Opinion
Analysis
Political leadership
Albanese and Dutton both in the race to learn from Trump
Labor and the Coalition can both see the biggest lesson from Trump’s victory: do not be distracted from the cost of living.
- by David Crowe
Latest
Opinion
The Fitz Files
Campo, please put a sock in it
David Campese was one of the greatest Walllabies, but his latest attack on the game is incorrect.
- by Peter FitzSimons
Opinion
US election
Americans have spoken. Australians will next year
As the world waits to see what US president-elect Donald Trump will do, Australian politicians will be searching for lessons to apply in next year’s federal election.
- by The Age's View
Opinion
Ask an expert
Should I use my savings to pay down my mortgage?
Some lock-in loans are cheaper than variable rate loans right now because the next rate move is expected to be downwards.
- by Nicole Pedersen-McKinnon
Opinion
Financial planners
Is this the missing link for cheap, effective financial advice?
Financial education is dry and overly complex, so why aren’t we investing in self-help financial education that’s engaging, accessible, and genuinely useful?
- by Bec Wilson
Opinion
Workplace
Who’s more neurotic, dentists or engineers? Does it matter?
According to a study published this year, there are reliable differences in the average personality profiles across different occupations.
- by Jim Bright
Opinion
Donald Trump
Millions of Obama voters turned to Trump. Why? The men actually have a lot in common
The two leaders are very different as men, but both emerged victorious by offering a potion of solutions to disillusioned voters.
- by Sarah Smiles Persinger
Opinion
US Votes 2024
‘I love you Elon’: How Musk helped rocket Trump back into the White House
The world’s richest man lent his considerable weight to Donald Trump’s campaign. Elon Musk is now even richer – and he has all-areas access to the president-elect.
- by Jacqueline Maley
Opinion
Trump's White House
Can Trump 2.0 defuse the nuclear threat? These Washington heavyweights fear not
A president given to simplistic plans and impulses must now deal with a whole new level of nuclear complexity for which neither he nor the US system is yet equipped.
- by Peter Hartcher
Opinion
Climate policy
In our block of flats, the majority was hung out to dry
A fraction shy of 75 per cent of the vote supported our right to put a clothes-drying rack on our balconies. That wasn’t enough. Strata law needs to change.
- by Vaidehi Shah
Opinion
Wallabies
The five rugby-specific demands Suaalii must master on Wallabies debut
He will be thrown in at the deep end against England at Twickenham. These are the areas that will determine whether Joseph-Aukuso Suaalii succeeds or fails.
- by Paul Cully
‘Woke elites’, rich listers and the election blame game
Donald Trump is 78 and can only serve one more term by law, but vice president-elect JD Vance is just 40, ambitious, and has many years of politics left in him.
Opinion
Freedom of speech
Shouty protesters, Elon Musk and our dumb attempts at democracy
I was in the audience when Radiohead’s Thom Yorke called a heckler a coward. This episode got me thinking about freedom and protest – and how not to go about it.
- by Malcolm Knox
Opinion
US Votes 2024
Red America raised me. Now I fear it will raze America
Donald Trump the demagogue has opened the door to a new and unthinkable era of US politics.
- by Bill Wyman
Opinion
Australian cricket
How three great batsmen can rediscover the glory of their youth
Having dominated the game in their prime, Steve Smith, Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma now face the unique challenges that come with age in a young man’s sport.
- by Greg Chappell
Analysis
Test cricket
Pant’s joy of life, Kohli’s five-year downturn and Bumrah or bust? India’s key players this summer
India have accounted for Australia in their last two trips here, in 2018-19 and 2020-21. But this time they’re under pressure. We run the rule over the five key men who stand between Australia and the Border-Gavaskar Trophy.
- by Andrew Wu
Opinion
Social media
Kids’ social media ban might be just as tough on flat-chat parents
This ban sounds like a toothless folly that smacks of Anthony Albanese wanting to be seen as doing something.
- by Kate Halfpenny
Opinion
AFL 2025
The Pies have gone all in on winning the 2025 flag. But at what cost?
With an ageing list and little young key position talent, Collingwood’s premiership window is punishingly tight.
- by Michael Gleeson
Analysis
Workplace culture
The ‘silent discriminator’ endemic in our workplace
Over two-thirds of people believe that ageism is a serious problem in Australia. So why aren’t we doing more about it?
- by Emily Chantiri
Opinion
Work therapy
Our part-time staff are paid more than full-timers. Is this unfair?
Employers owe it to their staff to properly explain why, under an enterprise agreement, certain staff get paid more than others.
- by Jonathan Rivett
Analysis
Radio
Feared by politicians, loved by listeners: now it’s time for Ray Hadley’s mic-drop
He’s the radio broadcaster who wielded a big stick. Now, Hadley is retiring from 2GB and shifting the power balance of Sydney radio.
- by Jordan Baker
Opinion
CBD
The Australians who got a seat at Donald Trump’s victory party
Australia’s richest person, and the heir to a Queensland conservative dynasty were in South Florida to celebrate Trump’s political comeback.
- by Kishor Napier-Raman and Stephen Brook
Opinion
US Votes 2024
When Trump gets nasty, Albanese cannot afford to play nice
Trump’s motto is America First, which means Australia will be put in its place. Albanese said of Trump in 2017: “He scares the shit out of me.”
- by David Crowe
Opinion
GDP
How we measure recession is wrong. Here’s a better way to do it
GDP is a flawed measure of the health of an economy at the best of times, and it’s time we paid attention to a different statistic.
