Opinion

MARK RILEY: Donald Trump started the war in Iran, but Anthony Albanese and Jim Chalmers will wear the blame for the pounding it is unleashing on the Australian economy. 

The notion that somehow we can just buckle up and wait out the Trump presidency before things ‘return to normal’ has no validity.

The Treasurer’s claim the government has saved $114 billion is untrue, and ignores spending increases economists warn will make inflation worse.

The sport is entering a golden era and this is where it could next play a competition game overseas.

The difference between serious industrial policy and the approach currently fashionable in Canberra is the difference between protecting national capability and pursuing political symbolism. 

Don’t hold your breath for Treasurer Jim Chalmers to acknowledge the Government has been part of Australia’s economic problem.

Grace Tame’s latest outrageous comments show she has lost sight of the cause that first gave her moral authority.

If a try-scoring record can’t bring a smile to your face, I am not sure what will.

Operation Epic Fury is a quintessentially Trumpian choice for the name of a war.

If the nations Donald Trump has named don’t agree to help in the Strait of Hormuz, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese might get a phone call.

Petrol pain is a daily reminder that this Government has never been in control of our economy

It was a terrific moment in rugby league history, but the super coach was dead right about the downside.

In Iran I fear we may be retreating even further from the principles we once proclaimed, loosening the shackles that civilised nations place on themselves to protect our shared humanity.

It seems unthinkable that we would refuse a US request as it takes on the burden of a war. So why won’t the Government tell us what the US wants and what we have done about it?

You were worried the stockmarket might not come back, right? But why wouldn’t it? This isn’t the first war in the Middle East, and Allah knows it won’t be the last.