UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Labour Party Leader Keir Starmer are about “as popular as a fart in a lift”, says GB News host Patrick Christys. “It’s terrible to see,” he told Sky News host James Macpherson. “They’re barely human.”

Women’s Forum Australia’s Stephanie Bastiaan says it’s an “absolute disgrace” that the federal government has given millions of dollars to an “activist organisation” such as ACON. This comes after the federal government granted a $3.3 million boost in taxpayer funding for a new cervical cancer campaign to ACON, which is accused of “erasing women” from its messaging.  “They do not even acknowledge the biological reality of women,” Ms Bastiaan told Sky News host James Macpherson.

Sky News host James Morrow says three of Australia’s capital cities have been ranked among the world’s ten most unaffordable cities. “What hope is there going to be for young Australians to buy a home, get into the market after they have seen these sort of figures?” he said. Mr Morrow is joined by LNP MP Henry Pike and PR Counsel’s Kirsty McSweeney to discuss Australia’s ongoing housing crisis.

SkyNews.com.au Digital Reporter Reilly Sullivan says Prince Harry and Meghan Markle going house hunting in the UK is not that surprising. “We know that Prince Harry is in the High court in the UK, he’s fighting the Home Office, he wants to have his security re-instated when he’s in the UK,” Mr Sullivan told Sky News Digital Presenter Gabriella Power.  “So, some people think, well, that was probably the biggest clue that there are long-term plans for Harry to have a second base in the UK.”

Tensions between Sussexes and the Beckhams following their falling out “don’t seem to be easing,” according to royal commentator Josh Rom.  Victoria and her husband David were once part of the Sussexes’ celebrity-studded social circle and attended Harry and Meghan’s wedding.  The friendship hit the rocks not long after the Sussexes left the Royal Family in 2020, allegedly because Meghan accused Victoria of leaking stories to the press, which left her husband David “furious”.

Royal commentator Josh Rom says Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are not being taken seriously in Hollywood. “It’s very clear that Harry and Meghan, they’re not being taken seriously in Hollywood. They’re not being taken seriously at all,” Mr Rom told Sky News Digital Presenter Gabriella Power.  “They’re not being invited to these big showbiz events, the A-list crowd that they want to get in with, they’re not taking them seriously.  “They’re falling out with friends left, right and centre, they’re being deserted by the entertainment industry and also ... they’re not doing themselves any favours.”

Author Douglas Murray reacts to disturbing footage of Hezbollah supporters calling for Zionists to be killed. “Isn't it interesting that they're calling for support for a genocidal terrorist organisation, but weirdly, they cover their faces,” Mr Murray told Sky News host Rita Panahi. “Maybe they're not so sure of their views. Maybe they're not so proud of them. Maybe they know that mummy wouldn't be so proud of them. Who knows?”

Royal commentator Josh Rom says the Princess of Wales’ recovery from cancer is “going well”. “She will of course return … when given the go ahead by her medical team,” he told Sky News Digital Presenter Gabriella Power. “We know previously after this huge operation, the abdominal surgery, that she was meant to return to work in Easter – the then subsequent diagnosis of cancer then put a stop to that as she receive more treatment to recover.”

Geopolitics Expert Roger Gewolb says French President Macron has been “very badly beaten” by Marine Le Pen’s far-right National Rally Party. Mr Gewolb said much like UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, Mr Macron is “toast”. “Macron … he is still there for three years; he just sits there as a lame duck.”

The Australian’s Media Writer Sophie Elsworth has reacted to Paul Barry’s announcement that he will depart the ABC’s Media Watch program in December after 11 years in the role.  Mr Barry said it’s “time to give someone else a go” and will host his final episode in December.  “I think a lot of people will be hoping that the next person that takes over from Paul Barry won’t have this intense focus on News Corp that he has had,” Ms Elsworth told Sky News host Steve Price.  “Let’s welcome in the new person and hope they are more fair and balanced.”

The Australian’s Washington Correspondent Adam Creighton says it’s not just the polls that favour Donald Trump to become the next president, it’s also the betting markets. “If you look at the real clear average of the major eight bookies that take bets on the election, Donald Trump is something like a 51 per cent chance of winning,” he told Sky News Digital Presenter Gabriella Power. “Joe Biden is something like 40 per cent.”

Vivek Ramaswamy has taken to X to unleash on the Hunter Biden guilty verdict, calling it a ‘sham.’ ‘This trial was a sham. Just like the Trump trial was a sham, but it was a sham for different reasons,’ he said.

Sky News host Rita Panahi has rinsed the Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, calling him a ‘Neo-Marxist Ken doll.’

Sky News host Rita Panahi says US President Joe Biden was ‘glitching’ at an event celebrating Juneteenth in Washington DC.

Filmmaker Ami Horowitz says Joe Biden is clearly struggling to function after a series of gaffes over the past few days. ‘The deterioration is so clear,’ he said.

A woman has claimed ‘trans people experience time completely differently’ due to a concept called ‘queer temporality.’

Queensland Opposition leader David Crisafulli says Queenslanders are living the Miles government’s “failures”. “Queenslanders have lived this government’s failures, and they are living it today,” Mr Crisafulli said during his budget reply speech on Thursday. “The victims of these crises can’t forget. “To this Labor government, I say to them, victims of the housing crisis matter, victims of the cost of living crisis matter, victims of the health crisis matter, and victims of the youth crime crisis – they matter.”

Queensland Opposition leader David Crisafulli has hit out at the Queensland government’s “multi-billion-dollar fantasy” Pioneer-Burdekin pumped hydro project. Mr Crisafulli, during his state budget reply, claimed that if elected, the Liberal National Party of Queensland will not go ahead with the pumped hydro scheme. "The government does not have a credible plan; they have a multi-billion dollar fantasy based on the Pioneer-Burdekin pumped hydro project, a project energy experts and environmentalists believe just won't happen," Mr Crisafulli said. "Massive cost blowouts on this project will unavoidably drive up the price of power. "This is a project without direct funding, no approvals, no social license from the local community; it will inevitably lead to higher prices for consumers. "There's a difference between responsibly supporting budgets supply and honouring underway fully funded programs and backing exorbitant thought bubbles."

Sky News Business Editor Ross Greenwood says the US Federal Reserve keeping its cash rate on hold “changes political dynamics” and will benefit whoever wins the 2024 election. “As we heard from Peter Dutton earlier, it plays into the hands of Donald Trump, saying they can actually handle the economy better. “Bear in mind post the election, whoever wins then probably gets the benefits of all those rate cuts that will come and help the economy and take pressure off families.”

Queensland Opposition leader David Crisafulli has revealed cost of living is a priority for the Liberal National Party of Queensland during his state budget reply. “Cost of living is a priority for the LNP because it’s a priority for Queenslanders,” Mr Crisafulli said. “We're living through the steepest cost of living pressures in this country because of the failures of this government,” he said. Although the Queensland Opposition leader welcomed the state government's short-term solutions to cost-of-living he said more need to be done to address the long-term issues that the Queensland Labor Party have “embedded”. "Our first step is a commitment to a maintenance guarantee on our power plants," he said. "The maintenance guarantee will ensure the necessary work required to keep our power plants up and running and that it'll be there to deliver cost-of-living relief. "Where we differ with the government is a focus on driving real reform to lowering the underlying cost of government services things like electricity and water."