Sky News contributor Kristin Tate says former US president Donald Trump “looks weak” if he doesn’t debate Kamala Harris again. This comes as Mr Trump refuses to do another debate against the Democratic presidential candidate ahead of the November election. “He needs to define his opposition; that’s what he needs to do,” Ms Tate told Sky News host Chris Kenny. “But if he does a second debate, he needs to be much more disciplined in his preparations.”

Sky News contributor Kristin Tate says former US president Donald Trump needs another debate to gain back momentum. This comes as Mr Trump refuses to do another debate against Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris ahead of the November election. “He needs another defining moment to seize back some of those percentage points that he has lost in the last couple of weeks,” Ms Tate told Sky News host Chris Kenny.

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has branded Prime Minister Anthony Albanese as “weak” for his failure to appropriately deal with the supermarket duopoly of Coles and Woolworths. “I think Coles and Woolies have got it all over the Prime Minister – they see him as most Australians do and that is weak and unable to make a tough decision,” Mr Dutton told Sky News host Chris Kenny. “For months, and months, and months, and months nothing has happened. “It is like everything this government does – they promise a review, they seek advice from a consultant.” Mr Dutton claimed the Prime Minister was “incapable” of making decisions in the best interest of the country. “The government I lead will make sure Coles and Woolies deliver the best outcomes, I don’t want to see them screwing over customers or farmers or suppliers," he added. “The job of the Prime Minister is to make decisions in our country’s best interest and this Prime Minister seems to be incapable of doing that.”

Liberal MP Aaron Violi has said the RBA holding the cash rate at 4.35 per cent is “not a big surprise.” “Public spending, government spending is keeping rates high,” Mr Violi told Sky News Australia. “The reality is this is home-grown inflation.”

The Australian’s Foreign Editor Greg Sheridan says China “holds out the hope” of a diplomatic breakthrough with the United States to get them to “slow down” on their constraining actions. “Biden is, at the moment, caught up in what he thinks is productive personal diplomacy with China’s President Xi Jinping,” Mr Sheridan told Sky News Australia. “The Chinese usually … hold out the hope of a diplomatic breakthrough and get the Americans, therefore, to quiet down and slow down on their constraining actions, and they achieve nothing out of it.”

The Australian Foreign Editor Greg Sheridan believes the Quad alliance will be “fine” if Donald Trump is re-elected as it was “doing fine” under his presidency during his first term. US President Joe Biden has said the Quad will last “way beyond” November’s presidential election. The leaders of the US, Japan, India and Australia have gathered in Mr Biden’s home state of Delaware for discussions aimed at ensuring security in the Indo-Pacific region. “I think the Quad will be ok [after the US presidential election],” Mr Sheridan told Sky News Australia. “The Quad was doing fine under Trump. “Biden has allowed the American system to operate, and it has continued on autopilot in favour of alliances. “Biden is an old-style Democrat who believes in alliances.”

The Australian Foreign Editor Greg Sheridan says Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wanted to “make peace with his neighbours” before giving Palestinian leadership control of Palestine. At least 492 people have been killed after Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon in what is being called the deadliest day in the country since 2006. Around 1,300 targets have been struck, with Israel accusing them of housing Hezbollah weapons. “In my piece today, I outline that Benjamin Netanyahu had a different vision for Palestinian peace,” Mr Sheridan told Sky News Australia. “He wanted to make peace with his neighbours first, create a period of normalisation and then, after a period of normalisation, he would be happy to hand over control and even sovereignty of a Palestinian state to Palestinian leadership. “Iran desperately wanted to disturb that initiative, and that was going great guns under the Abraham Accords. Israel had made peace with a lot of neighbours and was about to secure the big prize of a peace treaty with Saudi Arabia.”

The Australian Foreign Editor Greg Sheridan believes Israel is trying to “degrade” Hezbollah and force them to “come back to the de facto truce”. At least 492 people have been killed after Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon in what is being called the deadliest day in the country since 2006. Around 1,300 targets have been struck, with Israel accusing them of housing Hezbollah weapons. “I think Israel is trying to do a couple of things,” Mr Sheridan told Sky News Australia. “I think it’s trying to degrade Hezbollah; it’s trying to convince other Lebanese to put pressure on Hezbollah to stand down; and it’s trying to get Hezbollah to at least come back to the de facto truce that often leads to years of relative stability on the Israel-Lebanon border.”

Sky News Political Reporter Cam Reddin says 14 of the world’s biggest banks willing to “put their money behind nuclear” is a “really big deal”. White House Climate Policy Advisor John Podesta has announced the world’s biggest banks are pledging their support for nuclear power. It is a move they hope will unlock finance for a new wave of power plants. “This is a really big deal because you have 14 of the world’s biggest financial institutions … all now coming out in this full-court press saying we’re willing to put our money behind nuclear power as a way of bridging the gap between today and 2050,” Mr Reddin told Sky News host Peta Credlin. “In particular, they say that it’s crucial to underpinning wind and solar for the times that it’s intermittent.”

