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THE FRONT DORE: Donald Trump back in the White House doesn’t owe anyone anything. The problem for Australia is that Anthony Albanese will be mauled by him.
MARK GONGLOFF: In poll after poll, Americans say they care about climate change, democracy and women’s rights. And yet they have chosen to give ultimate political power to someone loudly opposed to them.
PAUL MURRAY: If Kamala Harris couldn’t beat Donald Trump after everything the Democrats have thrown at him over the past eight years, imagine how humiliated she would have been against a decent candidate.
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PAUL MALEY: Americans were able to put Trump’s character deficiencies aside because they were looking for someone to lead, not to be their mate.
EDITORIAL: While Albo’s headline-grabbing stunt may give the illusion of action, that’s all it is — an illusion. It will make little difference in helping to keep kids safe on social media.
JENI O’DOWD: Bonnie Blue, act like the adult you are and stop preying on teenagers. It’s disgusting. You’re disgusting. Stay in Britain; we don’t want you here.
CAROLINE DUDDRIDGE: I spent 30 years bringing up my own family, and I don’t feel I’ve spent any part of my life without children to think about. That’s why I’ve said to all my kids: Pay up.
MARK RILEY: The US result, like that in Queensland, shows that voters are taking their anger out on incumbents for not doing enough on the cost of living. It is a message Anthony Albanese must hear.
EDITORIAL: If there’s one lesson for the Australian political class to take out of Donald Trump’s re-emergence, it’s this: stop with the distractions.
CAMERON MILNER: Labor has plenty to learn from the Trump landslide, as much as they should from the silencing of the Voice and the anaemic polls they currently enjoy.
MICHAEL WOLFF: On Tuesday night, America repudiated the liberal plan, temperament and future. There isn’t any ambiguity here.
LIZ JONES: It’s as though all our pretty, unique girls next door have been replaced by strange aliens who all look the same!
SAMANTHA BRICK: My husband has started taking Ozempic and I never could have imagined the impact it would have on our relationship and social life. This is my advice to any couple about to embark on the fat jab ‘journey’ together...
Ten months ago I nearly died. Not from an illness or a terrible accident, but because I was desperate to improve what I thought was a bodily ‘flaw’.
JENI O’DOWD: One woman I worked with would sit through meetings, slowly licking the foam off her cappuccino lid while making intense eye contact with the boss.