Opinion

AI’s rapid advancement and latest threat to online banking’s security shows its development poses big risks to regulators and humanity.

Australians are clearly ready for a serious discussion around immigration. It needs to be held openly, honestly and free of judgment.

Years after Afghanistan, a court is expected to reconstruct what occurred in the war zone between 2009 and 2012. This sounds insane.

After the 2024 US elections, there was a panic among Democrats about the absence of a liberal Joe Rogan. It was an epic exercise in missing the point. 

We need to get on the front foot with the US to work out how we can help move beyond this.

AARON PATRICK: The first female Army chief is no khaki bureaucrat. Lieutenant-General Coyle’s promotion is a powerful sign that the military, like war, is evolving.

GEORGIE PARKER: Three announcements out of footy HQ has shown a rare change in tact that I wholeheartedly applaud.

Melbourne is facing an unprecedented crisis that will only get worse with State of Origin around the corner.

CAMERON MILNER: These three key factors are working in the One Nation leader’s favour

The AFL’s wildcard round might sound exciting, but it changes what the home-and-away season means. And it softens the consequence of just missing out and risks rewarding mediocrity, writes Mitchell Johnson.

JUSTIN LANGER: The dilemma for me is that Cain Walker’s lyrics can’t come from personal experience because there is no person.

Real relief depends on the smoke clearing on the Middle East conflict and a lasting resolution.

BEN HARVEY: Even if this ceasefire does hold, the best we can hope for is this is the end of the beginning, not the beginning of the end.

It will be interesting to see what history remembers most about April 7, 2026 — the postponed US release of bombs over Iran or the release of the Claude Mythos Preview by Anthropic and its technical allies.

Ben Harvey puts Listerine to the test – will he fail an alcohol test? The Up Late experiment comes after a Union delegate was denied entry to BHP for being over the limit and blaming mouthwash.