Opinion

The sprint sensations are just part of a new story being written for Australian sport.

One of the biggest problems of the scheme is unofficial rorting by parents of children diagnosed with mild autism spectrum disorders who are abusing the system to secure benefits that simply aren’t justified. 

AARON PATRICK: The closure of most of Australia’s oil refineries over the past two decades left the economy dangerously exposed to a disaster like the one that hit Wednesday night.

Let’s analyse the world’s latest church-and-empire fracas, the open conflict between President Donald Trump and Pope Leo XIV.

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.