Opinion

In tonight’s show, with inflation again out of control, Ben Harvey looks at who is to blame: a big-spending Government, an inept Reserve Bank, or consumers addicted to buying shiny new things.

EDITORIAL: Australians are being told to buckle up as the RBA may have to hike rates four times across the next two years, based on inflation forecasts.

DANE ELDRIDGE: Bosses across the country will be staring at a lot of empty seats, so here is an easy solution to cure Super Bowl Mondayitis.

MENACHEM VORCHHEIMER: The loudest voices opposing Isaac Herzog’s visit are not peace activists. They are anti-Israel ideologues who deny Jews the right to self-determination.

Nothing beats the excitement of your first real payday after many years of study and work.But how can you use this new-found wealth to set you up for life? Here’s where to start.

There remains a disturbing lack of clarity about where the Government is taking this country.

ANDREW GREENE: Labor was taking no prisoners as it went on the attack with the Liberals and Nationals split in parliament.

OPINION: After the disaster in Pakistan this was the smart call the selectors needed to make - and they didn’t.

AARON PATRICK: Michele Bullock described Tuesday’s interest rate hike in bloodless central-banker speak - but it will cost the economy roughly $3 billion to $6 billion.

OPINON: Statements and opinion pieces from the Jewish Council of Australia have been circulating for months in authoritative fashion as though this body speaks for Australian Jews. It does not.

LATIKA M BOURKE: The Opposition should have had the PM on the ropes after the Bondi massacre. Instead they’ve fully imploded and are now being outpolled by One Nation.

EDITORIAL: It seemed like it was all he could do to restrain himself from punching the air in triumph before he made multiple jabs at his opponents’ leadership and Coalition confusion.

GEORGIE PARKER: He is arguably the best player to grace a court, so it was heartbreaking to see him reveal this detail.

Watching the Liberal Party’s leadership saga is excruciating. It’s like witnessing a slow death: drawn-out, painful and entirely avoidable.

PAUL MURRAY: Since Albanese announced his government would recognise Palestine, he has made no progress in advancing the ersatz conditions he put on the recognition of a sovereign state that doesn’t even exist.