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Dot Comme at Curtin House, Melbourne, is a treasure trove for vintage fashion.
Analysis
Collectables

Why more people are investing in – and wearing – vintage fashion

Vintage fashion remains in high demand – with people wanting a slice of history as much as reducing the need for additional landfill.

  • by Stephen Crafti

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Farrah Tomazin preparing to view the solar eclipse in Greenville, Maine.
Opinion
Space

A nation split by Trump v Biden comes together for moment that won’t return for 20 years

For almost four minutes there’s nothing but ethereal serenity. All I can see in the distance is the black silhouette of the moon surrounded by the pearly glow of the sun’s corona.

  • by Farrah Tomazin
One of the most important questions anyone thinking of engaging a mortgage broker can ask is about their experience

Thinking about using a mortgage broker? Here’s one thing you should always ask

One-in-five mortgage brokers did not write a single loan in the six months to March 2023 and could be out of touch with the market.

  • by John Collett
“We want to be very, very competitive on pay.“: JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon.

The chief of America’s biggest bank is worried. That’s bad news for all of us

Jamie Dimon is one of the most powerful people in the world. His annual letter to shareholders contains an alarming scenario. Australia would not be immune.

  • by Stephen Bartholomeusz
Google’s strategy in dominating search via paid default status on phones is coming under antitrust scrutiny.

Google may be about to make the biggest strategy change in its history

Google is weighing up charging customers to use its AI products. We should be begging it to.

  • by Matthew Lynn
Illustration: Andrew Dyson.
Opinion
AUKUS

Japan is set to join AUKUS – it won’t be the last country to do so

Japan is the world’s fourth-biggest economy, yet only the ninth-biggest defence spender. As China’s military build-up continues, that is beginning to change.

  • by Peter Hartcher
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Letters
Letters

We don’t believe victims, we grill them mercilessly

Readers react to a ticketed event being organised by #MenToo advocate Bettina Arndt and the merits of former PM Boris Johnson.

Qantas boss Vanessa Hudson says the rewards program will become more flexible.

Qantas loyalty revamp the right flight path to healing customer ‘pain point’

Vanessa Hudson has taken on the Herculean task of trying to restore the relationship with Qantas customers and staff – and reweight the division of the spoils.

  • by Elizabeth Knight
Peter Ladhams may have ruined his own AFL finals chances, remote as they might have been.
Opinion
AFL 2024

‘That’s enough’: AFL must send Finlayson a simple message with slur penalty

What shocks about Jeremy Finlayson’s homophobic insult against Essendon is that it even sprung to his mind to use such language in 2024.

  • by Greg Baum
Life in North Melbourne.

My suburb attracts a cult-like loyalty, despite the grit and the gangsters

We haven’t had a gangland funeral across the road for years, but North Melbourne has always been an in-between place – a suburb of two identities.

  • by Virginia Trioli
South Australian premier Peter Malinauskas (second from left) promotes Gather Round with Zac Bailey of the Brisbane Lions (to his right) , the AFL’s Josh Mahoney and North Melbourne’s Jy Simpkin.
Opinion
AFL 2024

Gather Round? More like Blather Round if you ask me

After being bombarded with missives about the charms of South Australia, we were supposed to rejoice and be grateful that they had the footy and we didn’t.

  • by Greg Baum
Low-rise jeans came back in vogue. Here’s how the Coalition can do the same.

Low-rise jeans have won over Gen Z. Here’s how the Coalition can do the same

The cycle of youth opinion is brutal and constant. Birkenstocks, once decidedly out, are in again. The Coalition, too, can win over my generation. Here’s how.

  • by Daniel Cash
A man displays blood-stained British, Polish, and Australian passports

The Albanese government is finally awakening to the bleak nature of Israel’s fighting

In appointing a special adviser to review the investigation of seven aid workers, Australia is telegraphing its lack of confidence in the Israeli military justice system.

  • by Ben Saul
Fast, free Wi-Fi and integrated device/tablet holders are among the new features.
Analysis
Aviation

Will Qantas’ frequent flyer changes make it easier to get a seat?

Qantas has added a third way to redeem frequent flyer points on flights. But will it make snagging a seat easier?

  • by Amelia McGuire
Former Wallabies captain Michael Hooper is aiming to represent Australia at the Paris Olympics.

The moment Michael Hooper showed he was up to the challenge of sevens

The former Wallabies captain’s bid to represent Australia at the Paris Olympics is up and running after 19 minutes of rugby over the weekend in Hong Kong. Here’s how he went.

  • by Tom Decent
Photo: Steven Siewert

As much as I’d love it, free public transport is a bad idea

Public transport should never be a money train. But asking for a full fare-free system would be driving a hard bargain.

