The Coalition, if they win the federal election, must come out and say the ABC will be turned into a subscription model, says Sky News host Rowan Dean. “Only then will those people be held to account,” Mr Dean said. “It’s time to call an end to the fiasco. “Australians should be furious that we are paying a billion dollars for those clowns every year – put them on a subscription model, then you’ll see what they’re really worth.”

Sky News host Rowan Dean has called out the ABC’s Sarah Ferguson for trying to turn an interview about Julian Assange into the “usual rubbish” about Donald Trump and Joe Biden. “What an absolute shemozzle,” Mr Dean said. “What an embarrassment, a national, international embarrassment.”

Spiked Online’s Brendan O’Neill says people underestimate how “disastrous” a Labour government is going to be in the United Kingdom. “Keir Starmer and his team, they present themselves as the adults in the room, middle of the road, ... very sensible, but they are psychopaths,” he told Sky News Australia. “They are political lunatics.”

Spiked Online’s Brendan O’Neill says people are “sick and tired” of both the Labour and Tory party in the UK. “They do want something different, they do want an alternative,” he told Sky News Australia. “I think people are perfectly within their rights to vote for Reform, even if at this election it won’t make a massive difference.”

Small Business Women Australia founder Amanda Rose says the new stage three tax cuts “won’t even a make dent” in people's ability to “live and pay bills and buy housing”. Ms Rose’s comments come as the new stage three tax cuts and cost of living relief will come into effect on Monday. “It’s quite sad,” Ms Rose told Sky News Australia.

Small Business Women Australia founder Amanda Rose says small businesses are “suffering big time”. Ms Rose said there are “massive job cuts and people are freaking out”. “Massive companies are slashing jobs, but small businesses are closing down,” she told Sky News Australia. “They can’t afford the supply costs, employee costs and also, with super going up.”

Small Business Women Australia founder Amanda Rose says it was “obvious” US President Joe Biden “didn’t do well” in CNN’s presidential debate. Ms Rose’s comments come as calls emerge for Mr Biden to step aside as the Democratic candidate for the 2024 US presidential election. “It was obvious that Biden didn’t do well, and he hasn’t been doing well, and I think it’s quite cruel to put him up on a public stage like that in the state that he’s in,” she told Sky News Australia.

Qantas will begin contacting customers who are eligible for a share of $20 million in compensation. More than 86,000 people will be notified by email after they were sold tickets for ‘ghost flights’ that had already been cancelled. Impacted customers will receive $225 for domestic flights and $450 for international flights.

France’s President Emmanuel Macron has taken a gamble by calling a snap parliamentary election. This comes as the hard right’s popularity is currently surging in France. The most recent polling suggests the far-right party could seize power.

From Sunday, Qantas will begin contacting customers who are eligible for a share of $20 million in compensation. More than 86,000 people will be notified by email after the airline sold tickets for 'ghost flights' that had already been cancelled. Impacted customers will receive $225 for domestic flights and $450 for international flights.

The pier built by the US military to bring aid to Gaza has been dismantled due to rough seas. It's unclear if or when the struggling seaport will be back up and running as aid groups struggle to get food and supplies to starving Palestinians. It was first installed more than ago but has been closed for part of that time.

After disastrous results in European elections French President Emmanuel Macron shocked many by calling a snap election in France. Tomorrow, the country will partake in the first round of voting. The most recent polling suggests its far-right party could seize power.

In a sign of improving relations between China and Australia, Beijing is soon expected to lift trade restrictions on South Australian seafood. The state government has announced a $456,000 funding package, aiming to help the industry re-engage with the Chinese market. South Australian southern rock lobster exports to China were once valued at over $70 million.

Queensland University Emeritus Professor Clive Moore discusses Solomon Island Prime Minister Jeremiah Manele's first visit to Australia since winning his election last month, during which he met with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese. "It's not unusual for Solomon Island Prime Ministers to come to Australia and get 21-gun salutes, it has happened many times," Emeritus Professor Moore told Sky News Australia. "The timing of this is interesting because he has chosen Australia as first his overseas trip since he's become Prime Minister. "He won't go to China till he's up that way anyway in July. "He has given precedents to coming to talk to Australia, and I think Australia wants a better relationship with the Solomons, and the Solomons government certainly wants that with Australia."

RMIT Senior Lecturer in Tax Dr Venkat Narayanan shares tips on maximising your tax return. “What I suggest is there’s obviously work-from-home type of deductions, a lot of people can claim, if you have an investment property there is a number of things you can claim,” Dr Narayanan told Sky News Australia. “The golden rules are  you must have incurred the expense, you must have proof of the expenditure, and it should be related to your job.”

The federal government has announced record funding for Australia's high-performance athletes. Over the next two years, nearly half a billion dollars will be spent preparing young sportspeople for Olympic glory. At a press conference announcing the increased funding, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said, "The bottom line is I want to set up our youngest Australians for success at our own Olympic games in Brisbane in 2032."

Australian scientists have developed a world-leading tool able to create super-plants and potentially eliminate hundreds of human diseases. It's a new way of editing all types of genes more accurately and safely than ever. The University of Sydney scientist created Seek-RNA, a tiny programable strand of molecules which can be used to change DNA.

A Space X rocket has successfully launched in Southern California, taking off from the Vandenberg Space Force Base. The Falcon-9 rocket is undertaking a mission on behalf of an American government agency that designs and builds spy satellites. The launch was visible from hundreds of kilometres away along California's coast.

Foodbank Australia Chief Executive Brianna Casey says households are questioning how they can “further tighten” their budgets due to the recent inflation figures released this month. “What we’re seeing right across Australia is households in financial hardship who are either dramatically reducing or altogether cutting out fresh fruit and vegetables and protein from their diet,” she told Sky News Australia. “It means that we’ve got skyrocketing demand in food relief organisations for those essential healthy nutritious products.”

Foodbank Australia Chief Executive Brianna Casey says there is “no tax incentive” for grocery manufacturers to donate surplus products to the Foodbank. “We have been calling for a number of years for a tax incentive for our hardworking farmers, our food and grocery manufacturers, our small business transporters who want to do the right thing and donate surplus product to Foodbank, but right now there’s a cost to them to do that,” she told Sky News Australia. “There’s no tax incentive to be able to facilitate more donations, more transportation of these essential products.”