Opinion
Opinion
Currencies
Trump era spurs new efforts to undermine US dollar's status
The Trump era might be ending but that won't end the efforts by other countries to reduce their vulnerability to the weaponisation of the US dollar.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
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Opinion
Kamala Harris
Vogue's new Kamala Harris cover merely papers over the cracks
The magazine has announced it will print a second cover in response to last week's backlash and while it goes some way toward fixing the problem, it would be far better if it had shown common sense in the first place.
- by Melissa Singer
Opinion
Test cricket
Australia's frailty has been exposed and Paine is under huge pressure
This - Australia's loss to India on home soil - is a result that will pose serious questions of Australia and give England real hope for the Ashes.
- by Michael Vaughan
Letters
Letters
Too many questions surrounding vaccine efficacy
I am confused about the objective of the vaccination program, if it ever gets started.
Opinion
Australian Open
Numb to COVID's carnage, tennis stars learning fast about Australia's foreign fight
Tennis players are uniformly well-travelled but few could be called worldly. It's not surprising many arrived in Australia without understanding the country is tackling the pandemic in a very different way.
- by Ben Rothenberg
Opinion
Australia Day
Forget change the date – it's time to change the entire conversation about Australia Day
Now is the perfect chance to recognise First Nations people and our long and strong contribution to this nation. Only then will reconciliation be possible.
- by Shelley Reys
Opinion
JobKeeper
Australian billionaires must repay JobKeeper, not pocket millions in bonuses
A small number of companies such as Solomon Lew's Premier Investments have received $40m in taxpayer subsidies while paying large bonuses and dividends to top executives.
- by Andrew Leigh
Opinion
Joe Biden
Biden's inauguration is an FDR moment. For Republicans, it's civil war
Joe Biden has a chance to unite an America on the brink of destruction. Republicans have to look back to 1861 to choose their future.
- by Bruce Wolpe
In the Herald: January 20, 1993
A series of television interviews featuring Jana Wendt will not go ahead as planned.
- by Harry Hollinsworth
Opinion
Trump's America
Deeper causes of America's troubles are economic and social
Trump has helped to deepen America's economic and social woes, but the ever-rising “deaths of despair” among working-class white men reveals divisions had been growing for years.
- by Ross Gittins
Opinion
Australia Day
Australia Day is a reminder for my family that this is now our home
This January will be my family’s 18th Australia Day, and I now call Australia home.
- by Susan Biggar
Opinion
Financial planning
The real benefits of good financial advice revealed
Those who obtain professional financial advice can accumulate three times more assets after 15 years than those who make their own decisions.
- by Robin Bowerman
Opinion
Australian recession
2021 and the road to economic recovery... where to from here?
The Australian economy enters 2021 in much better shape than most others – and healthier than the Reserve Bank of Australia, the government or most economists initially forecast.
- by Alex Joiner
Opinion
Sharemarket
The sharemarket is out of touch ... as it should be
We have just had a recession and unemployment has spiked, but the sharemarket continues to power higher. Here's why.
- by Scott Phillips
Opinion
Superannuation
Don't overlook extra opportunities to boost your super
Many people remain unaware of government superannuation policy changes that offer useful strategies to save tax and build wealth.
- by Noel Whittaker
Opinion
Ask an expert
Clarifying capital gains tax rules on a joint share portfolio
The survivor inherits the cost base of a partner's assets when they die.
- by Noel Whittaker
Analysis
Australian cricket
Player series ratings: Australia v India
Who fired, who failed? No player scored a perfect 10 from the epic series, but which Australians rated the highest?
- by Jon Pierik and Andrew Wu
Opinion
Column 8
What sorcery is this? The answer can be found...on the internet?!
Be careful what you wish for part 3,185, 674 - give or take a million.
Opinion
Test cricket
Thank you and good night, India
India may never have another series win like that. Nobody will.
- by Greg Baum
Opinion
Home loans
Cheapest mortgages, energy, mobile prices in years
Don't ask, don't get: You need to seek the best deal from your provider to access some of the big savings on offer.
- by Joel Gibson
Editorial
Coronavirus pandemic
Plan needed to cope with indefinite international border closures
Hotel quarantine was brought in to meet an emergency but it now looks like it will last years.
- The Herald's View
Opinion
Social responsibility
Rio chief's balancing act: the culture or the cash
Maximising production and taking care to adhere to its social responsibilities is a balancing act - and new Rio boss Jakob Stausholm cannot afford to trip.
- by Elizabeth Knight
Analysis
Superannuation
Superannuation funds snap back after testing year
Those fund members who stuck to their guns rode out the storm and ended the year with more retirement savings than they started.
- by John Collett
Opinion
China
China's aiming for 8% growth. Can it do it without Australian coal?
China was the only major economy to post positive economic growth in 2020, but it might need to lift its ban on Australian coal to meet the ambitious forecasts for its growth this year.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
Test cricket, packed with twists and turns, makes for compelling TV viewing
With the BBL heading into its final stages, Tom Ryan writes about the cricket coverage and the recently completed Test series against India.
