Opinion

EDITORIAL: We must disrupt the terrible pattern of anti-Semitism by intervening to stamp out hate speech before it has a chance to distort into violence. 

AARON PATRICK: Facing a legal ban, the extremist Islamist group inadvertently revealed why it is a threat to social cohesion.

BECK NEWTON: People are following the guidelines. The problem is that the local guidelines haven’t followed the evidence.

Donald Trump is an unashamedly polarising figure. Which is just how he likes it.

THE NEW YORK TIMES: White Americans might have thought themselves immune from ICE abuses, but the killing of Renee Nicole Good, a mother of three and widow of a military veteran, tests that assumption.

THE NEW YORK TIMES: Trump’s priority in capturing Maduro was not to restore democracy but to restore American oil companies’ dominance over Venezuelan oil extraction. 

EDITORIAL: Deep down, Anthony Albanese is still the Labor warrior who once declared ‘I like fighting Tories’.

JUSTIN LANGER: I am so glad my good friend has survived his serious health scare as he was a fascinating guy to play alongside.

DVIR ABRAMOVICH: For weeks, Jewish Australians have been trying to explain a fear that didn’t arrive overnight and didn’t come from nowhere.

LATIKA M BOURKE: When faced with the most consequential test of his prime ministership to date, Mr Albanese emerged a follower and not a leader. 

MENACHEM VORCHHEIMER: The royal commission must be to restore Australia to a place where no citizen — Jewish or otherwise — needs armed guards or fortified walls to live openly as who they are.

EDITORIAL: Mr Albanese should have called the inquiry a long time ago. But he has come to the right position in the end.

AARON PATRICK: Jewish leaders want an inquiry to go beyond intelligence failures into the deeper causes of anti-Semitism in Australia, which could backfire on the Government.

JENI O’DOWD: In October 2024, the Government promised to ban debit card surcharges from January 1, 2026. Why are we still waiting?

Brisbane Lions coach Chris Fagan won't stand in the way of Lachie Neale if the former co-captain chooses to depart at season's end.