Opinion

MARK RILEY: Hosting the conference in Adelaide was going to cost us billions. Maybe it is best that we just cop this one up the bracket.

DAVID ‘BUMBLE’ LLOYD: The biggest rivalry in sport is not for the faint of heart; here is my simple message to the combatants in this blockbuster series.

THE NEW YORK TIMES: Love ’em or hate ’em, these House troublemakers stared down their president and made possible Tuesday’s vote to compel the administration to come clean about the Epstein web of degeneracy.

EDITORIAL: There is nothing inherently wrong with fluffy lifestyle journalism. But it’s unlikely to be the news Australian taxpayers want in return for the $1.2 billion they plough into the ABC each year. 

DANE ELDRIDGE: We never really liked him when he played for New Zealand and probably like him less now he is bringing his ‘Bazball revolution’ Down Under.

JENI O’DOWD: It’s time to call out the double standard. A perv is a perv, regardless of gender.

THE NEW YORK TIMES: Even if the Epstein files never come out, it’s increasingly clear that the MAGA coalition is fragmenting.

EDITORIAL: When the boss of the country’s biggest bank is warning that Australians are taking on too much mortgage debt, you know things have gotten out of hand. 

LISA STHALEKAR: Everyone’s talking about Bazball and selection headaches — but the real concern is something else entirely.

DAVE LEE: Discovering you’ve been listening to an AI artist is a deeply violating experience that a good streaming platform should help me, a valued customer, avoid.

JERRIE DEMASI: If I wanted toys to come with a side of chemical roulette, I’d buy them from Temu. When parents pay for toys from ‘trusted retailer’ Kmart, they should be able to expect that they are safe.

THE NEW YORK TIMES: American Catholics are true swing voters. A majority voted for Trump in 2024, but a majority disapprove of him now.

EDITORIAL: History would show that internal barneys over energy policy rarely end well for Liberal leaders. Watch out Ley, it’s ‘killing season’.

CAMERON MILNER: The Liberal Party thought outside the box to dump net zero. Now it needs to do the same with its leadership and bring back Josh Frydenberg.

GEORGIE PARKER: The fact there is now a game in Melbourne shows what an utter failure the concept has become.