Sky News Australia
Albanese’s ‘no control’ spending blamed for inflation crisis
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- Albanese’s ‘no control’ spending blamed for inflation crisis
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- 6 hours ago
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- EQ Economics Managing Director Warren Hogan says Labor’s “no control” over government spending is fuelling inflation, even before conflict in the Middle East escalated.
“It is the evil of our economy, inflation. This government, through the way it guided the RBA and through its own policies, did not take this inflation seriously,” Mr Hogan told Sky News Business Editor Ross Greenwood.
“Even before one bomb was thrown in the Middle East, we had a resurgence of inflation.”
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- Push to ‘double’ fuel reserves as farmers warn of supply risk
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- 6 hours ago
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- NSW Farmers Federation CEO Annabel Johnson is calling for Australia’s fuel reserves to be “doubled” from 50 days, as the Labor government commits $10 billion to boost national fuel security.
“We’d like to see that doubled, so we’re able to keep operating when our international suppliers dry up,” Ms Johnson told Sky News host Danica De Giorgio.
“Farmers are at the end of the supply chain … their margins evaporated overnight.”
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- ‘Most spiritually advanced’: Humanoid monk stuns ahead of Buddha’s birthday celebrations
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- 7 hours ago
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- Sky News host James Macpherson reacts to South Korea's first humanoid robot monk ahead of celebrations for Buddha's birthday.
“The humanoid monk does not suffer. Does not desire. And does not get distracted by worldly attachments. Unless the Wi-Fi drops out, of course,” Mr Macpherson said.
“The humanoid monk may be the most spiritually advanced being in the temple. After all, it has already transcended the human condition by lacking one.”
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- Starmer under fire for appointing adviser who thinks ‘men can be women’
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- 8 hours ago
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- Sky News host James Macpherson roasts UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer for the appointment of Harriet Harman as his adviser on women and girls.
“He yesterday announced a new Advisor for Women and Girls who thinks men and boys can be women and girls,” Mr Macpherson said.
“She just goes with the flow and tells men who claim to be women whatever they want to hear.
“But the key to being a progressive is to never think too hard, since thinking does tend to block the flow.
“So she quickly moved on to insist that ultimately, those dullards who insist biology has something to do with sex would eventually come over to her side.”
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- ABC accused of sneering at One Nation Farrer win
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- 8 hours ago
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- Sky News host James Macpherson blasts the ABC for their coverage of One Nation’s victory in the Farrer by-election.
“Pauline Hanson's One Nation has won its first-ever lower house seat, and the mood over at the ABC is somewhere between the fall of Rome and an almond milk shortage in inner-city Melbourne,” Mr Macpherson said.
“Implying that 60 per cent of the good folk who make up the electorate of Farrer are, at core, racists and bigots is hardly the way to convince them of the error of their ways.”
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- TV host pushes back over Gaza claims made at Sydney rally
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- 8 hours ago
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- Sky News host James Macpherson criticises claims made at a pro-Palestinian event in Sydney, saying they are not supported by wider reports and coverage coming out of Gaza.
“While I was at a Pro-Palestinian event in Sydney last Tuesday, being told the Israelis were starving Gazans to death while systematically exterminating them from the face of the earth … Gazans were limbering up for fun runs, waxing surfboards and cheering at football matches,” Mr Macpherson said.
“None of this denies the destruction, the displacement, or the very real human cost of war. It is not a comedy, and pretending otherwise would be grotesque.
“But so too are claims of an ongoing genocide when reports coming out of Gaza at the weekend clearly show otherwise.”
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- ‘Lost that race’: Albanese’s move to curb negative gearing criticised amid housing shortage fears
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- 9 hours ago
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- Property Council of Australia Chief Executive Mike Zorbas says “new supply” is most vulnerable in the housing market, as the Albanese government is set to curb negative gearing in the 2026 federal budget.
“We are 100 homes per 1000 homes behind the other advanced economies of the world,” Mr Zorbas told Sky News Business Editor Ross Greenwood.
“We have lost that race over a 30-year period; it cannot be fixed in four or five years, and it won't be fixed by changing the tax regime.”
