Sky News Australia
Audience turns on Julia Gillard over ‘destroyed’ women’s protections
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- Audience turns on Julia Gillard over ‘destroyed’ women’s protections
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- 7:16
- Date posted
- 2 hours ago
- Description
- Sky News host Danica De Giorgio unloads on former prime minister Julia Gillard over changes to the Sex Discrimination Act.
“The former prime minister in 2013 amended the Sex Discrimination Act, where she took out male and female, so of course, gender, basic biology, sex, is deemed redundant in this country,” Ms De Giorgio said.
“Julia Girllard was at a UK writers festival event today, and members of the audience actually turned on her.
“The former prime minister was actually on stage talking about the importance of women being treated fairly.
“Julia Gillard, what about fairness in the act which you changed and absolutely destroyed?”
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- Media blasted for diminishing BLM chaos while demonising January 6
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- 8:37
- Date posted
- 2 hours ago
- Description
- Sky News contributor Kosha Gada calls out author Sunny Hostin for claiming the January 6 riot caused more damage than the BLM riots across the country.
“The whole culture coalesces around that narrative, around BLM,” Ms Gada told Sky News host Rita Panahi.
“The media is doing these pantomime segments where there’s literally fire behind them, and they’re saying it’s mostly peaceful.
“All of that was happening, and that helps prop up that narrative.
“On the flip side, of course, J6, and we know what happened, and those people were held in jail pre-trial detention for months and months … for ultimately trespassing.
“I think the true believers like Sunny will continue to their last breath pushing that narrative.”
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- ‘Media whitewash’: BLM riots blamed for billions in destruction and deaths
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- 6:09
- Date posted
- 2 hours ago
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- Sky News host Rita Panahi blasts the media’s “mostly peaceful” narrative surrounding the BLM riots, arguing the destruction left communities devastated.
“The truth is BLM’s summer of love, the riots, arson, mindless violence and destruction across America, cost billions in damage, cost more than 20 lives and saw many more injured,” Ms Panahi said.
“This is how the media covered what they called fiery but mostly peaceful protests.
“The media whitewash doesn’t change the facts.
“BLM’s rain of destruction caused around $2 billion in damage across the country, but so much more harm was inflicted on communities, the killings, the assault.
“The left has selective amnesia.”
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- Phone calls cause anxiety for ‘60 per cent’ of Gen Z
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- 8:41
- Date posted
- 2 hours ago
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- Sky News host Caleb Bond says Gen Z’s growing anxiety around phone calls is skyrocketing, with new data revealing 60 per cent of Australians aged 18 to 26 avoid answering them.
“I just want it done. I’ve got to get a task done. You pick up the phone. You get an answer,” Mr Bond said.
“I don’t know whether it’s social anxiety or what.”
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- Voice memos boom as women ditch phone calls for quick ‘debriefs’
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- 4:41
- Date posted
- 2 hours ago
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- Sky News host Danica De Giorgio unpacks why voice messages are becoming increasingly popular over traditional phone calls, especially among women who prefer quick, informal debriefs with friends.
“I love voice messages, my friends and I will always voice message. It’s a woman thing,” Ms De Giogio said.
“When you have to debrief with your girlfriends, you send a voice message.”
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- ‘Crocodile tears’: Minneapolis mayor mocked for George Floyd obsession
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- 5:48
- Date posted
- 2 hours ago
- Description
- Sky News contributor Kosha Gada condemns Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey for desperately clinging to the George Floyd narrative as public support collapses.
Minneapolis mayor Jacob Fray paid tribute to George Floyd in tweets about while he posted one tweet about Memorial Day.
“He is really a one-trick pony. He will go down in infamy as the mayor who was crying crocodile tears,” Ms Gada told Sky News host Rita Panahi.
“He knows that he’s fallen out of public popularity, that whole act that he did looks incredibly foolish as time goes on, and I think he will be clinging to that till the bitter end.”
