Queensland Opposition Leader David Crisafulli announces the launch of his North Queensland election campaign and discusses his promises for the future of the state if elected its next premier. “The government at the moment is at war with themselves, they are just trying to do and say anything in the shadows of the election,” Mr Crisafulli told Sky News Australia. “I just want Queenslanders to know we are serious about them, we have listened, we are hungry to serve them and we want Queenslanders to know that if they vote for change in October, there is a better way for this great state.”

News Corp Columnist Angela Mollard says the Royal Family is “legally allowed to vote”. Ms Mollard told Sky News host Caroline Di Russo that there is “nothing stopping them voting”. “But they don’t because it would be seen to be potentially subjected bias.”

Meghan Markle’s ‘heavy hand’ is visible in recent trips overseas with Prince Harry, Writer and Broadcaster Esther Krakue says. “The decisions are clearly made in house there is a certain lack of finesse that you can see if just being made by people that don’t have the benefit of the royal firm and all the expertise that goes with it,” Ms Krakue said. “You can definitely see a heavy hand by Meghan.”

News Corp Columnist Angela Mollard says the Royal Family has to remain “completely neutral” in UK politics. Ms Mollard told Sky News host Caroline Di Russo that the Royal Family is “pulling out of events” to not “distract” from the election. “Or pull attention away from it.”

Sky News host Caroline Di Russo says the Royal Family’s part in the transfer of political power in the dissolving of UK parliament shows their important “purpose”. “Parliament is over until a new government is formed after the general election, parliament itself will be formally dissolved next Thursday,” Ms Di Russo said. “The calling of an election is a really good time for royal observers to reflect … we are all reminded of the purpose of the royal family, its place in the cultural and political landscape of the United Kingdom … the seamlessness in the transfer of political power.”

Sky News host Paul Murray says Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Communications Minister Michelle Rowland are “trying to censor the internet” with their interpretations of “misinformation”. “Be careful what you wish for … they right now are trying to censor the internet,” Mr Murray said. “By trying to make it illegal for anyone to post [misinformation] but of course the reality is the misinformation is judged by the people in power.”

Sky News host Paul Murray says Prime Minister Anthony Albanese blasted the previous government’s inaction on cost-of-living while taking “no responsibility” for Australia’s current crisis. “Every single thing to do with cost-of-living was personal, it was the then prime minister and his government’s fault,” Mr Murray said. “So, you see cost-of-living is completely the prime minister’s responsibility unless of course it is this prime minister.”

Sky News host Paul Murray says Prime Minister Anthony Albanese claims to feel the public’s cost-of-living pain amid receiving the largest federal pay rise in ten years. “You will be pleased to know we have a prime minister who feels our pain … the guy who took $1,500 out of the automatic tax return for ten million voters in Australia,” Mr Murray said. “The man who feels the cost-of-living pain because he, along with every other person in our federal government, got the largest pay rise in ten years, on his watch.”

Harvey Norman launches ‘Future Flames’ – a pathway program with the Sydney Flames for junior female basketballers in New South Wales, Sky News host Paul Murray says. “Regional Australian sport … and the access girls turning into young women have to a full career in sport from places like Parkes,” Mr Murray said. “There is now a pathway from the basketball courts of this part of Australia all the way to the bright lights of the WNBL.” According to the WNBL Basketball website ‘the program focuses on identifying, nurturing and empowering promising female basketball players, specifically in the under 18 to under 20s age group’. In partnership with Harvey Norman.

Scientists have discovered a theoretically habitable planet. Two teams have discovered the exoplanet, Gliese 12 b, which is 40 light years away. Experts estimate it would take 225,000 years for the fastest spacecraft available to reach.

Chevron doubles down on Australia's gas future, a look at Australia's resilience against future pandemics. Plus, Xero's shares and profits surge under CEO Sukhinder Singh Cassidy's leadership.

