Opinion
Analysis
AFL 2024
Pressure check: How the Hawthorn Hawks lost the game and won the season
Port Adelaide, pumped and primed to atone for their embarrassing display against Geelong, gave Hawthorn precisely what they didn’t experience against the Western Bulldogs one week earlier.
- by Jake Niall
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Opinion
Jobs
Looking for the ideal job: The big but misguided claim about work
We are encouraged to believe that carefully selected work can provide rich rewards beyond money.
- by Jim Bright
Analysis
AFL 2024
Old school versus Hokball: Inside Ken Hinkley’s attack on Jack Ginnivan
The most lenient view of the Ken Hinkley invective towards Jack Ginnivan is of an old-school coach unable to abide the look-at-me antics of modern footballers.
- by Jake Niall
Analysis
NRL 2024
What has happened to the best defence in the NRL? And can it be fixed?
In just two weeks, Canterbury’s prize-winning defence has been demolished by finals opponents. But it may take only a simple fix to restore its steel.
- by Dan Walsh
Opinion
The Fitz Files
Only in America: Dallas Cowboys’ season theme lost in translation
Seriously, you can’t make this stuff up. The Dallas Cowboys have done us all a big favour.
- by Peter FitzSimons
Editorial
ADF
Caution is needed, but war crime investigation delays are of concern
The Office of the Special Investigator needs to proceed carefully but every day that justice is delayed increases the chances that it will be denied.
- The Age's View
Analysis
AFL 2024
Why a Demons presidency candidate put Melbourne in the too-hard basket
Former 200-game Demon Steven Smith had been seen as someone who could take over as president.
- by Caroline Wilson
I’m a real estate agent and would-be buyers are being conned at auctions every weekend
Auctions have always been a balance between integrity and street theatre, but the balance has been disrupted and infiltrated by deceitful practices.
- by John Keating
Opinion
Republic debate
When our King visits Oz, it’s the monarchy that should go ‘walkabout’
If Australians are too preoccupied with the cost of living to care about the monarchy, perhaps King Charles could take the initiative – and self-abolish his reign over us.
- by Malcolm Knox
Opinion
US Votes 2024
Kamala played all the Trump cards, but one of them was risky
By emphasising race – something she has so far downplayed, as Obama did in 2008 – Kamala Harris runs the risk of playing into her opponent’s hands.
- by Nick Bryant
Opinion
Social media
If we’re going to ban kids off social, what on earth will they do outside?
Banning access to social media for young people is an honourable idea, but we need to make sure they have other things to do instead.
- by Daisy Turnbull
Opinion
Superannuation
What does it mean to be retirement ready?
Here are the levers you should start with to take charge of your retirement.
- by Bec Wilson
Analysis
NRL 2024
If there is a rugby league God, maybe he wears the Panthers No.7
Six days ago, the Panthers finally looked like they’d run out of puff. Turns out the joke was on us.
- by Adam Pengilly
Opinion
The Age
My Age letters keep getting rejected. Don’t people realise I’m Erudite of Aireys Inlet?
I’ve been studying the most successful letter writers from across Victoria and I think I’ve cracked the code. For a start, live near a large body of water.
- by Megan Stoyles
Opinion
AFL 2024
Hey Sydney, it’s OK little bro, we haven’t forgotten you
Rumblings out of Sydney about how Melbourne is shunning the Swans and Giants betray a paranoia that used to be a Melburnian affliction.
- by Greg Baum
Analysis
AFL 2024
‘A good fit’: Inside Dusty’s bid to rekindle his career with Hardwick’s Suns
The renewal of talks between the triple Norm Smith medallist, arguably the greatest Tiger of all time, and Gold Coast happened quickly, after an initial slow burn.
- by Sam McClure and Jon Pierik
Analysis
World elections
An election promise of free food may end up with fish milk on the menu
It is a rather unpleasant sounding beverage but, we are assured, tasty substitute for the real deal.
- by Zach Hope and Karuni Rompies
Opinion
Employment
Work and identity: It’s a complicated relationship
The biggest risk to defining yourself by your job is what happens when it gets taken away.
- by Tim Duggan
Opinion
Wellbeing
My tennis club banned pickleball. Here’s what happened next
I’m not sure why it’s turned into an “us and them” match. I’m yet to hear any pickleballer complain about tennis players.
- by Gayle Bryant
Analysis
NRL 2024
Why scrums are now rugby league’s sexiest play
The humble rugby league scrum allows for more one-on-one defensive match-ups than anywhere on the field.
- by Dan Walsh and Roy Ward
Opinion
Nick Kyrgios
Mic drop: Why we need Nick Kyrgios off our TV screens
Charismatic and insightful and vulnerable as the Australian is, these qualities do not offset the abusive and misogynistic behaviour he has once again demonstrated.
- by Emma Kemp
Analysis
Naked City
The predators that locked doors can’t stop
Criminal syndicates will provide anything for a price – and that includes child abuse material. For police, it’s a race against time to rescue the victim.
- by John Silvester
Opinion
US Votes 2024
I’m a legal alien in New York. I promise I won’t eat your dog
Ever since Donald Trump cried wolf – “they’re eating the dogs” – it’s hard to look one in the eye without pondering: “Poached or roasted?”
- by Greg Truman
Opinion
Royal family
Prince Harry is about to find out how deceptive your 40s are
He has a show-stopping wife, healthy kids, creative freedom. But Harry’s next 10 years are going to be like playing Mario Kart.
- by Kate Halfpenny
Sport’s push for board equality is laudable, but athletes must come first
If governing bodies aren’t managed for the athletes, and with their best interests at the epicentre, then frankly the organisations should be detonated.
