Opinion
Opinion
Domestic violence
Olga had one safe place: her yoga class. Then her abusive husband colonised it
John Edwards had a 30-year history of harassing, assaulting and stalking. None of it mattered to police.
- by Jacqueline Maley
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Opinion
Coronavirus pandemic
One-man-band Premier has become the focus of every grievance
The virus has tested more than the health system. It has also been a stress test for public trust and faith in government itself.
- by Jon Faine
Opinion
Credit cards
No-interest credits cards launched, but are they really cheaper?
How does the cost stack up with other credit cards – particularly low-rate cards? You be the judge.
- by Nicole Pedersen-McKinnon
Opinion
Faith column: Humour keeps the hirsute man smiling behind his mask
I have had a beard since 1975, when I noticed how gormless my face was in my wedding photos and thought my kindest gesture to the world would be to cover it.
- by Barney Zwartz
Opinion
Income protection
The real reason I don't have income protection insurance
To obtain a fully underwritten policy, you are required to disclose all relevant details about your circumstances, including your mental and physical health.
- by Jessica Irvine
Opinion
Ask an expert
Benefits in making a loan, rather than gifting, to a family member
Gifting rules allow a maximum of $10,000 each financial year and a maximum of $30,000 over five years.
- by George Cochrane
Opinion
Sunday Life
I long to find the version of me that never met depression
I’d like to meet that girl. To see whether she’s all the things I wish I were, but am not capable of being.
- by Sarah Elizabeth Kurian
Opinion
AFL 2020
The perils of being a No.1 draft pick
Assuming the Crows don't upset Richmond and gift-wrap pick one to North Melbourne, Adelaide will have the opportunity to make an unusual call in this year's national draft.
- by Jake Niall
Editorial
Coronavirus pandemic
Community spirit comes to the fore in crisis
It is surely time to remind ourselves of the task ahead in keeping our individual and collective communities strong.
- The Age's View
Opinion
Coronavirus pandemic
'Ouch, that is tough': There are ways we can move out of restrictions faster
Daniel Andrews used modelling based on information from Tony Blakely. Here's what he thinks about the road map.
- by Tony Blakely
Analysis
Governance
Rio Tinto's executive cull shows 'profit at all cost' cultures no longer cut it
The days of companies getting away with blaming systemic failures on a few bad apples and other lame excuses PR teams dreamt up are all but over.
- by Adele Ferguson
Opinion
Coronavirus pandemic
Morrison can continue to divide and occasionally conquer but he'll miss his big opportunity
The more the PM tries to place himself in contest with state leaders, the less he seems like the national leader we still need him to be.
- by Sean Kelly
Opinion
Aged care royal commission
Compassion call: shift in thinking to ensure quality of aged care
A new model of aged care that honours both the care worker and the older person is needed.
- by Julie Perrin
Analysis
Naked City
A detective's journey: how Steve Fontana made the team work
Assistant Commissioner Stephen Fontana has stared down the barrel of a gun and into the darkest corners of the internet in his 45 years with Victoria Police.
- by John Silvester
Opinion
Best Games ever
What life there is feels like death: Sydney Olympic Park, a forlorn legacy of our Games sugar-hit
An excursion to Sydney Olympic Park reveals a state-owned ghost town, a joyless aftermath in which unused four and six-lane roads remain pristine in their ugliness.
- by Elizabeth Farrelly
Analysis
Australian recession
'Go early, go hard, go households': Recession lessons from the 1990s
Paul Keating's response to the turbulent waters of the 1990s has never been more important.
- by Jennifer Duke
Opinion
MyCareer
Business conference circuit haunted by fantasists and opportunists
If and when conferences in person reappear, it would be nice if organisers committed to speakers with verifiable evidence for their claims.
- by Jim Bright
Opinion
Best Games ever
Politics turned nasty after Sydney Olympics but social cohesion is once more our virtue
The last 20 years has not been built on the structure of efficiency and conviviality we projected in September 2000. Howard released the dogs of ethnic hysteria soon after, and they are running still, and mauling our repute
- by Thomas Keneally
Opinion
Coronavirus pandemic
Maybe I should get a COVID test, just in case
What if ... I’m a super-spreader, keeping the state in lockdown, making everyone miserable, hampering the country’s future for years to come? That’d be a bit of a bummer.
- by Danny Katz
Opinion
Coronavirus pandemic
Lockdown has shone a light on how much we rely on others
Many workers who do the chores we don't want to do have been left high and dry by the pandemic.
- by Sue Green
Editorial
Coronavirus pandemic
Public trust eroded by lack of clarity on curfew
It is concerning that the Premier has brushed aside the need for scrutiny over the decision-making that led to the curfew. The public deserves better than that.
- The Age's View
Opinion
The Fitz Files
Gladiators for a new generation: Youngsters show heart in the heat of battle
'The Gladiators' photo from the 1963 NSWRL grand final showed us the best of sport. So too does this portrait of a couple of kids on a suburban ground.
- by Peter FitzSimons
Opinion
Wellness
Really though, is anybody having sex right now?
There seem to be a lot of people feeling pressure to – plague or not – retain the libido of Tom Jones being pelted with G-strings.
- by Samantha Selinger-Morris
Opinion
Review
More to Korean ceramics than merely chasing shadows
An exhibition of photographs explores the very nature of how light behaves and is perceived.
- by John McDonald
Analysis
Please Explain podcast
Please Explain podcast: Has Queensland's border war gone too far?
In this episode, national editor Tory Maguire is joined by Brisbane Times political reporter Lydia Lynch to discuss how Queenslanders are feeling about the border wars.
