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Please Explain podcast
Please Explain podcast: Victoria 'winning the coronavirus battle' as some restrictions set to ease
In this episode, senior culture writer Nathanael Cooper is joined by The Age's City editor Bianca Hall to talk us through the mood in Melbourne as Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews prepares to relax some of the coronavirus restrictions this weekend.
- by Nathanael Cooper
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Australian recession
It won't be just the budget that determines the speed of our recovery
As well as trying to increase demand, the government needs to reinvigorate our production of goods and services to recover from the coronacession as quickly as possible.
- by Ross Gittins
Advocatus Diaboli
Olympics
Beijing won't lose 2022 Games, but China never should have won rights
There’s a core rottenness in the way the Chinese state treats its people, entirely in breach of the utopian ideals of the Olympic Charter.
- by Darren Kane
Analysis
NRL 2020
The joke's over as NRL moves to put the scrum out of its misery
The rugby league scrum had gone from a lawless free-for-all to a collegial gathering where forwards swapped gossip. Bequeathing it to rugby union is long overdue.
- by Malcolm Knox
Opinion
Hayne fallout
The government's move to trash lending rules during a recession is a recipe for disaster
It was pitched as an 'adrenalin shot into the economy' but the Morrison government’s decision to trash responsible lending laws could spell trouble.
- by Adele Ferguson
Opinion
Horse racing
Stipes got it right with Bowman appeal in sad week for racing
The Hugh Bowman case prompted a return to an arena first visited six decades ago in a week where racing lost a larger-than-life figure.
- by Max Presnell
Opinion
Publishing
How porn and a price hike helped this newsagent's son
On National Newsagent Week, it's time to remember the tricks of the trade.
- by Richard Glover
Analysis
Coronavirus pandemic
Italy's economic chance of a lifetime may be wasted
No Italian government has ever had so much cash at its disposal as Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte but it could become the biggest missed opportunity of a generation.
- by Alessandra Migliaccio and Chiara Albanese
Analysis
AFL 2020
AFL fixture 2020: Who won and who lost from the revised schedule?
Richmond got a major leg-up, while Hawthorn didn't have any luck. And how much help did the South Australian and Queensland teams have?
- by Daniel Cherny
Opinion
Electric cars
It is not wise to bet against Elon Musk
Eyebrows have been raised Elon Musk's latest grand Tesla plan, but we should know by now he has a knack of achieving what many see as impossible.
- by Robin Pagnamenta
Opinion
Vale
Childhood hero to colleague: Deano was the player you wanted to be
There is an expression you should never meet your heroes, the inference being they will disappoint. This was not true of the man known simply as 'Deano'.
- by Andrew Wu
Opinion
NRL 2020
Why the Bennett circus is becoming a distraction for Souths
The supercoach says he's staying at Redfern. Or is he? The typical circus that follows Bennett is starting to become a distraction for the Rabbitohs.
- by Andrew Webster
Opinion
Investing
Tax reform and open borders: the budget needs to get people working again
The federal government can either spend $10 billion a year to encourage businesses to invest or keep spending around $12 billion a month on JobKeeper subsidies.
- by Jeniffer Westacott and Peter Strong
Opinion
Gas
Labor's failure to back workers on gas is not just morally indefensible, it’s strategically moronic
The Coalition has shifted its vision towards a future of gas-backed renewables. Labor should meet it in the middle.
- by Daniel Walton
Analysis
AUSTRAC crackdown
Hardening up: How AUSTRAC became the toughest cop on the beat
AUSTRAC has secured a record-breaking fine from Westpac and is now cemented as the toughest regulator in Australia. But up until a few years ago it was barely on the radar of Australian companies.
- by Sarah Danckert
Opinion
Work therapy
Dilemmas of a feline tantrum
Question to myself - how do I manage moggy during Zoom meetings?
- by Jonathan Rivett
Opinion
Best Games ever
On that night, Cathy Freeman gave us more than gold
I was there in the Sydney Olympic Stadium on that cool evening. Me and 112,000 others, all crammed in to watch Cathy Freeman carry the hopes of an entire nation.
