Sky News host Liz Storer discusses an interview in which Republican Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene slammed ABC's 7.30 presenter Sarah Ferguson. “Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene, she is a big Trump supporter, she’s a Republican through and through and funnily enough, I can’t believe this either, the ABC’s Sarah Ferguson decided to have Marjorie on her show last night to talk about Julian Assange, or so she said,” Ms Storer said. “That Congresswoman wasn’t taking a bar of it from the ABC’s Ferguson.”

One Nation Chief of Staff James Ashby discusses Labor Senator Fatima Payman crossing the floor to support a Greens’ vote on recognising a Palestinian state. “She went into that chamber yesterday knowing very well that she would be booted out for not adhering to Labor’s caucus rules and the rules of Labor in general,” Mr Ashby told Sky News host Peta Credlin. “I think she’s already one foot out the door … this is an indication that Anthony Albanese has lost the confidence of Payman on this decision.”

Former foreign minister Alexander Downer reacts to actor Whoopi Goldberg spitting after talking about former US president Donald Trump. “That will only do him good, that sort of behaviour,” Mr Downer told Sky News host Chris Kenny. “If you don’t want him to win the election, then it is important that Joe Biden and his supporters and the anti-Trump lobby behave with dignity.”

Finance entrepreneur and geopolitics expert Dr Roger Gewolb discusses the unanimous decision of Israel’s Supreme Court ruling that ultra-Orthodox seminary students must be drafted into the military. “It is a real problem for Netanyahu because he has two factions of his coalition that are the Ultra-orthodox sect,” Mr Gewolb told Sky News Digital Presenter Gabriella Power. “The real issue is that the military needs more people its got to wars going on, maybe things need to change.”

Princess Anne’s husband has provided an update on the Princess Royal’s health as Anne remains in hospital after being injured by a horse. Princess Anne is understood to have been kicked by a horse while out for an evening stroll on the grounds of her Gatcombe Park estate on Sunday night. SkyNews.com.au Digital Reporter Reilly Sullivan says it’s clear that it was “quite a serious incident”. “Her husband ... he’s come out, he’s said she’s doing better, but for the time being, she’s in hospital,” he told Sky News Digital Presenter Gabriella Power.

Outgoing Climate Change Authority Chair Grant King had spoken about a “secret society” that was working on overturning the ban on nuclear before he was axed by the Energy Minister, according to Sky News host Sharri Markson. “It turns out, behind the scenes, Grant King had been advocating for nuclear energy,” she said. Ms Markson revealed footage of Mr King saying he was becoming frustrated by the energy debate and that nuclear should be part of the mix as there is no good and bad energy. “To Grant King, it doesn’t matter which energy methods are used as long as the emissions reduction targets are reached, but Labor has this illogical ideological opposition to nuclear,” she said. “Chris Bowen doesn’t want energy agnostic ... he is driven purely by ideology.”

In Victoria there is a tax “for almost everything”, says Sky News host Caleb Bond. “Thanks to the great work of the Labor government down there, plunging the state into a never-ending black hole of debt,” he said. “But now even the cost of dying is set to skyrocket. “The Allan government is drawing up plans to slug grieving families with fee hikes of up to 650 per cent to process wills.”

Based Politics Podcast Co-host and Journalist Brad Polumbo says WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange acted “reckless” and in a “haphazard way” to leak sensitive US documents. “It’s really divided opinion,” he told Sky News Digital Presenter Gabriella Power. “He didn’t take the kind of care that you see many journalists take to redact sources’ names, to preserve intelligence, he just dumped it all out there.”

The ASX 200 ended the day down 0.30 per cent on Thursday. “It did start really badly,” Sky News Business Reporter Edward Boyd said. “Most companies lost plenty of value today, property stocks were smashed particularly hard.”

