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The banger sanger, the onions and the Prime Minister
Opinion
National

The banger sanger, the onions and the Prime Minister

Bunnings' decision to demote the position of the onion - to lie beneath the sausage - has apparently divided the nation.

  • by Alexander Gudic-Hay

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Britain cannot turn its back on Europe
Europe

Britain cannot turn its back on Europe

Theresa May has taken a pragmatic approach that acknowledges that after 50 years Britain is inextricably bound to the EU economy.

Cops in Melbourne's west who are both bloodhounds and sheepdogs
Analysis
Victoria

Cops in Melbourne's west who are both bloodhounds and sheepdogs

According to Peter Dutton we are hiding under our beds, surviving on tinned Camp Pie and filtered urine, too frightened to venture into the streets.

  • by John Silvester
The Latte Factor and the Rule of 752
Opinion
Planning & budgeting

The Latte Factor and the Rule of 752

It's not necessarily about coffee, it is a reminder of the way small items can accumulate.

  • by Noel Whittaker
Volatile times: Oil's implosion is about more than the sanctions on Iran
Opinion
Markets

Volatile times: Oil's implosion is about more than the sanctions on Iran

Oil prices soared and then slumped in the past few months. The US sanctions on Iran are only part of the explanation.

  • by Stephen Bartholomeusz
Brexit is the 'worst deal in history' and the one with the best chance
Analysis
Europe

Brexit is the 'worst deal in history' and the one with the best chance

Just about everyone hates Theresa May's Brexit deal. But she insists it's the only deal in town, unless the UK gives up on the whole idea.

  • by Nick Miller
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Trump, stung by midterms, retreats into cocoon of bitterness and resentment
Analysis
North America

Trump, stung by midterms, retreats into cocoon of bitterness and resentment

Trump did not show up at WWI events nor lay a wreath at Arlington cemetery on Veterans Day, has cancelled trips and sent officials to other events in his place.

  • by Eli Stokols
Customer Success? In my computer-less dreams
Opinion
Workplace

Customer Success? In my computer-less dreams

There will be a time in the very near future when this sentence will seem absurdly anachronistic, writes Jonathan Rivett.

  • by Jonathan Rivett
Tough Guy rolls the dice on politics of terror
Opinion
Victoria

Tough Guy rolls the dice on politics of terror

Right now, it’s not clear how Friday’s events will play out in the election, other than to put the campaign deep into the background for the first 72 hours after the attack.

  • by Noel Towell
The big October rout has taken its toll on Australia's fund managers
Opinion
Markets

The big October rout has taken its toll on Australia's fund managers

Shares are getting cheaper, attracting some to wade back in to chase bargains. But are we in for yet more pain?

  • by Elizabeth Knight
To achieve gender equality, we need more single-sex schools
Opinion
Life & relationships

To achieve gender equality, we need more single-sex schools

'All-girls learning environments build confidence, grit and a readiness to step up and lead.'

  • by Loren Bridge
No, the gender pay gap is not a myth, and here's why it matters
Opinion
Banking & finance

No, the gender pay gap is not a myth, and here's why it matters

The Australian industries with the most stubborn gender pay gaps have also been subject to more royal commissions. It's not a coincidence.

  • by Jessica Irvine
The dinner party is no longer serving its purpose
Opinion
Life & relationships

The dinner party is no longer serving its purpose

The last dinner party I attended, the hostess barricaded herself in the kitchen when the slow-cooked Greek lamb went awry.

  • by Penny Flanagan
The forsaken children strike back: 21 young people sue to save planet
Opinion
National

The forsaken children strike back: 21 young people sue to save planet

By their failure to act on climate change, the Trump administration and other governments are condemning future generations to catastrophe, but a brave group of children is fighting back, writes the winner of both the Nobel Prize and the Sydney Peace Prize.

  • by Joseph Stiglitz
Illustration: Cathy Wilcox
National

Sisto and Pellegrini's: Exploiting a tragedy for political gain

Readers continue to discuss the tragic death of Sisto Malaspina.

A year after the same-sex marriage vote, Australia is a better place
Opinion
National

A year after the same-sex marriage vote, Australia is a better place

Twelve months on from the postal survey we should celebrate it as a defining moment for a more perfect Australia.

