Opinion

MITCHELL JOHNSON: Chasing the riches of the IPL has proven a disastrous decision for Jake Fraser-McGurk.

WATCH: In Newsworthy, Ben O’Shea looks at Peter Dutton’s backflip on tax rebates for EVs. Plus, Albo admits falling off stage, then backtracks, and Nats leader David Littleproud backs nuclear.

RICHO’S TOP 10: The Tigers star made ‘a horrendous mistake’ but I do not believe he is a lost cause.

DVIR ABRAMOVICH: The casual use of a so-called ‘military salute’ by an Australian content creator illustrates the depth of our cultural emergency of anti-Semitism

EDITORIAL: We appear to be approaching a tipping point in relation to our national security and it’s clear Australia’s decades-old ‘she’ll be right’ attitude towards defence won’t cut it anymore. 

LATIKA M BOURKE: The Opposition Leader’s commitment to defence spending finally addresses a world that has changed under Donald Trump. So why did he wait so long to do it?

JENI O’DOWD: Pope Francis was one of the few religious leaders who managed to feel relevant in a world increasingly allergic to dogma.

KIERSTEN DUKE: It’s becoming increasingly hard to know who to believe in the Galvin-Tigers saga but one thing is very clear.

With China on our doorstep and Donald Trump changing the nature of a once “friendly” relationship with the United States, it might be time to do things differently.

THE NEW YORK TIMES: Pope Francis was a version of the liberal pope that many Catholics had earnestly desired all through the long reign of John Paul II and the shorter one of Benedict XVI.

ANDREW CARSWELL: If Peter Dutton falls short of being able to cobble together a misfit army of crossbenchers to form a minority government, perspective will be required; an art often lost on election night.

The old adage of ‘third time lucky’ proved true for Opposition Leader Peter Dutton on Tuesday night, saving his strongest performance for the third debate of the election campaign. 

WATCH: In Newsworthy, Ben O’Shea visits Peter Dutton’s MUST-win seat to find out how punters in Curtin are voting. Plus, a global event disrupts the campaign, and we ask: Where is Liberal MP Andrew Hastie?

KATE EMERY: The days when a six-figure salary was a bulwark against hard times are behind us, underscoring just how quickly and completely the cost of living crisis has arrived.

MARK ‘SPUDD’ CARROLL: Lachlan Galvin appears to be a pawn in a much larger game and the potential superstar has the most to lose.