Sky News Australia
Swiss voters reject 10 million population cap proposal in national referendum
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- Swiss voters reject 10 million population cap proposal in national referendum
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- 2:03
- Date posted
- 5 minutes ago
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- Switzerland has voted against introducing a population cap in a referendum.
About 45 per cent of voters supported limiting the population to 10 million, while 55 per cent opposed the proposal.
The country’s current population is approximately 9.1 million. Under the proposed plan, reaching 9.5 million would have triggered measures to restrict asylum and immigration.
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- ‘They are still killers’: Iran try to look cooperative but will still fund Hamas, Hezbollah
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- 4:24
- Date posted
- 46 minutes ago
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- Sky News Political Analyst Joe Siracusa does not believe the US-Iran deal will bring the peace that it promises, but says it is a “very good start”.
Mr Siracusa told Sky News Australia the “Iranians are going to have to walk a fine line here. They are going to try to look very cooperative, but they are not cooperative at all. They are going to continue to bankroll Hamas, the Houthis, and Hezbollah”.
“They are still killers as far as I am concerned.
“They are going to try to look nice.”
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- Socceroos’ win over Turkey puts Mike Grella’s controversial prediction in spotlight
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- 6:03
- Date posted
- 49 minutes ago
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- California Post Senior Sports Reporter Michael Duarte spoke about the controversial video of former US soccer player Mike Grella slamming the Socceroos ahead of the Turkey tournament match.
“I’d like to say for the record, Australia, I said you guys had a shot … never did I expect that you guys would pull off the ultimate Aussie upset," Mr Duarte told Sky News Australia.
“In Mike's defence, if you were to just look at this match on paper, you didn’t see the finish, you didn’t see the game … you would think the game was three-nil Turkey.”
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- Australia backs peace efforts after Pakistan-mediated Iran–US breakthrough
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- 0:27
- Date posted
- 2 hours ago
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- Foreign Minister Penny Wong has released a statement welcoming US President Donald Trump's peace deal with Iran and Pakistan.
“We welcome President Trump and Pakistan’s announcement of an agreement including to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. Australia has long called for de-escalation and an end to the conflict, including in Lebanon,” Ms Wong said.
“As we have said, the longer this war goes on, the greater the impact will be.”
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- Israel will be ‘furious’ Trump’s Iran peace deal includes Lebanon
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- 6:20
- Date posted
- 2 hours ago
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- Sky News US Analyst Michael Ware said Israel will be “furious” America and Iran have agreed to the immediate termination of military operations on all fronts, including the one in Lebanon.
The official signing ceremony will be on Friday, 19 June in Switzerland.
Mr Ware told Sky News Australia it is a “big win” for the Iranians and a “loss” for the Israelis.
“You can imagine they will not be very happy in Tel Aviv.”
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- ‘Hold your fire, sign the deal’: Urgent ceasefire deal halts regional escalation
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- 3:15
- Date posted
- 2 hours ago
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- Fox News reporter Trey Yingst speaks on the breakthrough peace deal between Washington, Beirut and Tehran.
“The president getting this across the finish line tonight was very significant because, remember, Israel was bracing for the possibility of incoming Iranian ballistic missiles just hours ago," Mr Yingst said.
“The president clearly got on the phone and told them, ‘Hold your fire, sign the deal’.
“The fact that there was an immediate opening of the Strait of Hormuz is significant because this is 50 per cent of what the president was trying to get.
“The other 50 per cent has to do with Iran's nuclear program, and these detailed discussions will take place in the days and weeks ahead.”
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- ‘Immediate and permanent ceasefire agreed’: US, Iran and Lebanon agree to historic peace accord
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- 9:53
- Date posted
- 3 hours ago
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- A peace deal between the United States, Iran, and Lebanon has been finalised, aiming to reduce tensions and establish regional stability.
Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif commented on this.
“Following intensive talks, we are pleased to announce that the peace deal between the United States of America and Islamic Republic of Iran has been reached,” Mr Sharif said.
“Both sides have declared the immediate and permanent termination of military operations on all fronts, including Lebanon.
“The official signing ceremony will be on Friday.”
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- Trump confirms US-Iran peace deal has been reached
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- 6:06
- Date posted
- 3 hours ago
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- US President Trump has confirmed that the US and Iran have reached a peace deal.
