Opinion
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Review
If you want to understand Australian art, this exhibition is essential
How one “old lady” from Central Australia overturned 200 years of indifference and made the rest of the world take notice.
- by John McDonald
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Christmas
I’m ready to permanently shelve this elf. Thanks Instagram
The 24 days of Christmas can be a slog. Are we now expected to shoot mini-comedies with our Elf on the Shelf?
- by Janet Stone
Opinion
Federal budget
Why we should make much more use of the budget to fight inflation
The more we use the budget, the less the Reserve Bank needs to raise interest rates.
- by Ross Gittins
Opinion
Australian economy
I’m a smooth-talking treasurer ... get me out of here
Jim Chalmers is still reciting the government’s successes of the past year, but voters need a new narrative because inflation remains too high, growth too low, and anyone with a home loan is suffering.
- by David Crowe
Analysis
Test cricket
‘Unbelievable shot’: The twist in Warner’s millionaire play to a dime-a-dozen ball
The pyrotechnic world of Twenty20, or the frenetic final overs of a one-day international, is the natural habitat of the ramp shot – not the first morning of a Test match.
- by Andrew Wu
Analysis
Test cricket
That’s why they didn’t drop him: Warner repays selectors
No-one else in Australia could have made the hundred David Warner made in Perth on Thursday. Only two other all-time great Test cricketers have done so as often.
- by Daniel Brettig
LETTERS
Letters
Words that transcend ideology and politics
Age readers respond to the messages on the shoes of cricketer Usman Khawaja.
Opinion
COP28 Dubai
COP28 puts heat on everyone but Australia is well-placed to act
The world has taken stock of its climate change response and found it seriously wanting. Action can and must be taken.
- by Kerry Schott
Opinion
Victorian Parliament
Has John Pesutto mastered the thankless art of opposition?
The Liberal leader is quietly making a strong case to become premier, if his party doesn’t ditch him first.
- by Annika Smethurst
Opinion
Dating
Relationships are hard, one-night stands can be perfect
As we approached the restaurant, I spotted a woman sitting outside with a group of friends. Immediately, I knew exactly who this person was.
- by Roby D’Ottavi
Analysis
COP28 Dubai
What COP28 achieved – and what it failed to do
For the first time in COP’s 28-year history and in the face of fierce opposition from some states, fossil fuels were explicitly named in the event’s final text.
- by Nick O'Malley
Opinion
Executive pay
Warning: Big super wants changes boards won’t like
It is not exactly open warfare, but the country’s biggest industry super funds are flexing the muscles that are constantly pumped up by growth in funds under management.
- by Elizabeth Knight
Opinion
Federal Reserve
Join the dots: The war on inflation may have been won
Champagne corks were popping on Wall Street after the US Federal Reserve gave the clearest signal yet that it believes that it has laid the foundation for several rate cuts next year.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
Opinion
NRL 2024
We’re yet to find our story at Wests Tigers. Let’s write it as one word: magic
I was four years old when I watched the old Tigers robbed of a premiership. It was the first time I saw my dad break down. But now we can re-imagine the Wests Tigers.
- by Jack Manning Bancroft
Opinion
Sunday Life
When a beloved actor almost crushed my dog, I knew my love of books was obsessive
Next to my bed is a stack of books so high that when I added Sam Neill’s biography, it turned the pile into a Jenga-like debacle, toppling the lot.
- by Wendy Squires
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Australian cricket
Green should be in the mix as Warner bids to prove detractors wrong
The Australian team won’t be distracted by the Mitchell Johnson-David Warner feud, while Cameron Green should be in contention to replace Warner at the top of the order.
- by Mark Taylor
Opinion
Wallabies
Here are the sporting stars of 2024
A four-peat for Penrith? A $100 million deal for Sam Kerr? Some bold predictions on what 2024 holds for the stars of 2023.
- by Peter FitzSimons
Opinion
Supermarkets
The crafty ways supermarkets are pushing up your grocery bill and how we can fight back
If we are to get to the bottom of whether price gouging contributes to obscene supermarket profits, a full investigation is needed.
- by Gerard Brody
Opinion
Development
‘Pattern book’ designs may solve Melbourne’s housing crisis, but they come at a cost
The book will be made up of government-approved designs which are capable of fast-track construction thanks, in part, to the pre-approved permits they come with.
- by Norman Day
Opinion
Australian cricket
In those shoes, whose toes is Usman Khawaja standing on anyway?
Australia’s thoughtful opening batsman is not brandishing his fist in anyone’s face. He is walking the talk.
- by Greg Baum
Want true peace? Accept the need for a ceasefire
Readers react to Australia voting for a ceasefire in Gaza, VCE results, and the rail loop.
Analysis
Israeli-Palestinian conflict
The big call Albanese and Wong made in secret
It would be wrong to present this as a rift with the US. Our allies – even Israel – were alerted ahead of time. But Labor colleagues had no idea what was coming.
- by David Crowe
Analysis
The Dust of Death
For all the talk of urgency, stone ban still too late for many
Compare action on engineered stone to the speed with which the government rushed through complex legislation to re-detain some of the people released from indefinite detention after last month’s High Court decision.
- by Angus Thompson
Opinion
University
An arts degree won’t lead to a well-paid job, right? Wrong
The liberal arts have an image problem, but they can lead to higher-paying careers than STEM degrees.
- by Sophie Gee and Robert McLean
Analysis
Video games
Google’s epic legal defeat threatens $300 billion app store industry
There’s a fortune at stake for Apple and Google.
