Opinion
Opinion
Married At First Sight
This time I absolutely won’t be watching MAFS ... I think, maybe
Married at First Sight’s gormlessness makes me want to throw the iron at the telly but I’ll no doubt be tuning in again with 2 million others for the ninth season.
- by Kate Halfpenny
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Australian Open
Barty, Novak and Haneen Zreika bring us highs, lows and in-betweens
I’m not saying she’ll win (we all know why), but anyone not on the Barty Express needs to jump aboard - pronto.
- by Peter FitzSimons
Editorial
Indigenous culture
Fly the Aboriginal flag on the Harbour Bridge every day
It is a powerful symbol that will inspire understanding and reconciliation.
- The Herald's View
Opinion
Good Weekend
Two minutes with Danny Katz: How do I say ciao to my chai barista?
Most chai lattes already have a dishwatery vibe, but if your regular barista isn’t making them to your liking, just be honest.
- by Danny Katz
Analysis
Australian Open
Slice and dice: Ash Barty’s not-so-secret weapon
The world No.1 has something other players don’t. And though the backhand slice is not Ash Barty’s only point of difference, it is her most significant point of advantage.
- by Michael Gleeson
Analysis
Please Explain podcast
The COVID-19 crisis in vulnerable Indigenous communities
Today on Please Explain, Indigenous affairs reporter Cameron Gooley joins Nathanael Cooper to look at the outbreak in central Australia.
- by Nathanael Cooper
Opinion
Innovation
Silicon Valley’s never-ending search for the next big thing
The tech industry has grown ever more rich off big ideas that were developed more than a decade ago. The next big thing could be a while away.
- by Cade Metz
Opinion
Grace Tame
At 50, I finally figured out what Grace Tame knows in her 20s
Men are not entitled to our smiling niceness simply because they are men.
- by Kerri Sackville
Analysis
Horse racing
Superb Anamoe may be the one to lift Sydney out of a quiet summer
Cox Plate winner Anamoe could use today’s Expressway Stakes to provide the Sydney racing scene with a much-needed boost.
- by Max Presnell
Opinion
Interest rates
Why the RBA can still be patient on interest rates
Inflation is surging, but interest rates shouldn’t rise until wages are growing at a quicker pace.
- by Clancy Yeates
Opinion
Surfing
‘Frankly, it’s dangerous’: Women finally given priority at surfing’s most treacherous break
Traditionally hogged by hordes of macho males, female surfers have struggled to get access to the famous Pipeline in Hawaii. That changes next week in a ‘monumental’ first, according to Tyler Wright.
- by Malcolm Knox
Opinion
Australian Open
‘Let’s do it’: Final will pit ‘in control’ Barty against big-hitting Collins
What a summer Ash Barty has been having, undefeated in Adelaide and Melbourne. How will the match between two players of such contrasting styles play out?
- by Paul McNamee
Opinion
World markets
Credit Suisse’s very bad year gets worse
It was already taken for granted that 2022 would be a year of fixing things at Credit Suisse. But the mountain might be steeper than first thought.
- by Paul J. Davies
Opinion
Australian Open
Netflix doco to reveal what really happened in Kyrgios locker-room fight
Unseen footage of the locker-room fight involving Kyrgios and the trainer of Croatian doubles top seeds is expected to be revealed by the streaming giant later this year.
- by Andrew Webster
Opinion
Political leadership
Leaders face the rapid voter test
Australia was slow off the mark with vaccines and rapid antigen tests. What the major parties do to fix that will be a big test at the federal election.
- by David Crowe
Opinion
Ukraine
Why peace in Ukraine may hinge on yielding some reward to Putin for his aggression
In an ideal world, Russia would drop its support for the separatists and stop hassling Ukraine. But that is a fantasy.
- by Geoff Winestock
Opinion
Jobs
Let’s give the four-day working week a try in Victoria
COVID-19 has shown us that the four-day working week is a sensible, exciting and well-established idea whose time has finally come.
- by Fiona Patten
Letters
Letters
Ball firmly in TA’s court on how to control the boorish
There is nothing wrong with being loud and boisterous and enthusiastic, as long as you are not also rude, insulting and, worst of all, unsportsmanlike.
Opinion
The lowdown
Government must recognise overseas skills to combat worker shortage
We need more workers, but we don’t recognise overseas experience.
- by Mahsood Shah
In the Herald: January 28, 1921
Infantile paralysis outbreak; neurotics, criminals and guns; and of pluck and courage
- by Brian Yatman
Opinion
Coronavirus pandemic
Return to school rules a chance to foster the altruism we all need
A pandemic needs people to be selfless and the return-to-school COVID safety measures provide a perfect opportunity for children to learn to be altruistic.
- by Alexandra Martiniuk
Editorial
Coronavirus pandemic
Most vulnerable still left behind in the fight against COVID-19
The number of cases is plateauing, but we must do more to protect groups such as the aged, the disabled and Indigenous people.
- The Herald's View
Opinion
Shares
Panic selling while markets are falling is a mug’s game
Massive fortunes have been made by astute investors that hold their nerve even when they see the whites in the eyes of share traders.
- by Elizabeth Knight
Opinion
First Person Pandemic
Waiting for COVID: One family’s symptomatic odyssey
Symptoms can be devilishly deceptive. A cold, it seems, can still be just a cold gifting you all the drama of illness, but none of those sweet, sweet antibodies.
