Opinion
Analysis
Cricket
Who's worth another chance?
As Australia's batsmen get off to another shaky start in the Canberra Test, who of the many batsmen to have fallen out of favour with national selectors can find their way back into the national team?
- by Dean Jones
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The economy
'Prepare for the worst': The tables have turned in the Brexit brawl
Europe's leaders will now have to decide whether they are going to push their demands to the point of absurdity.
- by Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
Opinion
Small business
A law unto themselves: Shadow regulators must be reviewed
These not-for-profit groups deserve more scrutiny.
- by Peter Strong
Opinion
Life & relationships
I changed my Facebook picture, and now people have started 'liking' me
You can't do anything on Facebook quietly.
- by Penny Flanagan
Opinion
Companies
It's Apple versus Facebook in a battle for the soul of tech
Facebook has already been hit by its first crisis of 2019. And Apple, its new bête noire in the tech industry, has been quick to pounce on it.
- by John McDuling
Opinion
Workplace
Education risks going stale without a serving of versatility
In a world that requires both competence and creativity, we must resist attempts to reduce learning to a commodity.
- by Jim Bright
Opinion
Cricket
Starc no longer a certainty for Ashes unless he can swing wickets at Manuka
This has not been a great summer for Mitchell Starc, which is why it's so important he gets something out of the final Test. And he's not the only one.
- by Mark Taylor
Opinion
Celebrity
Sydney under siege: Steven Seagal's here for your soul
Move over Muscles from Brussels, we’re getting the Gremlin from the Kremlin.
- by Michael Ruffles
Opinion
Federal
Alarm bells to waken voters from summer slumber
No more lazy days, as Morrison and Shorten leave the summer holidays behind for the looming election
- by Shane Wright
Opinion
National
We could have led the world and saved a river system, but for politics
The $13 billion plan to save the Murray-Darling Basin had much to commend it, but too often its honest brokers have been silenced.
- by Maryanne Slattery
Letters
NSW
Huge egos and selfish agendas will ruin political system
With much fanfare, Julia Banks has finally announced she will abandon her electorate of Chisholm to stand as an independent in the nearby electorate of Flinders.
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NSW
In the Herald: February 1, 1984
Medicare begins today, crime compensation doubled and councils clash over airport question
- by Lyn Maccallum
Opinion
National
Meet the woman who should be our next morning TV star
In a just world, Antoinette Braybrook would be on television all the time.
- by Jenna Price
Editorial
Conservation
Drop the pretence about the Murray-Darling plan
The South Australian royal commission says political compromise is not science.
Opinion
National
Miners back an Aboriginal voice - and it's good for business
BHP and Rio Tinto are leading industry in calling for an Indigenous voice to Parliament. Their moral argument is sincere, but it will also be better for business.
- by Paul Cleary
Opinion
Federal
Is the Coalition’s economic pitch out of date?
The Coalition's basic pitch seems to be that Australia’s prosperity, which is the result of what Frydenberg called the “invisible hand of capitalism”, is under threat if Labor wins the election.
- by Waleed Aly
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Life & relationships
Kylie Jenner made young motherhood look blissful. I nearly fell for it
Having a baby right now would make no sense. Yet, Kylie has somehow made me think having my own little Stormi is exactly what I want.
- by Natasha Gillezeau
Analysis
South America
Putin's concern for Venezuela has overtones of superpower rivalry
The fight for power in the South American country has taken on a familiar tone.
- by Neil MacFarquhar
Opinion
National
As Tasmania's bushfires rage, we desperately hope our home is spared
Today, like yesterday and the day before, we watch the ominous signs and await the word to evacuate.
- by Philip Lynch
Analysis
National
Morrison's unofficial campaign heats up, as drought hurts the Murray-Darling
New year, new policies, new resignations. It’s starting to feel a lot like an election season.
- by David Estcourt & Nicole Precel
Opinion
Markets
'Waiting for clarity': The Fed's abrupt and disturbing policy shift
In December the US central bank was complacent about the outlook for the world's largest economy. Now it's not. So why are markets celebrating?
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
Opinion
Banking & finance
The end of banking as we know it: a report of Tolkien proportions
The banking royal commission report will be revealed on Monday. There will be pain. Our super will suffer. But it's all for the better.
- by Jessica Irvine
Opinion
National
The other (deadlier) road toll: car pollution
Vehicle emissions are killing more Australians than road accidents, but a Senate committee has just taken an important first step to clean up our cities.
- by Behyad Jafari
Editorial
NSW
NSW must compromise on political ad limits
With less than two months before the NSW election, the High Court has torn up the rule book that will govern the political campaign.
