Sky News host Rita Panahi reacts to Democratic Representative Maxine Waters pushing “demented fantasy tales” about what life in the United States would be like under a second Donald Trump presidency. Ms Waters claimed Donald Trump supporters are “training in the hills” in preparation for an attack if he does not become president. “I want to know about all of those right-wing organizations that [Trump] is connected with who are training up in the hills somewhere and targeting what communities they are going to attack,” she said. The 85-year-old appeared on MSNBC’s ‘The Sunday Show with Jonathan Capehart’ when she made the bold claim. “Pure weapon-grade hutzpah there is something to behold,” Ms Panahi said.

Former US President Donald Trump has revealed he would be willing to go to jail over gag order violations. Mr Trump's remarks come as the New York Judge presiding over his hush money trial has warned the former president of possible jail time if there are any other further violations. It is the tenth time he’s been found in contempt of court for breaching his gag order. “This judge has given me a gag order and said you’ll go to jail if you violate it,”Mr Trump said. “And frankly, you know what, our Constitution is much more important than jail. It’s not even close. I’ll do that sacrifice any day," he said.

Sky News Australia host Caleb Bond says Australia will eventually stand up and protest mass migration the same way other countries have. Mr Bond’s comments come as thousands rallied in Dublin, Ireland over the weekend to say they had had enough of illegal migrants entering the country. “Our time will come in terms of people standing up against it," Mr Bond said. “We do tend to be a bit behind the rest of the world. “But mark my words we will get there.”

Sky News host James Macpherson has responded to the Irish people standing up to their government and protesting mass migration. Thousands turned out on the streets of Dublin over the weekend to say they had had enough. “The Irish people are simply saying we want Ireland to be Irish,” Mr Macpherson said. “They are portrayed as being xenophobic for simply saying we actually like our country. “It’s funny we aren’t insisting that other countries become Western, but Western countries somehow have to accept that we have to become something other than what we are.”

Sky News contributor Joe Hildebrand says male voters turning their backs on Anthony Albanese in polling is a “good warning bell” for Labor. Mr Hildebrand told Sky News host Paul Murray that it shows that they need to be “more robust” on issues male voters care about. “Like security, border security, being tough on China, the economy. “It’s kind of like the stuff you need to do before you can do everything else. “Then you get education and health and they tend to be more female oriented issues.”

Sky News Australia host Caleb Bond fully approves of Australian businessman Anthony Pratt’s hot pink Met Gala suit. The Australian billionaire made an entrance when he attended the 2024 MET Gala in New York City on Monday. “I’ve always said real men wear pink,” Mr Bond said. “You get these men that say oh it’s salmon – it’s not bloody salmon! “You’re wearing pink, just admit you’re wearing pink. “A man who is confident enough to wear pink, particularly a hot pink like Mr Pratt, it just screams confidence.”

Five men in custody in the Torres Strait after being caught crossing illegally into Australia, Attorney General Mark Dreyfus deflects blame over detainee saga. Plus, Minister of Education Jason Clare slammed for naive slogan comments. See omnystudio.com/listener (https://omnystudio.com/listener) for privacy information.

Sky News host Paul Murray says the Coalition is “getting close” to the percentage of voter swing it needs to get closer to winning elections. “The evidence is starting to build that people have had enough of this rubbish, that they either want the prime minister they elected to actually do things like lower the cost-of-living or they want a prime minister to understand the circumstances under which we all currently live,” Mr Murray said. “In the Resolve poll it is shown the disapproval levels of the prime minister are through the roof … approval level, down 11, disapproval up 13 and ‘don’t know’ is down by two. “Men are starting to swing their support behind the Opposition wanting a change of government particularly in some of those battleground seats. “Compared to same time last year, while the Coalition is getting close to the 40 per cent it needs to be able to get close to winning elections, the Labor Party is below where they were when they just got over the line.”

News Corp Columnist Angela Mollard has a "problem with the MET Gala” and what is expected of women. “It’s not fashion, it’s obstacles to women doing things that women need to be able to do, which is go to the toilet, eat, stand up, sit down, walk,” Ms Mollard told Sky News Australia host Sharri Markson. “There are women on this carpet who had to be carried up the carpet. “It’s reductive, it’s all focused on the women. “Kim Kardashian’s waist looked like she’d had a couple of ribs taken out.”

Herald Sun Senior Writer Patrick Carlyon slammed the lack of “political courage” regarding the government’s inaction towards university protesters. This comes amid comments made by former treasurer Josh Frydenberg concerning the pro-Palestine protests at Australian universities. “At that point, you really need some leadership,” Mr Carlyon told Sky News host Rita Panahi. “Needed to hear who we were, what we were about, what Australian values are being ripped apart by this kind of protest and this kind of hatred. “The Labor Party has been … completely mindful of their Muslim electorates. “They’ve been pandering to those sections of the community with the next election in mind.”

Herald Sun Senior Writer Patrick Carlyon has expressed concern over Victoria’s “unbelievable” debt. This comes amid concerns the federal budget will take a hit from Victoria’s financial woes. “This part of the country that just drags back the rest of the nation,” Mr Carlyon told Sky News host Rita Panahi. “The big problem now are the major projects that nobody really understands why we’re getting. “Victorians are being gouged to pay for these things that we really don’t want."

