Opinion

Queensland’s failure to release Reece Walsh on the Blues is the reason I believe New South Wales will wake up on Thursday morning with a 1-0 lead in this year’s State of Origin series, writes Mark Carroll.

CAMERON MILNER: The Albanista Budget confirms our trillion-dollar debt, our tax and waste agenda and Anthony Albanese’s all-out assault on aspiration.

Andrew Abdo has left his post as the league’s boss despite critical ongoing negotiations.

PAUL MURRAY: At a time of great political flux in conservative politics, this Labor Budget may turn out to be one of the most consequential ever – for all the wrong reasons.

MICHELLE GRATTAN: State elections in Victoria and New South Wales could prick One Nation’s very large political balloon. If they don’t, the Coalition will be terrified, and Labor will start to worry.

JUSTIN LANGER: Talent is one of the most used words in sport, and yet it is one of the least understood.

A warning light is flashing in middle Australia where mum and dad teams and young small business owners have slogged it out to get a start.

Skewering the 2026 Budget has been as easy as shooting Pinocchio in a barrel; it’s so riddled with broken promises it could have been made in Geppetto’s workshop.

Tributes are flowing after the popular racer was hospitalised and died days before one of the biggest races of the year.

Moral judgments should be made about Israel according to the same standards by which we judge other countries faced with similar circumstances. 

The tax-and-spend Albanese Government is allowing bracket creep to hurt the very people it says it is helping.

There has been a lot of focus on the money the Pies legend is making, but let’s not forget another OTT celebration for another footy icon.

MARK RILEY: Budgets usually disappear from the public consciousness and the news cycle after a few days. Not this one.

EDITORIAL: It is already clear that Dr Chalmers’ document is deeply flawed. And perhaps unsalvageable.

Allegations of rape and sexual assault out of the UK version of MAFS this week has upended the idea that the controversial format is nothing more than guilty pleasure entertainment.