Opinion
Life & relationships
Men have been lied to about Valentine's Day
It's not marketable or romantic, but domestic equality under her own roof might be the best present you can give this Valentine’s Day.
- by Christopher Scanlon
Opinion
Federal
As the election approaches, the Liberals are in a severe state of flux
Who is to say that the new Parliament will have less talent than the present one?
- by John Warhurst
Letters
NSW
NSW offers a lesson in how not to manage a river crisis
Premier, your comment that you care more about people than fish is unworthy of a leader of our state.
Opinion
NSW
In the Herald: January 31, 1959
"Litterbugs" from other suburbs, North Sydney parking scheme, and the Japanese Trade Fair raises money for Legacy
- by Lyn Maccallum
Opinion
Companies
Apple's numbers reflect the self-inflicted damage of the US trade war
As critical trade talks between the US and China get under way in Washington, Apple's numbers illustrate that the US trade war on China is producing some self-inflicted damage.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
Opinion
Soccer
#SaveHakeem: If you're reading this, we can help bring him home
We must follow the lead of Craig Foster and the football community to pressure the Thai government to release Hakeem Al-Araibi – for the sake of justice.
- by Peter FitzSimons
Opinion
Tennis
Hewitt's Davis Cup strategy has a lot of Buckley about it
Davis Cup captain Lleyton Hewitt’s efforts to put his own imprint onto the Australian tennis team have more than a touch of deja vu about them.
- by Ronny Lerner
Analysis
Racing
Cobalt, then Aquanita, then the Weir arrests ... racing's PR disaster
After the cobalt and Aquanita scandals, champion trainer Darren Weir's arrest is another severe blow to racing's image.
- by Michael Lynch
Analysis
Europe
May's game of chicken: EU must reopen talks or face Brexit disaster
Theresa May's latest Brexit strategy walks a fine line between admirable persistence and insane optimism.
- by Nick Miller
Opinion
National
A century after the Spanish flu, preparing for the next pandemic
The outbreak killed 12,000 Australians in 1919. Hard lessons were learned and they must be heeded when - not if - another pandemic strikes.
- by Kevin McCracken and Peter Curson
Analysis
Markets
'Crisis looks almost unavoidable': Italy is sliding towards a recession
Italy is stuck in a vicious circle, say analysts, and it looks like there will only be one conclusion.
- by Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
Opinion
National
Why Tony Abbott will win Warringah
If Abbott can hold on now (with the political equivalent of the Spanish Armada amassing against him locally) he’ll have the seat for another decade.
- by John Ruddick
Opinion
National
A reward for whistleblowers who expose tax evaders
Whistleblowers need to be protected and rewarded.
- by Andrew Leigh
Letters
NSW
Tax cuts plus spending big? The PM must be a magician
Knowing that only a miracle will allow the LNP to remain in power, Scott Morrison has taken on the guise of a magician.
Opinion
The economy
Unhappy, unhealthy lives aren't fair exchange for higher incomes
Maybe governments would do better by us if they switched their objective from increasing happiness to reducing unhappiness.
- by Ross Gittins
Opinion
Federal
The new, desperate struggle to secure the critical fabric of society
Barack Obama unleashed a new way of war but couldn’t control it, creating a threat Australia is unprepared to meet.
- by Nicholas Stuart
Opinion
National
'Divisive and corrosive': Deregulating the HSC would be a disaster
Adopting a smorgasbord of alternative credentials would be a sustained act of child neglect.
- by Maurie Mulheron
Editorial
Soccer
Refugee footballer deserves our support
Thailand must not send Hakeem al-Araibi back to Bahrain.
Opinion
NSW
In the Herald: January 30, 1982
New look Bob stand at the SCG, War memorial to chronicle Viewnam and Bank of NSW to become Westpac
- by Lyn Maccallum
Opinion
Companies
Held to account: A new reality or business as usual for banks?
Transparency provided by the banking royal commission should lead to sustainable culture change as a corporate priority.
- by Lyn Goodear
Opinion
Middle East
This is what life’s like when you crash out of Europe
We arrived in Doha in the middle of the night with no luggage, no clean underwear and only the prospect of a hotel toothbrush and its tiny tube of toothpaste for comfort.
- by Matt Holden
Opinion
AFL
Why I've become a women's footy team member
Women's sports provides everything we're looking for as fans.
- by Brandon Jack
Asia
Held writer Yang Hengjun's powerful message applies to Australia, too
A letter written by Mr Yang is a clarion call for Chinese civil society to hold fast under excruciating pressure, but it is not only addressed to China.