Opinion
Opinion
Australia Day
This country has a habit of forgetting history, let’s keep the date
If we change the date prematurely we lose the spur to discuss and debate the meaning of what it is to be Australian. We need to find a way to celebrate our discomfort.
- by Wesley Enoch
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Domestic violence
The factors putting First Nations women in danger
As we approach January 26, a painful day for many Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, inequality is squarely on my mind.
- by Patty Kinnersly
Opinion
Australia Day
The economic case for a guaranteed Australia Day long weekend
Australia’s public holiday schedule is confusing and inconsistently applied across states, creating significant headaches for businesses and failing to give workers optimal breaks throughout the year.
- by Jessica Irvine
Opinion
Putin's Russia
How Putin and Xi are putting Western might to the test
America and its allies have no appetite for a war with Russia, yet that is also a message to China: that US hegemony is finished.
- by Peter Hartcher
Analysis
Cryptocurrencies
Crypto’s $US1tr collapse is testing the faith of the true believers
With the blink of an eye, more than a trillion dollars in crypto-market value has evaporated. The meltdown pouring salt on an already-deep wound.
- by Emily Nicolle and Vildana Hajric
Letters
Letters
Disaffected young voters won’t fall for Libs’ tax ploy
Tax office figures might provide fodder for Coalition election marketing, but they are useless to any young person trying to buy a house or get job security.
In the Herald: January 25, 1970
John and Yoko get shorn, girl rescued from lion, gate-crashers run off
- by Brian Yatman
Opinion
Indigenous culture
I created the Aboriginal flag as a symbol of unity and pride
Copyright for the Aboriginal flag now belongs to the Commonwealth, as custodian for the people of Australia.
- by Harold Thomas
Opinion
Mark McGowan
WA Premier is violating the rights of his fellow Australians
Mark McGowan’s self-serving decision to keep Western Australia’s border shut to other Australians ignores the changed realities of the pandemic.
- by Luara Ferracioli and Ryan Cox
Opinion
Style
Double denim is Kanye West’s revenge dress
With new girlfriend Julia Fox the rapper signals Kim Kardashian as he refuses to go solo with style.
- by Damien Woolnough
Opinion
Volatility
Why investors are selling first and asking questions later
Now is not the time for negative news - investors are taking no prisoners in the current market as the hammerings of Adairs and Netflix shows.
- by Elizabeth Knight
Opinion
Australian Open
Where is Peng Shuai? Nothing to see here
Tennis Australia, by banishing pro-Peng Shuai protestors from Melbourne Park, has shone an uncomfortable light back on its priorities at the Australian Open.
- by Greg Baum
Editorial
Coronavirus pandemic
Time for restoring the hopes of younger generation
The promise of tax cuts for young Australians will only go part of the way to restoring their hopes in owning a home or in building a more certain future.
- The Herald's View
Analysis
Please Explain podcast
Who will take the title at the Australian Open?
Today on Please Explain, The Age’s sports reporter Sam McClure joins Nathanael Cooper to discuss the Australian Open, as the competition enters its second week.
- by Nathanael Cooper
Analysis
Putin's Russia
Putin has carefully built his advantage and will never have another chance like this
If Vladimir Putin is to attack Ukraine, he must act soon. His cat-and-mouse game across political and economic fronts has created a narrow window for an invasion before the ground turns into a bog.
- by Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
Opinion
Sharemarket
Investors have woken up and sharemarkets are sinking
It took a while for investors to grasp the implications of the U-turn in the US Fed’s monetary policies late last year. But last week’s savage selloff suggests they’ve finally come to grips with them.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
Opinion
Coronavirus pandemic
Pandemic highlights the importance of a sustainably funded WHO
Making the world safer and healthier means member states of the World Health Organisation must tackle its long-term funding challenge.
- by Helen Clark, Graça Machel, Paul Martin, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Elhadj As Sy and Gordon Brown
Analysis
World markets
The world’s oil stockpile is nowhere to be found
The world should still be awash in oil stockpiles built up during the pandemic. But that’s not what the actual data on oil supplies show.
- by Julian Lee
Opinion
World markets
Wall Street’s lockdown winners are getting hammered as workers return to office
Technology shares have suffered their worst week since the start of the COVID crisis amid a global return to the office that threatens to derail lockdown winners such as Netflix and Peloton.
- by James Titcomb and Louis Ashworth
Opinion
Cryptocurrencies
Twitter founder Jack Dorsey picked a bad time to go all in on Bitcoin
The founder of Twitter quit to push further into his love of cryptocurrency - but has he backed the wrong horse?
- by James Titcomb
Opinion
Asylum seekers
Australia must heed urgent calls for increased visa places for Afghans
The federal government has failed to address an urgent need for an expansion of protective resettlement for Afghans who are in imminent danger from the Taliban regime.
- by Sajjad Askary and Sitarah Mohammadi
Opinion
Education
Want the best outcomes for students in 2022? Let the teachers teach
Teachers want their administrative workloads reduced and to have time to innovate and invest in developing their professional knowledge all for the benefit of their students.
- by Joanne Gleeson
Opinion
Coronavirus pandemic
On Omicron’s hospital frontline, goodwill is wearing thin
The Premier’s statements that the public hospital system has capacity and is coping have offended many frontline healthcare workers whose sacrifices have, and continue to be, been immense.
- by Dr Tony Joseph and Dr Ruth Arnold
Opinion
Coronavirus pandemic
Getting back to school is crucial, so it must be safe for everyone
As teachers and students return to school, we must continue to heed the best scientific evidence available - in both health and education - to deliver safe and productive classrooms.
- by Jenny Gore and Nick Talley
Opinion
Australia Day
To tell the truth, our flawed emotional logic must be laid bare
To achieve true reconciliation, difficult discussions about Indigenous dispossession and disadvantage can no longer be confined to the week of Australia Day.
