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Peter Dutton (right) and Anthony Albanese say the Australia-US relationship will continue to endure.

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

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David Campese

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
Donald Trump on election night in Florida.

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
It may seem like a good move, but paying off extra on your home loan can sometimes be less beneficial than it seems.

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
Financial advice can seem like a maze to navigate, leaving people to turn to less trustworthy online sources.

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
The value of super withdrawn for dental treatments nationally jumped 373 per cent to $313 million from 2019 to 2023.
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
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Barack Obama and Donald Trump’s political campaigns had parallels.

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

‘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

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
Nature’s dryer.

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
Joseph Suaalii training with the Wallabies in London ahead of his debut.
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
Senator JD Vance, a Republican from Ohio and Republican vice-presidential nominee, left, and former US President Donald Trump during an election night event at the Palm Beach Convention Center in West Palm Beach, Florida, US, on Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024. Trump is on the cusp of recapturing the White House, projected as the winner across pivotal swing states with his party set to control the Senate and markets swinging in expectation of his possible victory. Photographer: Eva Marie Uzcategui/Bloomberg

‘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.

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
Seeing red … Donald Trump has opened the door to a new era of American politics.

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
Steve Smith, Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma

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
Indian captain Rohit Sharma (left) with Jasprit Bumrah.
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
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This week, the federal government announced a social media ban for Australians aged under 16.

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
Collingwood president Jeff Browne is stepping down.
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
Alex Gutierrez won a landmark age discrimination case against his former employer.

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
While being rostered on to work on a public holiday can feel like a tough gig, if your work has given you enough notice, there may not be much you can do.

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
Ray Hadley as he announces his resignation from 2GB with his son Daniel (left) and breakfast presenter Ben Fordham.
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
Former Liberal Party vice president Teena McQueen, Australian mining magnate Gina Rinehart and the leader of the conservative UK Reform party, Nigel Farage, at Donald Trump’s election watch party.
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
Illustration: Simon Letch

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
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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
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Opinion
Column 8

Putting the bite on Queen Vic

While Whitlam wings it in the class war.

The crowd at Trump’s August 17 rally in Pennsylvania. Republicans hope young male voters can help him secure a victory.

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
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Ray Hadley announces he’s leaving 2GB mornings.
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
Donald Trump on election night in Florida.

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.

Joe Biden’s (right) poor debate showing against Donald Trump confirmed what many feared - he wasn’t up for the race.
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
Donald Trump told Americans exactly what he planned to do.

‘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
Roosters forward Terrell May.
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
President-elect Donald Trump celebrates at the Palm Beach Convention Centre in Florida.

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
Biden’s legacy will now come into question following Kamala Harris’ crushing defeat.

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
Jack Gance, chairman and co-founder of Chemist Warehouse.

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
George Clooney, Charli XCX, Taylor Swift and Beyonce

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
Gen Z workers, roughly aged from teenagers to late twenties today, are a convenient scapegoat to pile our grievances onto.
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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
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Trump sliced apart

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
Wall Street trader

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
Virat Kohli.
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
Hakuna Matata, it means no worries!
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
US port star Stormy Daniels and former Australian prime minister Malcolm Turnbull.
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
Former Test cricketer David Warner has been made captain of the Sydney Thunder.

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

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
Kathy Lette, at Elouera Beach, Cronulla. Sydney.

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
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Opinion
Column 8

When honesty is the blast policy

And baseball is a series of parochial events.

Megan Garcia with her son, Sewell Setzer III, who ended his life. She is mounting court action in the hope that others who engage with AI chatbots are not put in danger.
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
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Eddie Jones at Twickenham after England’s 25-25 draw with New Zealand in 2022. It proved to be his penultimate game in charge.

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
“Gate lice” in action.
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
Donald Trump smiles at an election night watch party at the Palm Beach Convention Centre in the early hours of Wednesday.

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
Marija Ercegovac

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