Waratahs coach Dan McKellar.
Opinion
Wallabies

What makes a good coach? Good players

The lack of not enough good players at the Waratahs was apparent in their loss to the Crusaders.

  • byPaul Cully

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Sean “Diddy” Combs and Casandra Ventura in 2018.
Opinion
Crime

More than fame or wealth,Diddy used his age gap with Cassie to control her

In her testimony against Diddy,Cassie Ventura explained to the world why age gaps can still be so dangerous for young women in relationships.

  • byAhona Guha
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Jews and Palestinians deserve dignity equally

What Israel is doing in Gaza is indefensible. The mass killing of civilians,starvation,and destruction of homes and hospitals cannot be justified.

Though having grown up in a working-class home,Caroline Zielinski is now in the middle class.
Opinion
Careers

As the only child of immigrants,I know the discomfort of moving into the middle class

Despite building what is in many ways my dream life,for a long time much of it felt out of reach to me.

  • byCaroline Zielinski
US President Donald Trump has followed through with his tariff threats,sending markets into a spin.

The world does not owe Trump’s America a living

Donald Trump is putting gargantuan demands on global markets. He might be advised to stop punching the world in the face.

  • byAmbrose Evans-Pritchard
Jamieson Reservoir at Leura,where forever chemicals have been found at five times the incoming safe level.
Editorial
Pollution

Forever chemicals in water report leaves many unanswered questions

NSW water authorities have been pushed to come clean on forever chemicals. They haven’t.

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Liberal Party leader Sussan Ley and her deputy,Ted O’Brien.

Sussan Ley can learn from the best,and worst,Liberal leaders

Successful political parties have a vision of what they stand for. The Liberals need that – and more.

  • byGeorge Brandis
Bank shares are known for their dividends,but some analysts say these payments are unsustainable.

The $23 billion question:Can our banks sustain their rivers of gold?

Bank dividends are prized by small investors. But experts say it’s getting harder for banks to maintain the payments at current levels,and some expect cuts.

  • byClancy Yeates
Cologne Cathedral grants us access to the infinite,prefigured by the 632 years it took to build.
Opinion
Religion

Why religious architecture has the power to inspire even the most sceptical

There is something about places of worship that lifts us into something much bigger than ourselves and inspires us to look beyond our daily lives.

  • byBarney Zwartz
With retirement on the horizon,it can feel like the sky is falling. But there’s no reason to panic.

I’m close to retirement. Should I change how my super is invested?

With retirement on the horizon,it can feel like the sky is falling. But there’s no reason to panic.

  • byPaul Benson
A healthy super balance is what many of us have to look forward to after years of hard work.

Seven steps to keep your retirement super,even under Trump

Since Donald Trump’s re-election to the White House,super has become something I’m constantly asked about. Here’s what I tell people.

  • byVictoria Devine
Gary Lineker arrives at the Etihad Stadium in Manchester,England,to present live coverage of the FA Cup quarter-final between Manchester City and Burnley on the BBC on Saturday.
Analysis
BBC

A golden boy of British soccer finds his future in doubt after outrage over Instagram post

He’s the face of football whose political forays have won him admiration and anger. But with a second scandal in as many years,even his star power may not save him from leaving the Beeb.

  • byRob Harris
Liberal Party

To be competitive again,the Liberal Party should focus on just one word

The Liberal Party is not dying. It just needs to work out what it stands for.

  • byParnell Palme McGuinness
Many Herald journalists have received a Shakes caricature when they leave the newsroom. This is the self-portrait he created when he left the Herald in August 2024.

‘Don’t be sad. I’ve had a great life’:John Shakespeare on the art of living

Beloved Herald artist and illustrator John “Shakes” Shakespeare has terminal cancer. But as he tells Fitz,even as he confronts his own mortality,he has found peace.

  • byPeter FitzSimons
A new decision by the Administrative Appeals Tribunal has eased the burden on those claiming travel allowances on their tax returns.
Opinion
Hip pocket

The most common travel scams,and how to avoid them

From hacking into free Wi-Fi to inflating restaurant charges and shilling fake tour companies – travel fraudsters cast a wide net.

  • byDominic Powell

I apprehended a shoplifter in a carpark. The outcome was unexpected

I was horrified,and told her in no uncertain terms to return the item,then marched her back to the store.

  • byKerri Sackville
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Almost 80 per cent of Australians say they’re being exposed to betting advertising every week,with 41 per cent saying they see or hear gambling ads four or more times a week.

Albanese must play hardball with gambling industry

The prime minister must waste no time in stepping up to ensure the gambling industry’s advertising is curtailed and families remains free from the harm of intrusive advertising and abusive gambling practices.

