Note From The Editor
- Opinion
- Opinion
How The Age covered the biggest stories of the month
Some of the year’s most important, troubling and powerful stories have unfolded in recent weeks. The Age editor looks back at how they were covered.
- Patrick Elligett
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Gambling decisions so weak and so craven that your head will spin
Just when you thought our state’s addiction to poker machines couldn’t get any worse, the NSW government has outdone itself.
- Bevan Shields
It’s expensive, complex and dangerous. But it’s one of the most important things we do
On the other side of the world when most of us were sleeping, our foreign correspondents hustled to make sure you woke to the most up-to-date and insightful accounts of what was going on in the world and what it meant.
- Patrick Elligett
A very good Friday spent in Parramatta
Our fabulous little office above the $3.5 billion Parramatta Square project has a view that encapsulates why the Herald has established a dedicated reporting team here.
- Bevan Shields
The ICAC blockbuster is back
While the ICAC has been busy conducting several smaller inquiries over recent years, a doozy hasn’t captured public attention for some time - until now.
- Bevan Shields
Taking a moment to thank the brilliant David Crowe as voters head to the polls
After five weeks of political twists and turns, ups and downs and claims and counter-claims, the election campaign is drawing to a close.
- Bevan Shields
A year ago it was a ‘national crisis’. Now it struggles to get a mention
It seems absurd that, during an election campaign where politicians are selling us their vision for the future, confronting violence against women has not been more prominent.
- Nick Ralston
Donald Trump’s shadow finally shifts off the federal campaign
Halfway through the campaign, the focus has moved to local issues, and there is no bigger issue affecting people across Sydney than the housing crisis.
- Nick Ralston
With friends like these, who needs enemies?
What does Trump 2.0 mean for Australia? Don’t bother asking our political leaders, because they would really rather not talk about it.
- Bevan Shields
I’m sorry to say that while the federal election will be close and exciting, it won’t be particularly inspiring
The election race may be tight, and it will certainly be interesting. But it’s not going to be inspiring.
- Bevan Shields
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