  • by Tim Wilson
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Anniversary must reflect unity, liberty
Opinion
Europe

Anniversary must reflect unity, liberty

A century on from the Armistice, we must commit to the cause of liberty that so many died for.

Cool heads needed when broadcasting angry timeouts
Opinion
Basketball

Cool heads needed when broadcasting angry timeouts

The NBL has moved to remind coaches not to swear during time outs as they are broadcast live and the league has drawn the ire of many for such a call.

  • by Roy Ward
I know the horrors of sexual harassment, but mob rule is not justice
Opinion
National

I know the horrors of sexual harassment, but mob rule is not justice

A Greens MP in the NSW Upper House explains why she, unlike others in the party, is not demanding the resignation of her colleague Jeremy Buckingham amid allegations of harassment and assault.

  • by Cate Faehrmann
AFL draft history is littered with late bargains
Analysis
AFL

AFL draft history is littered with late bargains

It's easy to get distracted by the big names of underage footy at this time of year, but don't forget that gems are often overlooked until later in the draft.

  • by Ronny Lerner
As politicians resist a federal ICAC, Australia becomes more corrupt
Opinion
Federal

As politicians resist a federal ICAC, Australia becomes more corrupt

Australia is down from 7th to 13th in Transparency International’s global corruption index.

  • by David Harper
Deadline looms on health data lifeline
Opinion
Federal

Deadline looms on health data lifeline

There are valid arguments for remaining in, and for opting out of, the My Health Record database. Each decision will be a function of circumstances.

Gargasoulas guilty, but how will he be sentenced?
Analysis
Victoria

Gargasoulas guilty, but how will he be sentenced?

Now that a jury has found James Gargasoulas guilty for the Bourke Street rampage that killed six people and injured 27 others, attention turns to how long he’s likely to be jailed.

  • by Farrah Tomazin
An anxiety epidemic is gripping the world of work
Opinion
Workplace

An anxiety epidemic is gripping the world of work

Workers are feeling insecure and not only because of the rise in casual employment and the gig economy.

  • by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
Three retailers ho-ho-hoping for a good Christmas
Opinion
Investing

Three retailers ho-ho-hoping for a good Christmas

The Christmas period is always vital, but never more so than this year for for this trio.

  • by Scott Phillips
Our new submarines: Undecided and underwater
Opinion
National

Our new submarines: Undecided and underwater

$50 billion is a lot of money. Let's be absolutely clear how it's being spent.

  • by Nicholas Stuart
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'Lazy' advisers push Australians to invest overseas
Opinion
Investing

'Lazy' advisers push Australians to invest overseas

Buying overseas assets is not a necessity for Australian investors, it's just another opportunity among many.

  • by Marcus Padley
Good work damaged by minister on L plates, but here's how to help our neighbours
Opinion
Oceania

Good work damaged by minister on L plates, but here's how to help our neighbours

The PM needs to use his new $2 billion Pacific infrastructure fund for something both critical and practical.

  • by Concetta Fierravanti-Wells
There's a reason the Aussie dollar and renminbi are locked together
Opinion
Markets

There's a reason the Aussie dollar and renminbi are locked together

The values of the Australian dollar and China's renminbi are increasingly correlated. There are fundamental reasons for that, including the Trump trade policies, as well as an element of speculation.

  • by Stephen Bartholomeusz
The price we pay for decades of school funding based on religion
Opinion
National

The price we pay for decades of school funding based on religion

Wonder why politics is getting more polarised? A new report provides a clue.

  • by Ross Gittins
Illustration: Michael Leunig
National

Education: Every school need a properly staffed library

Readers discuss issues relating to schools and universities.

The questions you should (and shouldn't) ask your ex partner
Life & relationships

The questions you should (and shouldn't) ask your ex partner

We only dated for six months but my ex from 17 years ago left quite an impression on me.

  • by Melissa Singer
When is a touch just a touch?
Analysis
Federal

When is a touch just a touch?

Monday night’s Four Corners investigation into the Michelle Guthrie sacking brought forth the surprising claim from the former ABC managing director that her former Chairman, Justin Milne had touched her “inappropriately’”. But what makes a touch inappropriate?

