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NSW players Bradman Best, Matt Burton and Dylan Edwards party on after the Blues’ big win.
Analysis
NRL 2024

Victorious Blues dress for success in final shot at Maroons

There was a genuine swagger in the way the NSW team celebrated their series win in Brisbane, especially their eye-catching choice of attire.

  • by Danny Weidler

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Desperate for success: Patrick Cripps and his fellow midfielders need to solve their issues at clearances.
Analysis
AFL 2024

The quick fixes Carlton must make as they march toward finals

Carlton have taken major strides towards their first flag since 1995, but there are two key issues Michael Voss must address. One crucial question - are they better with two frontline ruckmen or not?

  • by Jon Pierik
Burnout is a kind of “bone-deep exhaustion” that can leave you overwhelmed and lacking motivation at work.

CEO burnout: The ‘dirty little secret’ among business top brass

Burnout is a multibillion-a-year problem, with money primarily being haemorrhaged via days lost to stress, fatigue and poor mental health.

  • by Charlotte Lytton
Do you want to be a millionaire? Or do you want to stop and smell the roses?
Opinion
Budgeting

Who wants to be a millionaire? You should read this first

Personal wealth in Australia is predicted to boom in the coming years, with the number of people joining the millionaire club set to skyrocket.

  • by Victoria Devine
Owning a roof over our heads, debt-free, in retirement is a common goal. But doing so can come at the expense of extra earnings.

Should I boost my super or pay off my mortgage?

Owning a roof over our heads and being debt-free in retirement is a common goal. But doing so can come at the expense of extra earnings.

  • by Paul Benson
Republican vice presidential candidate Sen. JD Vance

J.D. Vance is a jump to the left and a step to the right

Vance has transcended his disadvantage and shown what the idea of America is meant to be. That makes him an important symbol of what the future can hold.

  • by Parnell Palme McGuinness
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Campaigning for workers’ votes: Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump and his nomination for vice president, Senator J.D. Vance.

Working-class voters are swinging right. But can Dutton win the battle for the battlers?

Polling indicates that Australia’s working class – as in America and Europe – is turning more conservative. What will it mean for the next election?

  • by Margot Saville
My email address has been my identity. I can’t dispense with it lightly.

I never felt emotional about my email address, until they tried to take it from me

This shake-up by the telcos goes beyond practical inconvenience. It’s an emotional wrench – a loss of identity.

  • by Vivienne Pearson
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Opinion
Hip pocket

From Grange to loose change: How to turn your hobby into a money spinner

If you enjoy collecting items such as wine, coins or stamps, you could be sitting on a nice little nest egg.

  • by Dominic Powell
Torrie Lewis

‘I don’t just want to be an Olympian, I want to be a successful one’

Australia’s fastest woman tells Peter FitzSimons how she has made her dreams a reality so far - and how there’s still plenty more to achieve.

  • by Peter FitzSimons
An artist’s render of Arden Precinct in Melbourne’s inner north.
Opinion
City life

The pictures show happy citizens lolling about in a new nirvana. The reality will be a grey urban ghetto

The massive new Arden development in Melbourne’s north is going to end up like Docklands, maybe worse, with dark streets cutting through major blocks of construction, and an appearance of little useful public open spaces.

  • by Norman Day
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Analysis
AFL 2024

How Jack Ginnivan is having his cake and eating it too

Jack Ginnivan departed Collingwood with a premiership medal around his neck, leaving behind a club whose finals hopes are in disarray and that is now going through the bleakest period of Craig McRae’s celebrated tenure.

  • by Andrew Wu
Fraser McReight breaking up field and it led to a try.
Analysis
Wallabies

The McReight stuff: How the Wallabies rated against Georgia

Fraser McReight was a standout for the Wallabies in their tense win over Georgia. How did the rest of the team rate?

  • by Iain Payten
Matt Golding
LETTERS
Letters

The time we’ve wasted on climate inaction

Age readers respond to climate change and the US election.

Gene doping is the next frontier of cheating.
Analysis
Paris 2024

Why gene doping is the next great Olympic threat

No one has ever been busted gene doping, considered the next frontier in cheating in sport. But that doesn’t mean it won’t be happening at the Paris Olympics.

  • by Adrian Proszenko
Joe Biden knows that time is running out.

While Trump is being canonised by his party, Biden is being flagellated by his

The insurrection against the decrepit president would be perfectly sensible if the Democrats had a compelling candidate to replace him.

  • by Peter Hartcher
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IT outage.

CrowdStrike IT meltdown a nightmare scenario that may have been inevitable

New cyber threats against software networks appear every hour and fixes are needed just as often. They can and will go wrong.