- by Stan Grant
Opinion
US Supreme Court
Winning isn’t everything: how you win matters, too
If we want reforms in our politics to be durable, and we want our society to emerge from them intact, we must always consider how they look from the losing side.
- by Waleed Aly
Opinion
Coronavirus pandemic
'I know nothing' becomes hotel quarantine inquiry catch phrase
Sergeant Schultz would have been proud of the brigade of public service heads giving evidence to the hotel quarantine inquiry.
- by Dee Ryall
Opinion
Vale
'Deano's' passing will leave the cricket world a greyer place
Australian and world cricket has been left stunned by the sudden death of Hall of Famer Dean Jones.
- by Greg Baum
Opinion
Victoria Votes
Diverse representation matters and we need more of it
While local government elections tend to get very little attention, this year’s elections may prove the most important.
- by Jieh-Yung Lo
Analysis
Australian recession
The steak and wine court case behind new bank lending rules
A court case over steak and red wine is at the heart of Josh Frydenberg’s changes to the way customers get a bank loan.
- by David Crowe
Editorial
Coronavirus pandemic
Hands-off ministers must face consequences
The parade of senior ministers who fronted the hotel quarantine inquiry this week showed a glaring lack of mastery over decision-making within their departments.
- The Age's View
Opinion
Super Netball
Liz Ellis: The Mi Mi debacle can't happen again
With all due respect, I don’t know how the Queensland Firebirds' management could have misread the community expectations around playing Mi Mi.
- by Liz Ellis
Opinion
University
Kiara had the best month of her life. Then everything was cancelled: How COVID-19 killed the uni experience
Student politics, newspapers, debating clubs, Quiddich societies and comedy revues have all been affected by the pandemic. By the time life returns to normal, will anyone at university remember what they have lost.
- by Nick Bonyhady
Analysis
Best Games ever
'Does the vault look low to you?': The Aussie teen who spotted Sydney's stunning gymnastics fail
From years of sizing up vaulting horses in gyms around the world, the whole thing looked off to Allana Slater at the 2000 Olympics. And she was dead right.
- by Sarah Keoghan
Analysis
Coronavirus pandemic
Factional games at play in health union's call to sack Jenny Mikakos
If Lisa Fitzpatrick, of the Australian Nursing & Midwifery Federation, had called for the Health Minister to resign, she would probably have been clearing her desk by lunchtime. Instead, Daniel Andrews has backed her.
- by Ben Schneiders
Analysis
Please Explain podcast
Please Explain podcast: What does the death of RBG mean for the US Supreme Court?
In this episode, climate and environment editor Nick O'Malley is joined by US correspondent Matthew Knott to discuss the aftermath of RBG's death and the implications for not only the Supreme Court but the upcoming election.
- by Nick O'Malley
Opinion
Coronavirus pandemic
'QALY' quality of life pandemic argument is intellectual malpractice
It is intellectual malpractice to pretend that judgments about how to value different impacts of the pandemic on different individuals is an Excel-spreadsheet-level exercise that doesn’t force us to grapple with weighty moral choices that should give us all pause.
- by Richard Holden, Emilia Tjernström and Bruce Preston
Opinion
Coronavirus pandemic
Slow death spiral: Europe's economy is in fundamental crisis
The recovery of Europe's economy was already fading before the second wave of COVID-19 struck, now the road ahead is looking treacherous.
- by Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
Analysis
World markets
Tesla's 'Battery Day' letdown puts $452 billion stock gain at risk
Elon Musk had been hyping the event for months, helping to send its share price soaring. But the end result was grandiose plans that have underwhelmed the market.
- by Dana Hull, Akshat Rathi and Gabrielle Coppola
Analysis
Mergers & acquisitions
Trump wants to show China the art of making a deal
The Oracle-TikTok deal appeared close to being finalised. But as the US and China continue to butt heads in their bid to claim victory, it appears much is up in the air.
