Opinion
New world disorder reigns
JUST over a year ago, an Australian Cabinet minister delivered a judgment on Donald Trump that was just about as insulting as it is possible to be, writes Laurie Oakes.
Smugness and outrage fatigue drive Trump
THE most dangerous thing about an apocalypse is that the people who are supposed to prevent one always fail to see it coming, writes Joe Hildebrand.
How to explain footy to a foreigner
GIVEN that tomorrow is Grand Final day, it’s time to celebrate this crazy game of ours. If you need to explain our great sport to a novice, read on, writes Susie O’Brien.
C’mon Bulldogs, do it for Rodney
SOMETIMES a moment comes along making you realise footy means a lot more than dollars and business, writes William McInnes.
What’s not to love about the Swans?
THE Sydney Swans will step on to Australian sport’s biggest stage and attempt to hoist the AFL flag. Adam Spencer, the club’s No. 1 ticket holder, tells us what it means to the club’s fans.
Play the pokies? Let adults choose
WHEN did we decide that certain “things” — like drinking, smoking, taking drugs or having sex — are not decisions for adults to make, asks Tom Elliott.
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Football finds its tribal roots
FOOTBALL has become a billion-dollar business in the 62 years since the Bulldogs won the flag. The AFL was the VFL and the players were lucky if they picked up five quid for a game.
Crime calls for instant action
VIOLENT crime in Victoria is rising at a greater rate than the numbers of police needed to prevent what is becoming a state of lawlessness.
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Malcolm Turnbull just can’t sell
THE latest poll shows the PM will trash almost any cause Liberal MPs claim to believe in. It’s not only because he isn’t really a Liberal. He just can’t sell, writes Andrew Bolt.
How to explain footy to a foreigner
GIVEN that tomorrow is Grand Final day, it’s time to celebrate this crazy game of ours. If you need to explain our great sport to a novice, read on, writes Susie O’Brien.
AGL is dodging bullets
AGL shareholders have voted for their directors with the sort of near-100 per cent levels that would have - just - satisfied an old-style communist dictator, writes Terry McCrann.
Finger waggers need to find new target
MOST of us change the channel if there’s a personality we don’t like. But that’s not good enough for Sam Newman’s detractors, writes Rita Panahi.
Wran daughter’s verdict a bit rich
BLAMING others over a crime mostly doesn’t work. Except, that is, unless you are extremely lucky or well-connected in ways that encourage courts to show mercy, writes Andrew Rule.
Play the pokies? Let adults choose
WHEN did we decide that certain “things” — like drinking, smoking, taking drugs or having sex — are not decisions for adults to make, asks Tom Elliott.
It’s murder getting to the truth
FILM review: Viewers will be riveted but left none the wiser as to Amanda Knox’s guilt or innocence in this new Netflix documentary.
Liberals trip up over private school funding
WHY do Liberals keep going on Q&A? If, in the excitement of being surrounded by so much hostility, they stray from the script, the steel-trap mind of host Tony Jones is lying in wait for them, writes James Campbell.
Models and medicine not always best mix
MAKING a celebrity who endorses anti-vaccination “literature” the face of a public women’s hospital insults grieving families, writes Wendy Tuohy.
PM, Rudd biting back in Big Apple
THAT unedifying spat between Malcolm Turnbull and Kevin Rudd in New York sparked memories of another verbal punch-up between the two, writes Laurie Oakes.
Faking a stand on big issue
SPORTS stars dissing the national anthem won’t start a good conversation, writes Patrick Carlyon
Women’s league will alter footy
THE women’s league is a fantastic concept that will boost the AFL — all it needs is time and support to be turning point for the footy community, writes Beverley O’Connor.
Football finds its tribal roots
FOOTBALL has become a billion-dollar business in the 62 years since the Bulldogs won the flag. The AFL was the VFL and the players were lucky if they picked up five quid for a game.
