Opinion

ANDREW CARSWELL: Jim Chalmers’ hands-off approach to next week’s productivity summit has left the economic agenda wide open for others to shape.

SOPHIE GANNON: The Dockers were written off early in the season, but now find themselves fighting for a top-four finish thanks to this player’s hot run of form.

THE NEW YORK TIMES: President Donald Trump is destroying trust in public institutions, and there’s a reason for that.

EDITORIAL: The idea that Hamas will give up their ambitions is pure fantasy. Hamas has no intention of ever laying down its arms.

CAMERON MILNER: AI tech bros are attempting a brazen case of daylight robbery across oceans, but Australia must turn its head, see past FOMO and defend intellectual property rights.

AARON PATRICK: Australia’s planned recognition of Palestine is predicated on reforms unlikely to be implemented by the Palestinian Authority in the short term, if ever.

GEORGIE PARKER: I applaud the AFLW’s call not to lock in their grand final venue and  - as a still bitter Adelaide fan - wonder why the AFL don’t follow suit.

If Penrith go on to win this year’s title, they will have earned the right to join the Saints on the top step of rugby league’s podium.

EDITORIAL: A woman who celebrates the murder of Jews was issued with a visa to our nation. What greater threat is there to our social cohesion than that?

BEN HARVEY: The Mitsubishi Mogami project will likely go off the rails before 2030, not for want of steel or engineering skills but for want of space.

JUSTIN LANGER: Getting a new perspective of London and my time as director has confirmed my belief to always take on a challenge whenever possible.

PAUL MURRAY: The PM needs to be very clear with the Australian public, because a lot of those people who marched over the Sydney Harbour Bridge last weekend think Palestine includes Israel.

India’s stock market showed little sign of panic a day after the US announced a 50 per cent tariff on goods from the country and threatened secondary sanctions over its continued oil trade with Russia.

THE NEW YORK TIMES: The US Supreme Court will likely repeal a law that was viewed as the cornerstone of democracy by many. Its efforts are in line with Donald Trump’s broad expansion of executive power.

EDITORIAL: The next roundtable may be a Labor-led talkfest, but done right, it could be a powerful tool in taking the national temperature and informing reform efforts.