Opinion
Opinion
Wallabies
Rugby rediscovered common sense - and it robbed the Wallabies
Anyone who has watched rugby knows that the Wallabies should have been awarded a penalty when Jac Morgan hit Carlo Tizzano.
- by Paul Cully
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NRL 2025
‘Too sexy’: Salmond left seeking answers after messy Fox League departure
A former sideline reporter for New Zealand Warriors home games, Tiffany Salmond says she has been left in the dark over why her time in the job ended.
- by Danny Weidler
Opinion
Religion
Compassion is not a feeling, it is an action
What is the deeper meaning of the parable of the Good Samaritan?
- by John Chesterman
Opinion
Wallabies
A rugby Test for the ages - and a decision that will be debated for years
What a match! Two magnificent teams delivering 80 minutes of skill, guts and a finish full of controversy as the Wallabies go down swinging against the Lions.
- by Peter FitzSimons
Opinion
IVF
Having kids shouldn’t be a luxury. It’s time we cut the cost of IVF
Women shouldn’t be forced to choose between a secure retirement or having kids. Something needs to change.
- by Victoria Devine
Opinion
Ask an expert
How do I tell my friends that finding a rich husband isn’t a financial plan?
It is difficult to be financially secure and independent as a single person. But entering a relationship with an expectation of financial dependency isn’t healthy.
- by Paul Benson
Opinion
Political leadership
With Coalition comeback stalled, the government’s become its own opposition
The Labor optics of dynamism and the Coalition optics of renewal only emphasise the ways in which both parties are falling short.
- by Parnell Palme McGuinness
Analysis
Pop culture
Pop culture at breaking point: Is the multibillion-dollar fan machine about to overheat?
Despite the absence of Star Wars, DC Studios and Marvel Studios, this year’s Comic-Con is still doing big business.
- by Michael Idato
Analysis
Billionaires
The Gen Z billionaires who are bored with business
Some of India’s most successful tycoons have a problem. Their children don’t want to take over.
- by Andy Mukherjee
Opinion
Hip pocket
The $1700 question: Is your super being paid correctly?
In recent years, 3.3 million Australians missed out on $5.7 billion in super due to their entitlements being unpaid or underpaid.
- by Dominic Powell
Opinion
Friendship
A footy text tested the limits of our friendship. She should know there are rules
I used to be a great hater of rival footy clubs. I laughed at the cheese platter Melbourne jibes and found Hawthorn fans in your face. But I’ve changed my tune.
- by Claire Heaney
Letters
Letters
Enough is enough. End the starvation in Gaza
Age readers respond to the humanitarian crisis in Gaza.
Opinion
Jeffrey Epstein
America’s shame is that Trump can remain shameless
If anything, the moral outrage over Trump’s doings only galvanises his fervent supporters in his defence.
- by Jacqueline Maley
Analysis
A-League Men
It’s a long shot. But Sydney FC should be applauded for having a crack at Thomas Müller
To ask the question of Thomas Müller, even if you think you know the answer, is to send a message to the rest of the football world.
- by Vince Rugari
Opinion
The Fitz Files
Let them go – Samoa defectors might just save international footy
Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow, Tino Fa’asuamaleaui and Payne Haas want to represent the country of their forefathers. If they do, it will boost rugby league the way State of Origin did in 1980.
- by Peter FitzSimons
Opinion
Streaming
It is a truth universally acknowledged that I’m suddenly addicted to period dramas
Persuasion? I don’t need it. If there’s a bonnet in it, I’m watching.
- by Richard Glover
Opinion
Credit cards
Credit card companies are hoarding rate cuts. Shame on them
It’s nothing short of a scandal that credit card interest rates barely budge, no matter what is happening with official rates.
- by Nicole Pedersen-McKinnon
Opinion
Superannuation
To stop retirees going mad, super funds must agree on these three things
At present, retirement income is being delivered like IKEA furniture – only the instructions are in five languages, and one of the legs is mislabelled.
- by Bec Wilson
Opinion
Australian economy
‘Pregnant moment’ for Albanese government. But can Labor deliver?
Anthony Albanese’s second term and commanding majority provide the chance to make structural change to keep Australia’s wealth machine going.
- by Peter Hartcher
Analysis
Logies
Who will win the Gold Logie? And why will it be Lynne McGranger?
Recent history suggests that the Gold Logie winner typically comes from the network that broadcasts the Logies, which is excellent news for Channel Seven and Lynne McGranger.
- by Thomas Mitchell
Analysis
Epstein fallout
Trump stumbled on Epstein, and Rupert Murdoch has pounced
Rupert Murdoch’s marriage of convenience with Donald Trump might finally be unravelling, and there can only be one winner in their long-running battle for the Republican heartland.
- by Colin Kruger
Opinion
Inside China
A China shock 2.0 is emerging to rock America
Xi Jinping is winning a new battle while Donald Trump is still fighting an old one.
- by Jeremy Warner
Opinion
Note From The Editor
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.
- by Patrick Elligett
Enough is enough: the CFMEU stain on our society must be removed
It’s a year since The Age’s investigation blew the lid on the union’s rotten conduct. Too little has changed.
- by The Age's View
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Climate policy
Why Barnaby’s war on net zero’s already sunk
Barnaby Joyce gave three reasons for dumping net zero climate change targets. They’re all wrong.
- by Nick O'Malley
Opinion
Middle East at war
I saw starving children every day in Gaza. It makes you question humanity
I’m going back in the coming months and I don’t know how I will be able to do my job. It’s become so dangerous.
- by Claire Manera
Opinion
NRL 2025
The NRL’s representative eligibility rules are broken. Here’s how to fix them
Samoa-born Stephen Crichton represents NSW. WA-born Kalyn Ponga wears the Maroons jersey. But Sydney-born Addin Fonua-Blake can’t play Origin. Go figure.