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- ‘How’s anyone meant to live on that’: Labor’s NT jobs scheme blasted
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- 6:34
- Date posted
- 2 hours ago
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- Shadow Small Business Minister Jacinta Nampijinpa Price blasts Labor’s Northern Territory jobs scheme, questioning how workers are expected to survive on the wages being offered amid the cost-of-living crisis.
“How’s anyone going to live on that wage for starters, $50,000 under the current cost of living crisis,” Ms Nampijinpa Price told Sky News host Paul Murray.
“This is why I continue to call for an audit into the indigenous affairs space.
“They sit there and try to tell you this is really successful.”
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- US Senator ridiculed for endorsing a candidate with a Nazi tattoo
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- 3:01
- Date posted
- 3 hours ago
- Description
- Sky News contributor Kosha Gada ridicules Democrats after US Senator Bernie Sanders endorsed a candidate whose past social media activity erupted into controversy.
US Senator Bernie Sanders endorses Democrat candidate Graham Platner, a man with a Nazi tattoo he has on his chest, for the Senate.
“The more we learn about the candidates they put forward, you just laugh, why did this happen for them?” Ms Gada told Sky News host Rita Panahi.
“Unfortunately for him, he’s all over social media, and things he’s said and done are coming back to haunt him.”
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- ‘This will accelerate’: Wave of trans lawsuits threaten gender medicine industry
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- 3:48
- Date posted
- 3 hours ago
- Description
- Sky News contributor Kosha Gada hopes lawsuits against gender clinics are only just beginning as more patients come forward with regret claims.
A woman who had her breasts removed after identifying as nonbinary has reached a confidential settlement after suing her mental health providers, reportedly for $3.5 million.
“I think so far it’s been 20 to 30 or so, we expect that will accelerate,” Ms Gada told Sky News host Rita Panahi.
“Unfortunately, though I think the instrument of lawsuits is slow and costly and time-consuming, relative to the damage that this industry has done.
“The lawsuits will hopefully accelerate and change behaviour.”
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- Police ignored repeated ASIO terror warnings before Bondi Chanukah event
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- 15:15
- Date posted
- 3 hours ago
- Description
- Sky News host Sharri Markson reveals police ignored multiple ASIO terror warnings before the Bondi Chanukah event.
“The Royal Commission interrogated police about why they had not properly protected the Chanukah event,” Ms Sharri said.
“ASIO had produced a warning two months before Bondi of the threat of terror to the Jewish community, but the NSW Police commander overseeing the Chanukah event admitted she did not read it.
“ASIO had also sent a second threat assessment on December 2, where it warned of the threat of terrorism in crowded public places, but again, the police superintendent said she does not recall reading the entire document.
“These revelations amount to a giant law enforcement and intelligence failure that led to Bondi.”
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- ‘What side’: Israel backs Trump's push to expand Abraham Accords to Arab nations
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- 1:44
- Date posted
- 3 hours ago
- Description
- Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister Sharren Haskel commends US President Donald Trump for pushing Abraham Accords expansion amid ongoing tensions with Iran.
“Many of these countries know they are not safe from a fanatical regime … they need to make a choice of what side they're on,” Ms Haskel told Sky News host Sharri Markson.
“It opens a lot of opportunities. But, one of the most amazing ones might be Lebanon.”
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- US and Iran aren't ‘very close’ to peace deal: Israeli deputy foreign minister
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- 4:15
- Date posted
- 3 hours ago
- Description
- Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister Sharren Haskel believes US President Donald Trump is not “very close” to a peace deal with Iran.
“I read a lot of the press release, the Twitter accounts and the remarks the leftovers from the Iranian regime are saying, I don't think we are very close,” Ms Haskel told Sky News host Sharri Markson.
“I hear what they say about the enriched uranium, about their capability … it’s not as close as people believe.”
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- ‘They can’t even get a tattoo’: TV host slams children undergoing irreversible gender treatments
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- 4:28
- Date posted
- 3 hours ago
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- Sky News host Rita Panahi warns children are being pushed into life-altering medical decisions before they are old enough to fully understand the consequences.
“You don’t see class action lawsuits happening, just given how many children have been sent down this path?” Mr Panahi said.
