Opinion
Opinion
World markets
China's financial system is running out of room
Chinese investors are angry and it is set to force Beijing to backpedal on rules meant to clamp down on the unruly underbelly of its banking system.
- by Anjani Trivedi
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Opinion
Education
Some of our brightest still slipping under the radar
Graduate teachers are still walking into classrooms with little to no training in gifted education, and are rarely receiving support or guidance from above.
- by Brooke Lumsden
Opinion
Donald Trump
The Morrison government doesn't want to talk about Trump and the shocking Russian bounty story
The American failure to respond to a Russian plan to pay the Taliban to kill US troops raises profound questions.
- by Peter Hartcher
Opinion
Racism
How to stop being a bystander and stand up to racism and sexism
Hint: you can't do it alone. And you shouldn't.
- by Jenna Price
Opinion
Electric cars
'A global dirt magnet': Australia is losing out from fuel efficiency failures
The nation is missing out on electric cars the rest of the world loves.
- by Behyad Jafari
Opinion
Gambling
Premier should heed the health advice on gambling just as she did for COVID
Exactly who is making decisions on public health in NSW – is it the government or the gambling industry?
- by Tim Costello
Opinion
Development
Powerhouse Parramatta will be bigger and better than before
In western Sydney, its collection will be seen by more visitors and have more variation than ever.
- by Barney Glover
Australia
In the Herald: June 30, 1966
"Tarana Tiger” found dead, French set for first nuclear test and “terrorists” outlawed in Northern Ireland.
- by Ellen Fitzgerald
Opinion
Harassment
Misconduct and flawed organisational culture can exist anywhere
As the fallout from the Dyson Heydon scandal continues, it will contain many lessons for corporate governance and Australian company directors.
- by Jennifer Hill
Opinion
Coronavirus pandemic
What now, as our enthusiasm for iso-hobbies wanes?
Having forced our children into countless homespun activities, we now have to answer their sad little questions: “Mummy, what happens when a sourdough culture dies?”
- by Sonia Harford
Opinion
Coronavirus pandemic
I'd cover my face to preserve the freedoms we're regaining
Regardless of the exact percentages by which masks reduce the risk of spreading the virus, wouldn’t any percentage be worth keeping the freedoms we’ve only just been given back, potentially saving lives as well?
- by Aubrey Perry
Editorial
ADF
True leadership means not turning a blind eye to uncomfortable truths
The mettle of a leader can be measured by how uncomfortable truths about dark deeds within an organisation are dealt with.
- The Herald's View
Opinion
Coronavirus pandemic
America is too broken to fight the coronavirus
The paranoia and resentment that have long been part of the culture of the modern right are now directed at those warning about the ongoing dangers of the pandemic.
- by Michelle Goldberg
Analysis
Real Footy Podcast
Real Footy podcast: 'I reckon he was s--tcanning his own brand'
This week on the Real Footy podcast, there's fiery debate between Caroline Wilson, Michael Gleeson and Jake Niall about ugly footy.
Opinion
Aviation
Pint-sized airline challenger Rex looks to enter the big league
The regional airline has gone from cash strapped one day to expanding the next as it takes on Qantas and Virgin with city flights.
- by Elizabeth Knight
Opinion
Coronavirus pandemic
Bored with the whole virus thing? That doesn't mean we're safe
There is very little compelling evidence to suggest we are anywhere near mass immunity.
- by Juliet Samuel
Analysis
Please Explain podcast
Please Explain podcast: 'Culture of poor leadership', war crimes in Afghanistan admitted
In this episode, national editor Tory Maguire is joined by investigative journalist Nick McKenzie to discuss Major General Findlay's admission of troop misconduct in Afghanistan and the Brereton report into SAS misconduct that's due to be delivered in the coming weeks.
- by Tory Maguire
Opinion
Oil
Crunch point: A US energy giant files for bankruptcy - and an industry shudders
Chesapeake Energy was a trailblazer that helped make the US the world’s biggest oil producer and transformed the global energy market. Its fall shows just how fragile the sector is.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
Opinion
Coronavirus pandemic
Government must spend more to support recovery
Qantas laid off 6,000 workers last week. Deloitte is cutting 700 jobs. Unless governments act there’s going to be a lot more of this. This is what they should do.
- by Brendan Coates and Danielle Wood
Letters
Letters
If universities are to be truly valued, they must be properly funded
Our public universities need to be treasured. That means a rethink on how they are managed and funded.
Opinion
Heydon controversy
I'm a sexually harassed judge's associate, but at last I'm being heard
It was not long before the lewd comments started. The judge inquired about my dating life. He commented on my outfits. The behaviour quickly escalated.
- by Another Judge's Associate
Opinion
Australian economy
Morrison in for a rude shock on post-pandemic economics
Getting the Australian economy back on track is going to need more than just dismantling the lockdown.
- by Ross Gittins
Australia
In the Herald: June 29, 1971
Minister under fire, motel defies union ban and court quashes Muhammad Ali's charge.
- by Stephanie Bull
Opinion
Heydon controversy
Dyson Heydon: who knew and turned a blind eye?
One can’t help but suspect that plenty of people knew and for a whole variety of reasons turned away.