  • by Millie Muroi
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The Eagles’ Harley Reid and the Dockers’ James Aish.

Crucial moments sunk Freo, while Harley Reid activated beast mode

A perfect start to the season came to a shattering end for the Dockers on Saturday, while rising Eagle Harley Reid displayed power, poise and aggressiveness.

  • by Paddy Sweeney

The Chinese giants that have set off alarm bells in the US

A flood of small packages driven by companies like Shein and Temu is causing Washington big headaches.

  • by Stephen Bartholomeusz
Russell Crowe and Wayne Bennett
Opinion
NRL 2024

‘I miss you blokes’: It’s time for Russell Crowe to pick up the phone to Wayne Bennett

There is only one man who can pull South Sydney out of the mire while Bennett has unfinished business - with himself and Souths.

  • by Andrew Webster
Australia has a long-running ideology about housing.

A family home doesn’t need to be a house: The case for European-style living

Moving overseas highlighted that our national psyche is to see houses not as places merely to live, but an asset class that, for many, is a way to grow wealth.

  • by Caroline Zielinski
Jack Ginnivan and Brayden Maynard have a disagreement.
Analysis
AFL 2024

Ginnivan and the small attack: How the Pies survived a monumental Hawks comeback

The Magpies used all of their guile to survive Hawthorn’s stunningly unlikely and spirited surge, winning by just five points. Jack Ginnivan said there was plenty to be optimistic about, and explained how he would make himself a better player.

  • by Jake Niall
Gather Round was a wake-up call for Essendon.
Analysis
AFL 2024

Essendon the big losers, Blues’ Houdini strikes again: Key takeouts from round four

The round of football started slowly and built to a crescendo with controversy, comebacks, scandal and a celebration of a round now embedded in the football calendar.

  • by Peter Ryan
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Analysis
AI

OpenAI’s new Voice Engine could bring real benefits, and real dangers

With just a 15-second sample of your voice, OpenAI’s latest model can generate audio of you saying almost anything.

  • by Tim Biggs
Incoming Governor-General Sam Mostyn.

Silence descends: Our inability to discuss difficult issues has never been more obvious

Never more than in the past week have we seen national discussion on major issues marked by the mass silencing of everyone outside the extremes.

  • by Sean Kelly
The Star’s flagship casino has been given a six-month deadline to regain its licence or face the possibility of closing.
Analysis
Casinos

Four ways the cards could fall for Star Sydney

Star Sydney’s current and former executives are about to be hauled before Adam Bell, SC, for a second time in 18 months – and the stakes are high.

  • by Amelia McGuire
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Letters
Letters

Parks are not just for recreation

Readers respond to reports that Victoria’s garden state status may be under threat as urban expansion and land clearing eat Melbourne green spaces to accommodate the growing population.

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The new AFL broadcast rights deal will lead to changes for some viewers from 2025.
Opinion
AFL 2024

Priced out: In ‘footy country’, you’ll struggle to watch a game on TV at the pub

This, we are regularly assured by AFL ads, was not just a country footy town – we were in footy country. That’s true, unless the game you wanted to watch in Stawell happened to be on pay TV.

  • by Michael Gleeson
A cabbage butterfly.

I thought not Googling everything would set me free. Instead, it ruined my garden

I’m not sure if having the answers would have saved my nasturtiums, but not knowing didn’t help me either. Somehow, my fantasy didn’t bring peace or protection.

  • by Wendy Syfret
Voters will depose  Prime Minister Rishi Sunak at the oncoming election if his own party doesn’t get in first.

Tories may throw Sunak overboard, but rearranging deckchairs can’t save this ship

Are the Tories mad enough to roll another leader? My spies inside the Conservative Party tell me this is a real possibility.

  • by George Brandis
Latrell Mitchel.
Opinion
NRL 2024

The moment Latrell Mitchell stopped the NSW premier in his tracks

A moment of maturity from the Souths star in Moree during the week gave Chris Minns an insight into his passion for First Nations people and Indigenous rights.

  • by Danny Weidler
If you want to keep your priave health coverage but can’t find the extra money, there are a number of options available to you.

How to manage now private health insurance costs are (seriously) rising

If you want to keep your coverage but can’t find the extra money, there are a number of options available to you.

  • by Victoria Devine
While being on acreage can be pleasant, the size of your property can risk stymieing your pension options.

My bush property is too big for me to get the pension. What can I do?

While being on acreage can be pleasant, the size of your property can risk stymieing your pension options.

  • by Paul Benson
Opinion
Defamation

So much litigation, so little clarity: The Lehrmann case is a sordid labyrinth

For so many involved, the grimy details of this defamation trial have strayed far from natural justice.