“For kids, the results are even more horrendous, potentially because they could be left infertile, they could be left with all sorts of sexual dysfunction.
“They’re making these decisions at an age where they can’t get a tattoo, they can’t drive.”
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- Trump praised for cleaning up Lincoln Memorial after years of neglect
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- 6:09
- Date posted
- 3 hours ago
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- Sky News contributor Kosha Gada praises US President Donald Trump for restoring the Lincoln Memorial pool.
“Just a simple message, clean up the streets, clean up homelessness, maintain basic infrastructure, drain the pool once in a while,” Ms Gada told Sky News host Rita Panahi.
“It’s very popular, especially when we know how much the government wastes on all sorts of things.”
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- ‘Everyone knows it’: DEI agenda blasted as deeply flawed ideology
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- 3:30
- Date posted
- 3 hours ago
- Description
- Sky News contributor Kosha Gada claims DEI became a “mythologised” ideology that people embraced without questioning its real-world consequences.
“It’s another thing like we talked about with BLM, these things get mythologised and DEI sort of just because a high-level symbol of equity,” Ms Gada told Sky News host Rita Panahi.
“I think a lot of people genuinely started believing it without thinking underneath well what it actually means.
“Small wins to try and undo what they’ve put into place that is deeply wrong, and everyone knows it.”
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- Trump draws ‘red line’ as he refuses to budge on Iran negotiations
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- 3:58
- Date posted
- 4 hours ago
- Description
- Former White House press secretary Sean Spicer praises US President Donald Trump for refusing to budge on Iran despite mounting domestic pressure over the conflict.
“What I was concerned about is that as the president felt more domestic pressure, he might slide on this,” Mr Spicer told Sky News host Andrew Bolt.
“The president has been firm, very firm in fact and continues to keep the same line in the sand that there’s no enrichment possible.
“It’s been really clear that that’s a red line.”
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- ‘Another war brewing’: Trump hits Cuba with oil embargo
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- 7:30
- Date posted
- 4 hours ago
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- Sky News host Andrew Bolt warns tensions between the US and Cuba are rapidly escalating.
“There’s another war brewing, or at least a confrontation,” Mr Bolt said.
“Donald Trump … has hit Cuba with an oil embargo.
“The brother of former dictator Fidel Castro has been charged with killing Americans.”
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- Americans fear Iran conflict goals will not be met in negotiations
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- 4:20
- Date posted
- 4 hours ago
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- Former White House press secretary Sean Spicer says Americans are growing anxious over soaring fuel and grocery prices as the Iran crisis drags on.
“At least for those of us in America, we’re worried about two things, one making sure that we went through all this to ensure that Iran does not have access to nuclear materials,” Mr Spicer told Sky News host Andrew Bolt.
“Secondly, on a domestic front … a lot of Americans are getting concerned about the price of gas, the price of groceries.
“Those are clearly not the two driving principles in these negotiations.”
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- Australia ‘increasingly reliant’ on unreliable energy under Labor
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- 9:06
- Date posted
- 5 hours ago
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- Sky News host Andrew Bolt claims Australia is increasingly relying on unreliable energy under the Labor government.
“Liddell for many years produced more than 10 per cent of NSW's electricity, night or day, windy or still, like renewables never could. Reliable. Cheap. And now killed by our global warming religion,” Mr Bolt said.
“Now, instead of a Liddell, we are increasingly relying on unreliable wind and solar power, backed by very expensive batteries.
“You've seen the result; your power bills have exploded. Power lines also now crisscross the country like graffiti, linking up all the wind and solar plants.”
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- Greens could revolt on negative gearing to avoid voter backlash
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- 4:34
- Date posted
- 5 hours ago
- Description
- Sky News Political Editor Andrew Clennell predicts the Greens may abandon Labor on negative gearing reforms over fears the policy will hurt younger voters.
“It seems to me that the Greens are more likely to pass the capital gains taxes through the Senate and not the negative gearing,” Mr Clennell told Sky News host Peta Credlin.
“They’ve got an objection to the negative gearing because their vote is a lot of the young people, and of course, it hits young people because they won’t be able to negatively gear.”