Posting to Truth Social, Mr Trump said:
“The deal with the Islamic Republic of Iran is now complete. Congratulations to all! I hereby fully authorise the toll-free opening of the Strait of Hormuz, and, simultaneously herewith, authorise the immediate removal of the United States naval blockade. Ships of the world, start your engines. Let the oil flow! President Donald J. Trump."
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- Six dead following helicopter crash in Brazil
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- 0:23
- Date posted
- 3 hours ago
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- Two helicopters have collided mid-air over Rio de Janeiro, killing all six on board.
One of the choppers crashed into a car dealership, starting a fire before firefighters brought the blaze under control.
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- Plane crash kills 12 in Missouri
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- 0:24
- Date posted
- 4 hours ago
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- 11 skydivers and one pilot are dead after a plane crash in Missouri.
The aircraft left Butler Memorial Airport at 11:30 am local time, then turned around and crashed near a highway.
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- Pauline Hanson overtakes Albanese as preferred prime minister of Australia
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- 1:41
- Date posted
- 4 hours ago
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- One Nation Leader Pauline Hanson is now leading the polls for the preferred prime minister of Australia.
The Resolve Political Monitor polling revealed that 33 per cent of voters favoured Ms Hanson as the country's leader.
The poll showed Prime Minister Anthony Albanese at 29 per cent, while Opposition Leader Angus Taylor sat at 16 per cent.
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- ‘Let’s not blow it’: Peace deal potentially derailed as Israel renews strikes on Lebanon
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- 3:52
- Date posted
- 5 hours ago
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- US President Donald Trump has criticised Israel for striking southern Beirut, claiming the attack undermined ongoing peace talks with Iran.
Posting on Truth Social, Mr Trump said:
“We are very close to a deal that will bring peace to the region, including to Lebanon, and all sides should stand down…this could be the beginning of a long and beautiful peace — Let’s not blow it!”
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- ‘Decent supply’ of fuel entering Australia in the leadup to the excise being reintroduced
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- 3:31
- Date posted
- 10 hours ago
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- EQ Economics Managing Director Warren Hogan says the fuel excise tax being introduced again is likely to fuel panic buying.
Mr Hogan told Sky News host James Macpherson that the government assures Australians there is enough fuel to go around.
“For the next month or two we’ve got a decent supply of fuel coming into the country.”
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- Bernie fumes as Musk smashes trillion-dollar barrier
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- 5:26
- Date posted
- 10 hours ago
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- Sky News host James Macpherson claims the left’s reaction to Elon Musk becoming the world’s first trillionaire reveals its hostility towards success and wealth creation.
“Elon Musk is now the world's first trillionaire,” Mr Macpherson said.
“Musk became a trillionaire on Friday after listing his SpaceX company on the New York Stock Exchange.
“But the Left are telling us that we shouldn't celebrate his success. Because in the modern moral economy, achievement is fine as long as it doesn't actually achieve anything.
“Democrat statesman Bernie Sanders tweeted that Elon Musk's rise to trillionaire status is not a time to celebrate. He went on to explain that Elon Musk, with so much money, was destroying the social fabric of our democracy.
“While Musk creates infrastructure to enable space exploration, Bernie Sanders creates socialist policies to take money from people who earn it.”
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- 75-year-old grandma barges female reporter to the ground
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- 3:07
- Date posted
- 10 hours ago
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- Sky News host James Macpherson claims a dramatic court incident involving the grandmother of missing child Gus Lamont highlights the confusion created by gender identity legislation.
“The grandmother of missing South Australian child Gus Lamont was in court on Friday,” Mr Macpherson said.
“Now I'm watching that news report thinking, whoa, what sort of a 75-year-old grandma just barges into female reporters, with one being knocked to the ground?
“Josie Murray is a biological man who identifies as a woman.
“See how it's hard to make sense of things if you're being given an ideological version of events rather than the true version?
“If politicians don't fix the Sex Discrimination Act, it's potentially dangerous and incredibly costly to speak freely in this country about the most obvious things.”
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- ‘Birth certificates are about truth’: Gender law proposal ignites backlash
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- 3:28
- Date posted
- 10 hours ago
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- Sky News host James Macpherson condemns proposed South Australian laws which would allow trans-identifying parents to change parental titles on birth certificates.
