Opinion

BEN HARVEY: Sussan Ley’s past career as a muster pilot should serve her well in her new job herding obstinate Coalition MPs.

EDITORIAL: Jim Chalmers has made the calculated assessment that the majority of Australians couldn’t give a stuff about the taxation tribulations of a handful of the champagne set. Is he right?

JUSTIN LANGER: The fear and confusion as we were rushed out of a war zone made clear to me how an escalating crisis should be dealt with.

WATCH: In today’s Newsworthy episode, Ben O’Shea unpacks the Govt’s plan to give you a pay rise and the potential negatives. Plus, superannuation tax fears and Australia Post’s Darcula scam warning explained.

MARK ‘SPUDD’ CARROLL: He is one of the smartest minds in rugby league, but I have to disagree with The Dogfather on the player he says NSW should NOT pick.

WATCH: In today’s Newsworthy, Ben O’Shea reveals why Elon Musk’s AI chatbot Grok is obsessed with ‘white genocide’ as Donald Trump grants refugee status to white South African farmers.

EDITORIAL: Our leaders may have paid lip service to Indonesia’s potential, but often didn’t follow through, taking for granted the relationship. Albo says he is determined not to fall into that trap. 

RICHO’S TOP 10: St Kilda don’t need another big tall, they need a gun midfielder and this is the AFL star they should target.

DVIR ABRAMOVICH: This week, the Albanese Government made a quiet decision that will leave a much deeper mark on Australia’s social fabric than people may realise.

MARK RILEY: The better approach for Sussan Ley would be to out-Albanese the Prime Minister — to adopt his more constructive, consensus-style approach and weaponise it against him.

MITCHELL JOHNSON: Every player must do what is right for them, but there is no way I’d be heading back to India if I still played in the IPL.

WATCH: In Newsworthy, Ben O’Shea explains why a ‘joke’ mis-fire by a senior member of the Liberal Party was the LAST thing Sussan Ley needed!

EDITORIAL: Election: won. New Cabinet: sworn in. The next thing on Anthony Albanese’s to-do list must be to finally get Woodside’s North West Shelf gas extension approved. 

SUSSAN LEY: This isn’t the end of the Liberal Party. As Robert Menzies said, this adversity will be the best thing that ever happened to us.

KIERSTEN DUKE: The latest ‘Watergate’ scandal has all the hallmarks of its famous predecessor and cricket’s Sandpapergate - arrogance and stupidity.