RedBridge Group Director Simon Welsh discusses the “splintering of the vote” seen in Australian elections. This comes after the major parties were put to the test during last weekend’s council elections in New South Wales. “Australians are increasingly checking out of this electorate being a Labor vs Liberal-type contest,” Mr Welsh told Sky News Australia. “This appetite for a different place to place your vote is just increasing.”

RedBridge Group Director Simon Welsh says the NSW council elections have been a “shock to the system” for the Labor Party. The major parties have been put to the test during last weekend’s council elections in New South Wales. “What we have seen is – across key parts of Sydney, particularly in the west of Sydney – we are seeing pretty significant drops on the primary vote for the Labor Party,” Mr Welsh told Sky News Australia. “It’s happening in some very critical areas.”

The rising cost of domestic airfares is “out of control”, says Sky News Northern Australia correspondent Matt Cunningham. His remarks come as people from North Queensland who hope to travel to Sydney for the NRL finals match between the Sharks and Cowboys are set to be hit with expensive plane tickets. “It is killing people up here,” he told Sky News host Paul Murray. “Something needs to be done about it.”

Republican strategist Scott Jennings has slammed a CNN host's claim that rhetoric is equally a problem on both sides after a second attempt on Donald Trump's life over the weekend. Speaking to CNN recently, Jennings made it clear that after a second attempt on Trump's life, he refuses to engage in the “both sides” rhetoric debate. "I know after something like this happens, it’s very fashionable to, you know, talk about rhetoric on both sides," he said. "Donald Trump is the target, okay? He’s the current target, and it’s happening, and it’s happened again."

Writer and broadcaster Esther Krakue discusses UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer considering a similar plan to Italy’s migration deal of sending illegal migrants to Albania for processing. The previous Tory government’s original plan was to process illegal immigrants to Rwanda. “The penny has finally dropped. I mean, I think his argument is that this is a Europe-wide initiative, so somehow that makes it more moral,” Ms Krakue told Sky News host Andrew Bolt. “Even though the principle of actually sending people to a third country for processing still stands.”

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has expressed confidence that his Labor government will receive support from Australian voters in the next federal election. His remarks come as numerous polls suggest the Albanese Labor government is at risk of losing its majority. “We’ve seen economies like the UK, Japan and New Zealand go into recession,” Mr Albanese told Sky News Political Editor Andrew Clennell during a press conference on Tuesday. “What we’ve done is manage to keep the economy in the black to deliver not one but two budget surpluses.”

Former FBI special agent Phil Andrew discusses the response time of the US Secret Service after a would-be assassin was found waiting for former president Donald Trump on a Miami golf course. The man arrested in relation to Donald Trump’s second assassination attempt has been charged with two federal gun crimes. A court heard Ryan Routh was in the vicinity of the golf course for 12 hours before the Secret Service spotted the barrel of his gun poking out from the fence. “We [the FBI] always think of these incidents in the before - left of boom, during and after,” Mr Andrew told Sky News Australia. “It certainly looks like the during that they [Secret Service] responded incredibly quickly, effectively. “Then the after, in coordination with local law enforcement, they apprehended this person very quickly.”

Shadow Foreign Affairs Minister Simon Birmingham has urged the Albanese government to “stand with friends and allies” by opposing a United Nations motion which makes no mention of Hamas. The United States is pressuring Australia to vote down a UN motion demanding Israel withdraw from Gaza and the West Bank. The draft legislation proposed by the Palestinian Authority also calls for sanctions against Israel. “With such a counterproductive and one-sided motion, a decision for the Albanese government should be clear cut and it should be to oppose it, to stand with friends and allies, and to continue to support long-standing bipartisan policy in Australia about how we ultimately negotiate a two-state solution for Israel and the Palestinian people,” Mr Birmingham told Sky News Australia.

The price of domestic airfares has risen substantially after the collapse of Rex Airlines, says the Motley Fool Chief Investment Officer Scott Phillips. His remarks come as the Coalition has taken aim at Labor over airline inaction after airfares jumped up by roughly 13 per cent following Rex Airline’s collapse. “There is a real challenge around competition policy, particularly in the airlines,” he told Sky News Australia. “They’re (Albanese government) going to have to do something about it.”

Australia’s productivity rate is a major issue the Albanese Labor government is dealing with, says The Motley Fool Chief Investment Officer Scott Phillips. “Unemployment’s pretty low – we can always do with more jobs,” he told Sky News Australia. “The economy is struggling but we still got plenty of people who want to work. “The real question is will they continue to invest in the country? In capital works and, of course, in jobs?”