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- Protests erupt across the UK as women back Grover in fight for women's spaces
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- 3:12
- Date posted
- 5 hours ago
- Description
- Sky News contributor Sophie Elsworth says protests are erupting across the UK as women throw their support behind Sall Grover and women's rights to single sex spaces.
“I was in Wales last night, at the Hay Festival, where Julia Gillard was speaking … it disgruntled one of the attendees who held up a sign that said Julia Gillard is a destroyer of women's rights,” Ms Elsworth told Sky News host Peta Credlin.
“She removed the meaning of biological male and female from the Sex Discrimination Act.
“This heckler was shut down pretty quickly by the organiser.”
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- ‘Keep your didgeridoo out of my loo’: Sall Grover supporters protest in London
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- 3:49
- Date posted
- 5 hours ago
- Description
- Sky News host Peta Credlin praises supporters of Sall Grover for standing up to protect women’s spaces, as protesters rally in London against Australia’s sex discrimination laws.
“I love some of those signs, keep your didgeridoo out of my loo,” Ms Credlin said.
“They’re going pretty hard in support of Sall Grover.”
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- Tax reform process under fire for unusual practices
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- 7:31
- Date posted
- 5 hours ago
- Description
- Sky News Political Editor Andrew Clennell believes Labor’s handling of controversial tax reform mirrors the chaos surrounding the failed mining tax under Wayne Swan.
“Despite the denials of the prime minister and others that this is usual practice, it’s just not,” Mr Clennell told Sky News host Peta Credlin.
“Often when you do tax reform, it’s better to announce it outside of a budget process, do the consultation, then have it in the budget.
“Someone did point out to me that this is Jim Chalmers, and he was working for Wayne Swan when a similar thing happened with the mining tax.”
“It seems to be a bit of a habit.”
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- Government forced to backflip after axing funding for Victoria Cross recipient's family
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- 2:51
- Date posted
- 5 hours ago
- Description
- Sky News host Peta Credlin says overwhelming public backlash forced the government to backflip on stripping funding from the family of Victoria Cross recipient Cameron Baird.
“This morning on my way back from the gym, I got a message from Doug Baird, saying that the veterans minister had been in touch and they were backing down on their decision to strip him of funding,” Ms Credlin said.
“Funding he has received since his late son, Cameron Baird, was awarded the Victoria Cross in a battle in Afghanistan, for which he saved the lives of his mates but lost his own.
“Funding that amounted to less than $5,000 a year, that he and his wife, Kaye, used to help cover their travel costs as they attended RSL and community events, to support veterans and their families.
“Your anger was swift, and it's because of you and a big push from Tony Abbott that we now have this money reinstated in Cameron's name, and a promise that it will not ...
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- Spencer Pratt savagely fires back at comedians named in Epstein files
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- 8:12
- Date posted
- 6 hours ago
- Description
- Comedian Alex Stein reacts to LA mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt firing back at comedians Chelsea Handler and Drew Carey, who were named in the Epstein files.
“I don’t think anybody has been trained in internet drama more than Spencer Pratt,” Mr Stein told Sky News host Rita Panahi.
“He can take anything they can dish out to him.”
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- Pete Hegseth blocked from meeting Washington Nationals players
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- 6:21
- Date posted
- 6 hours ago
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- Comedian Alex Stein claims War Secretary Pete Hegseth was blocked from meeting players from the Washington Nationals MLB team.
Mr Stein told Sky News host Rita Panahi that a person “high up” in the Washington Nationals baseball team has blocked Pete Hegseth from meeting the players.
“Pete Hegseth tries to meet the players, and there’s literally someone from the organisation that stops Pete Hegseth from meeting the conservative players.”
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- Spencer Pratt offers ‘unorthodox’ leadership after Karen Bass ‘let down’ LA
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- 3:49
- Date posted
- 6 hours ago
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- Comedian Alex Stein says LA mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt is offering “unorthodox” leadership after the city was let down by Mayor Karen Bass.
“All of the citizens of Los Angeles have felt let down by the current leadership,” Mr Stein told Sky News host Rita Panahi.