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- Warning over housing tax changes amid push for ‘intergenerational fairness’
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- 9 hours ago
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- EQ Economics Managing Director Warren Hogan says the Labor government should focus on boosting housing supply rather than changing long-standing tax settings in the name of “intergenerational fairness”.
“You've got to be very careful changing taxes that have set up decisions around long-term assets like housing,” Mr Hogan told Sky News Business Editor Ross Greenwood.
“Going and changing them in the hope of fixing something you're not sure exactly how you're defining it … you've got to be careful of the unintended consequences.”
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- ‘Tax the pants off’: Joyce demands ‘honesty’ from Albanese ahead of budget reveal
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- 10 hours ago
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- One Nation MP Barnaby Joyce calls on the Albanese government to be “honest” in their delivery of the upcoming budget.
“I want to see honesty … in the budget papers, you will see once more, NFP, not for publication; this document has no validity, and we haven't even seen it,” Mr Joyce told Sky News Business Editor Ross Greenwood.
“Unless we get our nation back to really focusing on getting efficacy out of assets, making assets really work, so you don't have to borrow the money or tax the pants off people, then Australia really has problems.”
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- ‘We listen’: One Nation’s David Farley wins Farrer by-election
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- 10 hours ago
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- Farrer MP David Farley says One Nation’s win came down to strong local engagement and clear messaging with voters across the electorate.
“The biggest thing, we were communicating with all the constituents right across Farrer,” Mr Farley told Sky News host Jaimee Rogers.
“We’re able to listen and listen clearly, we’re able to articulate our policies and our action plans.
“We know Farrer a little bit better than most; we understand the engine room of Farrer … with a suite of policies that resonate with them.”
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- ‘Tidal wave’ of conservative politics surges after shock election results
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- 10 hours ago
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- Sky News host Jaimee Rogers says a “tidal wave” of conservative politics is building after One Nation secured a historic lower house win in the Farrer election.
“The results from the UK council elections have told exactly the same story. Sir Keir Starmer's Labour suffered a humiliating defeat as Reform UK made sweeping gains, claiming over 1400 seats,” Ms Rogers said.
“The same anger of voters feeling they have been ignored for too long and now choosing the loudest option on the ballot box.”
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- Albanese shares heartfelt Mother’s Day tribute
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- 11 hours ago
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- Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has posted a heartbreaking Mother’s Day tribute to his mother.
Posting on X, he shared a photo of his mother, Maryanne Albanese, writing, “Mothers are special”.
Mr Albanese has previously revealed he visits her gravesite every Mother’s Day to reflect and remember her.
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- Calls for ADF to be deployed in Victoria
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- 11 hours ago
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- A surge in firebombings and attacks on hospitality venues has raised serious safety concerns across Melbourne.
Some bar owners are calling for the ADF to be deployed to help deter further violence.
Victorian Liberal MP Bill Tilley says more support is needed, but warns against using the military.
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- Starmer under pressure as Labour MP calls for ministers to challenge leadership
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- 12 hours ago
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- UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer says he will not walk away despite heavy election losses.
A Labour MP has threatened to trigger a leadership contest if the cabinet fails to act by Monday.
More than 20 Labour MPs are now calling on the prime minister to step down.
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- Albanese to curb negative gearing despite election pledge
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- 12 hours ago
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- The Albanese government is preparing to axe negative gearing after previously ruling out any changes before the election.
Sky News Australia understands new investors buying established homes could lose the tax break from budget night.
The proposed change would limit negative gearing concessions to newly built properties only.
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- Cruise ship docks in Tenerife amid deadly Hondavirus outbreak
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- 13 hours ago
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- The cruise ship NV Honduras has docked at the Spanish island of Tenerife in the Canary Islands following a Hondavirus outbreak onboard.
Spanish authorities confirmed the docking, with medics on standby to manage the evacuation of passengers and crew members.
A security perimeter of one nautical mile has been enforced around the ship to prevent the spread of the rare virus during the complex evacuation operation.
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- Emergency evacuation launched for Australians stranded on virus-hit MV Hondius cruise ship
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- 14 hours ago
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- The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade is launching emergency repatriation procedures for four Australians.
