Opinion

MITCHELL JOHNSON: Sacking a skipper has repercussions that go well beyond just the player who replaces them.

RICHO’S TOP 10: It's great that Jamarra is back training hard, but he still has a tough choice to make about his future.

Ian Baker-Finch won the 1991 British Open. What happened next has had the golfing world stumped for 30 years. His new biography details exactly what happened.

ALAN KIRKLAND: There’s a reason the word ‘influencer’ has become so powerful. People often feel like they know and trust those they follow online. But when it comes to your finances, trust should be earned.

MARK RILEY: We assumed the potential meeting between the PM and Donald Trump on the sidelines of the G7 meeting would all be about trade. But now the Pentagon’s review of AUKUS has appeared on the horizon.

LATIKA M BOURKE: The only winner from the Pentagon’s ‘America First’ inquiry into whether the United States should quit AUKUS is China, with Anthony Albanese, Richard Marles and Penny Wong to blame.

EDITORIAL: Anthony Albanese might find himself on a very lonely road at the G7 summit if he sticks to his guns on defence spending.

AARON PATRICK: The action against two Israel ministers panders to Hamas supporters and could trigger more violence against Australian Jews.

JENI O’DOWD: At a time when Indigenous voices need strength and solidarity more than ever, Cox looks to have chosen self-preservation over representation. Absolute shame on her.

WATCH: In Newsworthy, Ben O’Shea unpacks America’s BRUTAL response to Aussie sanctions on far-right Israeli ministers. Plus, an expert dissects Donald Trump’s justification for deploying troops in LA.

KIERSTEN DUKE: Billy Slater has been criticised for dropping Cherry-Evans, but selecting Ezra Mam is a tone deaf decision by the young Maroons coach.

AARON PATRICK: Steven Kennedy will next week become the Prime Minister’s top adviser. He could use his expertise to help fix the two biggest problems facing the country.

WATCH: In Newsworthy, Ben O’Shea speaks to an expert about the Monash IVF wrong embryo fiasco. Plus, RFK Jr sacks CDC vax council, US Marines deployed in LA & what Albanese said at Press Club.

BEN MCCLELLAN: There are plenty of valid arguments against the Hobart Stadium - chiefly its price tag - but Tasmanians are just putting off the inevitable if they want to be taken seriously.

ANDREW CARSWELL: It’s easy to talk tough in the Prime Minister’s courtyard — much harder when you’re within earshot of the most powerful man on the planet, part time president, part time pugilist.