Opinion

Alan JonesSporting blazers leave us blue

The boffins of sports bureaucracy are earning huge salaries while doing next to nothing to help athletes achieve sporting success. A better model must be found, writes Alan Jones.

Alan Jones

St Kevin’sPrivate schools are failing their students

Elite private schools have spent years moving around well-known child abusers, protecting their own reputations at the expense of the safety and sanity of their young students. Generational change is needed at schools such as St Kevin’s now, writes Susie O’Brien.

Susie O'Brien

Richard BlackburnBeing an Australian icon wasn’t enough to save Holden

Despite being owned by American giant General Motors, Holden’s biggest strength was that it was as Aussie as a meat pie. In the end, that’s what also caused its demise, writes Richard Blackburn.

Richard Blackburn

Holly ByrnesStop hating on Celeste Barber. She’s a national star

She has arguably done more than most to support the victims of this tragic summer of bushfires, but that doesn’t seem to be enough for the mean-spirited trolls. Lay off Celeste, writes Holly Byrnes.

Holly Byrnes

Dr Nick FullerWhy eating meat will save the planet

Rather than eliminating beef, the future of farming must involve the return to traditional practices and grazing cattle in paddocks that contain food that cows can eat, but humans cannot, writes Dr Nick Fuller

Dr Nick Fuller

Ellis VincentHey Scott Morrison, get us off the coronavirus cruise ship

After two weeks quarantined in our cabins at sea, we now face more isolation on home soil. It’s time Scott Morrison treated his citizens with some respect, writes Diamond Princess passenger Ellis Vincent.

By Ellis Vincent as told to Anna Cock Gibson

Your SayReader letters: Too many speed zones causing confusion

February 17: Too many speed zones are causing confusion on our roads as roadworks increasingly clutter up backstreets, a reader says.

Middle-class rage‘Eshay’ is a five-letter word every parent should fear

Middle-aged ‘Karens’ are verbally terrorising retail workers but young ‘eshays’ are terrorising people on the street, sometimes with violence. We need to work out who is the bigger problem.

Jenna ClarkeAssistant Editor

Less talkWages and super need action, not gestures

The state government has been grandstanding on workplace relations — over which it has little say — when it should be working with Canberra, writes Tom Minear.

Tom Minear

CartoonsBest of Mark Knight

Click here to see the latest Mark Knight cartoons that have appeared in the Herald Sun and Sunday Herald Sun.

Tim BlairThought cops beaten

After police investigated his Twitter account over ‘non-crime hate incidents’, ordinary British bloke Harry Miller decided to fight back – and he was victorious, writes Tim Blair.

Tim Blair

Boots and allWhy is Nat Locke taking on a “ludicrous mission”?

If you’ve ever put your hand up for a challenge and immediately wondered why, you’ll be able to relate to columnist Nat Locke’s latest fitness predicament.

Nat Locke

Claire HarveyWhy cops wanted a secret trial for Gary Jubelin

As Gary Jubelin, a former detective in William Tyrell’s disappearance faces court, many are wondering why NSW Police wanted to keep so many of us in the dark, writes Claire Harvey.

Claire Harvey

All guts and no...?Meet the colourful identity that wants to own Glory

A bizarre week for Perth Glory owner Tony Sage has revealed just how tenuous the club’s existence is, as fans get their first glimpse of the man who will be the club’s new majority owner.

Gareth Parker

Duncan LayWhy I’m a much bigger villain than The Joker

Joaquin Phoenix’s Oscars acceptance speech has made me realise I am a bigger supervillain than The Joker — and I’m revelling in my pure, animalistic evil, writes Duncan Lay.

DuncanLay

Load of rubbishWe smell a rat on new bin collections

If councils want to give us more bins, that’s fine, but don’t cut back on collections. Ratepayers can already smell a rat — we don’t want to see them too, writes Katie Bice.

Katie Bice

David PenberthyDivorce is painful enough without Bettina Arndt involved

Honours should be reserved for people who make society better. Bettina Arndt has made ours worse with her fatuous ramblings about the workings of family law, writes David Penberthy.

David Penberthy

Matt Cunningham opinionIt’s time to bring NT’s khaki police uniform back

THE new Police Commissioner has a golden opportunity to change the image of our force by ditching their navy blue uniforms

Matt Cunningham, Opinion

Perfect poochThe perks of a pooch pre-baby

They say that a introducing a dog into your family is great preparation for having kids, but is this really true? Paula Kuka explores.

Paula Kuka

Louise RobertsBreaking up is painful, no matter how rich and famous you may be

On paper and all over Instagram, Michael and Kyly Clarke led a picture-perfect life, but in the trauma of a marriage break-up, they are just like everybody else, writes Louise Roberts.

Louise Roberts

Sharri Markson:The not-so-boring truth about Nats leader

While Turnbull snipes over coal, Michael McCormack is putting to rest that “boring” tag, writes Sharri Markson.

Sharri Markson

People powerWatch and learn as the populist wave rolls on

Sinn Fein’s win in Ireland showed political populism will work for the Left as well as the Right. If the ALP had any sense, and the jury’s out, it would jump on board, writes James Campbell.

James Campbell

The FerretHow to cheer up the miserable City of Perth council

A September survey found only 10 per cent of the City of Perth’s 527 employees would promote it as a place to work, with concerns about infighting and ‘politics’ rife. Who can save them?

AnalysisDuluk’s departure makes a safe majority a little shaky

The sacking of scandal-plagued MP Sam Duluk brings and end to the Marshall Government’s comfortable position in parliament. Michael McGuire runs the numbers.

ANALYSIS, Michael McGuire