Opinion

MARK RILEY: Just societies should be measured on their ability to care for their most vulnerable members. On that, we have failed.

MITCHELL JOHNSON: Nathan Lyon has passed the baton for one of the most important roles in the Test squad to Alex Carey. There is one rendition we sung that still gives me goosebumps.

ELLEN RANSLEY: It’s clear that when it comes to keeping children safe, tinkering around the edges of a system which is designed to help families but is instead failing them, will not cut it

RICHO’S TOP 10: I know the pain the Tigers great is feeling as I’ve been there. This is my message to Tom.

AARON PATRICK: The share market and property prices are up. Inflation and unemployment are down. The outlook is looking good for a country that has talked itself down.

In tonight’s show, Ben Harvey recaps the prison-breaking life and times of Australia’s most notorious armed robber, Brenden ‘The Postcard Bandit’.

KIERSTEN DUKE: There has been a lot of movement during the off-season and two new clubs have joined the fray. This is everything you need to know about the stars set to make headlines.

EDITORIAL: Our national airline is the latest big Australian company to fall prey to a malicious cyber attack. 

JENI O’DOWD: Unless she’s married to a billionaire, caught in a scandal or having a breakdown on live TV, women over 50 have become invisible. And frankly, it’s insulting.

DVIR ABRAMOVICH: When a Glastonbury act led a chant of ‘Death to the IDF,’ it wasn’t protest — it was hatred, broadcast into homes. Now we must ask: where is the line?

In tonight’s show, Ben Harvey explains the bizarre trend that drove the Australian share market to a record high and the commodity behind the stunning comeback.

EDITORIAL: It's a fact of life that some world leaders are people you’d prefer not to invite round for a cuppa. But it’s time for Anthony Albanese to get over that and meet with Donald Trump.

SOPHIE GANNON: The Blues need to make some tough calls and offloading their biggest star to the Fremantle Dockers should be on the table as one of them.

ANDREW CARSWELL: Anthony Albanese has found himself on the wrong side of a telling political position, facing a Liberal leader who has struck a tone of contrast with an increasingly agitated PM.