Opinion
Opinion
The economy
Abolish Billionaires. The world would be better off without them
If we aimed,through public and social policy, to discourage people from attaining and owning more than a billion in lucre, just about everyone would benefit.
- by Farhad Manjoo
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Opinion
Soccer
So much for grief: Nantes shows true colours with demand for Sala fee
Behind the prayers and the vigils for Emiliano Sala, the scarves and the No.9 shirts, lies a web of boundless cynicism.
- by Oliver Brown
Opinion
Small business
How your taste in music affects your work
Your favourite bands could have an impact on your job satisfaction - and how you're recruited.
- by James Adonis
Opinion
The economy
Why Australia's economy is not a freak of nature
Australia's economy needs to be freed from folklore that's built up around the 27-year stretch sans recession.
- by Daniel Moss
Opinion
National
Why democracy in NSW will survive Mark Latham
The One Nation candidate will fight for "our civilisational values”, but civilisation as we know it will probably march on.
- by Andy Marks
Letters
Banking & finance
Self-interest only stretches so far with retiree tax rort
Greed is obviously king - especially in trying to rip off the taxation system.
Editorial
North America
Trump's speech lacks global vision
The State of the Union described a very small agenda.
Opinion
Federal
Hayne's toil and trouble for Morrison's election plan
Banks and the economy combine for a potent brew ahead of the May election.
- by Shane Wright
Opinion
Companies
Microsoft is now the grown up in an industry full of problem children
All of a sudden, Microsoft has become one of the few adults in the tech industry, as other players such as Facebook lurch like toddlers from one disaster to another.
- by John McDuling
Opinion
Life & relationships
Why are women's nipples still regarded as 'obscene'?
'What annoys the hell out of me is the double standard: the male nipple is fine but the life-sustaining female nipple is not.'
- by Wendy Squires
Opinion
National
The one-hour week and other damned lies in our job statistics
The "good news" on jobs masks the truer story of the gig economy and underemployment. It's time we changed the stats.
- by Nick Dyrenfurth
Opinion
National
Why Tim Wilson must resign
Tim Wilson was, before he was appointed as a Commissioner to the Australian Human Rights Commission and after, not a person with an outstanding record in human rights law.
- by Jenna Price
Opinion
NRL
With more videos to come, suspending Napa would be a grave mistake
NRL boss Todd Greenberg's hands are tied with yet another unsavoury video featuring three first-grade players set to drop at any moment.
- by Andrew Webster
Opinion
Health & wellness
Nausea, panic, tears – why wasn't I warned
After going off medication, a sense of impending doom began to creep.
- by Chloe Booker
Opinion
Banking & finance
The end was inevitable after NAB duo annoyed royal commissioner
Once Kenneth Hayne singled out Andrew Thorburn and his chairman, Ken Henry, from a multitude of equally-deserving peers for harsh criticism in his final report they were on shaky ground.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
Opinion
NSW
Our year of breathing dangerously: Sydney, Hunter pollution alert
Rising air pollution is a failure of governance, says the author of a report that identifies hotspots from Liverpool to Parramatta Northt and Muswellbrook.
- by Ben Ewald
Opinion
Banking & finance
AMP dodges break-up but hasn't escaped unscathed
The royal commission may not have decreed the end of vertical integration but the recommendations it did make, and its own internal challenges, will still impact and reshape AMP.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
Opinion
Banking & finance
Taxpayers should not be subsidising lifestyle of wealthy retirees
The current imputation cash refund system is, essentially, a reverse death duty: low and middle-income earners are subsidizing the estates of the very wealthy.
- by Emma Dawson and Tim Lyons
Analysis
National
Royal reckoning: is it enough to make the banks change?
Royal commissioner Kenneth Hayne has made 24 referrals for criminal or civil action - and 76 recommendations that will shake up the industry in a way that hasn’t happened in generation - but was it the great reckoning the public hoped for?
- by David Estcourt and Rachael Dexter
Opinion
Federal
Where idiots play: the Parliament of the inappropriate
Assistant Minister Scott Buchholz is apologising for being an idiot, but won't say what sort of "inappropriate behaviour" caused a female RAAF officer to complain about him. So what's new?
- by Tony Wright
Opinion
Soccer
Silence from FIFA president as world unites behind Hakeem
The question is whether FIFA is prepared to apply the kind of pressure that might make a difference and possibly save Hakeem Al-Araibi's life.
- by Sam Wallace
Opinion
Small business
Who’s really to blame for too many unwanted graduates?
