Opinion

It might be the latest genius move in NRL psychological warfare, but it left most fans scratching their heads.

Anthony Albanese showed rare clarity in immediately backing Israel and the United States’ strikes on Tehran. 

Within hours of US and Israeli missiles striking at the heart of Iran’s regime, Australia was one of the first allies in the Western world to swiftly back the Trump administration.

Donald Trump should have gotten congressional approval for striking Iran, or he should not have struck at all.

After a false start in the T20 series against India, the home side is ramming home the advantage in the ODI series, writes Mitchell Johnson.

The US president seems to have his own set of deflector shields: his Cabinet secretaries and other top officials. They’ve been battered and are starting to malfunction.

Last week I stepped off the plane and within minutes, I was reminded why India is unlike anywhere else on earth. There is no sign of that changing in cricket, business and global politics.

Feelings of injustice will not be helped by the revelation that the number of senior officers in the ADF is continuing to soar.

Pining for the good old days when we could disagree on political matters calmly and respectfully? Yeah, nah. That never happened.

The message must be getting through. Australians don’t like to be patronised or sneered at for their views.

The league does not subscribe to the notion that if it ain’t broke don’t fix it, so here we are heading into another confusing start to the season.

MARK RILEY: Carr’s comedy might be politically incorrect, but there’s more than a sliver of truth in his assertion that the tax system is unfair.

Ben Harvey outlines the bomb scare which led to Anthony Albanese being evacuated from The Lodge, and looks back at historical threats to PMs including John Howard, who was forced to wear a bullet proof vest.

For too long politics has been overriding sensible economic policy. And both sides of politics have been guilty.

PAUL RUBENSTEIN: Right wing anti-Semitism is loud, crude, and easy to identify. More insidious is the left wing variety, which cloaks itself in moral legitimacy, authorising the mainstream to join in.