- by Hannah Boland
Analysis
Telecommunications
NBN fibre upgrade a defence against looming 5G assault
NBN Co's $3.5 billion fibre upgrade plan is designed to make Telstra and the other telcos reconsider their ambitions ahead of next year's 5G spectrum auctions.
- by Supratim Adhikari
Opinion
Carbon pricing
Carbon price needed to make energy roadmap believable
A genuine emissions trading scheme would give the Technology Roadmap the substance it lacks.
- by John Hewson
Opinion
Coronavirus pandemic
House prices: the sleeper issue that threatens our economy now
At some point, our economy – suspended in mid-air, carefully frozen in time – must stand on its own two feet again. Then the real pain begins.
- by Jessica Irvine
Opinion
Coronavirus pandemic
There will be no return to a pre-COVID world; it has changed forever
While the voice of religious communities has gone largely unheeded in recent years, at this time of great fear it turns out religious people are motivated by something positive and inspirational.
- by Peter Comensoli
Opinion
Coronavirus pandemic
Week what? Day what? I’ve lost count
It's just another day in the life of Rona Lockdown.
- by Aubrey Perry
Opinion
AFL 2020
Bont supplants Pendles, no Fyfe, Max gone in this All-Australian side
In a shortened season, Bontempelli overtook Pendlebury to be skipper of my team of the year, writes Jake Niall.
- by Jake Niall
Editorial
Coronavirus pandemic
Extended detention powers are a bridge too far
Planned legal changes that could dramatically increase the number of state officials with the authority to detain people considered a high risk of negligently spreading COVID-19 have rightly caused consternation.
- The Age's View
Opinion
The Fitz Files
Swing state: DeChambeau's revolution is here and will continue in November
Bryson DeChambeau's US Open victory marked a change in how golf could be played. The question now is what will happen at the Masters in mid-November?
- by Peter FitzSimons
Analysis
Coronavirus pandemic
Ministers, and Victorians, in the dark on hotel quarantine decision
Police Minister Lisa Neville and Jobs Minister Martin Pakula were not consulted about Victoria's hotel quarantine. Nor did they seek to find out.
- by Chip Le Grand
Opinion
Parenting
Parents are responsible for crime-filled muck-up day
This is a group of kids whose moral compass is seriously off.
- by Kerri Sackville
Opinion
Australian recession
The 'Reverse Bank' has to quickly rediscover the gear stick
When a real crisis is upon us, the RBA is invariably late to the party, writes former prime minister Paul Keating.
- by Paul Keating
Analysis
Please Explain podcast
Please Explain podcast: Israel rules alleged pedophile Malka Leifer can be extradited to Australia
In this episode, Sunday Age editor David King is joined by The Age's investigations editor Michael Bachelard to discuss the likelihood of Malka Leifer's extradition to Australia.
- by David King
Opinion
Capital raising
Scentre Group's unconventional $4b option fits the peculiar times
The market expected equity but Westfield operator Scentre Group gave it debt as it shored up its balance sheet during the pandemic. It’s not for everyone, but it will appeal to some in these most peculiar and uncertain times.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
Opinion
Parenting
The loneliness of a long distance pram walker
As I navigate my suburban slice of Victoria, my anxiety is ever-present.
- by Niall Seewang
Analysis
Energy
There are more horses in the energy race, but are they fast enough?
The ideas outlined in the energy road map may well one day reduce Australia's carbon emissions, but critics say the plan lacks the urgency crisis required.
- by Nick O'Malley
Opinion
Employment
Thinking economists are grappling with why their profession has made our lives worse
Well-known economists are coming to similar conclusions about the ideas of “neoliberalism”.
- by Ross Gittins
Opinion
Political infighting
'Battles recklessly played out in public': Why I quit the NSW Nats
One of the reasons I joined, was that it was not a party of ideology but rather of geography. Sadly, it feels like those days may be over.
- by Jessica Price-Purnell
Analysis
Coronavirus pandemic
'Poverty shock' looms for newly unemployed single parents
When the government reduces its coronavirus payments, it could cause hardship for families who have not previously relied on government benefits.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons