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Please Explain podcast
UNESCO’s Barrier Reef warning is ‘where the rubber hits the road’ for Australia and climate change
Today on Please Explain, climate and energy correspondent Mike Foley joins Tory Maguire to discuss UNESCO’s draft decision to downgrade the Great Barrier Reef’s World Heritage status to “in danger.”
- by Tory Maguire
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Opinion
Quantitative easing
Where have all those central bank trillions gone?
Central banks have pumped trillions of dollars into their financial systems and economies during the pandemic, but only relatively modest amounts have found their way into the real economy.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
Analysis
China relations
Winter Olympics a new excuse for Beijing’s crackdown on everything
COVID-19 has provided a blanket of security for an increasingly restrictive state.
- by Eryk Bagshaw
Opinion
National security
Australia only digging deeper hole by pursuing East Timor spying case
The Bernard Collaery bugging case should at the very least be heard in open court, if not, abandoned all together.
- by Gareth Evans
Opinion
Coronavirus pandemic
Getting the jab changed my mind: we should be paid to get vaccinated
Mostly the side effects are non-serious, but some recompense for getting the jab would be welcome.
- by Vivienne Pearson
Opinion
Vaccination
Vaccine hesitancy horse has bolted. We need a powerful campaign.
When it comes to government ads to promote vaccination, informing is not enough. We need high emotion, designed to trigger action.
- by Russel Howcroft
Opinion
City life
I designed the Sirius building but I wish the government had knocked it down
The original vision has been ruined by the sell-off of the building for private profit.
- by Tao Gofers
Analysis
NSW budget
Once COVID is over, there is one overlooked budget measure that could hurt the Coalition
This budget shows the government’s ability to steer NSW through turbulent times. But once the cloud of COVID-19 lifts, any measures overlooked to address the cost of living pressures could become a significant weakness for the Coalition.
- by Alexandra Smith
letters
Letters
Joyce’s resurrection makes a mockery of democracy
Have National Party members who returned Barnaby Joyce to leadership considered how it might look to the general population?
In the Herald: June 23, 1956
Fewer wait for telephones, the best of intentions, and stopping T.V.“blackout”
- by Lyn Maccallum
Opinion
Wage growth
Are you a corona moaner or a winner in the pandemic shake-up?
How will you remember 2020? That will depend on many things, but I suspect mostly your social class.
- by David Hayward
Analysis
Shares
Share prices race ahead, but what’s next?
Australian shares have risen strongly since last year’s sell-off as the economy powers ahead, although nervousness remains over the prospects of rising interest rates.
- by John Collett
Opinion
Superannuation
Super reforms mean you need to become more engaged with your fund
Disengagement could cost you hundreds of thousands of dollars in retirement savings over the long haul or loss of valuable life insurance.
- by Noel Whittaker
Opinion
Electricity
Shop around to beat July 1 electricity price reset
The government-set electricity “reference price” will be cut in New South Wales, South Australia and in south-east Queensland on July 1. However, that does not mean you will pay less for your power. Here’s why.
- by Joel Gibson
Opinion
Ask an expert
Asset rich but cash poor? Reverse mortgage may be the answer
The whole point of any form of reverse mortgage is to help asset-rich, cash-strapped seniors draw on the savings in their home to fund their retirement.
- by Noel Whittaker
Opinion
Superannuation
Harsh lesson for those who turned super to cash during COVID-19 crash
Australians who switched their superannuation to a cash investment option last year have paid a heavy price, with most funds set for double-digit returns this financial year.
- by Charlotte Grieve
Analysis
Superannuation
Super reforms boost to help weed out dud funds
The latest reforms to superannuation that take effect from July 1 will help to protect members from underperforming funds.
- by John Collett
Opinion
Superannuation
The impactful tax deduction that is often overlooked
Topping up your super with a lump sum before the end of each financial year can save you tax.
- by Paul Benson
Analysis
Coronavirus pandemic
Is Australia’s vaccine rollout ageist?
When it comes to COVID-19 in Australia, age is everything. But who is truly put first in our vaccine rollout and why?
- by Aisha Dow
Opinion
AFC
Bravo, Carl Nassib ... and let’s hope that, one day soon, no one cares
Carl Nassib became the first active NFL player to come out as gay - a milestone on the road to equality and another step towards the day when a player’s sexuality does not count as news.
- by Peter FitzSimons
Analysis
NSW budget
The state budget in seven charts
A complex mix of spending and revenue decisions underpins the Treasurer’s political sales pitch. Here is how it works.
- by Nigel Gladstone and Matt Wade
Opinion
World markets
Keep calm and carry on: The Fed might have been right about inflation
Inflation panic has been rife but the fears have been wildly disproportionate to the actual risks — and those risks now seem even smaller than they did a few weeks ago.
- by Paul Krugman
Editorial
NSW budget
NSW must not delay return to surplus forever
Treasurer Dominic Perrottet is not planning to get the budget back in the black until 2024-25.
- The Herald's View
Opinion
Legal Cannabis
From coal to cannabis: Gina Rinehart branches out with her investments
What does an army of Millennial investors have in common with Australia’s richest person? An appetite for investing in cannabis.
- by Elizabeth Knight
Analysis
NSW budget
The $100b budget: no brakes on spending just yet
While the state has made a stellar economic recovery from the pandemic, Treasurer Dominic Perrottet will spend an additional 7.3 per cent in the next year and the forecast deficit will reach $8.6b.