They're on board the cruise ship hit by a fatal outbreak of Hantavirus.
Passengers and crew stranded on the MV Hondius are set to finally disembark the ship when it docks in the Canary Islands.
Once the passengers leave the ship, they will be ushered onto buses, and then they will be taken to the aircraft.
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- 40,000 missing or trapped beneath rubble in the Gaza Strip
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- 14 hours ago
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- It's estimated 40-thousand people are missing or under the rubble in Gaza.
One Israeli human rights group says 800 of those cases are Palestinians who were last seen in Israeli custody.
Sky News UK has been investigating the disappearance of two Palestinian women from Gaza who were photographed in the back of an Israeli military vehicle.
Investigative lawyers from around the world helped piece together events leading to the women's disappearance, examining satellite images, witness testimonies, and soldiers' social media posts.
The IDF responded, stating the women are not being held and were released in Gaza shortly after a temporary field detention, with the incident referred for review.
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- Putin may meet Zelensky to secure a peace deal to end the five-year-long war
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- 15 hours ago
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- Vladimir Putin says he may meet Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky if a peace deal is agreed.
He says the two leaders could gather in a third-party country, but it would depend on the terms of any lasting agreement.
Russia's President is openly talking about a possible end to the conflict with Ukraine.
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- ‘Display of weakness’: Russia holds Victory Day Parade
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- 15 hours ago
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- Russia has held its annual Victory Day Parade to mark the Soviet Union's defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II.
This year's celebrations have been scaled back despite fears of a Ukrainian drone attack receding after a 3-day ceasefire was agreed.
Troops on the battlefield marched in the parade alongside soldiers from North Korea who had joined the war.
The Russia-Ukraine war is now in its fifth year, longer than the fight against the Nazi’s.
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- Fatal airstrikes in southern Lebanon kill 17 despite ceasefire between Hezbollah and Israel
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- 15 hours ago
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- At least 17 people have been killed across southern Lebanon as Hezbollah and Israel exchange airstrikes despite the ceasefire.
Lebanon's health ministry says seven people were killed when a drone hit a building housing a displaced family.
Hezbollah claims it has responded by targeting two Israeli military positions.
Delegations from Israel and Lebanon are expected to meet for a third round of peace talks in Washington next week.
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- Iran-linked spy ring accused of recruiting Australians to track Israel diaspora online
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- 15 hours ago
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- Iranian linked spy networks are reportedly recruiting Australian informants to monitor the Israeli diaspora online.
The Sunday Telegraph has revealed networks claiming to be acting on behalf of the Iranian regime are using the encrypted messaging platform Telegram to gather intelligence.
Users are being offered money in return for information on the Israeli diaspora in Australia.
The AFP is aware of the issue but has not commented further on how they are responding.
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- Revolt brews against Keir Starmer with threats of a leadership contest
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- 16 hours ago
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- Pressure is mounting on Keir Starmer as unrest grows within the Labour Party over his leadership and direction.
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer says he will not walk away as his party suffers heavy election losses.
A Labour MP has threatened to trigger a leadership contest if the cabinet does not launch a challenge by Monday.
More than 20 Labour MPs have now said they want the Prime Minister gone.
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- Who will be the next President of the United States?
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- 17 hours ago
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- Sky News host Rowan Dean questions who the next President of the United States will be.
“Who will be the next President of the United States?” Mr Dean said.
“After all, Donald Trump will alas, not be able to do a third term, and unlike his Democrat opponents, won't do an Obama and install a brain-dead puppet whose strings he can pull.
“At the moment, there are two obvious candidates to seek the 2028 republican nomination.
“JD Vance, of course, is a self-evident potential choice. It's not often that VP's go on to then become president, but it’s not unusual either. 15 have done it.
“Some concerns about JD Vance being a bit of a loose cannon began way back when he launched his verbal attack on Zelensky in the White House.
“This week cemented in my mind, and indeed in the mind of many Americans, what I have been feeling for a long time. The future lies with Rubio. And online polls and memes are n...
