Opinion
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Phones
Apple iPhone 13 plans aimed at the data hungry
Those looking to upgrade may find themselves paying for a lot more data than they really need.
- by Tim Biggs
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Opinion
Political leadership
Porter shows the bar is now so low for Parliamentary accountability it’s getting hard to see
It will now be left to the poor voters in his WA seat of Pearce to determine just how immune the electorate has become to the litany of scandals, conflicts and contempt.
- by Janine Perrett
Letters
Letters
Porter’s secretive behaviour should disqualify him from Parliament
Christian Porter’s resignation from the ministry should not be an end to the “blind trust” matter. The public should be told who has bankrolled his legal fees.
Opinion
Coronavirus pandemic
Now is the time to trial home quarantine for returned travellers
Sitting there staring out at a virus-riddled city, the entire quarantine machine seemed like a massive waste of time, manpower and resources.
- by Louise Radcliffe-Smith
Analysis
AFL 2021
Explaining the Brownlow’s great mystery: vote inflation
The major talking point at the Brownlow Medal on Sunday was the enormous vote tallies garnered by the top contenders, especially the first four.
- by Jake Niall
Editorial
Gender equality
Increased boardroom diversity needs to go beyond gender
Australia’s corporate boardrooms, like its parliaments, remain too “pale and male”. But diversity in leadership is still a goal worth chasing for business and politics alike.
- The Herald's View
Opinion
Real Footy Podcast
Will the bye disadvantage the Demons?
This week on the Real Footy podcast, Michael Gleeson, Jake Niall and Caroline Wilson look ahead to the grand final, review Brownlow night and talk off-field moves at the AFL and Carlton.
Opinion
Infrastructure
Australia’s infrastructure price party isn’t over just yet
The scramble to buy massive infrastructure assets is picking up pace as cashed up buyers chase a steadily dwindling number of large assets.
- by Elizabeth Knight
Opinion
Wallabies
Why the radio silence when calling the Wallabies should be as simple as ABC?
The Wallabies’ absence from the national broadcaster is hard to fathom, especially considering a couple of Australian rugby doyens are waiting in the wings.
- by Wayne Smith
Opinion
National security
Australia may have trashed a relationship it honours every Anzac Day on the Somme
The nation’s dealings with France were built on trust and confidence.
- by Richard Ogier
Analysis
Please Explain podcast
Concussion is rising in community footy, with kids bearing the brunt
Today on Please Explain, sports reporter Peter Ryan joins Bianca Hall to talk about the crisis hitting club competition.
- by Bianca Hall
Opinion
Federal Reserve
Is the Fed about to signal the start of the tapering of its bond purchases?
The Federal Reserve Board meets this week to decide the course of US monetary policy amid economic and political uncertainty.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
Opinion
Coronavirus pandemic
Public shaming of supposed lockdown criminals has got to stop
Before lockdown, it would not have occurred to me that people would take photos of strangers so they could put them on social media to criticise them.
- by Saman Shad
Opinion
NRL 2021
The referees will always be in crisis — but let’s stop moaning about them
Rugby league’s unhealthy obsession with match officials has become predictable and boring.
- by Andrew Webster
Analysis
NRL 2021
As the NRL race narrows, who can beat the Melbourne Storm?
Penrith get the finals shot at Melbourne they so badly wanted but after two weeks of play-offs, it’s clear the Storm are a cut above those chasing their crown.
- by Phil Lutton
Opinion
Political leadership
Left’s identity politics crisis a progressive problem
A shallow understanding of identity politics among many on the Left is a significant threat to progressive politics.
- by Emma Dawson
Opinion
National security
Australia well placed to turbocharge its strategic tech capability
The real potential of AUKUS lies in how the new grouping can be leveraged in the long term to help Australia deal with the profound technological disruption about to sweep the world.
- by Fergus Hanson and Danielle Cave
Opinion
Coronavirus pandemic
Lining up for the new normal? Have patience
Are you a homo impatientus? Does standing in a queue – any queue – feel like torture? Get ready for the post-COVID world.
- by Penny Flanagan
Letters
Letters
If Morrison can deceive the French, why not us?
Sydneysiders will be aware that they will have nuclear-powered submarines in the harbour in the distant future.
Opinion
Coronavirus pandemic
The economic consequences of working from home that no one is talking about
The work from home revolution has many benefits. But there are also some underappreciated economic consequences we need to consider.
- by Jennifer Duke
Opinion
Climate policy
As Australia’s climate policy disappoints, hope is found in court
Amid the background of government inaction on emissions, climate litigation is on the rise.
- by Sophie McNeill
Opinion
Column 8
Two fingered salutes to the whistling police
Some discipline required for the tin eared.
Opinion
AFL 2021
Four Points: the grand final assistants who could coach Carlton, ditch the bye, Tigers’ smart call
Clarko aside, Steven King and Adem Yze are both assistants at teams playing the AFL grand final and both have been largely overlooked so far in discussions of the Blues job.
- by Michael Gleeson
Opinion
Strata
COVID secrecy could spell disaster for apartment residents
Strata communities cannot understand their risk profile unless the state government and NSW Health share more information about positive cases of COVID-19.
- by Jane Hearn
Opinion
National security
Successful deterrence: Why AUKUS is good news for Taiwan
Australia’s description of Taiwan last week as a “critical partner” marks a significant shift in language, one that will not have gone unnoticed in Beijing.
- by Natasha Kassam and Darren Lim
Opinion
Middle East tensions
A year into the Abraham Accords shines a light into future
The Middle East, so often in the news for its problems, has, during the past year, pioneered a major historic breakthrough likely to have enduring effects, in the form of the Abraham Accords.