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The daughter of US President Joe Biden, Ashley Biden, was roasted online during a speech on Wednesday. President Biden’s second child joined her mother and First Lady Jill Biden at the White House for the Pride Month celebration. It was during her speech at the celebration that users on X mocked the 43-year-old’s attempt to say LGBTQ. “She's definitely Biden's daughter,” jokingly wrote one user. Ashley joined her mother on the South Lawn where Pride decorations were seen all over the White House. The 43-year-old’s speech called for children to feel “loved, accepted and supported” and spoke about how many are bullied.

Greens MP Max Chandler-Mather lashes out at Treasurer Jim Chalmers calling for him to impose rent caps with the National Cabinet and “make price gouging illegal”. “Question to the Treasurer, skyrocketing rents increasing it close to twice the rate of inflation, and corporate price gouging are driving inflation and threatening homeowners and renters with another interest rate rise,” he said. “Treasurer, instead of allowing the Reserve Bank to hit people with another interest rate hike, why don’t you show leadership and work with National Cabinet to impose a rent freeze, and cap, and make price gouging illegal?”

Author Douglas Murray says a vast majority of Canadians want Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to “stand down” from his role. Mr Murray told Sky News host Rita Panahi that Canada’s Opposition is “really impressive” now. “They’re very impressive people – now facing off against Trudeau. “I think he’s absolutely toast.”

Labor MP Andrew Charlton has welcomed Julian Assange’s release because he is “an Australian citizen”. WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has returned to Australia as a free man after pleading guilty to espionage in a plea deal to secure his release. “Whatever you think of Julian Assange – whether he is a hero, whether he is a villain – one fact is true, and that is he is an Australian citizen,” Mr Charlton told Sky News Australia. “I don’t think this is so much about Julian Assange about the message it sends to the rest of us.”

Liberal MP Zoe McKenzie says lives were “endangered” through Julian Assange’s “really dangerous conduct”. WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has returned to Australia as a free man after pleading guilty to espionage in a plea deal to secure his release. “There was endangered lives through the publication of this information,” Ms McKenzie told Sky News Australia. “[It] is really dangerous conduct.”

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas was slammed online following a speech on Wednesday. Mayorkas spoke at a Border Patrol hangar in Tucson, Arizona and shrugged off criticisms directed at US President Joe Biden’s border policies. A video of the speech was posted to social media by X account RNC Research, with users criticising the 64-year-old. “You do not let illegals in first, then deal with the consequences later. That is not protecting Americans,” wrote one user. During his speech, the secretary stated Biden’s border policy is not to blame for the numerous deaths of Americans by illegal immigrants. “The individual who is responsible for a heinous criminal act is the criminal,” he said.

Liberal MP Zoe McKenzie says Julian Assange was “deprived of his liberty” for “long enough”. WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has returned to Australia as a free man after pleading guilty to espionage in a plea deal to secure his release. “We all agree, across the entire parliament, he has served long enough, deprived of his liberty and deprived of his family, so I think we’re all glad to see him home,” Ms McKenzie told Sky News Australia.

Independent MP Kate Chaney says the government is “scared” to ban online gambling advertisements. Ms Chaney told Sky News Australia that the gambling lobby makes “significant political donations”. “They’re scared of the power of the media and also the sports codes that stand to benefit financially from online gambling ads.”

Judo Bank Chief Economic Adviser Warren Hogan says inflation is “clearly not falling” in Australia. Australia’s inflation rate rose from 3.6 per cent to 4 per cent in May. Markets are now predicting a 67 per cent chance of a rate hike in August. “This inflation is clearly not falling, which is what they need it to be doing,” Mr Hogan told Sky News Australia. “We’re getting some hints out of the monthly numbers that it could be rising, and that’s a disaster, of course.”

The Australian Associate Editor Graham Lloyd says Julian Assange case was an “imperfect legal process”. WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has returned to Australia as a free man after pleading guilty to espionage in a plea deal to secure his release. “It’s disappointing really that it is an imperfect legal process,” Mr Lloyd told Sky News Australia. “A lot of the issues of free speech and other things weren’t properly tested. “The time spent in prison revolved around his refusal to accept extradition. “There wasn’t a big unpacking of that offense and how it relates to those broader issues of the media and free speech in a court of law.”