Opinion

Ben Harvey delivers his ‘state of the nation’ – petrol, mortgage, groceries, flights, housing ALL going UP – thanks to war in Iran and there’s just one thing left that’s saving us from total misery.

The Albanese Government must act before the fuel crisis turns into a full-blown economic crisis.

It’s staring at us right in the face but few want to acknowledge the looming crisis.

Hawthorn probably did themselves no favours keeping it secret, but Dylan Moore and Connor MacDonald’s only real crime was stupidity.

Australians may now be realising that a vast continent with only two oil refineries has been engaged in risky business when it comes to fuel supplies.

MARK RILEY: Matt Canavan is a political enigma. And he is exactly the person the Nationals need to prevent them from following the dinosaurs into extinction.

Files released on Thursday show Keir Starmer was explicitly warned about Peter Mandelson’s links to the convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein

When it comes to the war in Iran, there are, broadly speaking, four possible scenarios.

In the aftermath of the Iranian women’s soccer team defection, Ben Harvey recounts famous instances of sport and diplomacy colliding and warns of Tehran’s record of oppression against women.

The Sydney Kings have narrowly won a tense first game of the NBL play-off series against the Perth Wildcats.

Can anybody really imagine we would now turn down a request from our most significant ally and security blanket?

Moments like these do not come around very often so let the crowd do their thing.

AARON PATRICK: The cost of interest payments on the federal government debt is going up, highlighting the danger of budget deficits.

JENI O’DOWD: Sandilands’ radio bosses were less concerned about star’s bad behaviour when it was raking in advertising revenue

The best that the Trump-Netanyahu bombs-away strategy can do is start that process, and the worst it can do is devastate Iran with endless aerial bombardments that it becomes ungovernable for anyone.