Opinion

EDITORIAL: Andrew Mountbatten Windsor — as he is now known — has always been an obnoxious, rude, weak-willed and entitled leech.

THE NEW YORK TIMES: MAGA embraces left ideas even while not knowing, in most cases, where these ideas came from.

JUSTIN LANGER: Their voices didn’t just call sporting events; they helped shape how we experience sport itself.

EMMA FREEDMAN: She has an unblemished record and goes into the $10 million race undefeated, but there is one point during the race her rivals could take advantage.

BEN HARVEY: WiseTech shareholders thought the worst was over, then the police came knocking.

EDITORIAL: News of Trump and Xi’s ‘12-out-10’ meeting will come as a relief to Australia, which feared being caught in the middle between its closest security partner and its No. 1 trading partner. 

TOM RICHARDSON: AI will accelerate the algorithm economy and its potential explains why mega-cap tech bosses will commit unlimited amounts to AI investments.

MARK RILEY: The Treasurer and Cabinet have good reason to think deeply about whether to proceed with their plan to withdraw the Federal household rebate in December.

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.