Women’s Forum Australia’s Stephanie Bastiaan says footage of a transgender contestant on the popular television series RuPaul’s Drag Race is “one of the most disturbing things I have ever seen”. The footage shows a transgender contestant walking down the runway in a graphic display that referenced the contestant's surgery. “This woman clearly has trauma, she is mentally ill and she needs support,” Ms Bastiaan told Sky News host Rita Panahi. “I think the media company that has glamorised her self-harm needs to be held accountable.”

REA Group Economic Research Director Cameron Kusher says consumer sentiment still remains “pessimistic” as the cost-of-living crisis continues. Mr Kusher joined Sky News Australia Business Editor Ross Greenwood to discuss the Westpac-Melbourne Institute Consumer Sentiment Index of House Price and whether people think it’s a good time to buy. “If we look at consumer sentiment it’s in the doldrums,” Mr Kusher said. “Pessimism has outweighed optimism for 27 consecutive months now. As part of that release, they have what they call the time to buy a dwelling index and it's also at extremely low levels at the moment. “So, that says to me consumers are doing it tough, they don’t think things are great, and they certainly don’t think it’s a good time to buy a property.” In partnership with realestate.com.au

Lendlease Chief Executive Tony Lombardo discusses the company ending overseas developments which was a “low returning business”. Lendlease will sell its UK and US construction businesses in a bid to unlock $4.5 billion. “We are exiting our international construction business – it’s been a low returning business,” Mr Lombardo told Sky News Business Editor Ross Greenwood. “We’re accelerating releasing our capital in our offshore development parts of the business. Mr Lombardo said this will bring $4.5 billion of capital “to invest back into our developments here in Australia and really grow the platform here in our home market.”

Sky News host Chris Kenny has labelled Hamas as a “death cult” as they are “maximising the death toll” on both sides of the conflict. “Before that attack on Rafah, Hamas was escalating the war and continuing to imperil Palestinian lives … Hamas fired rockets north towards Tel Aviv, once again seeking indiscriminately to kill Israeli civilians and extend the war,” Mr Kenny said. “This shows exactly how the death cult of Hamas operates. They cannot win the war; they are not about winning; they’re interested only in maximising the death toll on both sides, creating chaos and inflaming outrage against Israel.”

At least 12 people have been injured in a Qatar Airways flight over Turkey en route to Dublin after the plane experienced turbulence.

Former US president Donald Trump received a frosty reception at a major gathering of Libertarians in Washington D.C.

Centre for Youth Policy Director Freya Leach says the University of Sydney pro-Palestine encampment “is littered with tents and looks like a slum.”

Royal Commentator Esther Krakue says reports came out that King Charles “offered Harry the opportunity to stay at royal residences.” This was after Harry’s media team “briefed the press about the fact that he couldn’t see the king - alluding to the King’s diary that he was too busy to make room for him.”

Sky News host James Macpherson says Greens leader Adam Bandt was in an “interesting situation” on ABC where he would “not say two-state solution and nor will he say kicking and screaming that Hamas is a terrorist organisation.”

ASPI Senior Analyst Malcolm Davis says he doesn’t believe Israel should have sent airstrikes on Rafah. Gaza officials say at least 35 have been killed by Israel’s attack on the city. “I don’t think they should’ve done that,” Mr Davis told Sky News Australia. “I think that what the Israelis should’ve done on this occasion, is say yes the Hamas operatives are there but they are behind civilians and if we strike we are going to cause large civilian casualties so we find a different way to strike apart from bombing. “That may have required more risky operations such as ground force going into that camp, but I think that would’ve been preferable to putting bombs on that camp.”

Former treasurer Josh Frydenberg discusses the danger antisemitism poses to social cohesion and how it undermines Australian values of tolerance and diversity. The Sky News Australia documentary Never Again: The Fight Against Antisemitism will premiere on Tuesday 28 May at 7.00pm AEST. “Most of the country doesn’t really understand the urgent need to stop antisemitism,” Mr Frydenberg said. “I think there has been a comprehensive failure of leadership across the board here in Australia to protect the Jewish community.”

Australian universities need to stop acting like a business and start “teaching our kids” again, says Senator Jacqui Lambie. Her comments come as the Albanese government proposes a cap on international students enrolling into Australian universities. “The universities can jump up and down – I’ll remind the universities they are there to teach,” Ms Lambie told Sky News Australia. “They are not a business, they are actually there to teach our kids. “If you stopped acting so much like a business and got back to the basics of teaching our kids what they should be learning through university, I think we’d be a lot better off.”

Nationals leader David Littleproud says the Queensland government has “lost control” of its streets. “Queensland police force are about 4,000 police short,” Mr Littleproud said. “I hardly think the Queensland police force are worrying about enforcing mandatory vape laws.”

Former treasurer Josh Frydenberg says Hamas remains a “military threat” to the state of Israel. Israel has conducted air strikes in the southern Gaza city of Rafah. The Hamas-run government says at least 30 people have been killed in the attack. “It underlines the need for Israel to remove and mitigate that threat, including in Rafah,” Mr Frydenberg said.

Sky News UK Middle East Correspondent Alistair Bunkall says there has been a lot of aid for Gaza “stacking up” on the Egyptian side amid Israel’s military operation in Rafah. This comes as the Rafah crossing has not been open for aid. Mr Bunkall said there has been an agreement between Egyptians and Israelis to “allow some of that aid to come round”. “Around 200 trucks made that crossing, including some much-needed fuel,” Mr Bunkall said.

A drone light show lit up Hong Kong over the weekend. 1,000 drones lit up the sky at Victoria Harbour. The show was based on characters from a Japanese manga series. The drones formed various colourful patterns to resemble characters from the show Doraemon.

Former US president Donald Trump received a frosty reception at a major gathering of Libertarians in Washington D.C. Libertarian voters usually lean right, but many are angry over Mr Trump’s handling of the pandemic and are supporting wildcard independent Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Members of the crowd heckled and booed Donald Trump while some groups turned their backs on him.

Israel has conducted air strikes in the southern Gaza city of Rafah. The Hamas-run government says at least 30 people have been killed in the attack. The IDF has claimed it was targeting a Hamas compound where significant terrorists were operating. The Israeli strike comes just hours after Hamas launched missiles at Tel Aviv.

CommSec’s Tom Piotrowski says the ASX 200 is expected to kick off in positive territory “by a decent margin” on Monday. “The Futures are telling us it will be up by over a half of one per cent,” he told Sky News Australia. “So in part that reflects the tone that we saw for US markets.” Presented by CommSec.

Join Paul as he explores the magic and the history of Parkes, a town famous for its role in the 1969 moon landing and as the host of the world’s biggest Elvis festivals, for this month's Our Town episode. In partnership with Harvey Norman.