“They want somebody that’s different; they want somebody that’s unorthodox, and I think Spencer Pratt checks all those boxes.”
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- Trump crackdown comes as ‘unchecked legal migration' sparks concern
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- 1:41
- Date posted
- 6 hours ago
- Description
- Sky News contributor Kristin Tate warns a surge in “unchecked legal migration” is raising alarms across the United States.
“People coming over for temporary reasons, whether that’s under student visas or tourism, and then they kind of use that to get in the country and stay here,” Ms Tate told Sky News host Chris Kenny.
“They never leave. That is a huge problem, and an increasing number of Americans are concerned.
“Trump is really tackling this issue … the MAGA base is thrilled.”
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- Trump clashes with ‘war hawks’ over Iran strategy
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- 3:39
- Date posted
- 6 hours ago
- Description
- Sky News contributor Kristin Tate says US President Donald Trump is hitting out against “war hawkish” individuals, such as Republican Senator Ted Cruz, over the Iran peace deal push.
“These people want to see more action that could lead to something like regime change,” Ms Tate told Sky News host Chris Kenny.
“Then you have the MAGA base, and they want a deal like this to happen because they are sick of nation-building.”
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- Trump holds strong MAGA support following fresh strikes on Iran
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- 5:39
- Date posted
- 6 hours ago
- Description
- Sky News contributor Kristin Tate says MAGA voters remain firmly behind US President Donald Trump following America's fresh strikes on Iran.
“Even though they’re sick of forever wars, remember, during Trump's first term, he did not start any new major wars,” Ms Tate told Sky News host Chris Kenny.
“But, this has really shifted the discussion in this country, away from some of the more important, according to a lot of voters, domestic issues they voted Trump on.”
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- Lefties Losing It: Spencer Pratt destroys Drew Carey with ‘Epstein files’ jab
- Runtime
- 26:37
- Date posted
- 6 hours ago
- Description
- Sky News host Rita Panahi has reacted to LA mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt's "incredible" Epstein jab at actor Drew Carey.
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- Lefties Losing It: Elon savages hypocrite Bruce Springsteen after ‘lunatic rant’
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- 18:27
- Date posted
- 7 hours ago
- Description
- Sky News host Rita Panahi has lauded Elon Musk for his X post pointing out singer Bruce Springsteen's hypocrisy.
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- Lefties Losing It: Socialist millionaire Billie Eilish pushes her 'overpriced perfume'
- Runtime
- 6:30
- Date posted
- 7 hours ago
- Description
- Sky News host Rita Panahi has torched singer Billie Eilish for "pushing her overpriced perfume".
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- 'Climate warriors never care about cost': Bowen attacked over department's travel spending
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- 1:57
- Date posted
- 7 hours ago
- Description
- Sky News host Chris Kenny reacts to Energy Minister Chris Bowen’s department slugging taxpayers with a close to half-a-million-dollar bill.
Departmental staff were authorised to spend $485,602 on trips to Turkey, Fiji, Germany, and South Korea, according to The Australian.
“On the back of a cost-of-living crisis, power price strife and a shocking budget, you get the sense that many in the media have started to tire of the likes of Bowen and their cocky attitudes,” Mr Kenny said.
“Because there are two things that we've learned climate warriors never care about. That is the cost to taxpayers for all their campaigning, and of course, the carbon footprint they leave in their jet trails.”
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- Chris Bowen ridiculed for attempt to highlight energy ‘good news’
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- 3:29
- Date posted
- 7 hours ago
- Description
- Sky News host Chris Kenny details Australia’s increasing energy prices as Labor continues to chase its renewables dream.
“Sky-high electricity prices are adding to household costs, driving up the cost of living … and all this forces more investment and opportunities offshore, thereby exacerbating our economic pain,” Mr Kenny said.
“So, it was pretty amusing to observe Chris Bowen's chutzpah today when he desperately tried to squeeze in some good news at the end of an interview.
“On some days last week, more than 80 per cent of NSW's power came from coal, where it's going to come from in the future, and how much it's going to cost is anyone's guess.”