A fire triggered by the explosion of a natural gas pipeline in Houston, Texas, has led to nearby residents being evacuated out of concern the fire would spread. Locals said the explosion felt like a plane had crashed. Authorities say the pipeline has to burn itself out now the gas flow has been shut off.

Business Council of Australia warns CEOs are hesitant to hire and invest overseas due to Labor's industrial legislation. The Business Council of Australia insists CEOs across the country are hesitant to hire and invest overseas due to Labor's industrial legislation and taxes. The Council's Chief Executive Bran Black says it's harder to run businesses due to the government 'steadily increasing, not removing regulation'. Mr Black represents businesses, including BHP and the big four banks. He plans to announce concerns regarding business operations under the Labor government to Prime Minister Albanese today on Tuesday.

The United States is pressuring Australia to vote down a UN motion demanding Israel withdraw from Gaza and the West Bank. The draft legislation proposed by the Palestinian Authority also calls for sanctions against Israel. It calls on Israel to comply with an International Court of Justice opinion that demands Israel end its “unlawful presence” in the Occupied Palestinian Territories. The US is pushing its allies to reject the motion, which makes no mention of the October 7 attacks.

New cutting-edge technology is revolutionising the global mining sector through the deployment of electric autonomous mining trucks and loaders and the development of solar power stations on site. It also promises to increase job opportunities and economic growth in the sector. “Transitioning to electric and renewable energy solutions is critical for the mining industry,” Middle East and Australia Breton Technology Chairman Lance Kawaguchi said. “The mining industry accounts for approximately 11 per cent of global energy consumption and also seven per cent of global emissions.”

The federal government's crackdown on social media age restrictions is facing delays as big tech companies fight the plan. The Department of Communications will hold a briefing on Wednesday to lock in a trial for Labor's plan. Delays have been exacerbated due to conflict within the Labor Party over the optimal minimum age at which the ban should be enforced. Should they win the election, the Coalition has vowed to solve the age restriction debacle in its first 100 days.

Sky News host Caleb Bond has reacted to Tim Walz’s bizarre strategy for the Democratic Party to win the upcoming US election “He's worked out how they're going to win the election, by harassing people at the supermarket,” Mr Bond said. "Look, I don't know. I might be an outlier, but if I am at the supermarket on a Saturday doing my shopping and someone comes up to me and goes, have you voted yet? Are you going to vote for Kamala Harris? I'm going to walk out of there. “There is nothing that would turn me off more than being told in the supermarket when I'm just going about my business. Have you voted yet?”

Sky News host James Macpherson says Donald Trump continues “dodging bullets” as Democrats describe him as a “threat to democracy”. “You know, Democrats describe him as a threat to democracy, a madman who will plunge America into a dystopian nightmare,” Mr Macpherson said. “He is dodging bullets and if you listen to MSNBC, well, it is all Donald Trump’s fault.”

Republican vice presidential candidate JD Vance has fired back at a CNN reporter during an interview on the network on Sunday local time. Mr Vance accused CNN host Dana Bash of going easy on Vice President Kamala Harris and her running mate Tim Walz during a continuous interview over claims about Haitian immigrants. "Dana, would you like to ask me questions and then let me answer them, or would you like to debate me on these topics? I noticed that when you had Kamala Harris and Tim Walz, you gave them multiple-choice answers to the questions that you asked, and you allowed them to answer the questions," Mr Vance said. "I'm happy to be here to talk about policy, but if you're going to interrupt me every single time that I open my mouth, then why am I even doing this?"

Former US president Donald Trump has slammed global superstar Taylor Swift after the singer’s endorsement of Kamala Harris for president. Trump took to his Truth Social account writing: "I hate Taylor Swift!". Sky News host Sharri Markson is joined by Sky News contributor Kosha Gada to discuss Trump's remarks and whether or not Taylor Swift's endorsements of Harris will affect the presidential election.

Sky News host Sharri Markson is joined by Sky News contributor Kosha Gada to discuss the second assassination attempt on former US president Donald Trump. Trump was playing golf in West Palm Beach, Florida, on Sunday [local time] when a gunman was spotted by Secret Service as little as 300m away from the former president. “This is highly concerning, another assassination attempt,” Ms Markson said. “I think there are serious concerns that Donald Trump may not survive an assassination attempt. I think this is a genuinely terrifying prospect.”