  • by Jacqueline Maley
Floodlights at Meredith Music.
Opinion
Live music

Kids have not ‘gone soft’ when it comes to music festivals

The rapid decline of music festivals in Australia is symptomatic of a bigger problem – and it’s not the fault of young people.

  • by Millie Muroi
The new market, as imagined by the developers, maintains a focus on cars.
Opinion
City life

Bloated, backward and banal, Vic Market rebuild is the opposite of good planning

Melbourne’s beloved city market is sensual, lively, and bustling with energy but is set to be overshadowed by a series of banal towers that look like they were produced by an AI robot.

  • by Norman Day
Ange Postecoglou’s Tottenham Hotspur might be out of the title race - but they’ll still have a say in who wins it.
Analysis
EPL

Why Ange’s Spurs still have a role to play in Premier League ‘title race’

Spurs are in a unique position: they have the chance to severely dent Arsenal’s title hopes, but also need their fiercest rivals to go as deep as possible in Europe for their own sake.

  • by Vince Rugari
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“Chuggy,” Bob Dylan said, “this is one of the best tours I’ve ever done.”

I’ve sent Bob Dylan love letters for years, and I just got a reply!

When I interviewed legendary music promoter Michael Chugg this week, he had a surprise for me.

  • by Peter FitzSimons
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Opinion
Hip pocket

The overlooked tool that can guarantee your retirement income

Retirees are often wary of annuities, also known as a lifetime or fixed-term pension. Here’s what you need to know.

  • by Dominic Powell
North Asia correspondent Eryk Bagshaw in Mana, near the border between India and China.

China blocked my visa. I spent three years getting as close as I could

In the end, its actions amplified voices it had hoped to suppress.

  • by Eryk Bagshaw
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LETTERS
Letters

More must be done to save youth from crime

The rates of crime among youth has to be tackled, and a way found to keep offenders from returning to crime.

James Tedesco after taking a severe blow to the head on Friday.
Opinion
NRL 2024

Please, Teddy, after 10 concussions you need to call it a day

James Tedesco was knocked out again on Friday night. I fear it leaves him in the early stages of what fellow Roosters Jake Friend and Boyd Cordner went through.

  • by Peter FitzSimons
Port Adelaide captain Connor Rozee torched the Bombers on Friday night.
Analysis
AFL 2024

Port’s talent embarrassed Essendon; the Bombers should invite their recruiters to the post-mortem

To properly review an underwhelming performance, Brad Scott could do worse than invite his recruiting department in and ask where they might locate players of the calibre of Port’s midfield.

  • by Jake Niall
Sydney Theatre Company’s artistic director Kip Williams.

‘Gargantuan ambition’: A review of Kip Williams’ tenure at the STC

From Dorian Gray to The Harp in the South, Williams’ appointment as artistic director was a gamble that paid off for the STC board.

  • by John Shand
Clayton Oliver was injured at Melbourne training on Wednesday.
Opinion
AFL 2024

Clayton Oliver and the Demons walking a tightrope

As star Melbourne midfielder continues his cautious behavioural rehabilitation, his club is also trying to overcome six months of on- and off-field horrors

  • by Caroline Wilson
The Bear’s Carmy and Richie know it: there’s nothing like “cousins”.
Opinion
Family

Forget siblings, the best family relationship is cousins

Your cousin is you but also not you, like yourself in a misty mirror.

  • by Richard Glover
No other movie matches this local classic’s linguistic legacy.
Opinion
WordPlay

When it comes to catchphrases, this film goes straight to the poolroom

No other movie matches this local classic’s linguistic legacy.

  • by David Astle
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An image taken from video released by the National Transportation and Safety Board, the cargo ship Dali is stuck under part of the structure of the Francis Scott Key Bridge.
Opinion
Shipping

Stuck ships and supply chain inflation

Global supply chains don’t have as much slack as they did, say, last summer, after pandemic disruptions were mostly a thing of the past, because Baltimore isn’t the only problem.

  • by Paul Krugman
Sink or swim retirement.

Want to feel fulfilled in retirement? Work out your ‘tipping point’

As life expectancy increases, many are rejecting the all-or-nothing concept of retirement, and looking for ways to stay fulfilled in our older age.

  • by Bec Wilson
This change may mean your bonus points and conversion rates on things like supermarket rewards to go down.

What we know so far about Qantas’ frequent flyer overhaul

Here comes my speculation on Qantas’ new strategy and what it will mean for your reward flying.

  • by Nicole Pedersen-McKinnon
Beyonce and Sam Mostyn.

The sick joke that insults our new GG – and Beyonce

I’m growing increasingly intolerant of pervasive negativity, and this week’s reaction to Sam Mostyn becoming governor-general set me off again.

  • by Julia Baird