We have now launched The Age’s Opinion newsletter.
Each Wednesday evening the newsletter features our best pieces of the week, our most read, Letters to the Editor, puzzles and Age editor Gay Alcorn’s letter to subscribers.
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We have Australia’s finest writers in our staff columnists Peter Hartcher, Jacqueline Maley, David Crowe, Annika Smethurst, Ross Gittins, Jessica Irvine and Osman Faruqi.
Every week we also feature challenging ideas and analysis from regular columnists including Julie Szego, Waleed Aly, Kate Halfpenny, Shaun Carney, George Brandis, Jon Faine, Parnell Palme McGuinness, Sean Kelly, Roshena Campbell, and Chris Uhlmann.
Some publications’ political leanings are clearly reflected in the opinion pieces and columnists they choose – we aim to do things differently. We will present opposing views on important issues then leave the debate to you; in our comments section, on social media and over breakfast and dinner tables.
This was reflected in the lively debates in our section during this year’s federal election, among them this piece by Rob Baillieu, son of former Victorian Liberal premier Ted Baillieu, and this piece by former federal deputy Liberal leader Fred Chaney, which captured the “teals” zeitgeist, and this response from then Liberal MP Katie Allen. Weekly columns by Peter Hartcher and Niki Savva (who is currently on book leave) were must-reads that captured huge audiences.
This open debate will continue in the lead-up to the state election in November with Annika Smethurst, Shaun Carney and Jon Faine holding both sides to their promises. The Age backs accountable government and we will publish fearless criticism of all parties.
We also regularly commission some of the nation’s best writers and thinkers. This fortnight, for example, we ran this read on Salman Rushdie by Booker prize-winner Richard Flanagan and this piece on the Voice to Parliament by former prime minister Kevin Rudd.
Each week we also feature expert commentators on the issues that matter and people telling their stories from the front line, like Chris Summers’ piece this week on life as teacher and a piece earlier this month by former banker Peter Sutton, who found himself struggling to survive on welfare support.
We want to reflect what Melburnians are talking about as well as set the agenda and drive the debate forward through pieces that surprise, challenge, inform and entertain. We don’t believe debate should be silenced and there is no issue we are too afraid to tackle.
We don’t expect you to agree with every piece we publish – we would not be doing our job if that were the case – but we hope we present ideas that make you think.
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