Opinion

JUSTIN LANGER: Talent is one of the most used words in sport, and yet it is one of the least understood.

A warning light is flashing in middle Australia where mum and dad teams and young small business owners have slogged it out to get a start.

Skewering the 2026 Budget has been as easy as shooting Pinocchio in a barrel; it’s so riddled with broken promises it could have been made in Geppetto’s workshop.

Tributes are flowing after the popular racer was hospitalised and died days before one of the biggest races of the year.

Moral judgments should be made about Israel according to the same standards by which we judge other countries faced with similar circumstances. 

The tax-and-spend Albanese Government is allowing bracket creep to hurt the very people it says it is helping.

There has been a lot of focus on the money the Pies legend is making, but let’s not forget another OTT celebration for another footy icon.

MARK RILEY: Budgets usually disappear from the public consciousness and the news cycle after a few days. Not this one.

EDITORIAL: It is already clear that Dr Chalmers’ document is deeply flawed. And perhaps unsalvageable.

Allegations of rape and sexual assault out of the UK version of MAFS this week has upended the idea that the controversial format is nothing more than guilty pleasure entertainment.

JENI O’DOWD: If you really want to start an argument at the pub, forget Trump or house prices. Bring up gender identity and women-only spaces.

There’s speculation issues other than form played a role in what could be Billy Slater’s most important Origin coaching decision.

With Anthony Albanese already on the backfoot over GST, Ben Harvey explains why the Federal Government’s new gas proposal is certain to fire up debate with the PM in WA trying to sell what nobody’s buying.

Either the Government or Parliament is going to have to unpick the document and fix it

AARON PATRICK: No Government official, military veteran or investigative journalist has been able to explain where the commanders were when prisoners were allegedly executed in Afghanistan.