Opinion

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.

WATCH: In Newsworthy, Ben O’Shea speaks to an expert about the Monash IVF wrong embryo fiasco. Plus, RFK Jr sacks CDC vax council, US Marines deployed in LA & what Albanese said at Press Club.

BEN MCCLELLAN: There are plenty of valid arguments against the Hobart Stadium - chiefly its price tag - but Tasmanians are just putting off the inevitable if they want to be taken seriously.

ANDREW CARSWELL: It’s easy to talk tough in the Prime Minister’s courtyard — much harder when you’re within earshot of the most powerful man on the planet, part time president, part time pugilist.

DAVID WOIWOD: It’s not only the San Andreas fault that threatens to transform Los Angeles. It’s the political tremors out of Washington that have residents bracing. 

MITCHELL JOHNSON: This teenager has worked hard to get where he is and, having seen him up close, I have full confidence he will make it big in the USA.

THE NEW YORK TIMES: Each new day brings us fresh evidence of a deeply troubling trend — America is no longer a stable country, and it is growing less stable by the day.

WATCH: In Up Late, as rioters turn LA into a warzone and police shoot a journalist, Ben Harvey charts the violent history of civil unrest in California.

EDITORIAL: When Anthony Albanese rolls up to the Group of Seven meeting in Canada, he will need to be ready for anything.

KATE EMERY: Employers that insist on being able to see the whites of their employees eyes five days a week without justification might soon get a view of their other end instead.

CAMERON MILNER: Dorinda Cox is just another member of the Rat Pack of MPs who thought they were more important than the parties who supported them as candidates, or the voters duped into voting for them.

AARON PATRICK: Instead of using her global celebrity to explain a complex tragedy, the 22-year-old activist is convincing young people the war is a straightforward case of good Palestinians versus evil Jews.

GEORGIE PARKER: We just witnessed two awesome finals, but there is one lingering issue that continues to plague the female players at Roland Garros.