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- US launch strikes on ‘defeated’ Iran who refuse to come to peace talks
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- 18:27
- Date posted
- 8 hours ago
- Description
- Political Analyst Joseph Siracusa discusses the US self-defense strikes on southern Iran.
“Let me say this about these talks; they’re not going anywhere,” Mr Siracusa told Sky News Digital Presenter Gabriella Power.
“We're not going to have neither war or peace with Iran for many years to come.
“The Iranians aren’t coming to this party; the other thing, too, is somebody forgot to tell the Iranians they’ve been defeated.”
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- Unemployment to soar 10 per cent in just four years, Joe Hockey warns
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- 4:20
- Date posted
- 8 hours ago
- Description
- Former treasurer Joe Hockey warned Australia could face 15 per cent unemployment in just four years.
“We are sleep-walking into the future,” Mr Hockey told the National Press Club.
“We are – and it’s not just us, but Europe and everyone - so far behind what is happening in the US with technology and robotics.
“My expectation is by 2030, 2031, within five years, we could be facing 15 per cent unemployment in Australia and in the Western world.”
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- Angus Taylor accuses PM of ‘refusing to be honest’ on CGT changes during Question Time
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- 5:25
- Date posted
- 8 hours ago
- Description
- Opposition Leader Angus Taylor presses Prime Minister Anthony Albanese over the Labor government’s capital gains tax changes and their impact on small businesses.
“Three times I have asked the prime minister, which small businesses will be spared from his broken promises and higher taxes,” Mr Taylor said during Question Time on Tuesday.
“Three times the prime minister has refused to be honest.
“Prime minister, what happened to my word is my bond?”
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- AOC's bizarre 2028 run is just a massive PR move for the far-left Democrat
- Runtime
- 3:19
- Date posted
- 8 hours ago
- Description
- Political Analyst Joseph Siracusa claims Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s dream of running for president is for her public relations.
“That dream that she has there is probably just public relations,” Mr Siracusa told Sky News Digital Presenter Gabriella Power.
“Her announcement is the kind of thing that gives you a smile with your morning coffee; it sort of boggles the brain and makes you laugh at the same time.”
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- Tim Walz’ career is over after staying silent on shock Minnesota fraud allegations
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- 5:51
- Date posted
- 8 hours ago
- Description
- Political Analyst Joseph Siracusa claims Tim Walz will be a “footnote in the history books” as he chooses to stay silent on alleged fraud.
“His career is over,” Mr Siracusa told Sky News Digital Presenter Gabriella Power.
“He and Kamala will be footnotes in the history books about that terrible election.”
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- Terrifying vision shows reporter reacting to White House shooting
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- 4:28
- Date posted
- 9 hours ago
- Description
- Sky News Digital Presenter Gabriella Power reacts to a “terrifying” vision of a reporter dropping to the ground as a gunman opened fire at the White House.
“There was yet another major security incident against Donald Trump as a gunman opened fire at the White House,” Ms Power said.
“This is just the latest in a series of threats against Donald Trump and, of course, senior officials.”
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- Tim Walz and Ilhan Omar’s deafening silence speaks volumes on billion-dollar fraud scheme
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- 5:14
- Date posted
- 9 hours ago
- Description
- Political Analyst Joseph Siracusa discusses Ilhan Omar and Tim Walz staying silent on alleged fraud in Minnesota.
Mr Siracusa told Sky News Digital Presenter Gabriella Power that the two Democrats have chosen to stay silent because “they know things”.
“$90 million is a hell of a lot of money, and concentrated among fifteen people trying to fiddle the system suggests to me that it was highly organised.”
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- Bombshell claim alleges Trump was personally involved in Stephen Colbert’s late-night cancellation
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- 4:33
- Date posted
- 9 hours ago
- Description
- A bombshell media claim alleges US President Donald Trump was personally involved in efforts linked to Stephen Colbert’s exit.
Longtime reporter Bill Carter suggests behind-the-scenes political pressure may have played a role.
Trump allies have not confirmed the allegation, while critics are already seizing on the claim as evidence of media influence.