Sky News host Rita Panahi discussed the “bizarre” revelations about South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem. This comes amid details revealed in Ms Noem’s recently released memoir about how the Governor killed her pet dog and a goat. “She was enormously popular; she may still be, but she certainly sustained some damage after revealing all sorts of odd details in her memoir. “The graphic detail. The way she almost seems to be proud. “I don’t know what she was thinking. "She was being talked about as being an outsider for Trump’s veep [Vice President]. “She’s become the butt of jokes."

AUSMAP’s Dr Scott Wilson details the “toxic chemicals” he found present in the crumbed rubber at a synthetic sports field in Sydney, as Sky News Australia investigates the true quality of Australia’s playing fields. It comes as the European Union have begun ripping up and replacing tens of thousands of pitches, but governments and councils in Australia appear to be ignoring the warnings. Sky News Investigations Reporter Jonathan Lea spoke to an Australian scientist about his damning study which looked at just how potentially dangerous these chemicals are. “Heavy metals in particular were elevated,” Mr Wilson said of his findings. “Things like zinc, copper, lead. “There was a study done in the US which showed these tyre anti-degradants actually killed Atlantic Salmon. “We are finding these chemicals leaching off here.”

Education Minister Jason Clare has come under fire over claims he made on the weekend that pro-Palestine chants such as ‘from the river to the sea’ could mean different things to different people. The Daily Telegraph’s Tim Blair slammed the Education Minister after he implied that the anti-Israel slogan could be seen as supportive of Israel by some people. “Jason Claire the Education Minister who apparently can’t read simple English or understand simple phrases such as ‘from the river to the sea’,” Mr Blair told Sky News host Chris Kenny. “On Sunday, he claimed it could mean any number of things depending on how you’re looking at it, it could mean annihilation of Israel, it could be he suggested supportive of Israel ‘from the river to the sea’. “Anyone with kind of primary geographical knowledge of the Middle East will understand the problems that Clare fed himself in.”

The Australian National Editor Dennis Shanahan urged action for university students who are clearly “frightened”. This follows protests at Australian universities that are threatening the safety of Jewish students. “I think a judicial enquiry or a royal commission is too much,” Mr Shanahan told Sky News host Peta Credlin. “I think what we need to do is have the government actually take some responsibility on decisions. “Force some of the vice-chancellors into implementing what are already existing laws and protections for people who are obviously feeling frightened.”

Reserve Bank Governor Michele Bullock says interest rates are at the “right level” to return inflation to the central bank’s target band. The Reserve Bank has left the cash rate on hold at 4.35 per cent. Its inflation target is between two and three per cent. Inflation currently stands at 3.6 per cent to the end of the March quarter. “What the most recent data do reinforce is we must continue to be vigilant about the continued risk of high inflation,” Ms Bullock said at a press conference on Tuesday. “I’ve said before that we have made progress here and we’re not going to jeopardise that. “The rise in interest rates that has been required to bring down inflation has been painful for many people. “Inflation, though, as I’ve said before, is bad for everyone, and we have to see the job through. “We believe we have rates at the right level to return inflation to the target range next year, but as we said in the past, getting inflation back to target will take time, and I think the path will likely continue to be bumpy, and we should all be prepared for that.”

Shadow Finance Minister Jane Hume says the Commonwealth government should be “leading the charge” in the crusade against inflation. This comes as Treasurer Jim Chalmers prepares to hand down the federal budget next week. “Unless you get inflation down, Australians are going to pay the price,” Ms Hume told Sky News Australia. “The cost of living simply will not come down until inflation is under control. “We’re just not through the woods yet.”

Former Labor senator Stephen Conroy says the upcoming Budget needs to convey a "general positive message", as it plays an important role in shaping the party’s economic narrative for the next election. The Treasurer Jim Chalmers' third federal Budget will be a critical moment for the Albanese government as it will set the narrative for the expected 2025 federal election. “This is an important budget, which is why it will be a surplus budget," Mr Conroy said. “The government’s fiscal position is consistent, we’ve got surpluses, and that’s what we need to see. “If the government gets it wrong in a week’s time, it will utterly disrupt its ability to sell its economic narrative going forward into the next election.”

Thousands of demonstrators marched through Manhattan in an attempt to disrupt Vogue’s Met Gala. Protesters have been filmed chanting anti-Israel messages, blocking traffic and setting off flares on Monday evening. Dozens of activists were arrested outside the event. Protesters have been criticised online for attempting to disrupt the fund-raising event. "These people have no interest in democracy," one user wrote on X. Another wrote: “We must jail these rioters. It’s time for accountability New York!”

Sky News host Paul Murray has criticised the Albanese government’s response to a Chinese warplane blasting flares at an Australian helicopter. At about 7:30pm on Saturday, a J-10 Chinese Air Force plane belonging to the People’s Liberation Army dropped flares about 300 metres in front of the Seahawk helicopter and about 60 metres above it. Defence Minister Richard Marles confirmed the helicopter was unaffected and the crew were safe but condemned the incident as “unsafe” and “unprofessional”. “Where is the outrage? Where is the indignation that China yet again does something to endanger the lives of the members of the Australian Defence Force?” Mr Murray said. “This situation was one where only the skill of the Australian pilot is the reason why we are talking about the near-miss as opposed to catastrophe.”