Opinion

RICHO’S TOP 1O: We all know despite HQ’s best efforts the soft launch of the season has failed. Here is what the AFL can do to get fans back on side.

MARK DREYFUS: No one is kept safer by politicians inserting themselves in police investigations. They need to step back and let police do their jobs.

THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN: If you are confused by President Donald Trump’s zigzagging strategies on Ukraine, tariffs, microchips or a host of other issues, it is not your fault. It’s his. 

When Graham Arnold quit as Socceroos coach, he was replaced in three days. Where is that foresight now?

As International Women’s Day rolls around, my social media feeds fill with self-congratulatory posts. It all feels so hollow. Not because celebrating women is bad, but because it should be about real action.

WATCH: In Up Late, Ben Harvey reveals the one bargaining chip Australia could use against Donald Trump’s tariff.

EDITORIAL: Donald Trump’s tariff insult to Australia is no way to treat a mate. Especially one you’ve been friends with for over a century.

KIERSTEN DUKE: Peter V’landys could never in his wildest dreams envisage how his bold move to take rugby league to Las Vegas would result in his most bitter rival making such a calamitous mistake.

RAYMOND DA SILVA ROSA: Americans who favour tariffs are like well-paid productive office workers who believe they could be contenders as tennis professionals if only they were given a permanent wild card entry.

ANDREW CARSWELL: Anthony Albanese may have managed to claw back some support, but it wasn’t all good political fortune for Albo from the almost-cyclone.

WATCH: In Up Late, Ben Harvey explains what’s driving the latest tit-for-tat stoush between former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull and US President Donald Trump.

ELLEN RANSLEY: Standing up to the ‘bully’ and making the case that a surplus was in Washington’s interests may have worked for Turnbull in 2018, but Trump is determined to be far more ruthless this time.

DVIR ABRAMOVICH: A synagogue was firebombed in the middle of a major city, and after all the promises, the condemnations, the outrage —nothing.

EDITORIAL: Barring a last minute miracle, it appears certain that Australia will not be spared from Donald Trump’s tariff binge which is threatening to destabilise the world economy. 

CAITLIN BASSETT: There will be dozens of players across the league feeling the same pain in round one these two felt last Friday night.