Opinion

THE NEW YORK TIMES: Trump’s personalised control of ever-broader swaths of the economy based on ever-thinner pretexts is the beginning of a long trend with neither a political check nor a limiting principle.

Harvey explains that while Linda Reynolds has been vindicated by her defamation victory against Brittany Higgins, even the winners are losers in one the darkest periods in modern politics.

EDITORIAL: It should be remembered that earlier this month an image of the Iranian leader holding a rifle was held aloft during the pro-Palestinian demonstration on the Sydney Harbour Bridge.

JENI O’DOWD: The Women of the Year Awards were supposed to celebrate women smashing barriers, not start a debate over gender.

AARON PATRICK: The struggle over Palestine and Israel is being waged with a vitriol and intensity that suggests the age-old conflict has become firmly rooted in Australia.

KATE EMERY: AFL bosses never miss a beat condemning homophobia — but too often, their words aren’t matched by action.

SOPHIE GANNON: As one co-captain departs and the other had a season to forget, this is the guy West Coast need to lead them out of the abyss in 2026.

EDITORIAL: We are fighting against unhinged, fanatical despots who want to destroy our way of life, tear at our social cohesion and spread their hateful ideology.

ANDREW CARSWELL: The Tasmanian Premier has what Sussan Ley could only dream of: a party unbound by the Nationals.

AARON PATRICK: The 16-storey Oxford St project could be the perfect inner-city development. But that’s only if developers get past NSW planning regulators, federal green tape and a vocal NIMBY movement.

THE WASHINGTON POST: Onitsuka Tiger is enjoying record sales, with tourists flooding flagship stores all over Japan.

In tonight’s show, Ben Harvey rages over changes to Anthony Albanese’s housing scheme for first home buyers.

EDITORIAL: In-fighting within the Coalition provides convenient cover for Labor’s lack of solutions for now. But it’s a ruse that can’t be kept up forever. 

GEORGIE PARKER: Female athletes can be sidelined for one more reason than men, making their comebacks to the field that much more special.

BREN CARLILL: International aid and human rights organisations are so intoxicated with Palestine Kool-Aid that they have failed to consider how their credibility has been tarnished.