Opinion

It’s time to put four-day Test matches on the table again to ensure the longevity and sustainability of the red-ball game.

In his first column for The West Australian, former Australian batter Greg Blewett reveals why the wild MCG pitch is only part of a big issue with the country’s Test venues.

Former Australian batter Greg Blewett reveals why the wild MCG pitch is only part of a big issue with the country’s Test venues.

DVIR ABRAMOVICH: A royal commission will not heal all wounds. But if we want an Australia where soldiers are not needed to escort children to school, then we must be willing to examine how we lost our way.

EDITORIAL: The Government’s flimsy justifications for its refusal to hold a Federal royal commission into the Bondi terror attack are growing ever more incredulous and insulting to victims.

LARA WILLIAMS: There’s plenty of good news on emissions, if you look at the bigger picture.

This Sabalenka-Kygrios exhibition match did nothing for women athletes who have fought for equal pay and respect.

Free speech in Australia is increasingly regarded as a boutique luxury to maintain community harmony in a multicultural society. NSW Premier Chris Minns made that clear this week.

In this atmosphere of tension and sorrow, let Christmas be a circuit breaker. Reflect on the tragedy of what has occurred, but do not allow the anguish to engulf you.

JENI O’DOWD: Everyday life has resumed, but not cleanly. Something is off. I find myself randomly hugging my kids throughout the day and scanning crowds when I leave the house.

Not so long ago, humans believed that everything was enchanted. I can’t even say that most of us miss the magic, that’s how far removed we are from it.

DANE ELDRIDGE: For all his tremendous longevity in becoming Australia’s most decorated offie, is this curtains for the man they call the GOAT?

STEPHEN JOHNSON: Anthony Albanese won’t be seen as a leader of courage until he takes this challenging political step.

EDITORIAL: Where Minns has shown contrition, readily conceding his own mistakes in confronting the scourge of anti-Semitism, Albanese has exhibited defensiveness.

JEREMY LEIBLER: For two years, the psychological safety of Australian Jews — the post-Holocaust belief that distance protected us from Jew hatred — eroded before our eyes. And then Bondi happened.