“The South Australian Parliament is set to debate a private members' bill that, if passed, will allow trans-identifying parents to alter the parental designation on a child's birth certificate,” Mr Macpherson said.
“In plain English: a biological man who identifies as a woman would be able to record himself as the mother of his child on that child's birth certificate, and a biological woman who identifies as a man could be recorded as the father.
“If Anthony Albanese is watching me right now, he'll accuse me of waging a culture war for having said what I've just said.
“I get that a father who identifies as a woman wants to be known as mum, rather than dad. But the birth certificate isn't actually about him. It's about the child. The birth certificate is also about...
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- Australia’s cost of living crisis is ‘fast approaching’ a seventh year
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- 3:28
- Date posted
- 11 hours ago
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- EQ Economics Managing Director Warren Hogan says the cost-of-living crisis in Australia is “fast approaching a seventh year”.
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- RBA ‘cautious’ about rate hikes without reasonable cause
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- 2:30
- Date posted
- 11 hours ago
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- EQ Economics Managing Director Warren Hogan says the RBA is “cautious” about raising interest rates without reasonable cause.
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- ‘The shine is coming off’: Harry and Meghan humiliated in new documentary
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- 3:54
- Date posted
- 12 hours ago
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- Spiked Online Editor Tom Slater says a new documentary highlights how public sympathy for the Sussexes is wearing thin on both sides of the Atlantic.
“I think this moment was always coming,” Mr Slater told Sky News host Jaimee Rogers.
“This documentary, I think, underlies the fact that whilst Harry and Meghan at first were pretty embraced in America, I think a lot of people kind of bought their end of the story that they were hounded out by the royal family in Britain.
“I think the shine is coming off them.”
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- UK government in shambles as defence minister abruptly quits
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- 4:14
- Date posted
- 12 hours ago
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- Spiked Online Editor Tom Slater responds to British Defence Secretary John Healey abruptly quitting.
“It’s undiplomatic and disrespectful at the very least, just a few hours before this media event was supposed to take place,” Mr Slater told Sky News host Jaimee Rogers.
“You had the Australian media who had been shuttled down to cover it, and then suddenly out of nowhere John Healey resigns.
“Healey resigning obviously over the question of defence spending and the feet-dragging from Prime Minister Keir Starmer.”
“This guy’s a crackpot and a pretty dangerous one.”
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- ‘Dangerous crackpot’: Zack Polanski torched over migration battle with Elon Musk
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- 6:25
- Date posted
- 12 hours ago
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- Spiked Online Editor Tom Slater unloads on Green leadership hopeful Zack Polanski, accusing him of ignoring public fears over illegal migration and violent crime.
“I think it’s particularly telling that this kicked off because Zack Polanski was upset by Elon Musk saying that murderous migrants beheading innocent people in their hometown is what’s making people angry, not social media,” Mr Slater told Sky News host Jaimee Rogers.
“Elon Musk is absolutely right; there is deep concern in this country about people coming into the country illegally, not knowing who they are, what their intentions are and a non-negligible proportion of them turning out to be murderous scumbags.
“For Zack Polanski to get upset about that, I think it’s pretty telling.
“This is a man who thinks we should have infinite migration even at the levels we’re currently experiencing it.
“This guy’s a crackpot and a pretty dangerous o...
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- ‘Can’t cope with opposing views’: Debate culture collapsing in classrooms
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- 2:52
- Date posted
- 12 hours ago
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- Sky News Host Jaimee Rogers believes growing hostility from students and parents is forcing teachers to avoid important discussions.
“In today's Australia, teachers are avoiding classroom debates because students and parents can't cope with opposing views,” Ms Rogers said.
“One in five teachers say their students have little to no ability to disagree with a peer without it becoming personal or hostile.
“While four in five say negative reactions from parents and students are stopping them from holding classroom debates altogether.
“We have to teach our children that debate, discussion and compromise are key fundamentals to a thriving liberal democracy. That is what our system is all about.”
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- Albanese government ‘can’t change’ fuel excise tax but happily changes capital gains tax
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- 4:13
- Date posted
- 12 hours ago
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- Sky News host James Macpherson says the Albanese government’s fuel excise is coming to an end.
Mr Macpherson said Australians could be paying an extra 40 cents per litre on fuel.
“So, the government can change the position on capital gains tax but can’t change position on the fuel excise.”
