Opinion

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.

BEN HARVEY: Even if this ceasefire does hold, the best we can hope for is this is the end of the beginning, not the beginning of the end.

It will be interesting to see what history remembers most about April 7, 2026 — the postponed US release of bombs over Iran or the release of the Claude Mythos Preview by Anthropic and its technical allies.

Ben Harvey puts Listerine to the test – will he fail an alcohol test? The Up Late experiment comes after a Union delegate was denied entry to BHP for being over the limit and blaming mouthwash.

For Australia, which relies completely on the US security blanket, the stakes could not go any higher.

The former Labor leader’s idea for a government-owned merchant navy may have seemed a bit batty in 2019, but it is finding an appreciative audience in 2026.

It’s important to pay attention to the economic justifications being bruited for the new space era.

Even if all goes well over the next two weeks and the ceasefire turns into the end of the war, it will be some time before oil supplies return to sufficient levels to take some of the pressure off.

The terror regime already has missiles which can travel 4000km. That should terrify every peace-loving democracy in the world