You can tell a lot about a budget by looking at who it punishes. This one basically targets anyone who's ever appeared on A Current Affair accompanied by a low, menacing soundtrack, writes Annabel Crabb.

He may not yet realise it, but Donald Trump has now hurled himself headlong into a war with Washington's national security establishment, and the odds of victory are stacked against him, writes Greg Jennett.

Before he was Australia's longest-serving prime minister, Robert Menzies languished on the backbench. Through appealing to the middle class, he found a route back to power.

It's clear Salman Abedi was on the radar of security services, and hard questions will no doubt be asked about how authorities missed the deadly Manchester attack, writes Philip Williams.

Treasurer Scott Morrison's speech last week outlining the difference between "good" and "bad" debt was a dramatic about turn for a Coalition government, and one that can't be understated, writes Ian Verrender.