Political

ANDREW CARSWELL: Before too long, we are likely to see that this new ‘right’ that supposedly benefits employees will actually have a set of consequences that aren’t that beneficial after all.

ISABELLE MULLEN: The American people have been sold a simple message by the Democrats ahead of the presidential election.

MARK RILEY: It’s the oldest trick in the political book, and Peter Dutton is using it to perfection to make Anthony Albanese and his government look evasive, if not incompetent, all week.

EDITORIAL: Albo’s bad taste joke — made to some of the agricultural industry’s brightest lights — about killing off Australia’s live export industry has to be one of the worst prime ministerial clangers.

ISABELLE MULLEN: Kamala Harris has said very little for weeks, in a strategy that has infuriated Republicans. But all that is about to change.

ANDREW CARSWELL: You can’t begrudge Albo for finding solace from politics in music, but in moments between Nick Cave gigs, it’d be nice if he could think about fixing our economic woes.

PAUL MURRAY: The Prime Minister’s weasel words won't hide the fact that he has backtracked on a key Indigenous pledge — and nuked uranium mining plans to try and cover himself.

The Federal Treasurer has been referring to the RBA as ‘independent’ for the past few years, but it’s a moniker that is making his life increasingly difficult.

DAVID WOIWOD: We’ve all experienced buyer’s remorse. Now Kamala Harris’ choice of Tim Walz may make Donald Trump regret his running mate pick even more.

ANDREW CARSWELL: For the second time in a few weeks, the Australian Conservation Foundation’s X account was suspended for breaching the rules that determine what is factual. Their reaction has been hysterical.

PAUL MURRAY: Anthony Albanese’s decision to put Tony Burke in charge of immigration carries echoes of the dark days under Kevin Rudd.

MIKE SMITHSON: Since when is digging up a profane campaign slogan and splashing it across flyers and t-shirts that could fit toddlers good politics?

DAVID WOIWOD: Emboldened Democrats are using a blunt four-word line as they lead the party’s newfound appetite for a political fight with Donald Trump.

ANDREW CARSWELL: Bans, boycotts and banishments are now the tools of trade of the very people that were once targeted by them.

THE FRONT DORE: Anthony Albanese’s reaction to a political cartoon depicting him in Y-fronts has exposed a lot more than our PM would have liked.