- by Tom Ryan
Opinion
Dating
Farewell, disco pash: How the pandemic has changed dating
While nothing can stop our need for romantic connection, many classic dating rituals – from impromptu bar-hopping dates to meeting through friends – are no longer quite the same.
- by Marnie Vinall
Analysis
Coronavirus pandemic
'Operating in the dark': A year since Australia's first public COVID-19 concerns
Exactly one year ago we heard concerns from Australian health authorities for the first time about a new illness emerging from China. There was a lot we didn't know.
- by Rachel Clun
Letters
Letters
Tennis pros should save their moaning for the court
Maybe those overpaid and self-entitled tennis stars whining about being in lockdown should contemplate the relative COVID rates in Australia and their home countries.
Opinion
Democracy
Global threat from three strongmen
The absurdity of a pair of poisoned underpants is a symbol of autocratic tendencies putting democracy at risk.
- by Peter Hartcher
Opinion
Coronavirus pandemic
To fight coronavirus, we all need a breath of fresh air
Locking people in quarantine rooms without access to fresh air is not just bad to their mental health – it may make them more vulnerable to COVID-19.
- by Tim Moore
In the Herald: January 19, 1979
State League soccer club Avala is believed to be the code's first Sydney club to have a woman president.
- by Harry Hollinsworth
Opinion
Freedom of speech
Freedom of speech: Voltaire would applaud Trump Twitter ban
The social media ban on President Donald Trump is consistent with the principle of preventing harm to others.
- by Josh Bornstein
Opinion
US votes 2020
Capitol rioters led to their deaths by a false prophet
The Trump supporters who stormed the Capitol were deplorables. But they were also victims.
- by Julie Szego
Opinion
Coronavirus pandemic
Not all face masks are created equal
A year into the pandemic, there still isn’t any clear labelling or regulations around the selling of masks.
- by Alice Clarke
Analysis
Coronavirus pandemic
Novak Djokovic's demands land wide
If it seems Djokovic is acting like he runs the sport of tennis, it is only because he does.
- by Chip Le Grand
Opinion
Column 8
Steer clear of silver bullets near the orange poles
A tree in millimetres, still hoping for apples.
Opinion
NRL 2021
'Complete crap': V'landys comes out firing on first day back at work
The ARL Commission chairman's stocks are sky high after rescuing the game last year. But there's still a lot of work to do.
- by Andrew Webster
Analysis
Australian cricket
Rain or shine, it's day of reckoning in world of Paine
The most unlikely of Australian captains has achieved all that could be reasonably asked of him since taking over after the trauma of Cape Town - but the halo has slipped.
- by Andrew Wu
Analysis
Test cricket
Australia counts the bird in the hand
With tropical weather always likely to interfere with the fourth Test, Australia may have another agenda in mind.
- by Greg Baum
Editorial
Political donations
Laxness on political donations reeks of self-interest
Private patronage of politicians corrodes faith in the integrity of decision-making and increases cynicism about government and our public institutions.
- The Herald's View
Opinion
Mark McInnes
From corporate kryptonite to retail rainmaker - Premier's McInnes leaves on a high
The terms of Mark McInnes' departure include two years' retail industry gardening leave during which Premier will pay him his base pay for both years - a total of $5.4 million.
- by Elizabeth Knight
Opinion
Australian Open
Australian Open can't afford one miss after hotel quarantine scrutiny
Authorities are backing that the systems will work this time but in the community the appetite for the Australian Open is diminishing.
- by Greg Baum
Opinion
Trade wars
The verdict's in on Trump's trade war with China
A year ago the US and China agreed a truce in their trade war. The latest data confirms that Donald Trump's attempt to slow China's export growth and lower the US trade deficit has failed.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
Opinion
Parenting
I'm cheering for the end of school holidays – and the guilt they bring
The general emotional wreckage that comes with parenting during the holidays has been playing out in families across Australia – but alas, only a week to go.
- by Samantha Selinger-Morris
Opinion
Australian economy
'That's all, folks': Should the government be pulling back fiscal support?
This is not the sky diving plummet from 10,000 feet it initially appeared to be.
- by Jennifer Duke
Opinion
Coronavirus pandemic
Social media platforms are harming our health
Twitter, Facebook and other social media platforms cannot continue to be allowed to peddle lies on COVID-19 and other health matters that are detrimental to human health.
- by David Shearman
Letters
Letters
Tournament's COVID risk an Open and shut case
A message to the contestants in the Australian Open. If you can't stand being locked down for 14 days I will be willing to take your place.
In the Herald: January 18, 1959
A man and his son jumped into the Hunter River at Hexam today to escape a blazing fishing trawler.
- by Harry Hollinsworth
Opinion
Coronavirus pandemic
Public must be kept in the loop on vaccines
With the boost vaccines will bring to our existing strategies to fight COVID-19, we have so much to gain by keeping the public informed and engaged.
- by Julie Leask
Opinion
Coronavirus pandemic
Pandemic strips away the myth of equality
Crises have the power to reveal who we are. One of the things this pandemic has done is reveal just how much inequality there is around us.
- by Tim Soutphommasane