Opinion

JACKSON BARRETT: Five months out from the first Ashes Test, there are just two players with undeniable claims to their spots in the starting XI.

CONRAD LIVERIS: If we want a more productive Australia, we need to stop managing for scarcity and start building for abundance.

ANDREW CARSWELL: The Albanese Government remains profoundly underwhelming on the world stage, diminishing Australia’s standing with every utterance.

After Trump’s bunker-busting bombs, Harvey runs through the disastrous history of America-led regime change and reveals the number of times Washington has tried to overthrow another country’s government

EDITORIAL: Australians were desperate to know what Donald Trump’s bold attack on Iran meant for them. But 24 hours later, they got a Prime Minister who looked like he’d rather be anywhere else.

GEORGIE PARKER: How teams source their players is always hotly debated, but this mechanism is working just fine so the AFL should not give in to the powerful voices in Melbourne.

MARK ‘SPUDD’ CARROLL: Facing a heartbreaking decision to quit the game early due to concussion is a decision I am glad I never had to make.

CAMERON MILNER: As ADNOC pushes to buy Santos, critics say the deal puts Australian jobs, emissions targets, and gas supply independence at risk.

SCOTT MORRISON: Let me be clear, this strike was not an act of provocation. It was a necessary measure, undertaken as a last resort by a President who wants peace, not war.

A premier has defended his government intervening to ‘clean up’ a state-run forensic testing lab after the emergence of contamination issues.

AARON PATRICK: The treasurer can prove his critics wrong and use a meeting of experts to make some tough-but-worthy decisions, rather than just raising taxes.

EDITORIAL: The pressure from the United States for Australia to do more on defence spending continues to grow.

Anyone who doubts the world’s ongoing dependence on fossil fuel should think about the logic of a takeover bid for Santos.

SUSSAN LEY: To make our way in this new multipolar world Australia must be proactive on the world stage.

JUSTIN LANGER: I never knew this about ‘The Greatest’ until I discovered a great boxing program that is combating the effects of Parkinson’s Disease.