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- Wind and solar ‘can’t cut it’ for Australia’s energy demands
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- 8:18
- Date posted
- 12 hours ago
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- CIS Director of Energy Research Aidan Morrison says nuclear energy has been “working beautifully” around the world for years now.
Mr Morrison said Australia’s renewable energy plans have “never been done anywhere”.
“Wind and solar just absolutely can’t cut it.”
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- Albanese accused of arrogance as ‘Fire the Liar’ campaign explodes
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- 4:56
- Date posted
- 14 hours ago
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- Sky News Host Jaimee Rogers claims more than 60,000 Australians have backed Pauline Hanson’s anti-Albanese campaign, proving voters are desperate for leaders who will listen.
“A liar accusing his opponent of lying. That's exactly what Prime Minister Anthony Albanese did this week when asked about Pauline Hanson's Fire the Liar donation drive,” Ms Rogers said.
“While Australians are speaking, Labor leaders aren't listening; they are belittling. They're being smug, and Australians have had enough.
“Fire the Liar now sits at $3.8 million, with more than 60,000 individual donations.
“People reaching into their own pockets because they believe somebody is finally listening.”
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- Rooftop solar has done ‘no favours’ to scale up more electricity into the grid
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- 8:44
- Date posted
- 14 hours ago
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- CIS Director of Energy Research Aidan Morrison says rooftop solar has done “no favours” for the energy grid.
Mr Morrison said it’s “not an efficient way” to scale up more electricity into the grid.
“This is a damning indictment of the overall weather-dependent energy system we’re trying to build.”
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- Switzerland considers unprecedented population cap
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- 3:17
- Date posted
- 16 hours ago
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- Voters in Switzerland will head to the polls to decide whether to cap the nation's population at 10 million.
Reports from Geneva show the referendum has exposed divisions over immigration.
The idea of having a population cap is considered a very radical idea, and if passed, Switzerland would be the very first country in the world to have an official population cap.
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- Drivers brace for fuel price shock as excise discount finishes
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- 0:29
- Date posted
- 17 hours ago
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- Fuel suppliers are expecting another round of panic buying as the 32-cent excise discount finishes at the end of the month.
Energy Minister Chris Bowen claimed the excise would only be extended due to unforeseen circumstances.
The government's support program to boost imports has been successful, as extra petrol and diesel have been put into the supply chain.
Fuel company representatives claim the country is prepared for a spike in demand as fuel storage is full.
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- UK Forces intercept a Russian Oil Tanker attempting to pass through the English Channel
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- 0:35
- Date posted
- 17 hours ago
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- UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has announced that the British Military has intercepted a Russian oil tanker attempting to pass through the English Channel.
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- Iran has figured out the Strait of Hormuz is a ‘bargaining chip’ over the global economy
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- 6:59
- Date posted
- 17 hours ago
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- Iranian and Middle Eastern Studies Centre Director Sahar Razavi says Iran has seen the Strait of Hormuz as its “bargaining chip”.
Ms Razavi told Sky News Australia that it’s working as “leverage” over the US.
“But also, over the global economy.”
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- Socceroos win the first game of FIFA World Cup against Turkey
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- 1:10
- Date posted
- 18 hours ago
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- Australia has dominated the first game of the FIFA World Cup against Turkey.
The score was 2-0 in Australia’s favour.
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- Calls grow for Australia to strengthen tech sovereignty to safeguard prosperity
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- 8:41
- Date posted
- 20 hours ago
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- TechnologyOne CEO Edward Chung reiterates the urgent need for tech sovereignty in Australia.
“Sovereignty means taking control of your own destiny, so tech sovereignty is the same. Do we have tech sovereignty to take care of our own destiny?” Mr Chung told Sky News Australia.
“It’s really important to me, and I think it’s really important to all Aussies.“
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- Elizabeth Warren has anti-Elon meltdown after Musk’s trillionaire status
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- 2:54
- Date posted
- 20 hours ago
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- Sky News host James Morrow calls out Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren for her recent Elon Musk meltdown.
“Here is a bit of [Elizabeth Warren] complaining that Elon Musk, a man who has built lots of things, is now a trillionaire,” Mr Morrow said.
“The funny thing about that, I don’t know if you noticed, she’s sitting in the back of a chauffeur-driven SUV, paid for presumably by the taxpayer.”