- by Darren Kane
Opinion
Australian economy
Economists get things wrong – a lot. There’s one glaring problem
It starts with our 17 and 18-year-olds, but flows through to our toughest decisions. Here’s how we change the game.
- by Millie Muroi
Opinion
NRL 2024
How much longer can Penrith keep producing superstars for other clubs?
It takes considerable discipline to let players like Kikau, Crichton, Luai, Leniu and a score of others leave.
- by Andrew Webster
Opinion
Real life
Is there any joy so great as escaping a parking ticket?
Oh, the exhilaration. Oh. they joy! It’s like being handed $136, the crisp notes counted into my hand by a beneficent deity.
- by Richard Glover
Opinion
Victorian Parliament
Jacinta Allan’s list of broken promises is growing. Instead of being a bug, it should be a feature
For each backflip/reversal/change of heart, the Labor government has offered up an excuse. Some are more justifiable than others.
- by Annika Smethurst
Opinion
Political leadership
Albanese and Dutton have agreed on something. Just don’t expect a lasting bromance
On two big policies, the prime minister and opposition leader have reached agreement, but it’s hardly the start of a beautiful friendship.
- by David Crowe
Opinion
Work therapy
My colleague is being ridiculed for burping. How should I deal with this?
This could become a more serious issue if it’s left unaddressed.
- by Jonathan Rivett
Opinion
Keir Starmer
Why Larry the cat of 10 Downing Street wishes Starmer hadn’t won the election
This all seems a gigantic first-world problem for Larry, who could be on the mean streets of Ohio getting eaten by Trump’s illegal immigrants.
- by Michelle Cazzulino
Opinion
Executive shake-up
Nine CEO is out the door and it was only a matter of time
The countdown to Mike Sneesby’s exit from Nine Entertainment started the minute his greatest board ally – former chairman Peter Costello – left in June.
- by Elizabeth Knight
Opinion
School funding
Blaming private schools for the underfunding of state schools is nonsense
Australia has far more private schools than most other countries in the OECD, so it is not surprising we spend more money on them.
- by David Hastie
Analysis
NRL 2024
The Roosters have a 5 per cent win record against Penrith and Melbourne. So, why are they any hope?
Even the Tigers have a better record against the two best sides of the past five years. But tenth time might be lucky for Trent Robinson against the Panthers.
- by Dan Walsh
Opinion
US Votes 2024
How Donald Trump’s ‘catastrophic’ debate shook up Wall Street
For much of this year, markets have been pricing in the implications of a second Trump presidency. After Wednesday’s debate, those “Trump trades” started to unravel.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
Opinion
AFL 2024
Captain crunch: Star holds the key to team, and coach’s, finals fate
If the Power’s skipper doesn’t step up on Friday night, his team will be torn apart by the Hawks and the coach could lose his job.
- by Kane Cornes
Opinion
Parenting
I thought our friendship could survive anything. Then I fell pregnant
We tend to assume that it’s parents who ditch their child-free friends when a baby arrives. For me, though, it’s been the other way around.
- by Zoya Patel
Opinion
American Football
Why the NFL should not bring a game to Sydney
Hey, Mr Goodell, follow the ... ahem ... great success of rugby league and use Las Vegas to attract new fans.
- by Peter FitzSimons
Opinion
NRL 2024
Bulldogs have had a great season – but this is why the party is about to end
This is one of the best weekends of the year – and I think the biggest winner will be one few are expecting.
- by Andrew Johns
Opinion
Australian economy
Chalmers has every right to comment on what the Reserve Bank is doing to the economy
The RBA has a job to do, but let’s never forget it’s a bunch of unelected people wielding what amount to extraordinary powers. It’s not infallible, and it should not be verboten for an elected parliamentarian to note the effects of the RBA’s choices.
- by Shaun Carney
Opinion
Biodiversity
Australia’s nature-positive laws at risk as WA drives ‘nature negative’
The West Australian government, and sections of our media, are presenting a false picture of what WA voters want to the rest of the country.
- by Jess Beckerling
Opinion
Social media
The PM is sigma, but his ban plan belongs in the skibidi toilet
Of course Albanese was right when he declared “parents are worried sick” about social media, but we cannot return to the golden days when it didn’t exist.
- by Alexandra Smith
LETTERS
Letters
What is the point of an expo of war’s hardware?
Age read react to the military expo in Melbourne and the social media proposal by the PM.
Opinion
US Votes 2024
You need to calm down: Why Taylor’s endorsement hasn’t won Harris the election
Democrats may be dancing – metaphorically and probably literally. But is an Instagram post from Taylor Swift a signed, sealed and delivered election victory? Not yet.
- by Katy Hall
Opinion
Industrial relations
Tickets on sale: It’s the Big Australian vs the Australian government
So intense has the standoff between BHP and the Albanese government become that the parties are even contesting who started the fight.
- by Elizabeth Knight
Opinion
US Votes 2024
Kamala sliced Trump like sashimi, when he wasn’t doing it himself
Trump saved his best for last, but it was too late to recover from what will go down as a genuinely shocking performance.
- by Bruce Wolpe
Opinion
Oil
Bleeding billions: The oil cartel is losing control of the market
The world is overflowing with oil, and OPEC has failed in its latest attempt to stop prices tumbling.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
Analysis
FIFA World Cup
Socceroos doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results
As unpleasant as it is to say, Australia’s struggles in possession against anything resembling an organised defence are starting to look like a Graham Arnold problem.
- by Emma Kemp
Opinion
WordPlay
It’s hard to convince Google you’re not dead - just ask Tom Faber
The freelancer was shocked to find that the search engine had conflated him with a dead physicist.
- by David Astle