Recent research found that adults make an average of 122 informed choices daily. That is far too many.

Suffering from decision fatigue? Why not take tips from a toddler and live life on repeat

Every day,my two-year-old son rewatches the same movie and then reads the same books before bed. In a world of endless choices,he has chosen to disregard decisions altogether.

  • byThomas Mitchell
Joe Schmidt

Joe Schmidt should let Wallabies play for their states against the Lions. Here’s why

The Wallabies coach has signalled it won’t happen,but there is a strong case for allowing his best players to have a crack at the Lions in the tour matches before the Tests.

  • byPaul Cully
US reality star JoJo Siwa and Australian Kath Ebbs were in a relationship. When they broke up the whole world had thoughts

Kath Ebbs,JoJo Siwa and the cost of people’s lives becoming entertainment

I’ve worked in media for more than a decade,and when you’re swimming in news and pop culture,pursuing clicks,living and breathing “content”,people stop being people. They’re avatars.

  • byClare Stephens
The new logo of the Bears,who are attempting to become the NRL’s 18th team.

Bear trap:Why new NRL team caused a sudden spike in Perth gay club membership

There has been a terrible mix-up. Allow me to explain.

  • byPeter FitzSimons
Shares sank following Trump’s controversial tariffs,but they have since recovered.

The top 10 super funds that beat Trump’s tariff terror

It’s been just shy of seven weeks since President Donald Trump “liberated” America from competition,and some funds weathered the storm better than others.

  • byNicole Pedersen-McKinnon
Super in limbo.

Who cares about a tax on $3 million super balances? Maybe you should

It is time we all stood up and gave this policy a bit more thought before it gets rushed through parliament,as there could be some unintended consequences.

  • byBec Wilson
Police suppressed information about a leak involving Ben Roberts-Smith,and the anti-corruption probe that followed.

Truth wins in the Federal Court,but victims of Ben Roberts-Smith still await justice

Roberts-Smith has now had his day in court. But the families of murdered Afghans still await justice.

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Illustration by Joe Benke

Why Trump’s a term-long problem for the Coalition

Even in defeat,the Liberal Party faces a wicked conundrum. How can it distance itself from Trumpism while in coalition with the increasingly Trumpy National Party?

  • byPeter Hartcher
Models in Romance Was Born for the closing show of Australian Fashion Week.

The best and worst of Australian Fashion Week

From the show with the best diversity to the haircut of 2025,here is the verdict of Australia’s premier fashion event.

  • byDamien Woolnough andGlynis Traill-Nash
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Opinion
Apps

When does tracking become stalking? Tell your kids. There’s one key warning sign

For better or worse,young people live in a world of surveillance. The best we can do as parents is to make sure they know how to identify shifts in behaviour.

  • byJulia Baird
We need various support groups for anyone who spends a lot of time with small children.
Opinion
Parenting

I’m starting an urgent support group. It’s called Parents Against Unicorns

Anyone who spends a lot of time with small children is invited.

  • byRichard Glover
Something wasn’t right,but I had absolutely no idea what it was.
Opinion
Cars

My car kept making a thucka-thucka noise,but no one else could hear it

“What kind of noise?” Glen,the mechanic,asked me. “Like a hollow aluminium chain being dragged across a swamp,” I said. Glen did not reply.

  • byNicola Redhouse
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Patriotism pledge has a rather familiar pong

What on earth is this new term “progressive patriotism”,and who is it designed to exclude from the body politic?

Trump and Saudi’s crown prince deserve each other

The impetuous crown prince and Donald Trump and his world of make-believe are all smiles as they make deals. But trouble is brewing.

  • byAmbrose Evans-Pritchard
Ben Roberts-Smith has lost his appeal over the finding that he is a war criminal.

The seven words that ended Ben Roberts-Smith’s $1.5m appeal bid

The former soldier hoped a secret recording would salvage his legal case,but it was a siren call that dashed him on the rocks.

  • byHarriet Alexander
Scales of justice

Medicare isn’t the only safety net we need in a cost-of-living crisis

Legal aid costs money. But not providing it is much more expensive.

  • byMonique Hitter
Bryson DeChambeau during round one of the US PGA.

Numbers don’t lie,LIV golfers are the world’s best

The Saudi-funded circuit was supposed to ruin the careers of the golfers who signed up,but the statistics tell another story.

  • byMalcolm Knox
The Bears are back in 2027.
Analysis
NRL 2025

Players want fewer games. The NRL wants billions in TV cash – where do they meet?

What would an 18- and 19-team competition look like if player workload worries are met and balanced with getting top-dollar from broadcast negotiations?