  • by Tim Biggs
Retiring early is a goal of many, but opting for a semi-retirement where you get the best of both worlds might be a better plan.

Why you should think twice about retiring early

Most people who aim for retirement in their forties or even early fifties find that when they get there, it isn’t what they are looking for at all.

  • by Bec Wilson
You’re entitled to every cent of super you earn, but some bosses might be – accidentally or otherwise – paying you less.

Three ways your boss could be raiding your super

Super has changed a bit recently. Here’s how to check you’re getting paid what you’re owed.

  • by Nicole Pedersen-McKinnon
Cameron Murray runs into a sea of Maroons players to fight from the bench.

A (sort of) defence of Cameron Murray on a night that had it all

A few days have passed since that memorable State of Origin contest in Brisbane. The majesty of what we witnessed remains.

  • by Peter FitzSimons
CFMEU Victorian secretary John Setka.
Editorial
CFMEU

Chance for a CFMEU clean-out – but the devil will be in the detail

The cronies, the corrupt, the violent and all underworld figures need to be banished from the construction union and a new generation of decent people must take their place.

AI and the human brain … we have much to learn about the notion of consciousness.
Opinion
OpenAI

Here’s a brain teaser: Will AI ever reach consciousness?

First, we need to understand: what is consciousness? And if the answer is yes, who’d be willing to switch off that artificial intelligence?

  • by Paul Davies
Opinion
City life

Most of us fight with our neighbours. There’s an easy fix, but you won’t like it

Everyone seems to have a story about the neighbour from hell. Finding a way to live next door to each other is near-impossible.

  • by Malcolm Knox
Zach Merrett of the Bombers looks dejected.
Analysis
AFL 2024

Could this be the night the Dons blew their finals hopes?

For the second year in a row, a finals flame that burned so brightly for much of the season is threatening to be extinguished.

  • by Andrew Wu
CrowdStrike logo.

Global IT outage: What caused the CrowdStrike incident affecting banks, airlines and media outlets?

A mass outage has crippled airlines, TV stations and supermarkets. What do we think is behind it, and is there a fix?

  • by David Swan
Trump at Republican Convention gif.

Two different Donald Trumps occupy the stage as former president accepts nomination

The speech – in which Donald Trump recounted in dramatic detail the moment he almost lost his life – was the first he has given since last weekend’s shocking event.

  • by Farrah Tomazin
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The term might be controversial, but the practice has become vital to most research fields.
Opinion
WordPlay

You might not know it, but you’re probably a ‘citizen scientist’

The term might be controversial, but the practice has become vital to most research fields.

  • by David Astle
‘Apex’ the stegosaurus skeleton at Sotheby’s New York in New York.

$67 million stegosaurus upends the dinosaur hierarchy

A billionaire hedge fund founder has splashed around nine times Sotheby’s presale estimate for a stegosaurus skeleton, making it the most valuable fossil sold at an auction.

  • by Chris Bryant

Trump 2024, the living martyr, is at his zenith and looks unstoppable

After Donald Trump’s extraordinary coronation in Wisconsin, and with Joe Biden’s ills mounting, an extraordinary moment of reckoning is at hand for America.

  • by Bruce Wolpe
Luba Grigorovitch, Luke Hilakari, John Setka, Troy Gray and Christy Cain.
Analysis
Building Bad

The backers who allowed John Setka’s rise to ultimate power

Five years ago, the head of Australia’s union movement demanded Setka’s resignation. What happened next allowed him to not only survive, but thrive.

  • by Ben Schneiders
Maggie dressed as Jeannie.
Opinion
Death

I think my dead dog, Maggie, is communicating with me through FM radio

The death of my dog and the incredible story of a letter to a local newspaper from a dying man going viral and being read by millions have got me thinking about my own mortality.

  • by Kate Halfpenny
Isaac Heeney and Toby Greene butting heads back in 2017.
Analysis
AFL 2024

Comedians vs sticklers: Heeney-Greene feud proves Sydney’s AFL rivalry has come of age

Isaac Heeney and Toby Greene are, to a large degree, representative of their clubs: one is prim and proper, possibly too much so, the other a serial troublemaker who should probably rein it in from time to time.

  • by Vince Rugari
Cameron Murray runs into a sea of Maroons players to fight from the bench.

I’ll let the NRL in on a little secret … fans love the Origin melee

Cameron Murray and Haumole Olakau’atu deserve their suspensions for involving themselves in the push-and-shove, but spare me the tut-tutting.

  • by Andrew Webster
Gerry Adams with IRA prison leader Brendan “The Dark” Hughes in Long Kesh prsion in 1973/
Analysis
Naked City

Unions, bikies, the IRA and turning a blind eye

If the laws had been changed when they were found to be useless, perhaps we wouldn’t have so many bikies in the Big Build.

