Opinion

EDITORIAL: In Australia we see the issues Anthony Albanese was set to tackle at the G7 as important. But we now have a reminder that on the world stage we are down the pecking order.

BEN HARVEY: Woodside Energy boss Meg O’Neill has a gas problem. The whole of Australia is about find out how offensive it is.

JUSTIN LANGER: Steve Smith’s path to redemption should be a great learning lesson for Australia’s most successful soccer coach after he enjoyed an historic high before being sacked.

MITCHELL JOHNSON: Sacking a skipper has repercussions that go well beyond just the player who replaces them.

RICHO’S TOP 10: It's great that Jamarra is back training hard, but he still has a tough choice to make about his future.

Ian Baker-Finch won the 1991 British Open. What happened next has had the golfing world stumped for 30 years. His new biography details exactly what happened.

ALAN KIRKLAND: There’s a reason the word ‘influencer’ has become so powerful. People often feel like they know and trust those they follow online. But when it comes to your finances, trust should be earned.

MARK RILEY: We assumed the potential meeting between the PM and Donald Trump on the sidelines of the G7 meeting would all be about trade. But now the Pentagon’s review of AUKUS has appeared on the horizon.

LATIKA M BOURKE: The only winner from the Pentagon’s ‘America First’ inquiry into whether the United States should quit AUKUS is China, with Anthony Albanese, Richard Marles and Penny Wong to blame.

EDITORIAL: Anthony Albanese might find himself on a very lonely road at the G7 summit if he sticks to his guns on defence spending.

AARON PATRICK: The action against two Israel ministers panders to Hamas supporters and could trigger more violence against Australian Jews.

JENI O’DOWD: At a time when Indigenous voices need strength and solidarity more than ever, Cox looks to have chosen self-preservation over representation. Absolute shame on her.

WATCH: In Newsworthy, Ben O’Shea unpacks America’s BRUTAL response to Aussie sanctions on far-right Israeli ministers. Plus, an expert dissects Donald Trump’s justification for deploying troops in LA.

KIERSTEN DUKE: Billy Slater has been criticised for dropping Cherry-Evans, but selecting Ezra Mam is a tone deaf decision by the young Maroons coach.

AARON PATRICK: Steven Kennedy will next week become the Prime Minister’s top adviser. He could use his expertise to help fix the two biggest problems facing the country.