  • byDan Walsh

Call me a self-hating Jew,but what Israel is doing in Gaza is indefensible

Does criticism of Israel amount to antisemitism? No,it does not. And the cruelty we see in Gaza is chillingly reminiscent of Europe 80 years ago when Jewish people faced extinction.

  • byDavid Leser
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AFL CEO Andrew Dillon,executives Tanya Hosch and Laura Kane,and commission chairman Richard Goyder. The Willie Rioli saga exposed cracks in the league.
Opinion
AFL 2025

Andrew Dillon’s leadership is crumbling around him. It’s time for him to stand up

At the end of a disastrous week for the AFL,and in the Sir Doug Nicholls rounds,a crisis is brewing around the league’s most senior Indigenous employee.

  • byCaroline Wilson
Robert Walls in 2004 with fellow Talking Footy panellists Bruce McAvaney and Caroline Wilson.
Analysis
AFL 2025

Robert Walls didn’t do hot takes. He pioneered footy’s hard take

Robert Walls had strong opinions on football and never shied away from expressing them,either in print or on air. But his views were not manufactured or calculated to create uproar,they were born of conviction.

  • byJake Niall
Banners showing the faces of US Presidents Donald Trump and Abraham Lincoln on the US Department of Agriculture building in Washington.

No one should be surprised by Trump’s love-in with Middle East monarchs

With his face everywhere,Trump is becoming an American version of the Gulf’s absolute rulers. Of course,he seems to like it that way.

  • byMichael Koziol
Big calls for Loz … Dylan Edwards or James Tedesco? Nathan Cleary and Mitchell Moses?

Daley dilemmas:Our experts select their NSW teams for Origin

Loyalty or form? Drop the captain? One halfback or two? Laurie Daley has some huge selection calls as he ponders his best line-up for State of Origin I.

  • byAdrian Proszenko
Robyn Denholm is tasked with keeping Elon Musk in line at Tesla.
Opinion
Elon Musk

Operation Elon:The Aussie who made $820m selling her Tesla shares

While Elon Musk trashed Tesla’s brand with extremist views and a controversial role alongside Donald Trump,his board was selling shares by the cybertruck-load.

  • byColin Kruger
President Donald Trump gestures as meets Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani at the Amiri Diwan in Doha,Qatar,Wednesday,May 14,2025. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump thinks he is the king of making great deals. He is wrong

It hasn’t taken long for the president to get involved in an astonishingly wide range of international crises.

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Jamie Lampard,a Victorian real estate agent who recently got a hair transplant,says it’s already helping his career.
Opinion
Careers

Could a hair transplant boost your pay packet?

Hair transplants are increasingly popular among men seeking to maintain a youthful look. But could they also boost your earning potential?

  • byWilliam Bennett
If your co-worker talks with their mouth full,you should definitely bring this up with them.

My colleague talks with their mouth full. Can I tell them to stop?

If your colleague’s conversational chowing-down is seriously impacting your workday,it might be time to raise it with them.

  • byJonathan Rivett
One of the writer’s career highs was quickly followed by a cringeworthy low. But it helped her realise something essential.
Opinion
Careers

‘Can we get a photo?’ What my most embarrassing moment taught me

One of my high points at work was quickly followed by a cringeworthy low. But it helped me to realise something essential.

  • byShelley Johnson
Declining job vacancies and rising living costs mean employees who may have chosen to leave jobs are holding on to them.
Analysis
Workplace

Ever worried about being laid off? You should read this

A new online newsletter is booming in popularity,intending to unpack the stigma around losing your job.

  • byAbigail Covington
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The Reserve Bank is worried wage rises and inflation could follow the same path they did in the 1970s.

The Reserve Bank is spooked by pay rises. Here’s why it can – and should – relax

Wage growth is no longer the threat it used to be.

  • byMillie Muroi
US President Donald Trump and Emir of Qatar Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani arrive for a state dinner at the Lusail Palace on in Doha,Qatar.

Trump’s luxury jet ‘gift’ shows world leaders how easily the deal-lover can be pacified

It’s said the cover-up is worse than the crime. For Trump,there is no cover-up because there’s no sense of the original crime.

  • byWaleed Aly
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Opinion
Column 8

A few good salesmen

And one stray elephant.

Newly elected Greens leader Larissa Waters in Melbourne on Thursday.
Analysis
Greens

Larissa Waters to make the Greens’ progressive push from Paddington

Queensland is still home to federal party leaders. No sooner had Peter Dutton left the Liberal scene,the Greens looked north for their own champion.

  • byCameron Atfield