Opinion
Opinion
US election
It's up to people power to mend a system that Trump has trashed
Historians looking back on this US election may see the death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg as the critical turning point. Or they may see a reassertion of people power that even an activist judiciary could not overcome.
- by Chloe Ward and Emma Shortis
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Letters
PM stuck in 20th century as the world moves on
Scott Morrison's pugnacious response to Boris Johnson's plea for Australia to take bold action on climate change is to be expected from someone who is beholden to the fossil fuel industry.
Opinion
Bills
Rise and fall: How the inflation dragon has been slayed
There’s been a fundamental shift in the factors bearing down on the economy – the implications of which we’re yet to fully realise, let alone fix.
- by Ross Gittins
Analysis
A Trump win is bad news for Big Tech break-up
The US technology giants are in for a reckoning irrespective of who wins the race to the White House, the only consideration is which administration hit them harder.
- by Supratim Adhikari
Opinion
Startups
Why cheaters at work suffer the most
The shame that follows dishonest behaviour has the power to rip teams apart.
- by James Adonis
Opinion
National security
The most powerful mandarin in our 'extended' security state
Home Affairs secretary Michael Pezzullo has advocated that the state must "embed itself invisibly" to defend its citizens. The liberal tradition might prefer the state derived its powers from the consent of the governed.
- by Brian Toohey
Opinion
Work therapy
How to maintain a quiet space in a chatty office
What can a company do to help people concentrate during a busy day?
- by Jonathan Rivett
Opinion
Political Leadership
Why Morrison needs to quickly fix the Liberal Party's gender imbalance
An analysis of women in politics that shows Labor has the edge. But it also shows things don't have to stay that way.
- by David Crowe
Opinion
Coronavirus pandemic
COVID-19 gap widens between Australia and the rest of the world
The news coming out of Europe and the United States is shocking. The graphs are startling. Don't count on travel beyond the Asia-Pacific region any time soon.
- by Mike Toole
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Australia
Fossil fuels are the new cigarettes - and sport must take a stand
Using sport to advertise cigarettes to children is unthinkable these days. But another cashed-up, unhealthy industry is taking its place. And the latest target is the State of Origin.
- by Belinda Noble
Opinion
Anti-corruption
Reasons for delaying an integrity commission are blatant nonsense
To stubbornly ignore the views of experts and enlightened parliamentarians is to place personal and party interests before the public interest.
- by Colleen Lewis
Opinion
Column 8
Wednesday's car is top of the heap
Spending the working week looking wistfully at windows that will never open.
Analysis
State of Origin
PM tackles the NRL over Origin national anthem and forces a turnover
The NRL attempted to swing the ball wide to skirt controversy - but just ended up turned around by none other than the Prime Minister.
- by Peter FitzSimons
Analysis
AFL 2020
Richardson sacking raises questions of Bombers
Essendon's decision to sack Dan Richardson raises searching questions for chairman Paul Brasher's review of the club about other senior positions and direction.
- by Michael Gleeson
Analysis
China relations
An intolerant, divisive Australian image is damaging us in China
"The cameras in Beijing will form an opinion of us which is very different I think of the way we would want ourselves to be portrayed."
- by Eryk Bagshaw
Editorial
High Court of Australia
High Court must stay well away from partisan politics
Recent appointments to the High Court have avoided the hyper-partisanship of the appointment of Amy Coney Barrett to the US Supreme Court.
- The Herald's View
Opinion
NRL 2020
How did South Sydney let Joseph Suaalii slip through their fingers?
Souths chief executive Blake Solly thinks he can run the NRL —then he missed out on signing the hottest talent in decades.
- by Andrew Webster
Opinion
Executive shake-up
The 11th hour coup: how Myer's board got rolled
Only hours before Myer's virtual annual meeting was set to begin, chairman Garry Hounsell had no choice but to be counted as a no-show.
- by Elizabeth Knight
Analysis
Please Explain podcast
Please Explain podcast: Presidential strategies differ as crunch-time nears
National editor Tory Maguire joins North America correspondent Matthew Knott to discuss the impact of vastly different presidential campaigns.
- by Tory Maguire
Opinion
Big four
ANZ's bad news day better than expected
A surprise element of the result has been the way customers have responded to the dire threats to their finances.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
Analysis
US votes 2020
Trump's narrow - but not impossible - path to victory
If Donald Trump scores a second upset election victory next week, how will it happen? Two states hold the key: Florida and Pennsylvania.
- by Matthew Knott
Analysis
Global economy
'Hole is getting bigger': The grim economic reality facing Trump and Biden
The winner of the race for the White House will have millions of Americans struggling to get back to work because of a health crisis not seen in more than 100 years.
- by Jonnelle Marte
Opinion
World markets
Investors fearing a catastrophic market crash more than they have in years
The coronavirus crisis and the November election have driven fears of a major market crash to the highest levels in many years.
- by Robert J. Shiller
Analysis
IPO
The world's biggest float comes with question marks
Jack Ma's Ant Group is poised to break the record as the world's biggest float but faces many challenges that investors have to consider.
- by Matthew Field
letters
Letters
Premier's popularity won't save her this time
Despite her popularity, a premier can’t be someone who looks away from ethically grey areas.
