would be better directed to the training of increased staff and ensuring a higher ratio of carer to patient/resident.

NAB pay revamp makes it much harder to reward bad behaviour
Analysis
Banking & finance

NAB pay revamp makes it much harder to reward bad behaviour

NAB has unveiled its new executive remuneration scheme after the heat of the royal commission and regulatory pressure.

  • by Stephen Bartholomeusz
Shooters party must not dictate policy
Opinion
Conservation

Shooters party must not dictate policy

The NSW government's decision to ditch its plans for expanding marine sanctuaries in the coastal waters around Sydney is politically inept and environmentally irresponsible.

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ICAC misses chance for oversight reform call on 'follow the dollar'
Opinion
NSW

ICAC misses chance for oversight reform call on 'follow the dollar'

Despite spending nearly three years on a significant and successful fraud investigation, the corruption watchdog has fallen short in one key recommendation.

  • by Michael Evans
What Donald Trump's trade war with China means for you
Analysis
The economy

What Donald Trump's trade war with China means for you

For Australia, the main immediate risk is reduced foreign demand for our exports.

  • by Jessica Irvine
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Berejiklian should see red about shortage of Liberal women
Opinion
NSW

Berejiklian should see red about shortage of Liberal women

Having a female leader in NSW is not enough. She has to take the lead.

  • by Alexandra Smith
Let’s get rid of awards shows and just host red carpets instead
Opinion
Celebrity

Let’s get rid of awards shows and just host red carpets instead

Award shows are a throwback to a time before tablets and smartphones, when people had attention spans longer than 30 seconds.

  • by Charles Purcell
In the Herald: September 20, 1893
Opinion
NSW

In the Herald: September 20, 1893

Chicago Exhibition awards, Cherokee land rush, and a letter to the Editor 

  • by Stephanie Bull
Labor's super reforms won't go far enough
Opinion
Workplace

Labor's super reforms won't go far enough

There are more fundamental issues with the superannuation system.

  • by Linda White
Commercial terrorists have brought an industry to its knees
Opinion
National

Commercial terrorists have brought an industry to its knees

The sabotage of our strawberry industry is as flummoxing as it is despicable. It shows a level of recklessness in the community that we haven’t seen before.

  • by Madonna King
Column 8
Opinion
NSW

Column 8

The all-you-can-eat fleet.

After giving tragic news to many families, I can't support pill testing
Opinion
NSW

After giving tragic news to many families, I can't support pill testing

To green-light illegal drug taking and the dangerous criminals who profit from it is something I will never support.

  • by Troy Grant
I spend a quarter of my waking hours staring at my phone
Opinion
Consumer affairs

I spend a quarter of my waking hours staring at my phone

Almost a quarter of women in their 30s and one in five in their 40s compulsively check their screens about 200 times a day - that's once every few minutes.

  • by Matthew Field
The iPhone XS and XS Max: Bigger Is Now Definitely Better
Opinion
Consumer affairs

The iPhone XS and XS Max: Bigger Is Now Definitely Better

The iPhone XS and the iPhone XS Max may be making me a convert to bigger smartphones.

  • by Brian X. Chen
We're doubling down on the errors that caused the financial crisis a decade ago
Opinion
Markets

We're doubling down on the errors that caused the financial crisis a decade ago

Everyone has their favourite theory about the financial crisis, but we keep overlooking an alternative account of what actually happened.

  • by Juliet Samuel
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Let's embrace high-rise living for families, not be fearful
Opinion
NSW

Let's embrace high-rise living for families, not be fearful

Children grow up in apartments in all parts of the world, all the time and turn out just fine. The key is to encourage proper planning incentives.

  • by Chris Johnson
Six months of best or worst politics
Opinion
Federal

Six months of best or worst politics

The next six to nine months of Australian politics until the 2019 federal election promise to be the good, the bad and the downright ugly.