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- ‘Hug a polar bear’ to ‘sinister’: UK Greens accused of moving beyond environmental politics
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- 17 hours ago
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- Conservative political advisor Claire Pearsall has commented on the UK Green Party’s recent policy positions following gains in several election contests and argued the party has shifted beyond its traditional environmental focus.
“They did pick up a number of seats, they have got a ground swell of support in some areas, it won't surprise you, in areas where there is a large ethnic minority population,” Ms Pearsall told Sky News host James Morrow.
“They’ve moved away from this sort of hug a polar bear model of Green to something which is actually quite sinister.
“I don't like their open borders policy. I don't like what they’re suggesting about having an amnesty on illegal street drugs. I think that these are the most ridiculous things.
“Also removing wealth from people, I mean, this is communism at its absolute finest, but I think they are now open to the same kind of scrutiny as the other parties.”
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- ‘You conned us’: Chalmers grilled on breach of electoral trust
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- 17 hours ago
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- Sky News Political Editor Andrew Clennell questioned Treasurer Jim Chalmers on negative gearing and the capital gains tax discount.
“It’s my clear understanding that you will be dropping negative gearing for existing properties going forward, and you will be dropping the capital gains tax discount for transactions going forward,” Mr Clennell said on Sunday Agenda.
“Do you concede that’s an egregious broken election promise.
“You conned us, didn’t you? I mean, you’ve always wanted to end negative gearing.
“Did you personally harbour an ambition to do this?
“This is the biggest breach of electoral trust since Julia Gillard's no carbon tax under a government I lead promise. After that, Julia Gillard's numbers, as you know, went south in a big way. Are you ready for that sort of backlash?
“Young people who want to buy an investment property won’t be able to get the tax break. So aren’t...
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- ‘Incredibly bad’: UK Labour faces historic election collapse across Wales and Scotland
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- 18 hours ago
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- Conservative political advisor Claire Pearsall has commented on the “massive beating” suffered by the UK Labour Party during the election.
“We haven't seen anything like this, I think, in all the years I’ve been dealing with politics,” Ms Pearsall said.
“You've seen the governing party, the Labour Party, doing so incredibly badly; they have lost control of the Welsh government, which is something that they’ve had since its inception.
“They have also lost all of their seats pretty much in Scotland, and the local councils in England have taken a massive beating.
“There are an awful lot of Labour councillors that are pretty upset.”
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- Business Weekend | 10 May
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- 18 hours ago
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- Australians doubt the government's capability of reigning in its freewheeling spending, the RBA lifts the cash rate 25BP to 4.35 per cent. Plus, entrepreneurs warn against CGT changes.
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- Jim Chalmers scrambles to justify egregious broken election promise
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- 18 hours ago
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- Treasurer Jim Chalmers attempts to justify a shock call to immediately axe negative gearing for new property investors in a major broken election promise.
“We’ve made it clear that from our point of view, even though the challenges in our housing market begin with housing supply, they don’t end there,” Mr Chalmers told Sky News Political Editor Andrew Clennell.
“The status quo in housing and in tax is unfair and unacceptable.
“When it comes to comments that we have made in the past, I do acknowledge that during the election campaign, the focus was almost exclusively on supply, plus the five per cent deposits.
“I think our comments and commitments at the time reflected that.
“There are additional steps that need to be taken.”
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- ‘Bitter, bitter people’: Pauline Hanson hits back at SMH article accusations
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- 19 hours ago
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- Senator Pauline Hanson has responded to an article by Peter Hartcher in The Sydney Morning Herald that described her as inciting a “populist uprising” and labelled her a “racist”.
“They’re in denial, actually, all they can do is throw the barbs and say I’m a racist,” Ms Hanson said.
“They're not picking up my message; they’re bitter, bitter people.
“My aim, my focus is on the people out there, and I’ll keep working hard for them.”
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- Ken Griffin responds to Mamdani's campaign video outside $238M Manhattan penthouse
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- 20 hours ago
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- CEO of Citadel Ken Griffin was asked at the Milken Institute Global Conference about his response to New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani's targeted tax policy approach, saying it was “creepy and weird”.