- by Millie Muroi
Analysis
US Votes 2024
The group of men who helped Trump take back the White House
Democrats have previously relied on big margins among voters of colour to offset the party’s falling popularity with white working-class Americans. But this election revealed a problem.
- by Matthew Knott
Analysis
Radio
Ray-liable Hadley’s exit a defining moment for Nine’s radio business
The radio veteran delivered 160 consecutive survey wins in the crucial morning slot for Nine and will be difficult to replace.
- by Calum Jaspan
Trump victory puts the nature of democracy in question
Democracies have a fatal flaw: majorities can elect leaders who do not believe in democracy or the rule of law or the necessity of strong independent civil institutions such as universities and a free press.
Editorial
US Votes 2024
Joe Biden’s legacy: Made Trump Great Again
The president’s hubris in staying on too long made it hard for Kamala Harris and easy for Donald Trump.
- The Herald's View
Analysis
US Votes 2024
‘Trump’s America’: Comeback victory signals a different kind of country
Kamala Harris said Donald Trump was an outlier who did not represent America. He may, in fact, be exactly who they are.
- by Peter Baker
Opinion
NRL 2025
I wrote the story that ended Terrell May’s Roosters career … and there’s more to it
Young prop’s exit has more to do with the salary cap than a perceived lack of commitment to rugby league.
- by Adrian Proszenko
Opinion
US Votes 2024
Here’s why Trumpism is the new Reaganism, without the virtues
Ronald Reagan sought to preserve democracy, freedom and liberty. Trumpism resembles none of that – and could well dominate American politics for a generation.
- by Bruce Wolpe
Analysis
US Votes 2024
Someone got this horribly wrong, and his name is not Kamala Harris
Many Democrats are casting President Joe Biden as a one-term president who set his party on a path to failure in 2024 against Donald Trump.
- by Michael D. Shear and Zolan Kanno-Youngs
Opinion
Company mergers
A $9 billion pharmacy Goliath is born, and not everyone’s delighted
The new mega-chemist and wholesale supplier will be to retail pharmacies what Bunnings is to hardware, what JB Hi-Fi is to electronics or what Dan Murphys is to booze.
- by Elizabeth Knight
Analysis
US Votes 2024
Celebrities flocked to Kamala Harris, but did it do more harm than good?
In a nation divided, the backing of Taylor Swift, Beyonce and George Clooney played into a narrative of the Democrats as the party of the “bicoastal elite″.
- by Karl Quinn
Opinion
Gen Z
Lazy, flaky and entitled? It’s time to ditch Gen Z’s unfair reputation
Many Gen Z’s have watched their older siblings and parents sacrifice everything on the altar of work, and they don’t want to do the same.
- by Tim Duggan
Opinion
US Votes 2024
It’s crazy, but we must accept these truths about Trump and America
We must now fathom the unfathomable: all the misogynistic, racist, crude and undemocratic things Trump has said and done don’t negate his appeal.
- by Maureen Dowd
Opinion
World markets
Trump sent markets soaring but there was one danger sign
Amid the near-euphoria in financial markets that erupted when it became clear that Donald Trump had regained the US presidency, there was one warning sign.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
Analysis
Test cricket
Ageing stars, injuries and a Kiwi smashing: What’s gone wrong for India?
A surprise 3-0 loss at home to New Zealand has put India on the back foot before they even get to Australia for a five-Test series. What’s gone wrong?
- by Daniel Brettig
Opinion
WordPlay
A ban on saying ‘no worries’? They don’t understand
First they came for rizz, sus, iconic and artisanal – now they’re coming for a phrase we need.
- by David Astle
Opinion
CBD
A US porn star and a former Australian PM walk into a TV studio
A British TV station’s coverage of the US election featured the unlikely combination of Stormy Daniels and Malcolm Turnbull.
- by Kishor Napier-Raman and Stephen Brook
Editorial
Australian cricket
David Warner’s new captaincy shows few serve life any more
The disgraced cricketer will lead the Sydney Thunder in the Big Bash.
- The Herald's View
Opinion
US Votes 2024
Trump’s road map is guiding the Liberals to a destination still unknown
Trump’s influence on the Australian body politic has been profound and malignant. Labor’s task now is to show Dutton would make life worse, not better.
- by Niki Savva
Opinion
Sunday Life
I spend half my time in the UK but this is why I’ll always call Australia home
I don’t feel completely myself until pushing my trolley out of the Mascot terminal and inhaling that heady fragrance of frangipani and eucalyptus.
- by Kathy Lette
Opinion
AI
This boy’s chatbot girlfriend enticed him to suicide. His case might save millions
Sewell Setzer’s tragic death is not the only suicide linked to lonely people who have grown to depend on AI companions. This is a pandemic that demands tough regulation.
- by Raffaele Ciriello
Opinion
Eddie Jones
If England under Eddie was ‘dystopian’, why did Australia sign Jones?
Revelations about Eddie Jones’ “terrifying” reign as England coach raise obvious questions about his subsequent employer.
- by Iain Payten
Opinion
Airports
From ‘gate lice’ to rushed muppets: Is shame the last hope for civilised travel?
Airlines are now introducing a new power trip for gate agents – trialling new technology to clamp down on misbehaving flyers.
- by Lisa Martin
Analysis
US Votes 2024
Reversal is complete: Republicans are the working-class party
At its core, this was an election in which most of the country was broadly unhappy with the course it was on and wanted change.
- by Farrah Tomazin
Analysis
US Votes 2024
For women, 2016 was bad. 2024 hurts even more
If 2016 was bad, when Hillary Clinton lost to Donald Trump, this is worse. Much worse.
- by Jacqueline Maley