  • by John Warhurst
Bullying culture brings disgrace to the Liberals
Letters
NSW

Bullying culture brings disgrace to the Liberals

The extraordinary personal indictment against the bullying culture within her own party by Liberal MP Ann Sudmalis is a desperate cry for justice when no place in our parliamentary democracy should have to tolerate such unfair treatment of women.

'Stay in the fray': How women can stop the bullies
Opinion
NSW

'Stay in the fray': How women can stop the bullies

As elected officials we should be doing everything we can to halt those who believe they can bully their way to a position or bully someone out of one.

  • by Shelley Hancock
The workplaces where bullies flourish
Opinion
Workplace

The workplaces where bullies flourish

Bullying is a scourge of many workplaces but they often have particular features, many of which can be found in politics.

  • by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
'I'm not going to be silent': plea to rethink care royal commission
Companies

'I'm not going to be silent': plea to rethink care royal commission

The terms of reference for the royal commission into aged care is still being set. Prime Minister Scott Morrison is leaving it to the states to let retirement villages be part of it.

  • by Adele Ferguson
In the Herald: September 19, 1984
Opinion
NSW

In the Herald: September 19, 1984

Three hats and cheese puffs, a second Sydney Airport, and Ali ‘has Parkinson’s disease’.

  • by Brian Yatman
US-China tariffs: what's behind them, and who stands to be hurt?
Analysis
Asia

US-China tariffs: what's behind them, and who stands to be hurt?

President Donald Trump has intensified his trade war with Beijing and triggered the likelihood of price increases for many American companies and consumers.

  • by Paul Wiseman
The one, conclusive reason why Australia won't go nuclear
Opinion
National

The one, conclusive reason why Australia won't go nuclear

Tell anyone who wants an Aussie bomb they’re dreaming. It won’t happen.

  • by Nicholas Stuart
Column 8
Opinion
NSW

Column 8

Craning for a view.

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No need to mess with laws on freedom of religion
Federal

No need to mess with laws on freedom of religion

Dear PM, existing laws protect those of faith from discrimination.

Key defender may be key for Martin, says Magpie Greenwood
Analysis
AFL

Key defender may be key for Martin, says Magpie Greenwood

Just how and who do you play on Richmond superstar Dustin Martin?

  • by Jake Niall
Julie Bishop and co are looking like quite the 'nasty women'
Opinion
Life & relationships

Julie Bishop and co are looking like quite the 'nasty women'

If you are all about equal opportunity and equal representation of women in the halls of power and influence, "nasty" is a compliment.

  • by Wendy Tuohy
Does Trump want a trade divorce from China? Some think so
Analysis
Asia

Does Trump want a trade divorce from China? Some think so

How else to explain Trump ignoring American companies who protested that imposing tariffs would hurt their business, and raise prices for US consumers?

  • by Kirsty Needham
Money can't buy happiness – or can it?
Opinion
Planning & budgeting

Money can't buy happiness – or can it?

If we really believe money can’t buy happiness, why do so many people buy lottery tickets?

  • by Paul Benson
'Questions ate away at me': The heavy burden of aged care
Opinion
National

'Questions ate away at me': The heavy burden of aged care

Three and a half years after my dad died, I'm still tormented by memories of his time in residential care.

  • by Tina Broad
Time for clear thinking on party pills
editorial
NSW

Time for clear thinking on party pills

NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian is right to take seriously the tragic deaths of a 21-year-old woman and a 23-year-old man after taking apparently tainted  recreational drugs at the Defqon.1 music festival in Penrith over the weekend.

Thanks Deliveroo, but I want dinner, not a brand experience
Opinion
Consumer affairs

Thanks Deliveroo, but I want dinner, not a brand experience

Swipe right for lobster rolls, swipe left to dispose of the people who cook them.

  • by Matt Holden
Life insurance sector must earn consumers' trust
Analysis
Insurance

Life insurance sector must earn consumers' trust

Life insurance's reputation is at an unprecedented low after royal commission revelations.

