Opinion

EDITORIAL: When our PM moved to recognise Palestine he had no roadmap to guide the transition of power to a legitimate authority.  All he had was a plan to humiliate our longstanding ally in Israel.

BEN HARVEY: If peace in our time turns into peace for all time MAGA-hating progressives will have to face a spectacle they’ll find just as horrifying as the war in Gaza: Trump receiving a Nobel Peace Prize.

EMMA FREEDMAN: I saw the Hong Kong sprinting revelation up close and I am not convinced he will storm home to an easy win on Saturday.

EDITORIAL: The tension will further complicate Anthony Albanese’s mission to cosy up to Donald Trump at the pair’s long-awaited White House meeting next week. 

NICO LOUW: The restriction is a rash decision that risks undermining the worthy objective of protecting children from the genuine harms of actual social media.

The trade war chaos is forcing countries to reconsider whether the US is really an economic ally as gold’s surge signals potential trouble ahead.

MARK RILEY: Armed with critical minerals and a $1.5 billion cheque, Albanese must draw focus from global conflict to secure Australian interests.

SOPHIE GANNON: If this trade period has shown us anything, it’s that the inner-Melbourne bubble has lost its sparkle and some of the league’s biggest players want out. 

Alyssa Healy’s epic World Cup century set up a famous victory, but it was what she said after the win that really hit home.

As the David Pye trial kicks off amid beefed up security measures, Ben Harvey outlines the prosecution’s case against the man who allegedly masterminded the assassination of Nick Martin.

EDITORIAL: It’s unlikely we will be able to birth our way out of this problem without radical — and likely unwelcome — cultural change. 

KIERSTEN DUKE: This filly has tasted recent success and could give the red-hot favourite a real run for his money.

JENI O’DOWD: Years ago, the so-called ISIS brides walked away from Australia, pledging allegiance to a barbaric movement that beheads innocent people and is at war with everything we stand for.

AARON PATRICK: The ceasefire in Gaza has left Hamas free to hunt down and murder its opponents.

Jim Chalmers’ ‘tweaks’ to his plan to wind back superannuation tax breaks will punch a multibillion-dollar black hole in the Budget, as economists say the Government will have to find the revenue elsewhere.