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Robotinho Round of 16 predictions

AI predicts round of 16 scores at the Women’s World Cup

How far can Australia go? Which nations will make the final? Who will lift the trophy? We asked Robotinho for its take to the tournament’s big questions.

  • by "Robotinho" and Mark Stehle

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Teachers strike for higher pay and better conditions in 2022.

‘A message for the premier: Honour the deal you made with teachers’

Teachers have been betrayed by Chris Minns and Pru Car. They believed the rhetoric that they, like the nurses, child and aged care workers, had done it tough during COVID and deserved a pay rise.

Trump and Nixon. One was destroyed by indictments, the other raises money off them.
Analysis
US politics

Trump is no modern-day Nixon and there is no sign of ‘tranquillity’ returning to the US

Unlike Richard Nixon during Watergate, Republicans remain largely in Donald Trump’s corner, even as he heads into an election year facing three criminal trials.

  • by Farrah Tomazin
Polling taken since earlier indictments suggest criminal charges have made Donald Trump politically stronger.
Editorial
Donald Trump

Trump is an American tragedy with potential to affect the world

Donald Trump has been accused of betraying the United States, a traumatic outcome for a country that invests so much national myth and hope in its presidents. There are global implications too.

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Gaelic football
Opinion
Ireland

Forget the ’G on grand final day or an Origin decider, this is football for the fans

For those who long for suburban football where, long before corporate boxes and soulless stadiums, all that mattered was your team and the fans – it does still exist.

  • by Rob Harris

NSW Treasury kicks off the new realism: Productivity won’t be speeding up

Economists don’t know as much about what causes productivity improvement as they ought to.

  • by Ross Gittins
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Jordan Henderson wearing the rainbow armband as Liverpool captain last season.
Opinion
LGBTQ

Why signing this footballer may be an own goal for mega-spending Saudis

What might happen if a Premier League star noted as an LGBTQIA+ advocate elected to remain true to his values playing for his new club in Saudi Arabia? Therein lies the opportunity.

  • by Darren Kane
Opinion
Trends

It’s ‘the beautiful game’, so why shouldn’t its players glam up?

It was ever thus: people telling girls and women how they should or shouldn’t look. Female stars of the Women’s World Cup are rightly rejecting such gratuitous advice.

  • by Anne Hyland

Matildas waltz to round of 16, but football fans are hip hopping mad

Despite being frustrated at the lack of free-to-air coverage of the FIFA Women’s World Cup, readers agreed the Matildas represent the very best of Australia’s skill and ability.

Tony Soprana and Eddie Jones
Opinion
Wallabies

Is Eddie Jones the sad clown of Australian rugby – or just diverting our attention?

The Wallabies coach and Tony Soprano might have more in common than many of us think.

  • by Andrew Webster
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese at the Garma festival in East Arnhem in 2022.

Albanese should fire the starting gun on referendum date

Anthony Albanese should not miss the golden opportunity offered by this weekend’s Garma festival in the Northern Territory to announce the referendum date.

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Peter Dutton, the man who champions No. But might his image be just what the Yes campaign needs?

Why Dutton could be the Yes campaign’s biggest asset

The Yes campaign lacks cut-through and is being played off a break by bomb-throwing No campaigners. That must change for the Voice referendum to have any chance of success.

  • by James Massola
Recently, non-alcoholic beer, wine and champagne have all boomed in popularity.

Non-alcoholic booze is the dumbest invention since the appendix

Zero-alcohol beverages are framed as the lesser of two evils, a gateway to sobriety. But what if the gate swings both ways?

  • by Cherie Gilmour
Opinion
Wellbeing

When I found myself tearing up in Bunnings, I knew I needed a rest

The business of tuning out during holidays can be hard work.

  • by Genevieve Novak
Touk Miller has been suspended by the AFL.
Opinion
AFL 2023

A weak suspension: How the AFL mishandled the Miller-Zorko incident

For the AFL to have dithered for the better part of a week in dealing with the Touk Miller-Dayne Zorko incident is remarkable.

  • by Andrew Stafford
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Opinion
Column 8

Bourn to be filed

Somewhere in Macquarie Street.

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NSW Premier Chris Minns still has questions to answer on Tim Crakanthorp saga.

Chris Minns still has questions to answer on Tim Crakanthorp

Faced with his first big scandal, the NSW premier got on the front foot. But plenty about the Crakanthorp saga remains unclear.