- by Mark Gurman and Davey Alba
Analysis
Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Wong can’t downplay Australia’s vote for a ceasefire in Gaza
Does the Albanese government want Israel to immediately halt its war against Hamas in Gaza? The answer looks like yes but might be no.
- by Matthew Knott
Analysis
Federal budget
The $100b Jim found down the back of the couch
The tax windfall accounts for why Chalmers will probably be the first treasurer since Peter Costello to deliver consecutive budget surpluses.
- by Shane Wright
FAITH
Opinion
The wonder in a child’s eyes
Look hard enough and you’ll find joy, like an eighth wonder of the world.
- by Warwick McFadyen
Opinion
Casinos
Claims against Crown boss couldn’t come at worse time for casino giant
Crown CEO Ciaran Carruthers allegedly forced security staff to ‘break the law’.
- by Elizabeth Knight
Opinion
NRL 2024
The party pies and blazers may be gone, but are Wests Tigers fixed?
The club’s final board of seven will potentially have far more skills than its previous incarnation. The risk lies in the choice of the three independents.
- by Roy Masters
Opinion
Christmas
I’m addicted to Christmas movies, even the turkeys
The more contrived and overly sentimental the Christmas movie, the better.
- by Antoinette Lattouf
Opinion
Globalisation
Is the world on the brink of a second cold war?
A senior International Monetary Fund executive has warned that the rivalry between the US and China could lead to Cold War II and reverse decades of global integration and growth.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
Opinion
Money psychology
Want to hit your financial goals in 2024? Don’t try so hard
People often mistakenly believe that the road to achieving goals has to be really hard, effortful, painful and complicated. The truth is, it’s simple.
- by Paridhi Jain
Opinion
Christmas
Why you should downsize more than just your home this Christmas
In a world where we are inundated with messages that bigger, more expensive gifts show people how much we love them, we decided to go the other way.
- by Rachel Lane
Opinion
Wage scandal
Trumpian populism hasn’t taken off in Australia. I think I know why
Living standards in Australia have hardly risen for the past decade, but as disappointing as that is, it’s significantly worse elsewhere.
- by Ross Gittins
Opinion
Ask an expert
How does living in a caravan park affect my pension?
Thanks to the quirks of the pension system, living in a caravan park and not a retirement village could be costing you up to $321 per fortnight.
- by Noel Whittaker
Editorial
Immigration
Tertiary sector must graduate from rorts industry
The international student system has become both essential and tainted. It’s time to do better.
- The Age's View
Opinion
Women's health
‘How did you get there?’ The awkward chats I’ve had while having a mammogram
When a stranger is wiping gel off your nipple, you definitely laugh at their jokes.
- by Nicola Redhouse
Analysis
General insurance
Why you should not travel overseas without insurance
A medical emergency overseas has the potential to ruin you financially if you do not purchase travel insurance, especially in countries like the US.
- by John Collett
All that air travel? It’s time for an honest conversation
Readers on nuclear power and other solutions to global warming, and the validity of the VCE.
Analysis
Wests Tigers
‘Disrespectful and disgraceful’: Inside the day of chaos at the Wests Tigers
When Lee Hagipantelis parked his Ferrari in his usual spot at the Tigers’ Concord HQ on Tuesday morning, he had no inkling it was to be for the last time.
- by Michael Chammas
Opinion
Immigration
Dutton’s dog whistle will sound if Albanese fails this migration test
Government plans to cut the migrant intake make sense. But maintaining control of the numbers will be the key challenge.
- by Abul Rizvi
Analysis
Science
In some countries, four in five kids become short-sighted. How do we avoid the same fate?
There’s a free way to halve children’s chances of developing myopia.
- by Angus Dalton
Opinion
Parenting
Teachers work hard. They deserve better than your tacky novelty mug
It’s the most wonderful time of the year - unless you work in education and are about to receive piles upon piles of useless gifts from well-meaning parents.
- by Shona Hendley
Analysis
Australian cricket
Pakistan’s new captain is a Bazball disciple, but does he have the players to play it?
As Australia reckoned with Bazball during the Ashes, Pakistan were having a proactive revival of their own. But captain Shan Masood has a tough job to follow it through on these shores.
- by Daniel Brettig
Opinion
Consumer confidence
2023: The year of the gloomy consumer
Consumers will be happy to see the back of 2023 as we roll into a not-so-merry Christmas.
- by Elizabeth Knight
Opinion
AI
Controlling the arms race: Europe sets global benchmark for AI regulation
The European Union has finally agreed a detailed and highly prescriptive set of rules for regulating artificial intelligence but, with dissent already within Europe, will anyone else emulate them?
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
Analysis
Shares
Eight top stock picks that could reward investors in the new year
Expert investors have revealed their pick of Australian sharemarket listed companies that could reward investors in the new year and beyond.
- by John Collett
Opinion
NRL 2024
The biggest headache about holding an NRL match in Vegas? Shifting goalposts
When the NRL learned it would cost more than $50,000 to ship a set of posts from Australia, it started scrambling for a cheaper solution.
- by Andrew Webster
Analysis
Currencies
Aussie dollar marks 40 years of resilience and China reliance
The float of the Australian dollar 40 years ago today forged a shock absorber that helped the country weather decades of economic turbulence and to punch above its weight in global financial markets.
- by Michael G. Wilson and Matthew Burgess