- by Amanda Vanstone
Opinion
University
Making sense of the government's war on arts degrees
Humanities graduates have been forced into an existential reckoning about our relative uselessness in a national crisis.
- by Julie Szego
Opinion
Coronavirus pandemic
We could do with more straight talk on the economy
We all live in hope that an effective vaccine will come along soon, but we should also consider what we will do if it does not.
- by Shaun Carney
Opinion
Novak Djokovic
Djokovic pile-on ignores facts of Serbia's lockdown
True, Djokovic, a naturally tactile type, could have been more observant of guidance to avoid touching and embracing.
- by Oliver Brown
Opinion
Column 8
An age adjustment for this unused year
Chorus of approval greets elephantine disapproval.
Editorial
Coronavirus pandemic
Much-hyped contact-tracing app a terrible failure
Despite reassurances to the contrary, the rush to deploy the COVIDsafe app without proper testing almost certainly ensured its failure.
- The Herald's View
Obituaries
Author inspired children with love of writing
We used to joke she carried icebergs in her head ... despite her enormous warmth and personal presence.
Opinion
FIFA Women's World Cup
Making the most of bid win a no-brainer for girls' next gen
The platform for growing sport for girls and women in Australia has been set over many years, but the next three years carry great potential and can be defining.
- by John Wylie
Opinion
ABC
#DefundTheABC? What utter Trumpian madness
Attacking the quality media and dumbing things down so the mob will believe anything is straight from the Donald Trump playbook.
- by Peter FitzSimons
Opinion
NRL 2020
A month since the NRL restart: How your club is faring
There is a real division emerging in the 2020 NRL premiership ladder. There are some simple reasons for it.
- by Phil Gould
Opinion
Heydon controversy
I'm a young barrister. Let me tell you about the ubiquitous nature of sexual harassment
Amid the scandal of the allegations against High Court judge Dyson Heydon, a young barrister writes that sexual harassment is pervasive in her profession and outside it - and it's time to stop it in its tracks.
- by Josie Dempster
Opinion
Private Sydney
Egos and expletives: what really goes on behind the scenes of breakfast TV
The off-air antics of network stars reveal a decidedly different picture to the heavily sanitised one being broadcast to millions of Australians every day.
- by Andrew Hornery
Letters
Letters
A powerful defence of Sydney's house of history
Leo Schofield summed up how most people feel about a treasured museum being obliterated at an unknown cost to taxpayers.
Opinion
Culture wars
The brave boy in my documentary became Jonah, a brown-face caricature for racist ridicule
A documentary maker writes of her fury to see a courageous schoolboy from her TV series turned into Chris Lilley's fictional character Jonah in the comedy Summer Heights High.
- by Kerry Brewster
Opinion
Racism
It cannot hurt to look back with new eyes
In our times, in our wokeness, we like to think we’re getting on top of all the social ills. But are we?
- by Greg Baum
Opinion
ABC
What would we go without to properly fund the ABC? Try one less submarine
It’s simply un-Australian to sweep this cultural icon into the dustbin of history.
- by Warwick McFadyen
Opinion
Money Makeover
How I slashed my car insurance premium by more than 40 per cent
Make sure you get a quote for a new customer policy, not just an alteration to your existing policy. Loyalty is dead.
- by Jessica Irvine
Opinion
Ask an expert
Asset splitting agreement best during divorce
Tax rules stipulate is that 'rollover relief' can be applied to an unrealised Capital Gains Tax liability on property sold.
- by George Cochrane
Scott Morrison
Bring in the Barbarians: the Morrison government is marching us towards anti-intellectualism
The Prime Minister announced his too-late stimulus package for the arts industry. So why couldn't he bring himself to acknowledge it was for artists?
- by Jacqueline Maley
Analysis
AFL 2020
Unfairly run? How the AFL's compromises are piling up
The COVID crisis has clarified the genuine raison d'etre of the AFL competition, which is to simply have a competition in which players, coaches et al are employed and fans are engaged.
- by Jake Niall
Opinion
Barry Jones
Barry Jones, still hauling around his loaded cart of knowledge
Barry Jones has devoted his life to learning. At 88, he is still revising his magnum opus: the 910,000-word Dictionary of World Biography.
- by Tony Wright
Opinion
Dyson Heydon
A single question reverberates throughout the Dyson Heydon affair
Just as accused sexual harassers seems to follow a pattern, so too does the protection afforded them.
- by Julia Baird
Opinion
Animals
Toppling statues won't be enough to save us from the next Great Dying
If we’re serious about this tearing down of the exploiters and colonisers we need a total mindset transplant.
- by Elizabeth Farrelly
Letters
Letters
Don't forget, a privatised ABC is the Libs' goal
Now is the time to boost funding to the ABC, not decrease it, more jobs not fewer.
Opinion
Arts
New Powerhouse not a museum but global 'embarrassment'
The art critic says the closure of the Powerhouse Museum in Ultimo will be the greatest cultural crime in Australian history.
- by John McDonald
Opinion
MyCareer
The wisdom of flexible plans
It's time to be more flexible, and not more rigid, about career planning.
- by Jim Bright