  • by Michael McGowan
Donald Trump

Thanks to Trump, America is no longer the world’s greatest democracy

The aftermath of Donald Trump’s 2020 election loss proves that the United States has lost its leader of the free world mantle.

Taylor Swift on stage at Marvel Stadium.

If Tay Tay can pay pay $84 million in staff bonuses, why can’t other rich bosses?

Taylor Swift’s generosity is admirable. But it is truly sad that sharing profits with staff is so extraordinary.

  • by Kerri Sackville
eToro is a major sponsor of the Wallabies.

The ‘financial heroin’ product that ASIC is trying to bust

Having a win represents a massive high. But if punters lose, withdrawal is financially painful.

  • by Elizabeth Knight
Lingering effects on the body politic? Former prime minister Scott Morrison in parliament.

Australia has a dose of ‘long Morrison’, and it’s nothing to sneeze at

The body politic is already infected by post-truthism. It might be tough to shake.

  • by Nick Bryant
Sharemarket listings and takeover deals are down 42 per cent year-on-year.

The $2.8 trillion question: America is hunting for cash, but there’s a bit of a problem

The US is going to put trillions worth of new debt up for sale before the end of the year as it tries to rebuild its cash reserves. There is an issue, however.

  • by Stephen Bartholomeusz
Nathan Cleary, Reece Walsh, Kalyn Ponga, Nicho Hynes and Jahrome Hughes.
Analysis
NRL 2023

Expert breakdown of NRL round 23 matches

A couple of heavyweight derby clashes could have a huge bearing on who features in the finals action next month - and that’s before we talk about the Panthers-Storm blockbuster.

  • by Christian Nicolussi, Adam Pengilly, Dan Walsh and Nick Wright
A dejected Dylan Moore after the Hawks lost to Richmond.
Opinion
AFL 2023

Full-time footy is a myth, and it shows on the scoreboard

The work-life balance has gone too far; clubs give their players too much time off. It is starting to show on the scoreboard, and in the games we watch weekly.

  • by Kane Cornes
Every day we live through thousands of micro moments, and our minds cannot retain each one.

My memory is less like a catalogue and more like a hoarder’s garage

There are some gems in there, some functional items you’d expect, and a ton of bizarre and totally random odds and ends.

  • by Kerri Sackville
Sam Walker has been out for the majority of the season for the Roosters.
Opinion
NRL 2023

How to fix the Roosters? Stick with Sam and lay off Suaalii

There’s been plenty of reasons why the Roosters have been so disappointing this year - but they have to hand the keys to one of their young guns to turn it around in 2024.

  • by Andrew Johns
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Premier Chris Minns.

Trains are the future for global cities. Let’s not go off the rails, Sydney

A commitment to modern rail networks is critical to building safer, low-carbon cities.

  • by Caroline Wilkie
The Australian Defence Force is suffering from a recruitment crisis, leading to calls for bold ideas to boost staff numbers.
Opinion
Defence

To defend Australia, we must create a national citizens’ militia

If the Australian government is serious about the dire warning from the Defence Strategic Review, it should embrace a training program where civilians can defend our country should the need arise.

  • by Anthony Bergin
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Opinion
Column 8

Joining the cyberspace race

Where X marks the tweet.

Social media platforms like TikTok have become a popular news option for younger audiences.

TikTok isn’t the bogeyman of journalism, but it could help save it

Every decade or so we’re told journalism is facing a reckoning. While TikTok is the current bogeyman, a clip about the rise in Australia’s minimum wage reveals how different platforms can inspire conversations and showcase quality journalism.

  • by Abbir Dib
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Opinion
AI

Online scams are about to get more sophisticated than Nigerian princes

ChatGPT’s “evil cousin” WormGPT will allow bad actors to more accurately mimic the real deal in attempts to swindle and deceive people.

  • by Suranga Seneviratne
CAPTION

Minns acted swiftly, but premier’s first ministerial casualty has come all too quickly

Just four months in and Labor has suffered its first ministerial sacking over the smelly combination of property interests and improper disclosure.

  • by Michael Koziol
We all want to stick up for our kids, but they are not always right, Jenna Price writes.

Pendulum swings too far as teachers struggle in the classroom

Parents now have too much power over teachers and the classroom is suffering.

Peter Bol will miss the Australian Athletics Championships.
Editorial
Peter Bol

Champion athlete Peter Bol hung out to dry by sports administrators

Confidence in Australia’s anti-doping processes have been shattered after the treatment of middle-distance runner Peter Bol.

