Opinion

THE NEW YORK TIMES: White Americans might have thought themselves immune from ICE abuses, but the killing of Renee Nicole Good, a mother of three and widow of a military veteran, tests that assumption.

THE NEW YORK TIMES: Trump’s priority in capturing Maduro was not to restore democracy but to restore American oil companies’ dominance over Venezuelan oil extraction. 

EDITORIAL: Deep down, Anthony Albanese is still the Labor warrior who once declared ‘I like fighting Tories’.

JUSTIN LANGER: I am so glad my good friend has survived his serious health scare as he was a fascinating guy to play alongside.

DVIR ABRAMOVICH: For weeks, Jewish Australians have been trying to explain a fear that didn’t arrive overnight and didn’t come from nowhere.

LATIKA M BOURKE: When faced with the most consequential test of his prime ministership to date, Mr Albanese emerged a follower and not a leader. 

MENACHEM VORCHHEIMER: The royal commission must be to restore Australia to a place where no citizen — Jewish or otherwise — needs armed guards or fortified walls to live openly as who they are.

EDITORIAL: Mr Albanese should have called the inquiry a long time ago. But he has come to the right position in the end.

AARON PATRICK: Jewish leaders want an inquiry to go beyond intelligence failures into the deeper causes of anti-Semitism in Australia, which could backfire on the Government.

JENI O’DOWD: In October 2024, the Government promised to ban debit card surcharges from January 1, 2026. Why are we still waiting?

Brisbane Lions coach Chris Fagan won't stand in the way of Lachie Neale if the former co-captain chooses to depart at season's end.

EDITORIAL: To set terms of reference of the expected inquiry too narrowly would be a backward step.

ANDREW GREENE: One Labor insider believes a federal royal commission would ‘set us up for a year of pain’.

JACKSON BARRETT: England’s Ashes have been an unmitigated disaster but they should be favourites for the next two series and here’s why.

DANE ELDRIDGE: Travis Head has marked himself as one of the nation’s great batters this Ashes, while the bitter English show some fight after already surrendering.