- by Michael Chammas
Opinion
Epstein fallout
The key sign Trump is losing the plot over Epstein
Donald Trump is flailing. The self-proclaimed slayer of the deep state stands accused of becoming its mouthpiece.
- by Nick Bryant
Opinion
Sex & relationships
Who hasn’t cheated? I have. So why do we mock the Coldplaygate couple?
I live in real life, not on the Jumbotron. Like many others, I’ve been betrayed and a betrayer. I know what those early days feel like.
- by Kate Halfpenny
Analysis
Naked City
Is this the way to treat a police hero?
Former police officer Wayne Sherwell, a Valour Award recipient, was recently arrested, fingerprinted and formally interviewed. It was over a Facebook post.
- by John Silvester
Analysis
Wallabies
Stagger then strike: What the Wallabies need to do to keep the series alive
The Wallabies were dismantled physically early but showed just enough fight and found just enough fixes to believe a turnaround is possible at the MCG.
- by Jonathan Drennan
Opinion
NRL 2025
Why Nathan Cleary didn’t make the best NRL team since 2000
The Western Suburbs coach of the century and former Dragons coach selects his best squad of the quarter-century. Do you agree?
- by Roy Masters
Opinion
Australian economy
The ABS just had to bin some statistics. Here’s what went wrong
Data collected from 30,000 households failed to meet the Australian Bureau of Statistics’ standards and was never released. It’s a particularly bad time for it, too.
- by Millie Muroi
Opinion
Work therapy
My company hired a dud, despite my warnings. Should I have said more?
You did everything right according to the corporate textbook, but despite all of this, the panel clearly made the wrong decision.
- by Jonathan Rivett
Opinion
Antisemitism
Segal’s antisemitism plan takes us down a path we should fear to tread
What if the proposals made by Australia’s antisemitism envoy were made in the name of a range of other prejudices: transphobia, homophobia, anti-Indigenous racism, sexism?
- by Waleed Aly
Opinion
AFL 2025
From a Lygon era: Why I can’t cop a Silvagni at Collingwood
In terms of family name and connection to a club, the Silvagnis are comparable to the Kennedys at Hawthorn. Josh Kennedy, though, had good reason to go. Jack Silvagni has no need to leave the Blues for opportunity.
- by Jake Niall
The upsides of downsizing: ‘It’s the best move we’ve ever made’
When the large family home no longer suited her lifestyle, Jane Caro knew what to do.
- by Jane Caro
Opinion
Mental health
We’re awash with mental health advice. Meanwhile, a generation is getting sadder
The outcomes of mistaking an influencer for a trained health professional are anything but good. Why are so many of us consuming scam content?
- by Clare Stephens
Analysis
NRL 2025
Why the NRL finals should start next weekend
Our predicted NRL ladder and every club’s run home paints a pretty picture for the current top eight. For everyone else though, they might as well start their Mad Mondays now.
- by Dan Walsh and Billie Eder
Opinion
Executive pay
Macquarie’s day of reckoning: Millionaires’ factory shareholders draw the line
In a humiliating first strike, management has been reminded that in achieving its objectives, executives also need to colour within the lines.
- by Elizabeth Knight
Political sketch
Trade
Pistol and Boo should have disguised themselves as (maybe mad) cows
Australia’s strict quarantine authorities famously booted out the movie star dogs. A few years later they are overturning a ban on US beef. We’re truly living in Trumpworld now.
- by Tony Wright
Opinion
Jobs
Why older workers can be ‘too qualified’ to get a new job
The higher you climb up the corporate ladder, complete with larger salaries and expectations, the fewer jobs there are.
- by Tim Duggan
Analysis
Victoria residential property
A new book aims to fix housing affordability, but there’s a better solution for Victoria
Abundance has captured the attention of economists and politicians alike, but could a simple solution be sitting right under their noses?
- by Jim Malo
Opinion
Middle East at war
Overkill in Gaza: Penny Wong was right to call out Israel
In an issue as complex as the Israel-Palestine question, it should come as no surprise that Australia and like-minded nations should hold both sides to account.
- by Rodger Shanahan
Opinion
Trade wars
Lost in translation: Trump doesn’t seem to understand the ‘massive’ deal he just made
Donald Trump says there has never been anything like the trade deal just struck with Japan. He’s probably right, but not in the way he thinks.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
Analysis
Trump diplomacy
Albanese and Rudd will have to sell very different messages on US beef ban’s end
Donald Trump has been peeved by restrictions on beef exports to Australia, but a change to biosecurity rules is unlikely to prove a tariff game changer.
- by Matthew Knott
Analysis
AFL 2025
Charlie Curnow was feeling unhappy. Sydney and Geelong are keeping watch
Charlie Curnow would like to play for Gold Coast. Not that he has formally told Carlton or the Gold Coast that. It might be a nice thought for Charlie, but it won’t happen.
- by Michael Gleeson
Opinion
NRL 2025
Playmakers are now a protected species. It’s making rugby league boring
In 2025, halfbacks can do as they please without worrying about being whacked. The flow-on effect is a boring, predictable game.
- by Andrew Johns
Opinion
Australian economy
Albanese’s guru talkfest won’t make you richer – he’s chosen the wrong people
Anthony Albanese’s three-day talkfest on the economy is heavy on tax and policies. But it’s missing what has made our lives better for 200 years - invention.
- by Shane Wright
Opinion
Smoking & vaping
Australia has become the global village idiot on quitting smoking
Every day, 66 Australians die from the effects of smoking – not from an addiction to nicotine, but from the toxic delivery mechanism of cigarettes.
- by Fiona Patten
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