Opinion

EDITORIAL: The current system relies on MPs to employ some common sense and moral awareness. We can’t trust them to exercise either of these traits.

JENI O’DOWD: Anika Wells is the latest in a long line of politicians having a grand old time at your expense. It really shouldn’t be that way.

AARON PATRICK: Despite overwhelming public support for banning children from some sites, the rule could drive teenagers to dark parts of the internet.

DANE ELDRIDGE: England need to pull off a feat not seen in nearly a century to salvage this bin fire of a tour — and they won’t do it by sunning themselves on the beach.

A federal judge ordered raids on more than 10 soccer clubs, including top tier outfits San Lorenzo and Racing, as part of the ongoing investigation.

THE NEW YORK TIMES: The economic disaster of Brexit offers a grim preview of what tomorrow may hold for the United States.

EDITORIAL: Economists had expected the RBA to keep rates on hold, but the bank’s tone of extreme caution will rattle some. This was the RBA sounding the alarm.

LISA STHALEKAR: England has made a complete mess of this Ashes tour and claiming they trained too hard is utter nonsense

LORRAINE FINLAY: If you think handing over your identification is risk-free, think again.

AARON PATRICK: The sports minister’s referral to the politicians’ expenses agency will be pointless if voters decide her trips were for pleasure instead of work.

AARON PATRICK: As the Labor Party moved to left, the right faction leader found himself embraced by conservatives, who came out in support for his funeral today.

THE NEW YORK TIMES: Algorithmic media companies exploit the difference between our attentional instincts and aspirations. In so doing, they make it harder for us to become who we might wish to be.

In tonight’s show, as Communication Minister Anika Wells’ travel diary becomes public knowledge, Ben Harvey recounts 12 expense claim scandals that rocked different governments.

EDITORIAL: The ban buys us time to shield children from harmful content. But the real work will be educating them to become social media literate. 

JUSTIN LANGER: There was a lot not to like about England’s woeful effort in Brisbane, but this is what would have terrified me the most as a coach if I was in charge.