Former IDF spokesperson Jonathan Conricus says Hamas has “almost been totally eradicated” from a military point of view but “not as a political organisation”. At least 492 people have been killed after Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon in what is being called the deadliest day in the country since 2006. Around 1,300 targets have been struck, with Israel accusing them of housing Hezbollah weapons. “Israel hasn’t won the battle yet but there’s good progress being made,” Mr Conricus told Sky News Australia. “And now Israel has enough capacity to turn its gaze towards the north and deal with the biggest and the baddest Iranian proxy in the region which is Hezbollah.”

Lebanon’s main airport, the Beirut Rafik Hariri International Airport could be the next target for an Israeli air strike, says former IDF spokesperson Jonathan Conricus. At least 492 people have been killed after Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon in what is being called the deadliest day in the country since 2006. Around 1,300 targets have been struck, with Israel accusing them of housing Hezbollah weapons. “It’s a very important asset for Hezbollah, Hezbollah transports weapons and personnel through that airport,” Mr Conricus told Sky News Australia. “I’m sure it’s on the list of targets that may be struck in the future. “But it’s definitely not something Israel will do lightly.”

Sky News host Rita Panahi reacts to a pastor claiming Jesus would be an “abortion doula” and a clinic escort if he were around today.

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton says nuclear power is Australia's "only chance to reach net zero by 2050". The opposition leader vows to deliver security for Australians in terms of energy, borders, and the economy if he's elected. 96 days after the proposed site for the seven nuclear plants was announced - the public is no closer to finding out the price tag of the Coalition's nuclear policy. Mr Dutton admits his energy plan is ambitious but necessary; he wants to shore up the energy grid and bring energy prices down.

Victoria's paramedics have accepted an in-principle pay deal from the Allan government - ending six months of disputes. It includes wage increases of between 16.98 and 33 per cent over four years. Paramedics will only be contacted for life-threatening emergencies during the last hour of their shift -in a bid to reduce forced overtime.

Nationals Senator Matt Canavan has criticised the Albanese government for its “terrible energy policies”. “The stuff that needs energy – needs to stay refrigerated, needs to be processed – that’s gone up by a fortune, and it’s gone up because of this government’s terrible energy policies that have taken a country with beautiful and bountiful energy supplies … and now we’re basically at the other end of the spectrum there,” Mr Canavan told Sky News host Paul Murray. “We’re all paying for that and, obviously, the Prime Minister is looking for a lifesaving raft because of that.”

Nationals Senator Matt Canavan has slammed the Greens for their “cheap and lazy solutions” to Australia’s problems. Labor’s primary vote has slumped to its lowest level since the 2022 election, according to the latest Newspoll. Support for Labor has fallen by one per cent to 31 per cent, while the Coalition’s primary vote remains steady at 38 per cent. “You can tell the Greens now they’ve basically dropped climate change as a political issue – you hardly ever hear them talk about it outside of Canberra,” Mr Canavan told Sky News host Paul Murray. “On the streets around Brisbane and where they’re trying to win seats, they’ve really only got one policy, and that’s rent control. “If we’re offering a proper, coherent set of responses to people, it’s more likely to be the antidote to those cheap and lazy solutions like rent control.”

CommSec's Tom Piotrowski says the Dow Jones and the S&P 500 each "scale new record highs". "What we saw last night on Wall Steet was, I suppose, not a breathtaking set of improvement on US indices," Mr Piotrowski told Sky News Australia. "We did see the Dow Jones and the S&P 500 each scale new record highs. "The S&P 500 up by a third of a per cent, the Dow up 0.2, the Nasdaq just in positive territory with a gain of about 0.1 of a per cent." Presented by CommSec.

Nurses in New South Wales are striking as they engage in industrial action. Some scheduled surgeries have been postponed as a result. Nurses are seeking a 15 per cent pay rise - knocking back an interim offer of three per cent by the state government.

Sky News host Caleb Bond has mocked US President Joe Biden following his latest blunder during a press conference on Saturday. Biden had appeared to have lost track of where he was during the Quad address. The awkward moment happened when Biden was supposed to introduce Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Sky News host James Macpherson has reacted to a lefty with "absolutely no sense of self-awareness" calling conservatives "weird". It comes as a reporter from Turning Point USA decided to go out on the street and interview Democrat voters as to why they believe conservatives are so weird. "There is a almost a cultish vibe, I feel. The way they operate within themselves, they refuse to listen to outside people. You know, they're refusing to learn, essentially," the Democrat supporter said.