Opinion

Government spending to prop up the economy during COVID has resulted in an ongoing expectation of regular handouts. But the Treasurer should resist the temptation to throw money around in a willy-nilly manner.

Australia should be an example to the Asia-Pacific of how to manage the energy shock. Instead, what was one of the world’s wealthiest countries a century ago looks like an economic has-been.

If the NBN’s relative position continues to erode, the policy challenge will shift from funding its construction to managing its decline.

AI’s rapid advancement and latest threat to online banking’s security shows its development poses big risks to regulators and humanity.

Australians are clearly ready for a serious discussion around immigration. It needs to be held openly, honestly and free of judgment.

Years after Afghanistan, a court is expected to reconstruct what occurred in the war zone between 2009 and 2012. This sounds insane.

After the 2024 US elections, there was a panic among Democrats about the absence of a liberal Joe Rogan. It was an epic exercise in missing the point. 

We need to get on the front foot with the US to work out how we can help move beyond this.

AARON PATRICK: The first female Army chief is no khaki bureaucrat. Lieutenant-General Coyle’s promotion is a powerful sign that the military, like war, is evolving.

GEORGIE PARKER: Three announcements out of footy HQ has shown a rare change in tact that I wholeheartedly applaud.

Melbourne is facing an unprecedented crisis that will only get worse with State of Origin around the corner.

CAMERON MILNER: These three key factors are working in the One Nation leader’s favour

The AFL’s wildcard round might sound exciting, but it changes what the home-and-away season means. And it softens the consequence of just missing out and risks rewarding mediocrity, writes Mitchell Johnson.

JUSTIN LANGER: The dilemma for me is that Cain Walker’s lyrics can’t come from personal experience because there is no person.

Real relief depends on the smoke clearing on the Middle East conflict and a lasting resolution.