Opinion

AARON PATRICK: One Nation’s polling surge is not a statistical anomaly, and means Pauline Hanson is now as much a threat to the Coalition as Anthony Albanese.

The uncertainty around so much of modern life has created a ready-made audience for the messages delivered by One Nation.

Young people worry welfare is making it harder for them to achieve financial security, home ownership, meaningful work, relationships and children.

The economic phenomena that dares not speak its name is on the horizon and closing in on Australia fast. Recession.

With the South Australian Liberals staring down a One Nation incursion from the right, the politics of personality are out in full force.

The experiment has failed, you know it, I know it, now the league just needs to accept it.

AARON PATRICK: The Prime Minister’s tense visit to Sydney’s biggest mosque on Friday morning was a sign of deep hostility towards the Government from some Muslims.

Could Donald Trump’s war still turn out all right? Of course. But for now, he appears to have put America in a terrible situation.

If you didn’t spend $5 on sausages but spent it on something else instead you have still spent $5. That ain’t a saving.

As a former player, I know how draining media can be. So, I understand what the Australian all-rounder might be feeling.

The dire outlook should prompt the Treasurer to take drastic steps to turn around the economy, but there’s little faith he has the guts to do what must be done.

MARK RILEY: Donald Trump started the war in Iran, but Anthony Albanese and Jim Chalmers will wear the blame for the pounding it is unleashing on the Australian economy. 

The notion that somehow we can just buckle up and wait out the Trump presidency before things ‘return to normal’ has no validity.

The Treasurer’s claim the government has saved $114 billion is untrue, and ignores spending increases economists warn will make inflation worse.

The sport is entering a golden era and this is where it could next play a competition game overseas.