  • by Jacqueline Maley
People's choice Foster facing uphill battle in FFA board election
Analysis
Soccer

People's choice Foster facing uphill battle in FFA board election

SBS pundit and former Socceroo Craig Foster's case to become the FFA's next chairman might have won over the public, but it hasn't convinced A-League clubs.

  • by Vince Rugari
The three-minute chat that wiped billions off stocks
Opinion
Markets

The three-minute chat that wiped billions off stocks

A downgrade by an Apple supplier triggered a plunge in the iPhone maker's shares that reverberated through stock markets in the US and Asia.

  • by Tim Culpan
What divorcing men can learn from Karl Stefanovic's fate
Opinion
Life & relationships

What divorcing men can learn from Karl Stefanovic's fate

Enduring, close interest in Karl Stefanovic's personal life holds lessons for other divorcing family men.

  • by Wendy Tuohy
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Let's ensure we don't let super funds 'kludge' it this time
Opinion
Consumer affairs

Let's ensure we don't let super funds 'kludge' it this time

There is no reason for people to take out insurance against accidents at work.

  • by John Daley
Why ASIC looks like a Keystone corporate cop
Opinion
Banking & finance

Why ASIC looks like a Keystone corporate cop

ASIC's latest attempt to use the courts to reform its image as a captive regulator and take on one of the big four has gone seriously pear-shaped.

  • by Elizabeth Knight
More upbeat RBA suggests rates will rise, but there's no hurry
Opinion
Borrowing

More upbeat RBA suggests rates will rise, but there's no hurry

Despite there being plenty of economic gloom, the Reserve Bank has recently been getting more upbeat about the future.

  • by Clancy Yeates
Heaven or hell: Wall Street on the road to purgatory
Opinion
Markets

Heaven or hell: Wall Street on the road to purgatory

Investors desperately need the US economy to break decisively one way or the other.

  • by Tim Duy
'Trump is not a bad dream': How Australia can deal with Trump's America
Opinion
National

'Trump is not a bad dream': How Australia can deal with Trump's America

Far from being impeached, Donald Trump has entrenched himself. There are eight ways Australia can thrive in a Trumpian world.

  • by Peter Hartcher
Morrison should have been by Macron's side
Opinion
National

Morrison should have been by Macron's side

Why wasn't he there, and what was more important than honouring the 47,000 Australian soldiers who lost their lives in the Great War?

  • by Peter FitzSimons
Illustration: David Pope
National

Terror and faith: Grey areas in defining the jihad of the times

The lines between religion and terrorism are sometimes not clear.

'Mr Pellegrini' made out-of-towners feel at home in Melbourne
Opinion
Victoria

'Mr Pellegrini' made out-of-towners feel at home in Melbourne

I thought of him as ‘Mr Pellegrini’, or in absent-minded moments as Mr Pellegrino. But his name was Sisto Malaspina and he was loved by a city. And by me.

  • by John Birmingham
More laws won't stop terrorism but effective prevention is complex
Opinion
National

More laws won't stop terrorism but effective prevention is complex

What we understand as “deradicalisation” programs rarely work.

  • by Anne Aly
Micro-parties set to win big in Victorian election after vote swap
Analysis
Victoria

Micro-parties set to win big in Victorian election after vote swap

The disparate cross-benchers could increase their grip on Victoria's upper house - Legislative Council - with good chances of winning seats in all eight regions, under group voting tickets revealed Monday.

  • by Tim Colebatch
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Why Cheika must pick best possible team to face Italy
Opinion
Rugby Union

Why Cheika must pick best possible team to face Italy

Coach must abandon his plan to rest top-line players - the Wallabies need to blow Italy off the park in Padua to restore confidence.

  • by Tom Decent
Celebrations in Foodora case may be short-lived
Opinion
National

Celebrations in Foodora case may be short-lived

Gig economy companies from Uber to Deliveroo to Airtasker are no doubt examining their worker contracts to make sure they do not confer rights.

  • by Michael Kaine
Brave he may be but 'Trolley Man' should not be a model
Opinion
National

Brave he may be but 'Trolley Man' should not be a model

The public must consider the possible consequences of taking action if caught up in incidents like those in Melbourne.

  • by Nick Kaldas
How Australia's health system could help fight terrorism
Opinion
National

How Australia's health system could help fight terrorism

Mental health issues can play as much a part in terrorist incidents as extremist ideology.

  • by Clive Williams