- by Matt Wade
Analysis
Please Explain podcast
Experts confident Australia will have enough doses to vaccinate the population by the end of the year
Today on Please Explain, federal political reporter Rachel Clun joins Nathanael Cooper to discuss what we learned from Monday’s national cabinet meeting.
- by Nathanael Cooper
Analysis
Great Barrier Reef
Outrage at UN’s Barrier Reef warning a sideshow to climate catastrophe
The crowning glory of the world’s coral reefs is being torn apart by global warming but Australia’s anger over UN listing process doesn’t address the damage.
- by Mike Foley
Opinion
Political leadership
The man who was the id of Australian politics is once again deputy prime minister
Barnaby Joyce has been given that most rare of things in public life - a second chance - he would be wise not to waste it.
- by Chris Uhlmann
Opinion
World markets
When good news is bad news: Investors have become addicted to low rates
Investors have become so dependent on the monetary policies that have helped drive sharemarkets to record levels that good economic news is a sign to sell.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
Opinion
Review
I don’t want to keep watching The Handmaid’s Tale but I can’t turn away
The show is well past its prime, but a surprising number of us can’t turn it off. Warning, spoilers ahead.
- by Karl Quinn
Opinion
Charity
I did not dissuade Vladimir Putin from his crackdown but now Australia is employing the same tactic
Targeting charities is a tried and true political tactic deployed by autocratic and authoritarian regimes to quash dissent and gag critics.
- by Tim Costello
Opinion
Greyhound racing
Has there ever been a more craven collapse to a lobby group than this?
The Coalition is giving another $25 million to the greyhound industry.
- by Peter FitzSimons
Opinion
Political leadership
The contradiction at the heart of China’s rise
We need to understand what Isaiah Berlin called “the most important, most inhuman and still the most imperfectly understood phenomenon of our times”.
- by Peter Hartcher
Opinion
AFL 2021
It’s time Tassie got a bite of the AFL pie
The sell-out crowd at the Hawks versus Bombers game furthers the case for Tassie to get its own team.
- by Marnie Vinall
Letters
Letters
Nats re-Joyce but Barnaby’s baggage will nag Coalition
The re-emergence of Barnaby Joyce as a political leader will impair meaningful action on climate change by the Coalition.
In the Herald: June 22, 1951
Mob storms oil company, suburban stoush and snow in Sydney?
- by Harry Hollinsworth
Editorial
National security
We still need to know the facts behind the Witness K case
The sentence for the spy who blew the whistle on Australia’s industrial espionage against tiny East Timor only raises more questions.
- The Herald's View
Analysis
Tokyo Olympics
Tokyo Olympics face their first gender test
As New Zealand’s Laurel Hubbard becomes the first transgender Olympian, more work is needed to balance inclusion and integrity in women’s sport.
- by Chip Le Grand
Editorial
NSW residential property
Loopholes expose consumers to building defect risks
Property buyers, particularly those purchasing off-the-plan apartments, remain vulnerable to substandard construction and light-touch regulation. This must change.
- The Herald's View
Analysis
AFL 2021
Melbourne man mountain Gawn rising to new heights in Demons’ boom season
Max Gawn has taken 38 contested marks for the season - the most of any player in the competition and three more than noted aerial stars Aaron Naughton and Harry McKay.
- by Anthony Colangelo
Analysis
Nationals
Old grievances drove spill, leaving mystery over the Nationals’ future
The Nationals leadership spill was so personal and poisonous that some MPs left the room shell-shocked after the sudden restoration of Barnaby Joyce to the leadership.
- by David Crowe
Opinion
Vaccination
Australia set to join the mRNA vaccine revolution
The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the landscape of vaccine development forever.
- by Colin Pouton
Opinion
Political leadership
Five reasons why Barnaby Joyce is a terrible, horrible, no good choice for the Nationals
In the year that has sharpened focus on women in the workplace, the Nationals have re-elected a man whose relationship with a staffer led to a so-called bonk ban.
- by Jenna Price
Opinion
Sketch
Buckle up. Sky Pilot Barnaby’s gone full circle
The country party, run for almost half a century by tough and steady old-fashioned names like Arty Fadden, Black Jack McEwen and Doug Anthony, has a tear-away named Barnaby at the driving wheel - again.
- by Tony Wright
Opinion
Real Footy Podcast
‘The numbers are damning’ at Carlton
This week on the Real Footy podcast, Michael Gleeson, Caroline Wilson and Jake Niall discuss the issues at Ikon Park.
Opinion
Kerry Stokes
Boral’s $3.4 billion windfall both a celebration and a headache
The takeover target needs to figure out how to best reward shareholders without handing control on the cheap to its major stakeholder Kerry Stokes’ Seven Group.
- by Elizabeth Knight
Opinion
Australian rugby
DHP’s decision to keep playing despite the danger sends chill down spine
Only once before have I been brave enough to write a column suggesting a player should consider retirement, but the concussion factor is too serious to ignore.
- by Wayne Smith
Opinion
Coronavirus pandemic
I’ve tried and failed to find a sales assistant at DJs Bondi Junction, I doubt COVID will do better
As a former department store employee, I can see the difference in staff levels since online shopping and fast fashion came on the scene.
- by Kerri Sackville