Opinion
Opinion
Companies
Big W joins growing club of retail orphans
Woolworths boss Brad Banducci can’t sell his loss-making Big W chain in its current state and, with $2.7 billion of lease commitments, closing it down would be rash.
- by Elizabeth Knight
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National
'If you’re playing golf with him, he’s going to cheat.'
Golf really is a rich treasure trove of insights into presidential personalities - and guess what - Donald Trump cheats.
- by Peter FitzSimons
Opinion
National
Marie Kondo sparks joy for me - but not in the usual way
A great Australian past-time has been given new life by the guru of decluttering.
- by Emma Betty
Analysis
Europe
How a TV comedian could have the last laugh in Ukraine
Volodymyr Zelensky strong showing could help determine the future of a country that's become the front line in a new confrontation between Russia and the West.
- by Iuliia Mendel and Neil MacFarquhar
Opinion
Companies
ASIC asks 'Why not litigate?' There are reasons it shouldn't
The best use of litigation against large companies, in the absence of clear-cut and indefensible breaches of the law, is as a negotiating tool.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
Opinion
National
Last chance for the Morrison government rests on two things
There's a catch in the Prime Minister's budget week planning.
- by Sean Kelly
NSW
Time to restore tranquillity to our beautiful country
The politicians really are in a bubble far removed from Australians and their concerns.
National
Don’t waste chance for recycling boom
The issue is not political. It compels co-operation. It is urgent.
Analysis
Federal
Bill Shorten treads gently with careful climate change plan
Labor's policy is as much an effort to neutralise the political attack as to find ways to truly reduce Australia's greenhouse gas emissions.
- by Shane Wright
Opinion
The economy
The budget's getting better, but the economy's getting worse
Treasurer Josh Frydenberg will be hoping to convince us the budget improvement is lasting, but the weak economy is temporary. It’s more likely to be the other way round.
- by Ross Gittins
Opinion
Companies
How the post Google, Facebook era could be 'golden age' for media
A rising Australian investor in Silicon Valley thinks there could be big opportunities for media companies in a post Google, post Facebook world.
- by John McDuling
Opinion
NSW
In the Herald: April 1, 1986
Bomb suspect identified, James Cagney dies at 86 and notables’ day at the races.
- by Stephanie Bull
Opinion
Federal
Coalition government shows stubborn unwillingness to fix debt
This week's federal budget represents an opportunity for an ambitious politician such as Josh Frydenberg to demonstrate long-term vision.
- by Nick Dyrenfurth
Opinion
Federal
It's not wrong to worry about immigration in the wake of terror
Dress it up any way you want, radical Islamist terrorism has made many Australians anxious about our immigration program.
- by Amanda Vanstone
Opinion
National
Education isn't a meritocracy, it's a 'parentocracy'
In Australia, and elsewhere, the system doesn’t favour academic merit, but parental wealth and efforts.
- by Kellie Bousfield
Analysis
NSW
Berejiklian's cabinet reflects the direction of her new government
Gladys Berejiklian has been described as "the great hope for the progressive moderates". Her new cabinet reflects this.
- by Alexandra Smith
Opinion
Sport
Tough times for those who'd rather play than watch in Sydney
We are forced to revert to soccer piracy.
- by Luke Kennedy
Analysis
Rugby Union
Rebels with a cause: Coleman sums up team's unity
The controlled anger of the Rebels pack against the Reds, plus Coleman's reluctance to leave his mates to go off for a HIA, showed again that this is a serious team.
- by Paul Cully
Analysis
Asia
Jokowi's optimism outshines Prabowo's darker impulses
The latest presidential debate revealed President Joko Widodo as a multilateralist and internationalist while his challenger Prabowo Subianto offered a darker, isolationist vision.
- by James Massola
Opinion
Climate change
Australia in the slow lane as Coalition stalls on EV strategy
The Coalition will not release it's electric car strategy until next year.
- by Bryce Gaton
Opinion
National
Some advice for NSW's new education minister on her first day
First on the new minister's agenda should be to create an echelon of expert teachers.
- by Peter Goss
Opinion
Technology
Why the internet needs new rules, and where to start
By updating the rules for the internet, we can preserve what's best about it while also protecting society from broader harms.
- by Mark Zuckerberg
Opinion
National
You need to have a heart to do politics
But with an election close, Scott Morrison had to consider the angles too.
- by Claire Kimball
Letters
NSW
The winning attributes for tomorrow's students goes beyond a few marks
The world our present school children will move into will be very different to that of their parents.
Opinion
Federal
Chinese-Australians have had a gutful of politicians' tokenism
Bill Shorten's WeChat moment was political tokenism at best, a horrible insult to Chinese-Australian voters at worst.
- by Jieh-Yung Lo
Opinion
NSW
Federal Coalition can learn from Berejiklian's victory
Since everyone loves a winner, adoration for Premier Gladys Berejiklian has poured forth from Coalition quarters.
