Opinion

The 17-year-old young gun captures the feeling of hope better than any other Australian individual athlete for some time. It is not what he will do — it is what he might do.

EDITORIAL: At the halfway mark of this election campaign, both major parties have thrown a mishmash of pitches against the wall in the hope something will stick. It’s a useless spectacle for voters.

MARK ‘SPUDD’ CARROLL: Spencer Leniu confronting Jonathan Thurston was not a great look but this is how the NRL should handle it.

GEORGIE PARKER: Gather Round has been a roaring success so this is the next ‘round’ the league should look at creating to really connect with fans.

Otherwise strong and thoughtful leaders are finding comfort in conformity, consumed by formality and captured by fashion. And then we have Andrew Forrest. Frenetic, fearless and unafraid of failure.

Peter Dutton has had three years to rehearse for this campaign, to prepare. But so far it’s hard not to think he has been caught in quicksand. Anthony Albanese is match fit, super confident, and shameless.

I have always had an obsession with speed – and I’m not just talking about fast bowling. Back in my school days, I was captivated by the fastest runners at our high school athletics carnivals.

PAUL MURRAY: The Opposition Leader’s backtracking and failure to differentiate his policies enough from those of the Government are hurting the Coalition.

WATCH: In today’s Newsworthy, Ben Harvey joins host Ben O’Shea to unpack Peter Dutton’s pitch to WA & the Liberal Party Easter bunny gives choccies to kids in Bennelong - and gets slammed for it.

BEN HARVEY: Australian politicians searching for a way forward in the new realpolitik of international diplomacy would do well to find a copy of historian Geoffrey Blainey’s latest address.

DVIR ABRAMOVICH: Passover teaches us that freedom is not given — it is fought for. We will fight — peacefully, relentlessly — to ensure that this nation remains a place where Jews do not have to ask to belong.

MITCHELL JOHNSON: It was the great Test career that never was, but Will Pucovski had no choice other than to quit after a concussion-plagued career.

EDITORIAL: Let’s inject some honesty into this important national debate about our energy future and work out how to make the most of our advantages and drive prices down. 

MARK RILEY: Donald Trump's announcement of a pause on tariffs has effectively killed off Anthony Albanese’s strongest defence to the economic tirade.

WATCH: In Newsworthy, Ben O’Shea discusses a Teal candidate’s cringe rap and the Liberal Party’s AI Tim Cheese Brainrot meme. Plus, Grumpy Albo returns as the Prime Minister gets snippy with a reporter.