Opinion

The Winter Olympics may not be where Australia built its sporting identity, but it’s fast becoming a place where we’re building something new.

Keir Starmer’s premiership is now a test of political survival and whether he can cope without his political creator

We’re all tired of Jim Chalmers flashing a schoolboy grin while he throws out excuses in an attempt to avoid responsibility for the harm his economic policies are causing.

EDITORIAL: It is clear that the Government is a key driver of inflation — and by extension, interest rates. It is incumbent on the Government to deliver an antidote.

OVED LOBEL: It is already too late for thousands of Iranians, but there are still tens of thousands awaiting death and horrendous torture who can be saved by timely military intervention by the US.

Starmer pledged to purge Conservative cronyism and return politics to the public. But his ignorance of Lord Mandelson’s public stench exposes him as part of that corrupted culture.

It is important that the passage of time does not prevent the Government from responding swiftly to the Coroner’s recommendations.

Commonwealth debt is on track to reach $1 trillion within weeks. It is a sobering milestone, particularly given Federal debt was effectively nil in 2007.

We all know someone who makes loving and rewatching Friends a core tenet of their personality. It’s time for an intervention.

Australia’s Twenty20 team doesn’t need Steve Smith. Not because Smith isn’t good enough, but because this group has been built without him for a long time. They are ranked no.2 in the world for a reason.

The health of our political system relies on the government being held to account by a functional and effective opposition. At the risk of stating the bleeding obvious, there isn’t one at present. 

THE NEW YORK TIMES: ICE knows that it cannot shoot all Americans. But the Department of Homeland Security is close to being able to track all Americans.

In tonight’s show, with inflation again out of control, Ben Harvey looks at who is to blame: a big-spending Government, an inept Reserve Bank, or consumers addicted to buying shiny new things.

EDITORIAL: Australians are being told to buckle up as the RBA may have to hike rates four times across the next two years, based on inflation forecasts.

DANE ELDRIDGE: Bosses across the country will be staring at a lot of empty seats, so here is an easy solution to cure Super Bowl Mondayitis.