Opinion

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.

CAMERON MILNER: The United Nations is going the way of the dinosaurs; it’s overly large and no longer suited to its fast-changing external environment.

MARK ‘SPUDD’ CARROLL: It’s the question Manly fans have been waiting patiently for their former skipper to answer - and it’s about bloody time he did.

THE NEW YORK TIMES: When the amount of deviant behaviour rises, people begin to redefine deviant behaviour as normal.

WENLEI MA: With the insane volume of things on Netflix, the good stuff gets lost, especially the genuinely great shows the algorithm no longer serves up.

Wonder and astonishment used to be easy. Yet today, we meet the Himalayas with a shrug because there’s no wi-fi. Use this issue as your wake-up.