The accusation adds fresh fuel to long-running tensions between Trump and Colbert.
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- Labor’s budget gives small business the opportunity to ‘plan ahead’: Prime Minister
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- 6:46
- Date posted
- 9 hours ago
- Description
- Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says the Labor government’s budget’s $3.5 billion small business package gives them the chance to plan ahead.
“In addition to that, in the budget we announced $3.5 billion in new measures that lower taxes for new businesses to encourage investment and innovation for infrastructure,” Mr Albanese said during Question Time on Tuesday.
“In the budget we announced $3.5 billion in support of small business, and they don’t want to hear about it. They want to write it off as if it didn’t happen because it doesn’t fit the rhetoric of the three right wing parties and their allies.
“It gives small business the opportunity to plan ahead, to plan their investments and how they are going to grow.”
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- Tim Walz and Ilhan Omar desperately scrambling as more people charged with fraud
- Runtime
- 40:01
- Date posted
- 9 hours ago
- Description
- Today on Power Hour, US launches defensive strikes on Iran, Ilhan Omar and Tim Walz in spotlight amid Minnesota's alleged fraud crisis, and Bruce Springsteen crashes out over Trump live on stage.
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- Second group of ISIS brides expected to touch down in Australia
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- 2:58
- Date posted
- 9 hours ago
- Description
- Another group of ISIS brides are expected to arrive at Sydney and Melbourne airports on Tuesday evening.
The ISIS-linked group consists of seven women and twelve children, and it is still unclear whether the women will be arrested and charged on arrival.
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- ‘Utterly unacceptable’: Cultural site damage linked to renewable transmission project
- Runtime
- 5:06
- Date posted
- 9 hours ago
- Description
- Energy Minister Chris Bowen responds to ACEREZ’s destruction of an Indigenous cultural site during land clearing for transmission lines.
“I completely agree with the points [Andrew Gee] has made, that what has happened, on the face of it, is utterly unacceptable,” Mr Bowen said during Question Time on Tuesday.
“I will discuss the matter with the New South Wales government as well, because we all have some responsibilities here.
“The point that he makes in that any destruction of First Nations culture is utterly unacceptable, is one that I entirely agree with.”
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- ‘Not going to work’: Barnaby Joyce trashes Labor’s CGT changes
- Runtime
- 6:11
- Date posted
- 9 hours ago
- Description
- One Nation MP Barnaby Joyce claims Labor’s changes to capital gains tax are not going to work.
“It’s got more hairs than a Greek cook; this is not going to work,” Mr Joyce told Sky News Australia.
“Poor old Uncle Jim, they have sort of hidden him in a cupboard, and they wheeled out Chris Bowen to do the press conferences, which is like wheeling out the grim reaper to go fix up the emergency department at the hospital.”
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- ‘Silent majority finds its voice’: One Nation could win over 50 seats in election held today
- Runtime
- 8:11
- Date posted
- 10 hours ago
- Description
- Former Victorian Liberal Party president Michael Kroger reacts to a new poll which suggests One Nation could win over 50 seats if an election were held today.
“The silent majority have got to their feet and found their voice,” Mr Kroger told Sky News Digital Presenter Gabriella Power.
“They are basically saying enough, we are not interested anymore in listening to the major parties, we’ve been listening to their spin for decades, and we’ve had enough."
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- AOC and Ilhan Omar ‘infect’ Democrats in attempt to rally radical activist vote
- Runtime
- 3:39
- Date posted
- 10 hours ago
- Description
- Sky News contributor Joe Hildebrand says the Democratic Party is “fundamentally broken” as the party attempts to appeal to a radical voter base.
“I think the Democratic Party in the US is fundamentally broken, it does not know whether it is coming or going,” Mr Hildebrand told Sky News Digital Presenter Gabriella Power.
“It is being sort of corrupted, if you like, or infected by these crazy ... Democrats like AOC and Ilhan Omar, who say the wildest, just bonkers things in an effort to rally a sort of radical activist left youth vote.
“That completely and utterly alienates middle America.”
