Opinion
Editorial
University
The agony and ecstasy of a humanities degree
The federal government should not gut arts degrees to pay for STEM courses.
- The Age's View
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Analysis
Naked City
Terrorism: Who keeps tabs on the good, bad and ugly
Cops are by nature suspicious and like to share information about as much as Labradors like to share dinner.
- by John Silvester
Opinion
Political Leadership
Only one way Scott Morrison can end a decade of political dysfunction
Ten years after Julia Gillard knifed Kevin Rudd, the coup culture is alive and well.
- by Peter Hartcher
Opinion
University
Proposed overhaul of university fees nothing short of radical
Liberal arts graduates are taught to question power and democracy. It's tempting to see this move as a step towards cultivating compliant, "quiet Australians" instead.
- by Tim Soutphommasane
Opinion
University
A simpler reset could have met Dan Tehan's education aims
The central concern is that the winners from the package will get discounts to study courses they would have chosen anyway.
- by Andrew Norton
Opinion
Racism
Wave unleashed by Black Lives Matter may yet overtake Scott Morrison
If the Morrison government continues to react defensively on race it may find itself out of step with our US ally.
- by George Megalogenis
Opinion
City life
Powerhouse Museum will run out of puff in Parramatta
The Powerhouse 'move', now imminent, will see its priceless collection broken up, separated, decontextualised, diminished, disrespected and mothballed.
- by Elizabeth Farrelly
Opinion
Careers
Change can be a slow process – and that's the way it should be
When we feel powerless to make changes or want them quickly, we can be susceptible to the lure of simple formulas.
- by Jim Bright
Letters
The humanities: For many students, the cost will be prohibitive
Readers discuss the increase in fees for humanities courses at universities.
Opinion
Indigenous culture
Archives are only what the victors have left behind
That might be why a lot of writers who are interested in the past, and how it got us to today, are writing fiction.
- by Jenny Sinclair
Opinion
Satire
Off-Grid Guy emerges into a wonderful new world, or so he thinks
After six months in a cave it seemed the world had transformed into a kinder, cleaner and more civilised place.
- by Danny Katz
Opinion
The Faceless Man
IBAC has a chance to clean up more than just the branches
Could this deplorable, unseemly and repugnant display of self-interest, vice and delusion have come at a worse time for Victorians?
- by John Pesutto
Analysis
Cyber security
Don't dismiss cyber threat as an imaginary problem or political stunt
The Prime Minister faced questions over whether he was crying wolf when it emerged there was no single incident to trigger an alarm on cyber security.
- by David Crowe
Opinion
Governance
Rio failed, now comes a big test for shareholders
Rio Tinto's blunder in destroying the Juugan Gorge cave site will test big shareholders' views on corporate social responsibility.
- by Elizabeth Knight
Analysis
FIFA Women's World Cup
'Not that way': Lessons from failed 2022 World Cup bid give Australia and New Zealand hope
After controversially spending $45 million 10 years ago, Australia is putting its faith back in FIFA to win the right to host the Women's World Cup in 2023.
- by Dominic Bossi and Michael Lynch
Analysis
Coronavirus pandemic
The world's next coronavirus hotspot is emerging next door
Indonesia's coronavirus infection rate is rising rapidly, and the government faces a stark choice.
- by James Massola
Analysis
Please Explain podcast
Please Explain podcast: what does a higher minimum wage mean for the economy?
National editor Tory Maguire is joined by industrial relations reporter Nick Bonyhady to discuss the decision to raise the minimum wage.
- by Tory Maguire
Opinion
WordPlay
Alphabetical order is not always as easy as ABC
Despite our ease with A-to-Z, the sequence needed time to embed into the Western mind.
- by David Astle
Opinion
Horse racing
Flouting the whip and Cojuangco's passing show racing's depth of change
Jockeys using a ball and chain, like medieval jousting, will be the only way a protest will be upheld in Australia for whip abuse this weekend.
- by Max Presnell
Opinion
Review
Chinese artists paint subtle messages in Sydney's most engaging show
White Rabbit presents stellar paintings and a "must-see" video by Liu Chuang, intriguingly titled "Bitcoin Mining and Field Recordings of Ethnic Minorities".
- by John McDonald
Spectrum
Problematic or romantic? Why self-taught artists don't quite fit
The establishment can't quite decide what to do with artists such as Samraing Chea.
- by Tiarney Miekus
Opinion
Marriage
Why is marriage still viewed as a prize?
When I was growing up, my parents emphasised school and career before marriage. Social and pop culture taught me otherwise.
- by Amisha Padnani
Analysis
NRL 2020
From cap cheats to team to beat: how Eels got mojo back after 34 years
Parramatta had million-dollar players before million-dollar players were even a thing. But things have changed.
- by Michael Chammas
Opinion
Workplace
Navigating the terrain of the office jungle again
After three months working from home, I’m back in the office from Monday. I hope I’ll remember the rules.
- by Richard Glover
Opinion
Coronavirus pandemic
Travellers from NSW and Victoria are low risk so why aren't we talking about opening borders to them?
The risk of allowing people from NSW and Victoria to travel to no-virus zones are not negligible but they can be mitigated.
- by Tony Blakely
Opinion
Budgeting
Five questions to decide if you should keep or kibosh your kids' activities
Post-isolation, almost every parent wants to cut the chaos of extracurricular activities as well as some of the cost.