“Mamdani’s making it really clear, New York doesn’t welcome success,” Mr Griffin said.
These remarks came after the New York City mayor released an April campaign video outside Griffin's $238 million Manhattan penthouse, highlighting a proposed tax on luxury second homes over $5 million.
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- ‘Trust has been lost’: Jane Hume reflects on by-election loss as voters 'sent a message’
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- 21 hours ago
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- Deputy Liberal Leader Jane Hume spoke on the ‘disappointing’ defeat to One Nation during the Farrer by-election.
“There's no doubt that the result here in Farrer has been a disappointing one,” Ms Hume told Sky News Australia.
“We need to rebuild trust. Trust has been lost by the Coalition; it was lost with two splits to the Coalition in just 12 months, it was lost when we abandoned all of our policies, and people didn't know what it was that we stood for.
“There’s no doubt that the people in Farrer were sending us a message.”
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- Hungary elects Peter Magyar as Prime Minister after 16 years of Orban rule
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- 22 hours ago
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- Peter Magyar has been sworn in as Hungary’s new Prime Minister.
The centre-right leader defeated nationalist former prime minister Viktor Orban, who had been in power for 16 years.
His Tisza party now holds a constitutional majority, giving it the ability to amend or reverse policies introduced under Mr Orban’s government.
He has said his priorities include strengthening democratic institutions and addressing political corruption.
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- NSW moves to tighten gun licensing rules with major funding injection
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- 22 hours ago
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- The New South Wales government is allocating nearly $40 million to the state’s Firearms Registry.
The funding is intended to support changes to licensing arrangements following the Bondi Beach terror attack.
It will also be used to implement parts of the reforms, including reducing the licence period from five years to two and enhancing background checks.
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- China tightens consumer drone access in Beijing citing ‘safety and security’
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- 22 hours ago
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- Image Matrix Tech Editor Djuro Sen has commented on China’s restrictions on drone sales and said the move comes despite Beijing’s leading position in the global drone industry.
“If you think drones, you automatically think China,” Mr Sen said.
“They’ve been pulling out access for consumer drone access for some time now, and now you … can't even get spare parts in Beijing.
“They are saying it's about security and safety.”
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- ‘I know you are worried’: WHO seeks to reassure public amid cruise ship outbreak concerns
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- 22 hours ago
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- The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade is initiating emergency repatriation arrangements for four Australians who were on board a cruise ship affected by a hantavirus outbreak.
World Health Organisation Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus commented on this.
“I know you are worried. I know that when you hear the word ‘outbreak’ and watch a ship sail toward your shores, memories surface that none of us have fully put to rest,” Mr Ghebreyesus said.
“The pain of 2020 is still real, and I do not dismiss it for a single moment.
“But I need you to hear me clearly; this is not another COVID.”
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- Keir Starmer refuses to quit despite mounting internal pressure
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- 23 hours ago
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- UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer is facing renewed internal pressure over his leadership after heavy election losses, despite insisting he will not step down.
UK Labour MP Catherine West has threatened to trigger a leadership contest if no one from the cabinet launches a challenge by Monday.
Ms West warned, “I’m putting people on notice.”
“If I don’t hear by Monday morning of some leadership hopefuls, I will be asking everybody in the Parliamentary Labour Party to put a name against my name.
“We need to get this ball rolling.”
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- Southern Lebanon hit by new wave of Israel-Hezbollah strikes
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- 23 hours ago
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- At least 17 people have reportedly been killed across southern Lebanon amid exchanges of airstrikes between Hezbollah and Israel, despite an existing ceasefire.
The Lebanese Ministry of Public Health says seven people were killed when a drone struck a building sheltering displaced families.
Hezbollah says it responded by targeting two Israeli military positions.
Delegations from Israel and Lebanon are expected to meet in Washington next week for a third round of peace talks.
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- Report alleges Iran-linked groups seeking intelligence through Telegram app
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- 23 hours ago
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- Networks allegedly linked to Iran are reportedly attempting to recruit people in Australia to gather information on Israelis online.