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- ‘What evidence is there?’: Albanese unable to accept One Nation’s fundraising success
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- 2:02
- Date posted
- 21 hours ago
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- Sky News host Rowan Dean reacts to a clip of Prime Minister Anthony Albanese questioning whether One Nation’s recent fundraising campaign surpassed the Labor Party's campaign.
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- Reporter in Belfast called out live on TV for lack of coverage on attempted beheading
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- 7:44
- Date posted
- 21 hours ago
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- Sky News host Rita Panahi reacts to a clip from Belfast in which a reporter is challenged live on air for focusing on the public response to an attempted beheading rather than the incident itself.
“They’re finally seeing that the media is not on their side, that the media does not represent their interests,” Ms Panahi said.
“When you try to bury these issues, this is what happens: it goes too far, then you start having houses set on fire and buses set on fire.
“If you don’t actually address the real and reasonable concerns of your citizens, they react like this … you can’t be shocked by now.”
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- Spencer Pratt fires back at ‘nasty’ Jimmy Kimmel as late-night joke turns personal
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- 6:07
- Date posted
- 22 hours ago
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- Sky News host Rita Panahi calls out Jimmy Kimmel for his nasty joke aimed at Spencer Pratt.
“Jimmy Kimmel did a very cheap and nasty little joke at Spencer Pratt’s expense,” Ms Panahi said.
“Spencer came back at him hard.”
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- One Nation targets student visa loopholes with tough new immigration reform push
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- 2:43
- Date posted
- 22 hours ago
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- Sky News host James Morrow weighs in on One Nation’s student immigration policy as the party gains momentum nationally.
“More policies out of One Nation … we are starting to see stuff on migration, they’ve come up with a very good policy on not letting people on student visas degree hop,” Mr Morrow said.
“We are going to see, you know, a real acceptance of the fact now by One Nation that they need to start being ready for having a place in the executive of a future government.”
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- ‘The fight is on’: All eyes on One Nation as it surpasses major parties in recent poll
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- 1:07
- Date posted
- 23 hours ago
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- The Australian Associate Editor Graham Lloyd comments on the historic rise in support for One Nation as it surpasses Labor and the Coalition in recent polling.
"We saw Newspoll at the start of the week showing that One Nation is the most popular party, more than Labor and the Coalition,” Mr Lloyd told Sky News Political Editor Andrew Clennell.
“They said that they will challenge Labor directly in its seats, particularly in Western Sydney, so that fight is on.
“Pauline Hanson is appearing this week at the press club; she's going to come under more scrutiny, so how she performs in those settings is going to dictate where things go from here, but at the moment, it’s on.”
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- Media fury focuses on Musk and online posts while Belfast attempted beheading overlooked
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- 7:49
- Date posted
- 23 hours ago
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- Sky News host James Morrow discusses the media's response to an attempted beheading in Belfast.
“For the past week, we've been watching footage out of Belfast and Northern Ireland as mobs protest the attempted beheading,” Mr Morrow said.
“Now here's the crazy thing. In a normal world, the fact that an innocent man almost got his head lopped off after being set upon in a Belfast street would be the big story and cause for outrage. But no, in the bizarro world of the left … it is the fact that we are even talking about it that is the real problem.
“In a chilling turn, Hilary Benn, the UK's minister for Northern Ireland, said that they would be aiming to crack down on sharing of what he called divisive material, saying it might make migrants feel afraid.”
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- Tony Burke warns migration must be managed to match Australia’s housing supply
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- 26:51
- Date posted
- 23 hours ago
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- Immigration Minister Tony Burke discusses rising migration levels in Australia and their impact on housing supply.
“We need to keep doing what we can to increase housing supply, and we need to make sure migration is tailored to what we can do there,” Mr Burke told Sky News Political Editor Andrew Clennell.
“If you go at migration the wrong way, then you can actually make the housing situation worse.”
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- ‘It takes a toll’: Phillip Thompson commends retiring senator’s decision to step down
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- 8:22
- Date posted
- 23 hours ago
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- Shadow Defence Industry Minister Phillip Thompson has praised Liberal Senator Jonathon Duniam following his decision to retire.
“We were talking about the family impact that I know all too well, missing anniversaries, missing birthdays, missing holidays … being the shadow home affairs minister who’s always out and about on TV, travelling,” Mr Thompson told Sky News Political Editor Andrew Clennell.
