Opinion

AARON PATRICK: The Treasurer is stoking fear about international instability while his domestic policies contribute to price rises that could drive up interest rates.

GEORGIE PARKER: Daisy Pearce, once the star player inspiring a new wave, is now guiding that very wave to new heights as a coach.

Cummins’ absence opens a few questions — about leadership, about future planning, and about how this team adapts when its captain is watching from the sidelines.

EDITORIAL: Instead of further rate cuts, at best we can expect rates to be forced into a holding pattern and at worst we are staring down the barrel of a series of hikes. 

DANE ELDRIDGE: Australia will go into the first Ashes Test without their skipper, and no one is more relieved than the Pommy star Cummins has tormented for years.

KIERSTEN DUKE: It’s the $10 million race that gives back, but the legendary trainer will be in no mood for charity on Saturday.

JENI O’DOWD: When it’s easier to open a childcare centre than it is to chop down a tree, something is wrong.

Ben Harvey charts the jaw-dropping rise of one of the most scandal-ridden companies on the ASX and asks whether Wisetech Global founder Richard White can survive his latest controversy.

AMELIA BROUN: Rowdy. Full on. Reckless. Loud. Naughty. Hearing young boys portrayed this way lights a fire inside me. I feel a deep duty to defend them.

EDITORIAL: World leaders are at his beck and call. Even royalty receive him with fawning pageantry. 

KATE EMERY: The tech that was supposed to free us from the tyranny of a conventional 9 to 5 has turned against us. Our WiFi is officially a narc.

LISA STHALEKAR: While Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli drew the spotlight it was the hosts who took the series — and a crucial step towards building their next World Cup squad.

LATIKA M BOURKE: In copycatting the US President’s tactics, thin-skinned Anthony Albanese is degrading the role of the media. 

Dutch beach volleyball player Steven van de Velde issued a statement after Australian authorities made a decision over his entry to compete in the 2025 world championships.

EDITORIAL: Barnaby Joyce has always done exactly as he pleased, damn the consequences for anyone else — even for those on his own side.