  • by John Silvester
Your employer may not have a legal responsibility to tell you about the sale of the business, but it’s clear they may not value you appropriately.

My company got sold and no one told us. Is that fair?

Your employer may not have a legal responsibility to tell you about the sale of the business, but it’s clear they may not value you appropriately.

  • by Jonathan Rivett
Being in the right place at the right time can be all it takes to get a leg up on your colleagues.
Opinion
Careers

Waiting for a career breakthrough? A bit of luck is all you need

In a world of careers advice that emphasises having a plan, setting goals and controlling your future, it is worth reflecting on the role luck plays.

  • by Jim Bright
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Having a sad desk salad? Try taking a real break instead.

No, you’re not too busy to take a break for lunch

Work has a crucial place in our lives. But if it’s the main driver of your self-worth, you’re putting yourself in a precarious position.

  • by Shelley Johnson
Opinion
Roads

Unthinking privatisation leaves much mess to be cleaned up

Private road toll companies have rights, but they don’t have the right to impose on the people of NSW and their government an unfair and unsustainable arrangement lasting forever.

  • by Ross Gittins
Letch
Opinion
Extremism

‘For the first time, I feel unsafe.’ Trump attack has fearful Australian MPs on edge

Australia does not have America’s gun culture or record of political violence, but many of our politicians are increasingly concerned about their security.

  • by David Crowe
For Fox News host Carlson (L) joined Donald Trump and his newly chosen running mate J.D. Vance in the VIP box.

Tucker Carlson seems to be having the time of his life at the Republican convention

Former Fox News host Tucker Carlson didn’t want to attend the convention at first. Now he seems to be everywhere.

  • by Ben Terris and Jeremy Barr
Premier Jacinta Allan’s government has plenty of time to bounce back, but there’s no denying the trend.

Jacinta Allan is failing to cut through. The denials are making it worse

The state Labor government has been under weeks of sustained political pressure. But it won’t turn around the slump in support with this defensive manner.

  • by Annika Smethurst
More than 150,000 Australian women have experienced a miscarriage.
Opinion
Pregnancy

It was in the final moments of my eighth pregnancy when I began to shiver uncontrollably

I remember the abject fear of the operating theatre. Lying there, so close to having my miracle baby, I felt like I was floating in a bubble of terror.

  • by Isabelle Oderberg
Former President Donald Trump during the Republican National Convention this week in Milwaukee.
Opinion
Phones

I showed a total stranger a Trump meme on my phone. It was a wake-up call

We can be better humans by occasionally looking up from our phones. It might also help us defy those pesky algorithms.

  • by Kerri Sackville
Republican vice presidential candidate Senator J.D. Vance.

Vance spells out his rags-to-riches tale as he vies to become America’s Millennial VP

Trump’s running mate, who has morphed into his mini-me, was the man of the moment on the third day of the Republican convention.

  • by Farrah Tomazin
Elon Musk, supports Trump and escalates culture wars.
Opinion
Elon Musk

Musk madness: Why a major investor says Tesla shares will increase 1000 per cent

Is there no circus in which Elon Musk does not want to perform?

  • by Elizabeth Knight
The rise in working from home has benefited some types of workers more than others.

There are two different types of workers. Which one are you?

The two main ways of working are polar opposites, but they could both learn a thing or two from the other.

  • by Tim Duggan
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Former President Donald Trump during the Republican National Convention  this week in Milwaukee.

Hey Big Spender! How Trump plans to step up America’s debt binge

The Republican Party’s platform for the November election is a 16-page document containing 20 policy measures. Oddly, there’s no word of debt or deficits anywhere.

  • by Stephen Bartholomeusz
Ange Postecoglou watches Tottenham’s 5-1 win over Hearts, their first pre-season match.
Analysis
EPL

Ange Postecoglou would be perfect for England. Thank god it won’t happen

He’s reportedly on the Football Association’s shortlist to replace Gareth Southgate. As he should be: Ange Postecoglou would be an ideal fit for England.

  • by Vince Rugari
Jake Stringer, Darcy Moore and Charlie Curnow.
Opinion
AFL 2024

Do more: These stars must lift as the finals fight heats up

For many teams, the difference between a deep finals run, an early September exit or missing out all together will hinge on key players returning to form.

  • by Kane Cornes
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Opinion
AFL 2024

As confusion rules in the AFL, there is urgent need for a rewrite

In trying to minimise concussion, the AFL has tied itself into knots and the players are tripping over them. There is an urgent need for a fresh look.

  • by Greg Baum