Opinion

RICHO’S TOP 10: Marcus Bontempelli missing the first quarter of the season has opened up the race for the most coveted honour in the AFL.

CAMERON MILNER: Canberra’s worst kept secret is out, at best Anthony Albanese will lead a minority government after May 3. He will remain PM, but the Greens and a clutch of teals will hold the power.

WATCH: In today’s Newsworthy, Albo’s appearance on Stephen Colbert’s show explains his piss-weak response on tariffs. Plus, Ben O’Shea unpacks the leaders debate & talks about Adam Bandt at Press Club.

EDITORIAL: If you were hoping for a clear cut winner at the first election debate between Albo and Dutton, you likely came away disappointed. There were no major slip-ups, but no knock-out blows either.

JENI O’DOWD: If we have accepted the importance of sex education in helping young people understand their changing bodies, isn’t it time we introduced something just as vital — masculinity education?

DANE ELDRIDGE: The under-fire Cronulla star can seemingly do no right, so how does he dig himself out of his massive form slump?

THE NEW YORK TIMES: It’s widely known that during his first term, the so-called adults in the room thwarted some of Trump’s most destructive whims. There have been far fewer such figures in the Trump sequel.

EDITORIAL: Anthony Albanese wants to talk about everything but what is actually important. He wants to scheme his way back into the Lodge. Scare families and fool the uninformed.

ANDREW CARSWELL: As arrogance sets in at campaign HQ, Labor have convinced themselves they actually deserve a second term.

WATCH: In today’s Newsworthy episode, Ben O’Shea reveals why Peter Dutton’s Tour de Petrol Station just might work. Plus, Albo is heckled and no one wants to say ‘recession’.

KIERSTEN DUKE: Nothing in rugby league is ever perfect but the NRL’s policy shift to better protect players’ heads is the right call even if most of the ‘old boys’ disagree.

There was nowhere to hide as the destruction wreaked by Donald Trump’s ‘reciprocal’ tariffs reached the Australian stock market. 

CAMERON MILNER: The Liberals so far have failed to give a cogent reason to voters that they have any better plan than Albanese for a way back to prosperity and low inflation for our nation.

ISABELLE MULLEN: As China ramps up its activities in our region, it has become crystal clear that the 2015 decision to flog off the Darwin Port was a massive mistake.

WATCH: In Newsworthy, Ben O’Shea unpacks Peter Dutton performing a Simone Biles-worthy backflip on his working from home policy, and chats to Latika Bourke about Labor’s demolition job on the Opposition Leader.