- by Nicole Pedersen-McKinnon
Opinion
Cricket Australia
Roberts axing symptomatic of cricket's wider malaise
While it has suffered no financial loss (yet) to the COVID crisis, cricket has suffered all the pain and a change at the top won't be an instant fix.
- by Malcolm Knox
Analysis
AFL 2020
Why can't Crows shake off the 'C' word?
Adelaide are still haunted by the ill-advised training camp after their 2017 grand final capitulation.
- by Caroline Wilson
Opinion
Work in Progress
Why working from home is bad for productivity
A new global study is casting doubt on the idea that remote work is as good as face-to-face.
- by James Adonis
Opinion
NRL 2020
Why should acrobats have a better safety net than NRL players
The NRL’s decision to cancel Isaac Moses’ accreditation as an player agent is both important and also illustrative of the inherent weakness in the governing body alone regulating agency activities.
- by Darren Kane
Opinion
Australian recession
Recovery from recession won't get us out of the low-growth trap
Nearly all the stimulus to get the country going again will need to come from the budget but even if we do recover from this recession it won't eliminate the economy's structural weakness.
- by Ross Gittins
Analysis
World markets
Wall Street rewrites market playbooks as second wave looms
As the world braces for a second wave of infections from the coronavirus, investors are dumping tried and true strategies.
- by Ruth Carson and Abhishek Vishnoi
Opinion
Rwanda
Why the name of a monster, Leopold, has no place on Australian soil
The King Leopold Ranges are to get a new Indigenous name. About time. And here's why.
- by Tony Wright
Opinion
Currencies
Japan's currency could be the safest bet there is in an uncertain world
With no truly safe bets during a wild year for financial markets, there's now a hunt to cover all eventualities and Japan's yen could offer a peculiar twin role.
- by Mike Dolan
Letters
Giant spider crabs: A shameful act of carnage and vandalism
Readers call for the protection of the migratory giant spider crabs during their annual winter moult.
Opinion
Sydney landmarks
My federal colleagues dudded NSW on Sydney Harbour
The NSW Minister for Planning and Public Spaces writes of his anger at being kept in the dark by Coalition colleagues in Canberra about the harbour's future.
- by Rob Stokes
Opinion
Black Lives Matter
Remembering George Floyd in grief, outrage and a fierce desire to do better
The US ambassador to Australia writes of his heartbreak over George Floyd's death. He says friends such as the US and Australia rightly hold each other to high standards.
- by Arthur B. Culvahouse jnr
Opinion
Indigenous
Lack of reconciliation remains our crowning failure
Reconciliation isn’t some gift to give magnanimously to Indigenous people, but something the nation as a whole needs for its own sake.
- by Waleed Aly
Opinion
Work therapy
Watching Trump makes me feel more competent at my job
Every now and then I feel useless and worry I'm a fraud, but I have my own way of dealing with this.
- by Jonathan Rivett
Opinion
Australian economy
Disentangling stimulus payments comes with extreme political risk
The Morrison government is taking its time to work out a way of winding back its fiscal stimulus. The stakes - social, economic and political - could not be higher.
- by David Crowe
Opinion
The Faceless Man
Somyurek scandal provides a chance to clean up the ALP
Party members and the wider community will be looking to Steve Bracks and Jenny Macklin for the way ahead.
- by Race Mathews
Opinion
Coronavirus pandemic
New pandemic rules: When you are right and everyone else is wrong
How do you handle conflict when you and your partner or flatmates differ on the new rules?
- by Linda Blair
Opinion
Drug reform
Safe injecting trials should not be confined to the inner city
This is not only an inner-city problem. We should be looking at trialling centres in such areas as St Kilda, Greater Dandenong, Brimbank and Geelong.
- by Fiona Patten
Analysis
AFL 2020
Done and Dusty-ed: Tigers flunk the Martin test
This was probably the worst half of footy Richmond has offered since 2016, in terms of intensity and execution. The pressure on the opposition - the trait that most defines the Tigers since 2017 - was as absent as Dustin Martin.
- by Jake Niall
Editorial
Federal budget
Fiscal stimulus key to stem surge in jobless rate
Until the private sector revives and confidence returns, government spending is the only way to create growth and jobs.
- The Age's View
Opinion
MyCareer Education
'Our school is really like a big family'
One school principal's journey from banking, hospitality and labouring to teaching.
- by Brett Cumming
Opinion
AFL 2020
Does Luke Beveridge need to switch up his approach with the Bulldogs?
What he managed to do with the Bulldogs back in 2016 was nothing short of incredible. But does Luke Beveridge need to change his messaging after another lacklustre performance?
- by Wayne Carey
Analysis
Please Explain podcast
Please Explain podcast: The thing keeping the PM up at night
In this episode, national editor Tory Maguire is joined by national economics correspondent Jennifer Duke to discuss housing prices, migration levels and the May jobs report released today.
- by Tory Maguire
Opinion
NRL 2020
Sermon on the mount: Trent Robinson's greatest pre-game speech
It didn't come in a dressing-room but on the side of Mount Kilimanjaro as part of a Mark Hughes Foundation trek to raise funds for brain cancer research and support.
- by Andrew Webster
Opinion
Racism
I was the first black model on the cover of Vogue. The fashion industry still isn't fixing its racism
An American supermodel and actress proposes a new rule in her name to address entrenched racism.
- by Beverly Johnson