- by Rachael Mogan McIntosh
Analysis
US politics
Biden poised to name first black woman to Supreme Court
One year into his first term, the groundbreaking pick may be exactly what the US president needs to reinvigorate his Democratic base after months of policy setbacks.
- by Farrah Tomazin
Analysis
Please Explain podcast
Is war between Russia and Ukraine imminent?
Today on Please Explain, political and international editor Peter Hartcher joins Nathanael Cooper to discuss the looming crisis.
- by Nathanael Cooper
Opinion
Interest rates
The Fed’s fuzzy policies rattle reeling sharemarkets
There was little in the US Fed’s statement that should have surprised investors. But when Jerome Powell answered questions afterwards, there was another sell-off in financial markets anyway.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
Analysis
Property prices
Time to get used to the idea that house prices could drop
Australian house prices have risen to extraordinary levels. No one is predicting they will suddenly become cheap, but once interest rates rise, that growth is tipped to end.
- by Elizabeth Redman
Opinion
World politics
Germany’s appeasement of Putin risks disaster in Ukraine
The reluctance to issue clear warnings to the Kremlin is a fundamental failure of deterrence and increases the likelihood that Putin will try to overthrow the European strategic order, said one expert.
- by Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
Opinion
Back to school
Please, parents, it’s time you gave a RATs
Children are about to head back to school and we need their parents to embrace one more annoying chore: the rapid antigen test.
- by Meena Evers
Opinion
Australia votes
Australians will pay the price of politics for politics’ sake
The 2022 federal election campaign is already well under way and when we vote in May, one of the major parties will come out ahead but what will the nation get out of it?
- by Shaun Carney
Opinion
Australian Open
‘Yahoos’ have as much right to be at tennis as cucumber sandwich set
It took someone like Nick Kyrgios to blow up tennis and let the rowdy crowds in. And, regardless of how the older generation feels, it’s good for the sport.
- by Osman Faruqi
Opinion
Back to school
Schools must be last to close and first to open. Science confirms they’re the safest place for children
Children are far more likely to be hospitalised for the endemic respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), for which there is no vaccine and which kills 60,000 kids globally each year. We have never closed schools for viruses such as RSV.
- by Archana Koirala and Phoebe Williams
Opinion
Vaccination
An unexpected hurdle in the path to getting my child vaccinated
When my 10-year-old decided he was an anti-vaxxer, I realised that I would have to tread a fine line between persuasion and coercion.
- by Ian Rose
Opinion
World markets
Putin threatens to light fuse on overvalued sharemarkets
Most sharemarket crashes and bear markets require some kind of trigger to set them off. The stand-off over Ukraine looks uncomfortably like it could be that moment.
- by Jeremy Warner
Letters
Letters
For too long women were told to smile and keep quiet
Grace Tame is what women need to be: loud, angry and rude as hell.
In the Herald: January 27, 1971
Charles Manson convicted, the era of the punched card, a Paddle Pop and a shandy
- by Brian Yatman
Editorial
Inflation
Rising inflation is about to change the economic debate
Cost of living pressures will force the Reserve Bank to raise interest rates for the first time in a decade.
- The Herald's View
Opinion
Women of Influence
Thank you, Grace Tame. Smiling doesn’t start national conversations
The student who has risen to global prominence with her campaign for mandatory sexual consent education defends Grace Tame’s encounter with the PM.
- by Chanel Contos
Analysis
Please Explain podcast
Freeing the Aboriginal flag
Today on Please Explain, national affairs editor Rob Harris joins Jess Irvine to discuss a landmark $20 million agreement to purchase the copyright of the Aboriginal flag.
- by Jessica Irvine
Opinion
Grace Tame
Why young women aren’t smiling for you any more
Grace Tame’s appearance with the Prime Minister ought to remind us that polite formalities are no longer the concern of women.
- by Yasmin Poole
Opinion
Women's AFL
Footy factory: How a VFLW super team shaped the national competition
The 2017 Darebin Falcons premiership team produced 18 AFLW-listed players who are playing across eight AFL clubs. The club has produced five AFLW premiership players and 11 All-Australians.
- by Libby Birch
Opinion
China
China ignited a property implosion. Now it is trying to engineer a soft landing
Having completely destabilised its property sector last year, China’s authorities now appear to be doing anything and everything they can to put a floor under it.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
Opinion
Australia Day
Fifty years on from the Tent Embassy, the unfinished business of land rights in NSW
A staggering 72 per cent of claims are outstanding in NSW, some dating back to 1989.
- by Danny Chapman
Analysis
Wall Street
Finding a buyer for Peloton will not be an easy ride
An activist investor is urging struggling fitness brand Peloton to fire its chief executive officer and find a buyer. Its gyrating share price makes it a difficult deal.
- by Andrea Felsted
Opinion
Pop culture
Taylor Swift is the woman the music industry needs
When Damon Albarn said the US singer “didn’t write her own songs”, it unleashed a furious backlash in her defence - and rightly so.
- by James Hall
Analysis
AFL 2022
The twenty-somethings primed to have an impact in season 2022
As the AFL pre-season heats up, there’s talent aplenty to keep an eye out for, whether that be stars already on the rise or those hoping to make a statement in what shapes as an intriguing year.
- by Jon Pierik
Analysis
World markets
China’s wild markets are a battle between fear and greed
While China’s sharemarkets are rallying in 2022, investors need to be prepared for violent swings.
- by Sofia Horta e Costa and Rebecca Choong Wilkins