Non-executive director of HaemaLogiX Greg Hunt discusses Australia’s future resilience for the next pandemic. Mr Hunt was the former Health Minister for Australia and oversaw the country’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. “There will inevitably be another pandemic,” Mr Hunt told Sky News Business Editor Ross Greenwood. “We don’t know when, but we do know the likely frequency because of interaction between humans and animals, because of the movement of humans makes it more likely. “We have to have capability to prepare for all of the outcomes without ever knowing what will be the exact form.”

Xero Chief Executive Sukhinder Singh Cassidy says the aspiration for the New-Zealand based company is “not to be an American company”. The online accounting software company reported revenue growth of 22 per cent in the past year and is also rapidly expanding its US operations. “Our aspiration is not to be an American company,” Ms Singh Cassidy told Sky News Business Editor Ross Greenwood. “Our aspiration is to be one of the best-run companies in the world in global SAS with the unique heritage from Australia and New Zealand.”

Sky News Business Editor Ross Greenwood says financial markets are “schizophrenic” at the moment. “With every new inflation number, employment statistic or economic growth projection; equity, bond and currency markets, they boil and bubble,” Mr Greenwood said. “Take Dan Kemp, the global Chief Investment Officer for Morningstar's Investment Management Group. “In recent weeks, his research headlines, they read: stocks are starting to look cheap again – that was April and in hindsight – he was right.”

Xero Chief Executive Sukhinder Singh Cassidy discusses the “marginal costs” involved in adding more customers. The online accounting software Xero reported revenue growth of 22 per cent in the past year and is also rapidly expanding its US operations. “One of the beautiful things about being a software business is the marginal cost to deliver our product is the cost to acquire someone,” Ms Singh Cassidy told Sky News Business Editor Ross Greenwood. “It is a fundamentally different way of doing business.”

Xero Chief Executive Sukhinder Singh Cassidy has detailed her “formula of growth”. The online accounting software Xero reported revenue growth of 22 per cent in the past year and is also rapidly expanding its US operations. “You ask why we’re growing? Because we keep adding value to the product,” Ms Singh Cassidy told Sky News Business Editor Ross Greenwood. “Having a robust product that can keep adding value for your customers and having, quite frankly, a mechanism to profitably acquire customers – that is the formula for growth.”

Xero Chief Executive Sukhinder Singh Cassidy discusses the company's increased growth among small businesses in Australia and New Zealand. The New Zealand-based online accounting software Xero reported revenue growth of 22 per cent in the past year and is also rapidly expanding its US operations. “They need real-time access to the business information to run their businesses,” Ms Singh Cassidy told Sky News Business Editor Ross Greenwood. “Whether times are good or bad, you want to have access to your financials. “Any tools that help you get information faster and get your money moving faster is exactly what small businesses need.”

Executive Council of Australian Jewry Co-Chief Executive Alex Ryvchin says the response by the federal government to a surge in anti-semitism is “inadequate”. This follows questions regarding the lack of a response or condemnation of the recent ruling by the International Criminal Court against Israeli officials. “I think the prime minister’s response has been inadequate from the beginning,” Mr Ryvchin told Sky News Australia. “There’s a difference between expressing certain views privately, expressing solidarity with the community and acting publicly. “These people have been elected to lead on critical issues.”

Nationals MP David Gillespie says renewables are okay to be “part of your mix”. This follows concerns regarding Labor’s insistence on renewable energy over nuclear power. “It’s okay to have renewables to be part of your mix, but you can’t make it the essence of the system.” Mr Gillespie told Sky News Australia. “The very best technology the world has got is available for us if we get rid of these ridiculous prohibitions.”

Communications Minister Michelle Rowland says the Coalition “don’t know where they stand” on the issue of misinformation. Ms Rowland says the government has been undertaking consultations on their misinformation bill since the draft was first issued last year. “They are at odds with our top cop, our top spy, our defence force personnel,” Ms Rowland said. “The harms that are caused by mis- and disinformation ... is a real threat to Australia.”