“It takes a toll. He’s been a fierce warrior and a fierce servant of the political party and also of the Senate.”
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- Business Weekend | 14 June
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- 47:41
- Date posted
- 1 day ago
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- Elon Musk becomes the world's first trillionaire after Space X listing, Wesfarmer's CEO says the federal Budget's CGT changes are "anti-inspirational". Plus, productivity plunges to its lowest level in three years.
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- ‘Diabolically low’: Alarm bells ring for Jacinta Allan amid deepening voter discontent
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- 4:51
- Date posted
- 1 day ago
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- Sky News host Rita Panahi discusses the catastrophic polling of Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan.
“Jacinta Allan’s personal approval rating sits at a diabolically low minus 37, and what’s even more devastating for this thoroughly inept Neo-Marxist premier is the fact that almost one in three voters said they would change their vote,” Ms Panahi said.
“If Premier Allan is still clinging to her job by the end of this month, then you know Vic Labor has a death wish.
“Allan is despised, not because of her gender, but because of her ineptitude.”
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- UK backs US-led push to end Iran conflict and restore Strait of Hormuz navigation
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- 1:25
- Date posted
- 1 day ago
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- According to Downing Street, UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has expressed support for US President Donald Trump's efforts to bring the Iran conflict to an end.
Mr Starmer reiterated that the UK stands ready to support the implementation of any peace agreement and to work with international partners to ensure its success.
Both leaders have agreed that freedom of navigation must be restored in the Strait of Hormuz to ease the economic impacts that are felt globally.
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- ‘Up for a fight’: One Nation stands firm against the ABC as Coalition fears fallout
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- 3:48
- Date posted
- 1 day ago
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- Sky News host Rita Panahi discusses One Nation and its continued opposition to the ABC.
“One Nation’s not just authentic, they’re up for the fight, they’re not afraid of a media backlash,” Ms Panahi said.
“If the media is against you, you’re probably doing things right.
“Whilst the Coalition is absolutely petrified of media backlash.”
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- One Nation a fundraising juggernaut as grassroots donations surge past $3 million
- Runtime
- 6:20
- Date posted
- 1 day ago
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- Sky News host Rita Panahi weighs in on the monumental success of One Nation’s fundraising campaign.
“One Nation’s campaign actually worked, and I think it’s well over $3 million now,” Ms Panahi said.
“This is just incredible, and you look at the donations, this isn’t billionaires and millionaires … grassroots money, small donations from a large number of people.”
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- Funeral planned for Iran's former supreme leader scheduled across Iran
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- 0:33
- Date posted
- 1 day ago
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- A funeral for Iran’s former Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei is scheduled to take place next month.
Iranian state media reports that a farewell ceremony will be held in Tehran on July 4 and 5, followed by funeral ceremonies in Tehran and the holy city of Qom.
He is expected to be buried in Mashhad after a further ceremony on July 9.
State media reports that Khamenei was killed in an airstrike in the opening phase of the current conflict in Iran.
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- Trump says Iran agreement expected to be signed tomorrow
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- 1:59
- Date posted
- 1 day ago
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- US President Donald Trump has said an agreement with Iran is expected to be signed tomorrow.
The announcement came after Pakistan indicated that a deal could be close and that a signing may take place within the next 24 hours.
Iranian officials have not confirmed that a signing is imminent, with some statements casting doubt on the timing.
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- Swiss voters to decide on proposal to cap population at 10 million
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- 3:15
- Date posted
- 1 day ago
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- Voters in Switzerland will go to the polls on a proposal to introduce a population cap of 10 million.
Switzerland’s population is currently around 9 million.
If the measure were approved, it would require the government to take steps to limit population growth through immigration once certain thresholds are reached.
If adopted, it would make Switzerland the first country to formally introduce a national population cap.
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- Liberal frontbencher Jonathon Duniam to retire from politics
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- 0:51
- Date posted
- 1 day ago
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- Liberal Senator Jonathon Duniam is allegedly set to retire at the age of 43.
Mr Duniam told Sky News Political Editor Andrew Clennell that the decision was made for family reasons and described it as a difficult choice.
As a senator, his retirement will not trigger a by-election, and he is expected to remain on the front bench for the time being.
