Opinion

It’s not just the cold that is hard to bear during the winter months as a footy fan.

AARON PATRICK: If the Prime Minister continues to be seen misleading voters, he risks losing the most precious quality of any political leader: respect.

Big new tax burdens on business will strangle investment and hold back prosperity

MARK RILEY: The Opposition wanted to force every Labor MP to talk about its contentious Budget. Anthony Albanese said no way.

A league staffer can expect to be subpoenaed and the case will continue to play out in public.

EDITORIAL: Jim Chalmers hasn’t just tried to put lipstick on a pig with his Budget charm offensive. He’s gone for the full porcine makeover.

As the US changes AUKUS’ terms, Ben Harvey outlines key reasons the mega-project will blow its budget and reveals the dark motivation of an MP who wants Defence Minister Richard Marles to tear up the contract.

JENI O’DOWD: There is no question AI can make life easier, but this unspoken risk puts entire generations at risk.

Ben Harvey explains why Pauline Hanson’s surging popularity is due to her ability to keep on her feet while competitors collapse around her but erratic One Nation preference votes make a victory lap premature.

EDITORIAL: Beyond the celebrations of the nation’s 100,000 lowest paid workers, there is a portent of gloomier times and a genuine fear this blunt instrument will strike a blow to our fragile, inflated economy.

AARON PATRICK: By granting an above-inflation pay increase to 2.7 million workers, the industrial umpire may trigger copycat demands that drive up inflation and interest rates. 

In Ukraine, Gaza and now Iran, the US President’s early declarations of easy wins have given way to harsh reality.

Election losses and controversy (including a stint in jail) meant the flame-haired firebrand was labelled a joke by most Australians. 10 years on, Pauline Hanson cannot be considered a laughing matter.

KATINA CURTIS: Is Tony Abbott the answer to the Liberal Party’s woes? That depends on how you define the problem that has seen voters flee the 82-year-old party.

Brisbane’s NRL title defence is in shambles and Madge Maguire knows only one way to respond.