According to The Sunday Telegraph, the groups which claim to be acting on behalf of the Iranian regime are using the encrypted messaging platform Telegram to seek intelligence.
Users are reportedly being offered money in exchange for information about Israeli communities and businesses in Australia.
The Australian Federal Police is aware of the matter but has not provided further comment on its response.
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- ‘Political backside handed to you on a plate’: Barnaby Joyce sounds warning to Canberra
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- 23 hours ago
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- One Nation MP Barnaby Joyce commented on One Nation’s win in the Farrer by-election and said the result reflected growing frustration among traditional Liberal and Labor voters.
“We gave you chance after chance after chance,” Mr Joyce said.
“Tonight, the people who voted for One Nation were formerly called Liberal voters … Labor voters in big licks, Labor didn't even turn up here.
“I’m not so proud to say, oh, that's it, what I'm saying is remember the Australian people have a tolerance.
“They're so easy going, they’re so egalitarian, but if you keep poking them in the eye, if you keep ridiculing them, if you keep running them down, you're going to get your political backside handed to you on a plate.
“That's what happened tonight.”
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- Australians want to get rid of the ‘rotten Labor government’
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- 1 day ago
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- Opposition Leader Angus Taylor says the Albanese government has been taking Australia “in the wrong direction”.
Mr Taylor said most Australians “feel that” way.
“I firmly believe that Australians want to get rid of this rotten Labor government.”
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- Big government spending is ‘driving up’ interest rates and ‘making Australians poorer’
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- 1 day ago
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- Opposition Leader Angus Taylor says big government spending is “driving up” interest rates.
Mr Taylor said it’s “making Australians poorer”.
“This is the honest conversation that I think people want to have.”
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- Mass migration ‘has not worked’ for Australia: Angus Taylor
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- 1 day ago
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- Opposition Leader Angus Taylor says the Liberal Party has to get the “trust” of Australians back.
Mr Taylor said mass migration “has not worked” for Australia.
“Being honest, the net-zero ideology is driving up energy bills and sending industry offshore.”
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- ‘We are back’: Angus Taylor ‘guarantees’ the Coalition will be effective under his leadership
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- 1 day ago
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- Opposition Leader Angus Taylor says the Coalition is now “strong” under his leadership.
Mr Taylor said “we are back” and ready to work together with the National Party.
“This will pay dividends over time, I will guarantee it.”
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- ‘Incredibly grateful’: Raissa Butkowski reflects on her Farrer election loss
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- 1 day ago
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- Liberal Candidate for Farrer Raissa Butkowski says she’s “incredibly grateful” for the election experience despite her loss to One Nation.
Ms Butkowski said it has been “the best experience” of her life.
“And I wouldn’t change a thing.”
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- IN FULL: David Farley and Pauline Hanson give Farrer by-election victory speech
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- 1 day ago
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- One Nation Candidate for Farrer David Farley says his election victory is the “biggest achievement” in his career.
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- One Nation’s Farrer victory is proof Australians have ‘had a gutful’ of other parties
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- 1 day ago
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- One Nation MP Barnaby Joyce says the One Nation victory in Farrer is proof Australians have “had a gutful” of other political parties.
Mr Joyce said the One Nation voters were “formerly called Liberal voters”.
“Labor didn’t even turn up here.”
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- One Nation wins the Farrer by-election
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- 1 day ago
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- Sky News confirms One Nation Candidate David Farley has won the Farrer by-election.
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- Strong swing to One Nation in Farrer by-election early counts
- Date posted
- 1 day ago
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- Chief Election analyst Tom Connell says early Farrer by-election votes are showing One Nation Candidate David Farley with a “very strong” swing.
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- Brad Robertson has had a ‘fantastic’ campaign in Farrer by-election: Bridget McKenzie
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- 1 day ago
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- Nationals Senate Leader Bridget McKenzie says the National Party has had a “fantastic campaign” in the Farrer by-election.
Ms McKenzie told Sky News Australia that the National Candidate for Farrer, Brad Robertson, “has been welcomed” everywhere he’s gone in the electorate.
“I think for a Party whose soul is in the regions, it was great to be able to re-engage with these communities.”