- by Tory Maguire
NRL 2020
Curtis Scott is damned even in his innocence
Never mind that Scott did nothing wrong, what people see is a rugby league ‘role model’ passed out in a public park, intoxicated, half-clothed, shouting at the police.
- by Malcolm Knox
Analysis
AFL 2020
Demons facing another brutal end to the season
If Melbourne miss the finals Simon Goodwin will enter next season under enormous pressure - but he won't be the only one.
- by Caroline Wilson
Opinion
Coronavirus pandemic
Thrifty consumers ensure a slow-grind recovery
As the economy tries to pick itself off the floor over the next year or so, the surge in household savings poses more than a few tricky questions.
- by Clancy Yeates
Analysis
China relations
Australia weighed the risks of Chinese journalist raids and went ahead
Australia knew what it was doing when it raided four Chinese journalists, and knew there could be consequences for Australian journalists based in Beijing.
- by Anthony Galloway
Opinion
Executive shake-up
Rio made a fateful miscalculation, and it isn't over yet
The Rio board figured it could snuff out the embers of dissent with an internal review. Instead it just added more fuel.
- by Elizabeth Knight
Opinion
Coronavirus pandemic
We must be able to debate the economic risks we face
Whether it ends up as a recession or a depression, this crisis has changed Australia’s future. For some time, we will be a poorer country.
- by Tim Colebatch
Opinion
Emissions
The problems climate activists still worry about are already solved
Environmental rebels appear not to have noticed, but the free market is cracking climate change with a speed and efficiency that they could never achieve.
- by Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
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NRL 2020
Dog's days may not be over as board appears to overstep mark
The key question around the George Coorey saga is what did Canterbury directors know when he was elected in April, and what has changed their mind since?
- by Darren Kane
Opinion
EU
Europe's central bank has its hands tied as the euro soars ever higher
The relentless rise of the euro is pushing large parts of the eurozone into a deflation trap, threatening a fresh banking crisis and playing havoc with a string of vulnerable countries.
- by Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
Opinion
World markets
A reckoning is coming for Wall Street
Wall Street has remained resilient in the face of such a severe economic shock. But given how troubling the underlying data is, it can't continue.
- by Heather Boushey
Opinion
NRL 2020
Who really deserves the credit for Penrith's success this season?
"Victory has a hundred fathers," said John F. Kennedy, "and defeat is an orphan". Who are the fathers of Penrith's success?
- by Andrew Webster
Opinion
Work in Progress
Jobs that leave employees 'absolutely terrified'
Even when violence at work is verbal or emotional rather than physical, research shows it can follow you home.
- by James Adonis
Opinion
The lowdown
Paradox of the social license to operate
The concept creates a situation in which companies that benefit from the status quo can also suggest how that status quo should change.
- by Martijn Boersma
Opinion
Coronavirus pandemic
I’m yearning to cross the border ... south of Princes Bridge
I’m lucky enough to have friends living less than 10 kms away (we can meet in the middle), but there are plenty of others living unattainably south of the river.
- by Jenny Sinclair
Opinion
Coronavirus pandemic
Contact tracing is not just a Victorian failure
What if there is no vaccine? Or a slow vaccine? Australia will need a very good contact-tracing structure for a long time – and states will need to talk to each other.
- by David Crowe
Editorial
Gaming & wagering
Crown has failed on money laundering
To have any future in the casino industry, Crown would do better to look hard at itself rather than looking for excuses.
- The Age's View
Analysis
Trade deals
WTO leadership race 'hostage to US election'
A three-stage elimination process has begun to appoint the next chief of the World Trade Organisation. Some argue it could be a wasted effort.
- by Emma Farge and Philip Blenkinsop
Opinion
Executive shake-up
'Not happy John': Solly Lew eviscerates Myer's board and boss
It's game on as Solomon Lew's anti-Myer campaign awakens from its year-long hibernation and rages into battle again.
- by Elizabeth Knight
Opinion
US votes 2020
Donald Trump’s terrible, horrible, no good, very bad week
Donald Trump has often paid no political price for his most offensive behaviour. But this week, he's had a real shocker. Will he pay for it?
- by Bill Wyman
Analysis
AFL 2020
This is Geelong's premiership to lose
This is one of those games you can’t help but get excited about. Two teams with the same goal, but very contrasting styles going head to head on the Friday night stage.
- by Wayne Carey
Opinion
Mining
Did production problems lead to Rio's Juukan Gorge debacle?
Planning failures, a loss of core skills and historical tensions between Rio Tinto's London head office and its Australian operations might have contributed to the miner's ill-fated decision to blow up the Aboriginal rock shelters.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
Opinion
Coronavirus pandemic
We deserve better than this fight between governments
Scott Morrison's attempt to celebrate a Coalition state government while lambasting a Labor one by drawing false comparisons was just too conspicuous.
- by Waleed Aly
Analysis
Please Explain podcast
Please Explain podcast: is Trump's election campaign in trouble?
National editor Tory Maguire joins North America correspondent Matthew Knott to discuss how Donald Trump's election campaign is tracking.
- by Tory Maguire
Analysis
US votes 2020
Bob Woodward revelations shine spotlight on Trump's biggest weakness
Trump's aim is to talk about anything but his handling of the coronavirus pandemic. A new book by a legendary journalist makes that task harder.
- by Matthew Knott
Opinion
Mental health
Why I’m worried about suicide in Australia (by a former political leader who personally knows the risks)
COVID-19 is putting worrying pressure on Australians, writes the Lifeline chairman and former NSW opposition leader.
- by John Brogden