- by Sean Kelly
Letters
Letters
Tennis louts are bringing the country into disrepute
The crowd during the Nick Kyrgios/Daniil Medvedev match confirmed to the world we are a bunch of yobbos - now that’s not something to be proud of.
In the Herald: January 24, 1840
The passport solution, Windsor waistcoat swindler, and a floating bridge
- by Brian Yatman
Opinion
University
Study languages and save: uni fees discount lost in translation
The cost of studying languages at university has been slashed, so why don’t school-leavers know about it?
- by David Reeve
Opinion
Education
Era of remote learning must end – our children have sacrificed too much
One of the toughest aspects of the myriad COVID-19 restrictions over the past two years has been the impact on children.
- by The Herald's View
Opinion
Princess Diana
Why I don’t want to see any more movies about Princess Diana
I’m probably one of a handful of people (along with Camilla and Charles, I’m guessing) who’ve had a right royal gutful of movies about the People’s Princess.
- by Natalie Reilly
Opinion
Summer reads
The summer I ... became a milkman
Desire helped me quickly remember the milk order for one house. But standing on the running board of a small truck that rattled and shuddered its way through the suburbs, I felt sure I would never remember what all the other houses were meant to get.
- by Simon Castles
Opinion
Winter Olympics
Burner phones and free-speech threats: Olympians brace for ‘joyless’ Games in Beijing
When the Olympics are staged during normal times and in normal countries, athletes race to get there, beaming. It is a different story for the upcoming Beijing Winter Olympics.
- by Barry Svrluga
Analysis
Cryptocurrencies
Bitcoin value cut in half since November
The sell-off accelerated a two-month slide in the global cryptocurrency market that has vaporised nearly $2 trillion in value.
- by Tory Newmyer and Rachel Siegel
Opinion
The Ashes
Why a series of three Tests, not five, can revive the Ashes
Long series with rotated teams no longer looks like sport’s pinnacle - and perhaps less may prove to be more. Victory feels altogether less meaningful if it is not accompanied by the sense of having overcome a worthy foe.
- by Tim Wigmore
Opinion
US politics
‘These are not good times’: Democrats are in the doldrums, but Republicans are no better
The revival that the Democrats promised – that electing Biden would end the pandemic chaos, restore unity within America and respect for it abroad – has fizzled.
- by Parnell Palme McGuinness
Analysis
Pop culture
Has our appetite for TV reboots been exhausted?
A string of cancellations and lukewarm relaunches has thrown a wrench into the accepted industry wisdom about trading in nostalgia.
- by Robert Moran
Opinion
Flexible working
Reworking the week: Let’s lose a day and find more time for life
Many companies and countries are actively trialling a four-day working week. Surely it’s time for Australia to give it a go, too.
- by Helen Pitt
This election must deal with the increasing inequalities in our community
As the Prime Minister prepares to face voters in just a few months, he might care to reflect on how that good old Australian hip-pocket nerve is faring.
- by The Herald's View
Opinion
Australian Open
No easy task: Barty can’t afford to slip up in Australian Open quest
Ashleigh Barty has breezed through the opening rounds of the Australian Open so far, but the assignment is about to become harder as she prepares to face Amanda Anisimova.
- by Paul McNamee
This election must deal with the increasing inequalities in our community
The rapid spread of Omicron has undermined consumers’ confidence in the economic outlook, their ability to afford essential items, or plan their financial future. Despite Australian households saving significantly during the pandemic, they have a cautiously negative mood about the path ahead.
- by The Age's View
Opinion
Australia Day
Would a modern Australia choose January 26 to celebrate our nation?
If we were choosing a day to unify us as a country, would we choose the moment the Union Jack was first planted on this land? I don’t think we would.
- by Linda Burney
Opinion
UK politics
Booze-busted Boris still rules the party room, for now
British PM Boris Johnson’s political self-immolation would be harder to come by in NSW, where our leaders ingeniously insulated themselves from breaking their own rules by not having many.
- by Dom Knight
Analysis
Consumer spending
‘Damn lot of money’: How households plan to spend their pandemic savings
Treasurer Josh Frydenberg is hoping the $260 billion in cash saved by households during the pandemic will fuel the economic recovery, but many Australians have other ideas.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
Letters
Letters
Megachurch lording it over the rest of us
The highly questionable decision by the authorities not to fine Hillsong for flagrantly breaching COVID orders at their recent youth camp sends an unwanted message to Hillsong devotees.
Analysis
Shopping
Are groceries really getting more expensive?
From wrestling in the aisles over toilet paper to fears of continuing supply shortages, the pandemic has inflamed a perpetual anxiety among Australians about the rising cost of filling a shopping trolley.
- by Jessica Irvine
Opinion
Electricity
How I saved $537 on my electricity bill
If you haven’t shopped around for a better energy plan in a year or more, this is your annual reminder to jump on to your relevant government price comparison website today.
- by Jessica Irvine
Opinion
Credit cards
Why some credit cards are not all bad
A zero per cent balance transfer credit card allows you to kick the credit can down the road, however, far better is to use the interest-free period to bust out of card debt forever.
- by Nicole Pedersen-McKinnon
Opinion
Style
Philippine Beaulieu-Leroy’s naked dress was daring – and that’s the point
The Emily in Paris star turned heads in a sheer dress this week. But would it be quite so topical if the nipples on display belonged to a 26-year-old rather than a 58-year-old?
- by Melissa Twigg
Opinion
Australian cricket
England were woeful, but Pakistan tour will tell us a lot more about Australia
England’s Ashes capitulation was the meekest performance from the oldest enemy in my recollection. So, just how good is Australia’s Test team then?
- by Geoff Lawson