Opinion

JUSTIN LANGER: Life seems pretty easy for our superstars but how they got here is very far from it.

Lachie Neale is already a Hall of Famer in waiting, but if he leads the Lions to another flag after recovering from a calf injury that was supposed to end his season, his story will be talked about forever.

BREN CARLILL: Anthony Albanese said that Palestinian recognition was predicated on promises that the Authority President made to him. But here’s the problem - Mahmoud Abbas has no credibility.

AARON PATRICK: Campaigns for a seat at the apex of international diplomacy often descend to little more than state-sponsored bribery.

RICHO’S TOP 10: There’s been plenty of talk about the Suns star pipping Nick Daicos for the most prestigious award in the AFL, but I can tell you why the umpires gave him more votes.

EDITORIAL: On some of his gripes with the UN, Donald Trump may have a point.

MITCHELL JOHNSON: What you do on the field matters as I know all too well.

MARK RILEY: The PM found himself wide awake in his Manhattan hotel room at 3am on Wednesday, scrolling through his camera roll and posting photos to Instagram. 

AARON PATRICK: Some media watchers believe Bruce Gordon, the owner of the Win TV network, installed a new chairman to increase his influence over Nine.

THE NEW YORK TIMES: MAGA Christianity is also rooted in a dangerous distortion of Christian theology, one that motivates otherwise good people to walk a dark path.

THE NEW YORK TIMES: There is a silver lining for most things in life. This holds true for ABC’s craven (if brief) suspension, under thuggish government pressure, of Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night talk show.

THE NEW YORK TIMES: Sometimes you have to get outside America, and go to a place like Ukraine, to see the full impact of Donald Trump’s policies on both the US and the world.

EDITORIAL: If an endorsement of AUKUS is too much to expect, then perhaps Mr Albanese can settle for extracting the Don’s digits so he, like Mr Macron, can get in touch with a few taps of an iPhone.

JENI O’DOWD: The bigger problem isn’t one leader. It’s an industry that treats trust as a liability rather than a responsibility.

KIERSTEN DUKE: Female athletes are proving themselves a lucrative investment, it’s time Aussie brands woke up to that fact.