Australia’s skill base suffers as students choose oversupplied professions.
- by Tony Featherstone
Editorial
Banking & finance
RBA shows it can change its mind on interest rates
Reserve Bank governor Phil Lowe had good news for homebuyers in his speech on Wednesday.
Opinion
Health & wellness
Pushing happiness as the holy grail is creating 'generation anxiety'
We’re still teaching children to deny their feelings and pursue happiness as the holy grail.
- by Jill Stark
Opinion
NSW
Labor better hope it has shaken its skeletons in NSW
If memories of the last NSW Labor government were fading, they would have been resurrected this week.
- by Alexandra Smith
Opinion
Banking & finance
Why you're better off paying a mortgage broker yourself
Reform of mortgage broker pay is long overdue, writes Jessica Irvine.
- by Jessica Irvine
Letters
NSW
Investors bank on business as usual after Hayne report
The big banks are shown to be guilty of greed and corruption, but their share prices rise sharply.
Opinion
NSW
In the Herald: February 7, 1952
The King is dead, the new Queen, and Menzies speaks
- by Brian Yatman
Opinion
The economy
Let's not talk ourselves into an interest rate cut
Amid talk of interest rate cuts, it's also important to consider the strengths of the domestic economy.
- by Jessica Irvine
Opinion
Consumer affairs
Labor is exploiting misunderstandings about franking credits
The problem the electorate has with the Labor Party policy proposal is unraveling the terminology.
- by Tony Dillon
Opinion
National
The culture driving teachers like me from the profession
As many as half of Australian teachers leave the profession within their first five years in the job. This young teacher understands why.
- by Erin Canavan
Opinion
Banking & finance
Messy and lacklustre: CBA earnings suffer from Hayne hangover
CBA says banking conditions are challenging
- by Elizabeth Knight
Opinion
North America
Trump shamelessly used Jewish Americans in State of the Union address
While slurring refugees as a dangerous threat, the US President sought to shield himself from charges of racism by invoking a Jewish tragedy.
- by CJ Werleman
Opinion
AFL
Saints coach wisely quits TV gig in year of living dangerously
With his job on the line, St Kilda coach Alan Richardson is right to give up his weekly Fox Footy appearance.
- by Jake Niall
Opinion
NRL
A sanctuary for sinners, rugby league must be more frugal with its charity
Rugby league has helped reform many lost souls but another serious incident means the code has no choice but to be more clinical with its outreach.
- by Phil Lutton
Analysis
Federal
Lower rates were once a political positive, but a cut will not be on Scott Morrison's wish list
Political rhetoric and economic reality are on a collision course.
- by Shane Wright
Analysis
Racing
From rags to riches to disgrace: Weir's career and reputation in ruins
The rise of Darren Weir was one of racing's great rags-to-riches stories, but it has ended in disgrace after he was disqualified from racing for four years.
- by Michael Lynch
Analysis
Technology
Why you should not buy a 5G phone in 2019
Let's put aside the hype for a moment and look at what a 5G smartphone in 2019 really means for you.
- by Krishan Sharma
Opinion
Markets
Bloodbath averted: The world economy may have been saved in the nick of time
The Fed chief's instincts may have just bought the world economy another year.
- by Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
Opinion
North America
Trump will call for 'unity' in State of the Union address. It's a scam
It's one of the most dispiriting rituals that attend State of the Union addresses in the Trump era but this time around, there's just no excuse for playing along.
- by Greg Sargent
Opinion
National
'Permanently destructive': new tower will make North Sydney's problems worse
There is a single site suitable for a civic centre in North Sydney and the state government is putting a building on it.
- by Jeremy Dawkins
Opinion
NSW
In the Herald: February 6, 1965
The ballad of Winston, Doug and Ramblin' Bob.
- by Brian Yatman
Opinion
Banking & finance
'Why wait': challenge laid down to the banks and Parliament
Here's a way we can get some action from the banks without having to wait.
- by Adele Ferguson
Opinion
Tax
Tax the rich, not the helpless
Today, apparently, policy is king. The odd person who gets in the way of the ever-turning wheels is seemingly disposable.
- by Nicholas Stuart
Letters
NSW
Cost of corporate greed is public's loss of faith
In the fallout from the banking royal commission, we are all poorer.
Opinion
Life & relationships
'Why is it OK to ban certain races on your dating profile?'
'You’d never find a job advertisement that discriminates applicants based on race. Why is it OK to put a race-based ban on your dating profile?'
- by Jessie Tu