Opinion
Opinion
Investing
Biden strikes back as the war against ‘woke capitalism’ rages
There’s something peculiar in a Democrat president acting to preserve investors’ right to choose while supposedly free-market Republicans want to take those choices away.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
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Literature
Why it’s not OK you forgot the calendar’s best day
I had hoped you’d notice. The stage was set. But you missed it.
- by Chris Harrison
Analysis
Phones
Oppo flips the script on Samsung with latest foldable phone
The Chinese brand has launched a foldable smartphone in Australia and it could be the strongest new-school flip phone in the market yet.
- by Tim Biggs
Opinion
Money psychology
The invisible problem affecting our saving habits
While the common advice is to save money at all costs, there is such a thing as underspending, and it’s not healthy.
- by Paridhi Jain
Analysis
Renting
Free furniture, canned tuna: How to afford moving out of home
For young Australians today, moving out of home can feel like a bigger leap of faith than ever before. Here’s how to make it work.
- by Hannah Farrow
Analysis
Health insurance
Easy ways to lower your health insurance costs
Shopping around for health insurance and taking advantage of a better deal can shave hundreds of dollars a year off premiums.
- by John Collett
Analysis
Inheritance
Approaching 50? It’s time to think about your inheritance
With $3.5 trillion on the line, those in their 50s and beyond need to think about their legacy and how to transfer wealth effectively.
- by Grace Bacon
Analysis
The Long and Short of It
After years of struggle, can a beleaguered AMP reinvent itself?
AMP, one of the oldest financial institutions in Australia, has been trying to engineer a turnaround after a major fall from grace.
- by Clancy Yeates
Analysis
NRL 2023
Why the Dragons have made the right call making Griffin reapply for his job
Anyone who has watched the team under Griffin’s stewardship knows why the club needs a back-up plan. If he wins games, the job is his. But relying on that could be dangerous.
- by Michael Chammas
Opinion
Productivity
Most of us don’t really want to be rich, for better or worse
If we simply prioritised getting wealthier, there is a considerable risk other dimensions of our lives would suffer.
- by Ross Gittins
Editorial
Concussion crisis
AFL must consider rule changes to discourage ‘bumps’
Incidents at the weekend provided a dramatic reminder that current sanctions do not appear to be doing enough to deter risky on-field behaviour.
- The Age's View
LETTERS
Letters
Heart-stopping stories still leave us with hope
Readers respond to the UN’s urgent call for action on climate change.
Opinion
Parenting
My eight-year-old has never seen his footy team win. I don’t want to lie to him
Before my son was born I’d never considered myself one of those men who’d make their child go for the same team, but when he came into this world there was no question about it.
- by Patrick O'Neil
Opinion
Racism
How we can fight violent extremism after far-right rally
In our response to Saturday’s offensive and hateful neo-Nazi demonstration, we must do more than simply chase symbols and gestures.
- by Daniel Aghion
Analysis
AFL 2023
Rehab room: The likely time frame for Jeremy Howe’s return
Libby Birch, a dual premiership player and sports physiotherapist, is uniquely positioned to assess the injuries and timeframes for return for some of the key players who went down in round one.
- by Libby Birch
Opinion
James Murdoch
Murdoch: Another wife, another twist in the succession plan
The billionaire media mogul and his 66-year-old bride-to-be are “looking forward to the second half of our lives together”, but will this alter anything in love-struck Murdoch’s empire?
- by Elizabeth Knight
Opinion
AUKUS
AUKUS is a dud deal. We’re safer on our own
There’s never been a worse time for Australia to further entangle its defence policy with that of the United States.
- by Geraldine Brooks
Opinion
Recycling
Let’s stop pretending we are going to recycle all this plastic
We like the idea of recycled single-use plastics because it takes away the guilt around how cheap and easy it is. But most cannot be converted into a useful product at a reasonable cost.
- by Nick O'Malley
Opinion
Wallabies
Brumbies in gold: How can the Wallabies be anything else while Reds, Tahs are struggling?
Reds coach Brad Thorn is in his sixth year of Super Rugby coaching, Darren Coleman in his second, but each man wore the same look of bewilderment after their weekend games.
- by Wayne Smith
Analysis
Credit cards
How NAB’s card with Flybuys bonus stacks up
NAB is offering bonus points for new customers of its Rewards Signature credit card, but how good a deal is it?
- by John Collett
Opinion
Bonds
Credit Suisse fallout: CoCo bondholders go loco
A key element of Credit Suisse’s ‘rescue’ was a Swiss regulator’s decision to declare $26 billion of the bank’s bonds worthless. Other central banks are scrambling to distance themselves.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
Analysis
China relations
What does Xi want from Putin?
The Chinese leader is in Moscow for a three-day visit. Apart from an emphatic display of solidarity with his “dear friend”, there’s a lot Russia can help with.
Opinion
Concussion crisis
‘When the police came, I had no idea I hadn’t paid for my fuel – and no memory of being there’
I’ve suffered between 40 and 50 concussions in my semi-professional rugby league career. Players from grassroots to elite level need saving from themselves – that’s why the NRL’s protocols are needed.
- by David Sellers
Analysis
Interest rates
With bank chaos and inflation, Fed faces its most uncertain meeting in years
The Federal Reserve entered 2023 focused on a central goal: wrestling down the rapid inflation rate. But over the past two weeks, that job has become a lot more complicated.
- by Jeanna Smialek
Opinion
War
How the US broke Iraq: A generational mistake that killed 306,000 civilians
The consensus now, even among formerly hawkish Republicans, is that the United States should never have invaded Iraq 20 years ago.