Opinion
Federal
In like Minns: Labor's leader in waiting has firm agenda for NSW
The most likely replacement for Michael Daley as opposition leader is Chris Minns, 39, who favours pill testing and opposes lockouts.
- by Peter FitzSimons
Opinion
Federal
The callous, pointless vacuum at the dead heart of One Nation
The escapades of Hanson's acolytes in America expose her party for what it is. John Howard's gun reforms, meanwhile, may struggle in today's Parliament.
- by Jacqueline Maley
Analysis
Europe
Europe, the killer of British Tory PMs
Theresa May was never required to pitch to party members and therein, perhaps, lay the seeds of her future difficulties.
- by Philip Johnston
Opinion
National
Pauline Hanson has a right to be upset about Al Jazeera sting
Unethical reporting will simply reinforce the view among One Nation's supporters that elites are out to get them, and will break all the rules to do so.
- by Misha Ketchell
Opinion
NSW
Baristas: one of Sydney's fastest growing professions
Who won the hotly contested competition for the nation's best barista, asks Helen Pitt.
- by Helen Pitt
Opinion
TV & radio
Game of Thrones: a masterpiece of long-form TV
If you haven't started watching it yet, do. By the time you've finally caught up, maybe HBO will have announced season nine.
- by Michael Deacon
Opinion
TV & radio
Great ideas to save Oz film and TV, but government just isn't listening
A Senate committee tabled its report on the future of film and TV production in this country last week. Just don't expect the government to respond.
- by Karl Quinn
Opinion
Cricket
Taylor's suggestion CA sandpapered over cracks raises more concerns
When Mark Taylor admits he has no idea what truly took place in the months or even years before the Cape Town scandal, where does that leave the sport?
- by Neil Breen
Opinion
Markets
Who will pay for the world's debt mountain? It's you, dear saver
Someone has to pay the price of the financial excesses of the last few decades. With low and negative rates, that "someone" will be savers.
- by Satyajit Das
Analysis
AFL
How a discarded Tom Scully ended up in a Hawthorn jumper so soon
The story of how Tom Scully, the former $6m man, was given away to Hawthorn and his stunning recovery
- by Jake Niall
Analysis
Sport
Time for F1's moral blind spot over Bahrain to close
Once more, then, F1 finds itself impaled on the horns of the thorniest moral dilemma.
- by Oliver Brown
Analysis
Tennis
Ash Barty edges to rightful spot among the world's best players
Now Ashleigh Barty has broken through to the women’s world’s top 10, there’s an overwhelming sense that the time is now for Australia’s highest-ranked player.
- by Scott Spits
Analysis
NRL
Benji and Robbie have got Tigers loving their football again
Robbie Farah and Benji Marshall are making it look easy. And it's rubbing off on the whole team.
- by Phil Gould
Opinion
Markets
Brace for nightmare before Christmas, banking giant warns investors
Citigroup has issued an explicit recession warning for the world's largest economy, advising clients to exit risky assets and prepare to ride out the storm.
- by Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
Analysis
AFL
How can you stop AFLW Adelaide star Erin Phillips?
The Crows co-captain is clearly the best player in the women's game, so how will the Blues look to stop her on Sunday in the grand final.
- by Daniel Cherny
Analysis
Soccer
Devil in the detail in agreement on new look A-League
Proposals from the new league working group due on Sunday will, if adopted, bring about a sea change in the way the highest level of the Australian game operates.
- by Michael Lynch
Analysis
Cricket
Into the mystic of my holy cricket memory
If you are viewing the Shield final as a kind of trial for international status, and the Ashes, then James Pattinson’s return is especially well timed.
- by Tim Boyle
Opinion
Rugby Union
Johnson has a fighting chance of saving Australian rugby
After watching the Sunwolves humble the Waratahs, Scott Johnson might have been having second thoughts. But he is the right man to steer Australian rugby.
- by Paul Cully
Opinion
Workplace
We all have a part to play in stamping out racism at work
Jim Bright argues that everyone has a responsibility to call out racism in the workplace.
- by Jim Bright
Opinion
National
Weasels win from cycle of vengeance
One of the worst lessons to emerge from Australia's pointless leadership scheming is that the ultimate winner is neither the attacker nor the avenger.
- by Peter Hartcher
Letters
NSW
Hanson's attempt to deflect views an insult
Pauline Hanson's denial of wrongdoing by herself and her One Nation colleagues is an insult to every Australian voter.
Editorial
National
Time to force social media to take responsibility
The shocking footage live-streamed from the Christchurch attack has convinced the government to take action against the social media companies that spread it around the world.
Opinion
Federal
Why the cult of Pauline won't be enough for One Nation this time
Hanson made a mistake this week by appealing to her base while flanked by the men who are bringing her down, writes the author of the book on her 1998 campaign.
- by Margo Kingston