Opinion
Aged care
A more humane, less costly solution for aged care: stay at home
The Netherlands, like Australia, had 7.5 per of its elderly people in residential aged care. Then it worked hard to cut that to 3 per cent.
- by Pru Goward
Opinion
US votes 2020
If Biden wins, he will not inherit a foreign policy crisis from Trump
Before Trump came 30 years of US foreign policy disorder and aggression - from Democrat as well as Republican presidents.
- by Timothy Lynch
Opinion
Renewables
Net-zero emissions drive puts Australian industry on notice
Australia can seize the opportunity or be left behind.
- by Llewelyn Hughes
Australia
In the Herald: October 29, 1988
Mr Sin in the big house, Reclaim the Night march, and an invisible symphony
- by Brian Yatman
Opinion
Anti-corruption
This country needs a strong National Integrity Commission
This government has shown that taxpayers cannot trust it to spend money in their real interests as opposed to the interests of the Coalition.
- by Stephen Charles
Opinion
Column 8
Lessons in adjusting your creativity tempo
To be or merely appear to be, and other different views of truth.
Opinion
Climate policy
Australians have spoken on climate, so there's no excuse to look backwards
The NSW Energy and Environment Minister calls on Australia's governments to deliver the transition to a low-carbon economy that the vast majority of citizens want, according to new research.
- by Matt Kean
Opinion
Tourism
Our grandparents were called to war; we must go on holiday
Aussies usually spend more each year on international holidays than foreigners spend coming here. It's time to spend up big at home.
- by Jessica Irvine
Opinion
Body image
COVID weight gain memes aren't harmless. I had anorexia, I'd know
An extra-terrestrial observing our culture through Instagram could be forgiven for thinking COVID was a disease that made you fat, rather than ravaged your lungs.
- by Hannah Vanderheide
Editorial
Executive pay
To attract the best executives public sector has to pay going rate
Community standards must be considered when salaries for public servants are set.
- The Herald's View
Analysis
Australian recession
Don't put up the end of recession balloons just yet
The Australian economy may be growing again after its deepest downturn since the 1930s, but the recession will continue to linger for years.
- by Shane Wright
Analysis
Please Explain podcast
Please Explain podcast: Low and middle income Australians lose in personal tax overhaul
In this episode, national editor Tory Maguire is joined by senior economics correspondent Shane Wright to dissect the consequences of the government's personal tax overhaul.
- by Tory Maguire
Opinion
Board shake-up
This year's other must-see election - Myer vs Solomon Lew
The only director up for re-election at Myer's annual general meeting is chairman Garry Hounsell and if he is felled the rest of the board could unravel very quickly.
- by Elizabeth Knight
Opinion
AFL grand final
It might rate better but night grand final is not what footy's about
The conflict between night and day goes far beyond a change in the time of the first bounce.
- by Sam Duncan
Opinion
Currencies
The US election could shake up currencies and pressure the RBA
The election could produce a pivotal moment for the US dollar, one with material implications for other economies’ ability to recover from the devastating impacts of the coronavirus.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
Opinion
Airbnb
Holiday letting code delays betray long-suffering residents
If the final version of a code of conduct for short-term holiday letting does make its new deadline of next June, it will be three years after it was first flagged in Parliament.
- by Jimmy Thomson
Opinion
First Person
'Some mates just don't get it' and other discoveries of a first-time dad
“We’ve got this!”, “Oh my god, what are we doing?”, “Why did we do this?!” I’d whisper-yell to my wife, as only a parent of a newborn can do.
- by Daniel Steele
Opinion
Global economy
China has to make sure its economic recovery lasts
China's economy has rebounded strongly from the pandemic. Can Beijing make it last?
- by Anjani Trivedi
Analysis
Global economy
Numbers can lie: The best GDP report ever won’t mean the US economy has healed
It will be the last major piece of economic data before Election Day and will likely show the US just experienced its fastest three months of growth on record. But numbers can be deceiving.
- by Ben Casselman
Opinion
Political Leadership
Keeping track of this gravy train is a tough station
The urgent need for a federal corruption commission has been reinforced by some direct hits on the misuse of taxpayer funds by the Auditor-General and Senate estimates.
- by Chris Uhlmann
Opinion
Federal budget
Privatisation crusade has long been core business for tribal Libs
The much-diminished public sector now employs only two in every 10 Australia workers. It's no wonder the beefed-up private sector benefits most from the budget.
- by Ross Gittins
letters
Letters
Cometh the hour, cometh the Dan - our lockdown hero
Dear Daniel Andrews, thank you for controlling COVID in Victoria and saving hundreds of thousands of Australian lives, not just within Victoria.
Australia
In the Herald: October 28, 1841
Mr Whytlaw's lecture on steam, respectably done by, and he will have no objection
- by Brian Yatman
Opinion
US votes 2020
In the Bible Belt it's love thy neighbour, not thy politics
In Charlotte, North Carolina, policy issues have morphed into spiritual warfare as election day approaches.
- by Monique McCullough
Opinion
Interest rates
How retirees can combat low interest rate term deposits
There are simple steps you can take to boost your retirement income stream that don't involve taking on much extra risk.
- by Noel Whittaker