- by Ishaan Tharoor
Analysis
US politics
Bracing for impact, US political world waits for Donald Trump indictment
Facing possible charges over alleged hush money paid to an adult film star, Donald Trump has launched a pre-emptive strike to control the narrative, rally supporters, and play the victim.
- by Farrah Tomazin
Opinion
Media & marketing
Murdoch succeeded where Putin failed. Time for a Fox hunt
We believe a royal commission into media concentration is now needed to defend our democracy. For the Coalition parties, this is a crucial moment.
- by Malcolm Turnbull and Sharan Burrow
Opinion
Cybersecurity
TikTok ban is only a matter of time
Tech decoupling from China seems to have an unstoppable momentum. The only question now is which companies and technologies will be next.
- by Peter Hartcher
Opinion
Electric cars
I’m a Musk fanboy – don’t hate me
Despite his more questionable behaviour on Twitter, I don’t believe any private individual is having a greater impact on transitioning to a low emissions future than Elon Musk.
- by Michael Schlechta
Analysis
Climate policy
Our last climate chance: Act now on ‘everything, everywhere, all at once’
There is grim reading in the UN’s final warning to world leaders in the last decade we have to act, but there is also a clear set of directions. And hope.
- by Nick O'Malley
Editorial
Liberal Party
Once again, Victorian Liberals caught in trap of own making
Opposition Leader John Pesutto is faced with a lose-lose situation in dealing with Moira Deeming and his party’s latest calamity.
- The Age's View
Opinion
Australian rugby
Missing in action: Why are our two biggest Super clubs struggling?
With no Eddie Jones drum-beating to distract us, the form of Australia’s most important Super Rugby sides has been sobering viewing.
- by Georgina Robinson
Buffett reaches out to help in US banks crisis
A handful of regional lenders are at the heart of a crisis that’s shaken the US and engaged the likes of billionaire investor Warren Buffett.
- by Sally Bakewell
Opinion
AFL 2023
Can a bump ever be foolproof - and safe?
Three head-high bumps leading to three suspensions from last weekend’s opening AFL round have prompted calls for drastic action. But what and how is not clear.
- by Greg Baum
Opinion
Real Footy Podcast
The most surprising, imposing and exciting wins from a bump(er) round of footy
Michael Gleeson, Jake Niall and Caroline Wilson discuss the most surprising, imposing and exciting wins from round one, whether the match review framework for penalties over bumping need to be changed, off-field politics at Essendon and much more.
Opinion
Aviation
Why the promised airfare price relief looks like a mirage
Airlines and travel agents have been promising that airline capacity will continue to recover and fares will come down – what’s happened?
- by Elizabeth Knight
Analysis
Interest rates
RBA faces rate clash: Should they stay or should they go up?
The Reserve Bank faces a clash of priorities over coming weeks: deal with banking turmoil in Europe and America, or drive down inflation?
- by Shane Wright
Opinion
NRL 2023
Tetchy Tim Sheens is not the problem in Tiger Town
The revolution at the Wests Tigers will take time. Can those who run the club hold their nerve and shut their mouths?
- by Andrew Webster
Opinion
Coronavirus pandemic
How did COVID change the face of Australia? The answer matters
It seems there is little appetite to revisit the dark days of the pandemic, but we must interrogate how the nation handled the crisis.
- by Nick Bryant
Analysis
AFL 2023
First impressions: How your team’s recruits fared in round one
Tom Mitchell was very good. Luke Jackson not so good. We run the ruler over all the traded players in their first games in new colours.
- by Jon Pierik, Michael Gleeson and Marc McGowan
Opinion
Investing
A crisis is (hopefully) averted as UBS bails out Credit Suisse
UBS has, reluctantly and with a lot of help from the Swiss government, come to Credit Suisse’s rescue.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
Analysis
Cryptocurrencies
Why is bitcoin on the rise when US banks are collapsing?
Are investors using cryptocurrencies as a safe harbour in the banking storm?
- by Nicole Buckler and Samantha Howard
Opinion
World politics
Narendra Modi is the world’s most popular leader. Beware.
While Modi polls extremely well, many worldly Indians are aghast that he has made India less secular and tolerant, creating a Hindu nationalism that marginalises religious minorities.
- by Nicholas Kristof
Analysis
NRL 2023
Why NRL’s concussion edict will force some players to clean up their act
An unintended but welcome consequence of the NRL’s mandatory 11-day stand down policy will be to reduce the number of players feigning injury, Graham Annesley admits.
- by Roy Masters
Opinion
Workplace
Fathers are now copping the ‘motherhood penalty’. I, for one, am not gloating
For the health of men, women, kids and the economy, ideas of Australian workplace masculinity must at least try to keep up.
- by Wendy Tuohy
Opinion
Political leadership
The end of Albanese’s (other) honeymoon
Inconvenient facts exist in a universe parallel to the one in which Australian politics is actually conducted. But there are signs that the time for deluded consensus is running out.
- by Sean Kelly
Opinion
Diet
Walk more, eat well: As a health writer, these studies make me sad
Studies that tell us to move our bodies and eat more fruits and vegetables are stating the bleeding obvious. But there’s a reason we keep needing a reminder.
- by Sarah Berry
Opinion
Poetry
Power of poetry not lost on the powerful, except in Australia
On World Poetry Day, we should reflect on the role great verse plays in our national conversation.
- by George Brandis
Opinion
War
One person can decide if Australia goes to war. Here’s why that needs to change
Twenty years after thousands of Australians took to the streets to rally against the invasion of Iraq, it is time to protest anew and insist on change to the way our nation decides to go to war.
- by Donna Mulhearn
Editorial
Abducted in Japan
Japan must bend on abducted children of foreign nationals
While the international community overwhelmingly recognises the right of a child to maintain a relationship with both parents, this is not the case in Japan.
- The Age's View