- by Colin Rubenstein
Chammas on Monday
NRL 2021
Strike two: Panthers trainer who stopped play against Eels warned before
The Penrith trainer hauled over the coals for an incident earlier in the year is now under investigation by the NRL. He wasn’t even on the field at the time.
- by Michael Chammas
Editorial
Life after Lockdown
Rising house prices offer NSW a recovery opportunity
The long Sydney lockdown has produced a strange paradox where house prices have risen even as the economy struggles.
- The Herald's View
Analysis
Rugby Championship
Fighting fit: Why the Wallabies are in their best shape since the 2015 World Cup
You have to go back to consecutive wins at Twickenham six years ago to find the same sort of back-to-back performances by Australia.
- by Paul Cully
Opinion
Death
A few lively thoughts on dead euphemisms
Saying a person has “passed” when they have died is a generational thing to a large degree, sprinkled with a tendency to want to appear up with the jargon.
- by Jim Pilmer
Opinion
Christian Porter
The problems with Porter
It is beyond satire that a politician who introduced laws demanding greater transparency for political donations accepts an anonymous donation himself.
- by Jon Faine
Opinion
NRL 2021
Brain aneurysm, staph infection and heart murmur turn young gun’s life upside down
A lot of difficult stories have come out of the Bulldogs camp this year, but none compare to what Tuipulotu Katoa is going through.
- by Danny Weidler
Opinion
Defence
‘Do not forget Australia’: Morrison must hope an old friendship holds
The Australian-French friendship was created in blood. With France now the European leader, the consequences of a falling-out could prove very injurious.
- by Tony Wright
Opinion
Coronavirus pandemic
Let’s not panic about the mental health harms of the pandemic
Helping those who are suffering from poor mental health will require us to emphasise resilience rather than illness.
- by Parnell Palme McGuinness
Opinion
Political leadership
Keneally, Steggall and the political outsiders
The factions control much in the major parties, but it may take the rise of political outsiders to achieve a more representative Australian democracy.
- by Jacqueline Maley
Analysis
ALP
Labor’s fight over Fowler is about a lot more than Kristina Keneally
Until Labor’s NSW Right faction can set aside disputes like this and focus on the swathe of seats on offer across Sydney, then the ALP’s path to victory is narrow.
- by James Massola
Opinion
Five Minutes with Fitz
John Barilaro surprises on right-to-die law for NSW
NSW Nationals leader John Barilaro says rural realism is driving most of his MPs to vote for reform.
- by Peter FitzSimons
Opinion
Coronavirus pandemic
The word from a vaccinated preacher: we don’t urge law-breaking, but we cherish religious freedom
Our churches support emergency action during the pandemic. Longer term, the idea that Christians would exclude anyone from church is extremely problematic.
- by Phil Colgan
Analysis
Coronavirus pandemic
British statistics suggest beaches aren’t COVID superspreader hotspots
Britain’s crowded beaches in June 2020 did not drive a surge in COVID cases, but experts say travelling to the beach in crammed cars and buses is high risk.
- by Latika Bourke
Letters
Letters
Have religious leaders forgotten the commandment ‘love thy neighbour’?
Religious leaders argue that everyone has the right to worship in their churches regardless of vaccination status. What about the rights of those vaccinated people who will be harmed by possible exposure to the virus?
Opinion
Red carpet
I’m no puritan but can the celebs please put the PDAs away
From Ben and Jen’s highly staged red carpet re-debut, to Oscar Isaac eating Jessica Chastain’s arm, it seems celebrities have forgotten how to behave in public.
- by Nathanael Cooper
Opinion
Home loans
‘I’d hate me, too’: Why I’ve decided to become a property investor
I abhor the idea of taking a home from a young family who could otherwise buy it to live in. But if economics teaches us anything, it’s that incentives matter.
- by Jessica Irvine
Opinion
Credit cards
Credit cards that can save you more than $700 a year
A 0 per cent balance transfer credit card gives you an opportunity to have every dollar you repay chip away at your principal, rather than going toward extortionate interest.
- by Nicole Pedersen-McKinnon
Analysis
NRL 2021
The grand final everyone expected comes a week early after west shootout
Perhaps the biggest winners in all of this were Melbourne. The westies tore into each other, while the minor premiers sat back with their feet up.
- by Adrian Proszenko
Analysis
Rugby Championship
Two years out from the World Cup, Wallabies fans can dare to dream
Saturday night’s 30-17 win against the Springboks was the performance of a team ready to fire on the game’s biggest stage.
- by Sam Phillips
Analysis
Defence
Australia’s foreign policy is getting clumsy and arrogant
Has Australia’s diplomacy been strong enough to support our strategic intentions when our actions have such serious consequences?
- by Anthony Galloway
Analysis
NRL 2021
Bennett showed Cleary he’s the master of mental chess. Hasler won’t even sit at the table
Des Hasler won’t be playing any games with Wayne Bennett as he turned to some classic tactics to start the lead-up to the Souths-Manly preliminary final.
- by Phil Lutton
Opinion
Ask an expert
Benefits of participating in a share buyback
An “on-market” buyback, where a company buys shares on the sharemarket and cancels them, typically results in less issued shares, hopefully boosting future dividends per share.
- by George Cochrane
Analysis
Defence
America’s loss is China’s gain as France lashes out over subs
Chinese President Xi Jinping will be looking at the US-France feud with pleasure and amazement.
- by Matthew Knott