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Mary Fowler was pivotal for the Matildas on Monday night.
Opinion
Matildas

In a week of seismic sport, the Matildas made the earth move the most

The Ashes, Buddy Franklin and Australia’s swimmers captured the headlines this week, but none could match the significance of a sublime Matildas performance.

  • by Peter FitzSimons
Illustration: John Shakespeare

Fasten your seatbelts, this wild ride will Trump anything we’ve seen

Next year will be like no other year we have witnessed in American politics. Trump is, of course, presumed innocent – but now let’s see what the evidence is against him.

  • by Bill Wyman
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Vodafone

Closing the gap: Vodafone’s desperate deal to catch Telstra and Optus

No matter how you interpret the $6.3 billion deal with Vocus, TPG - which owns the number three player in the mobiles market, Vodafone - is shrinking.

  • by Elizabeth Knight
Donald Trump’s legal costs are mushrooming.
Analysis
US politics

Trump’s charges strike at the very heart of American democracy

While hush money and classified documents are important, never before has a newly ousted US president engaged in a multipart plan to overturn an election.

  • by Farrah Tomazin
US President Joe Biden

The US just paid a heavy price for Washington’s poison

The historic credit rating downgrade shines a light on how America’s bitterly divided, dysfunctional politics is playing a key role in its deteriorating financial position.

  • by Stephen Bartholomeusz
England’s Ben Stokes celebrates after taking a catch to dismiss Australia’s Pat Cummins.
Opinion
The Ashes

A salute to Bazball: It works, damn it

England didn’t wrestle the Ashes back from Australia’s grasp, but they did validate their post-modern game. Bazball can’t be dismissed as a gimmick, and some interesting years lie ahead.

  • by Greg Baum
The work of an AFL club doctor has become more complex and demanding over the years.
Opinion
AFL 2023

Why would you be an AFL club doctor?

It’s a tough job being an AFL club doctor, and it’s getting more difficult. You’re on call 24 hours a day, and on match day must make quick decisions under fierce scrutiny.

  • by Peter Brukner
Buddy Franklin in full flight

Where does Buddy sit among the modern footy greats?

This week on the Real Footy podcast, Michael Gleeson and Jake Niall discuss the sudden retirement of Hawthorn and Sydney great Lance Franklin.

Coach of the Matildas Tony Gustavsson during the FIFA Women’s World Cup Group B match between Australia and Canada at Melbourne Rectangular Stadium on July 31, 2023. Photo by Eddie Jim.

After staring into the abyss, the Matildas can look ahead with confidence

One minute you’re copping it from all angles. The next, you’re dishing it out to the Olympic champions, reminding everyone why they were so excited about this World Cup in the first place.

  • by Vince Rugari
Determined home buyers can still find their way into the market with careful planning and the help of some new government schemes.
Analysis
Home loans

New schemes helping first home buyers despite soaring prices

Determined home buyers can still find their way into the market with careful planning and the help of some new government schemes.

  • by Hannah Farrow
Soaring interest rates and inflation are contributing to a cost of living crisis leaving young Australians feeling under the weather.

Young Australians feeling more hopeless amid cost of living crunch

Soaring interest rates and inflation are contributing to a cost of living crisis leaving young Australians feeling under the weather.

  • by Georgia York
The Financial Advice Association of Australia’s Sarah Abood, says there are initiatives underway designed to bring costs down, to get more into the profession and to retain advisers

Financial advice fix will take time as adviser numbers continue to fall

Moves are afoot to give Australians access to financial advice that is more affordable.

  • by John Collett
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The misconception many people have is that financial anxiety is purely a consequence of how much you have in your bank account.

I have a good job and savings, so why do I still worry about money?

The misconception many people have is that financial anxiety is purely a consequence of how much you have in your bank account.

  • by Paridhi Jain
downsizing, Baby Boomers moving house, property

Four steps to take before downsizing your home

The property we’re in can often feel like our “forever home”, so making the call to downsize can feel like a big decision.

  • by Rachel Lane
When drawing up a will, it’s worth considering the impact it will have on your partner’s pension.

Does my retired mother need to file a tax return?

Once you retire and are receiving the pension, generally you no longer need to file a tax return.

  • by Noel Whittaker
Illustration: Andrew Dyson.
Opinion
Jobs

What a future: Climate chaos, a life of renting and a crappy job. I’m truly sorry

The older I get, the more I worry about the nightmare we oldies are leaving for our children and grandchildren. The obvious problem is climate change, but other difficulties are everywhere you look.

  • by Ross Gittins