Opinion

BEN HARVEY: Barnaby Joyce’s curriculum vitae suggests he’s an unlikely voice of reason, economic or otherwise.

MARK RILEY: As new social media platforms pop up to side step the ban, we must keep sight of the reason this law was drafted.

EDITORIAL: Not only is another rate cut in the near future off the cards, suddenly we are looking at a rate rise.

BEN McCLELLAN: Australia rarely make bold selection calls, which is why no one saw the dumping of the seasoned veteran coming.

MITCHELL JOHNSON: The English star should watch what he says when talking about Ashes tradition, but there is one thing he and I are in furious agreement over.

JUSTIN LANGER: If the Perth Test wasn’t dramatic enough, the Brisbane Test lead-up is proving just as drama-filled with more questions than answers over the Australian XI.

EDITORIAL: It has fallen to Reserve Bank of Australia Governor Michele Bullock, in her best governor language, to point out what is really going on.

JACKSON BARRETT: Pat Cummins’ eleventh hour bid to play the second Test means England’s worst nightmare is about to become reality and here is the stat to prove it.

JAMES BIRT: Australia’s new age-verification rules has caused understandable concern among families, but it will make kids online social world far more visible to adults who have never stepped inside it.

JENI O’DOWD: Pauline Hanson built One Nation in her own image. But Barnaby Joyce brings something she has never quite had.

DANE ELDRIDGE: Playing for Australia has become like the Sicilian Mafia - it’s harder to get out than it is to get in, but luckily this tough decision was made for them.

AARON PATRICK: Deciding debt is the path to power, Jim Chalmers has set a terrible example for future political leaders.

EDITORIAL: We have never lived in an era in which the political processes are viewed with so much distrust.

LISA STHALEKAR: There’s been a lot of noise about Usman Khawaja, but another veteran’s future is also being questioned heading into the second Test at the Gabba.

ROSS B TAYLOR: Democratic backsliding is a major concern for Indonesia’s 285 million citizens, but worries are mounting inside Australian borders as well.