  • by John Collett
Now that his accuser spoke out, is Brett Kavanaugh's nomination in danger?
Opinion
North America

Now that his accuser spoke out, is Brett Kavanaugh's nomination in danger?

As far as tracing decades-old sexual harassment allegations go, Ford's story is remarkably credible.

  • by Amber Phillips
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Bitcoin's biggest name forgot a golden rule
Analysis
Markets

Bitcoin's biggest name forgot a golden rule

We all know the sage advice that in a gold rush the best thing to do is sell shovels.

  • by Tim Culpan
'Hi. I’m Ed. I’m an MP. It’s been 12 months since my last tweet.' 
Opinion
Federal

'Hi. I’m Ed. I’m an MP. It’s been 12 months since my last tweet.' 

On this day last year I logged off Twitter. I've been tempted to return but then I remember why I left in the first place.

  • by Ed Husic
Trump has put a gun to China's head and we're in the crossfire
Opinion
The economy

Trump has put a gun to China's head and we're in the crossfire

Donald Trump's simplistic view of trade is dangerous not only to China, Australia and the rest of Asia, it's going to hurt his own country too.

  • by Stephen Bartholomeusz
Should we worry about the slump in savings?
Analysis
Saving

Should we worry about the slump in savings?

As we mark a decade since the global financial crisis, Australian households appear to be slipping back into a pre-GFC habit.

  • by Clancy Yeates
Cyclists aren't the problem. Aggressive and entitled car drivers are
Opinion
National

Cyclists aren't the problem. Aggressive and entitled car drivers are

Australians are happy to support and excuse deadly violence by drivers because of the dominant motoring culture.

  • by Peter Chambers & Tom Andrews
Why Western Christianity has a death wish
Opinion
Europe

Why Western Christianity has a death wish

The latest figures suggest that Church of England affiliation has halved since 2002 and that only 2 per cent of young people call themselves Anglican.

  • by Tim Stanley
Why we're all choking on Amazon cardboard
Analysis
Companies

Why we're all choking on Amazon cardboard

Amazon still hasn't mastered the art of packaging, and it's causing lots of problems.

  • by Leonid Bershidsky
Aged care needs money not lawyers
editorial
Consumer affairs

Aged care needs money not lawyers

Anyone who has visited a parent or grand parent in a residential aged care facility knows there are problems. Even the best run can fail to offer dignity to people afflicted by dementia, loneliness and physical infirmity.

Pill testing will help tackle drug issue, not prohibition
letters
NSW

Pill testing will help tackle drug issue, not prohibition

It is time that we accept that prohibition doesn't work ("Premier vows to shut down festival after overdoses", September 17).

Even the optimists are bracing for aged care carnage
Opinion
Companies

Even the optimists are bracing for aged care carnage

When it comes to scandals, investors have adopted an approach of sell first and ask questions later.

  • by Elizabeth Knight
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The Liberals' woman problem: men in grey suits misjudge level of anger
Opinion
Federal

The Liberals' woman problem: men in grey suits misjudge level of anger

Politicians are fond of invoking the iron law of arithmetic, at least when it comes to toppling their leaders or shoring up their own numbers.

  • by Jacqueline Maley
Souths lewd photo scandal coverage may have breached anti-porn laws
Opinion
NRL

Souths lewd photo scandal coverage may have breached anti-porn laws

The publication of images related to this story may have unexpected legal consequences, and not for who you may first assume.

  • by Adair Donaldson
How India and China have become a billionaires' paradise
Asia

How India and China have become a billionaires' paradise

India's richest man, Mukesh Ambani, and his 160-metre-high vertical mansion have become the emblem of the age of the billionaire.

  • by Peter Hartcher
In the Herald: September 18, 1839 
Opinion
NSW

In the Herald: September 18, 1839 

Immigrants for hire, a letter to the Editor, and tyranny in Tahiti

  • by Stephanie Bull