Opinion

PNG has the momentum as NRL expands at a rapid rate home and abroad.

MARK RILEY: Is changing investment property tax concessions ‘fair’? Your answer likely depends on the size of your portfolio.

With Operation Epic Fury officially over, Ben Harvey explains why the latest acronym dogging Donald Trump - NACHO (Not A Chance Hormuz Opens) – suggests his self-professed victory over Iran might be hollow.

Australians are as well informed as they have ever been. They expect their leaders to be prepared for disruptions. Ahead of the game. Not behind it.

Game I was an old-fashioned battle that the fans loved. Game II may be even bigger.

NRLW State of Origin shows the AFLW what is possible when matches are given clear air, writes Georgie Parker.

THE ECONOMIST: What looks like a 21st-century problem has deep, dark roots.

JENI O’DOWD: Tony Burke says migration can actually help fix the nation’s housing shortage. Experience tells us otherwise.

AARON PATRICK: No matter what the Treasurer claims, a $100 billion spending spree by the Albanese government is contributing to inflation and rate rises.

In tonight’s show, with Treasurer Jim Chalmers reportedly set to announce a $200 - $300 cash splash for every worker, Ben Harvey explains why the federal budget handout won’t do any favours for homeowners.

EDITORIAL: A Government cash splash will be working in direct opposition to the RBA. And looking at the big picture beyond a possible small Government sugar hit, we will all be the losers.

The Devil Wears Prada 2 is, of course, a fantasy, but it’s a fantasy that audiences — especially, it seems safe to say, female audiences — are flocking to. 

AARON PATRICK: A government that has spent four years splashing cash, driving up inflation and interest rates, is now promising to become fiscally conservative.

The cost-of-living ‘crisis’ means individuals and governments change how much they spend. If individuals kept more of their own income the crisis would lessen.

AI never needs to sleep, never tries to form a union and often outperforms real people on real tasks; of course companies will want to replace human beings with this human-being-replacement machine.