Sky News host James Macpherson says Australia’s dead “can’t get a grave” after Labor broke its promise of continuing the Morrison government’s goal to mark unmarked World War One graves. His comments follow the Labor government’s broken promise of finding unmarked World War One veterans’ graves and marking them, to which they have only found 42. Under the Morrison government 1,189 World War One graves were marked. “It’s quite a state that our nation is in right now, the living can’t get a house, the dead can’t get a grave," Mr Macpherson said. “The government had promised $3.7 million, they’ve given $800,000 and that’s it.”

The Australian’s media writer Sophie Elsworth questions why the ABC would be pouring millions of dollars into advertising, promotions and audience research. New figures obtained under freedom of information showed in the first quarter of 2024 the ABC spent a total of $6m on advertising, promotions and audience research, according to The Australian. The FOI data, obtained by the Institute of Public Affairs, showed in the first three months of this year the ABC spent $3.8 million on advertising, $2 million on audience research and $144,000 on promotions. Ms Elsworth urged the ABC to publish the data in their annual reports. “This data is quite concerning and shows there has been increases in the March quarter compared to the previous March quarter,” she told Sky News Australia.

Sky News host Peta Credlin has questioned whether Australians can trust the Victorian Labor government on drug injecting rooms in the state. “They said before the election they’d never have a drug injecting room in Victoria, they did not support one,” she said. “Straight after they won the election, they started a trial they call it and that trial became a permanent facility in Richmond.” Ms Credlin raised concerns about a new facility being built. “They’re saying it’s not an injecting room, it’s a health centre,” Ms Credlin said. "The Victorian Health Minister … she was on radio this afternoon she was asked about a hydromorphone; this is a replacement for heroin. “My fear here is this will be injecting drugs, this will be doctors prescribed drugs … but they’ll still be mind-altering drugs. “This will be a drug injecting room by stealth.”

Sky News Political Editor Andrew Clennell says Treasurer Jim Chalmers “wants his surplus” for the next federal budget but questions if most Australians “give a stuff” about a surplus. “I think Jim Chalmers wants his surplus, and he has got an economic argument on that, you can say it is deflationary,” Mr Clennell said. “Do most Australians give a stuff about a surplus? “There are things you can look at … so I think this is a dangerous period for the government. “It would be difficult to see the government in a good position in the polls when we have had … 12 rate rises, and we have had rents go up astronomically.”

Anthony Albanese’s war with Elon Musk has gotten more “vicious” and “cynical” after the Prime Minister hit out at the billionaire’s “ego”, according to Sky News host Andrew Bolt. Following criticism from the Prime Minister over X’s decision not to take down violent footage of a stabbing, the billionaire took aim at Mr Albanese. “I’d like to take a moment to thank the PM for informing the public that this platform is the only truthful one,” Mr Musk said. Mr Bolt said the X owner has become a “hate figure of the left” since taking over the platform. “The second thing to remember is that Musk is not some sociopath demanding the right to sow division. Albanese is just defaming him,” he said. “No, he is actually serious about free speech.”

Sky News host Peta Credlin says Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has “gained ground” on the Labor Party over the recent federal budget issue. “Last night we talked about these polls, Newspoll, obviously Resolve, we are all agreed now, they are in trend,” Ms Credlin said. “The government now, for six months has really settled in to a position where at the next election, unless things change, they are in minority government. “Dutton has gained ground. “This budget is incredibly important.”

The town of Ceduna has experienced a rise in violence after the Albanese government scrapped the cashless debit card, says Shadow Indigenous Affairs Minister Jacinta Price. “Locals are beside themselves,” she told Sky News host Peta Credlin. “Since it’s been removed, they absolutely see the difference in their community. “The way in which people have been taking advantage of the fact that they can get alcohol quite regularly. “They’ve got a lot more money in their pocket to spend on alcohol.”

NYPD officers have moved in on anti-Israel activists on Monday following days of protests across the city. In a tweet by NYPD Deputy Commissioner Kaz Daughtry, he stated NYU requested police help to remove individuals who did not leave. “There is a pattern of behaviour occurring on campuses across our nation, in which individuals attempt to occupy a space in defiance of school policy,” he wrote. “Rest assured, in NYC the NYPD stands ready to address these prohibited and subsequently illegal actions whenever we are called upon.” As police made their way through the large crowd of activists, some formed a human chain to prevent others from being arrested. Those who were detained were placed into police buses and vans and removed from the area.

Aviation Expert Geoffrey Thomas says Qantas is “late to the game” offering free Wi-Fi on international flights. Mr Thomas said there is a reason for its late introduction. “Wi-Fi internationally is a little bit hit and miss – or it has been up until now,” he told Sky News Australia. “That’s what Qantas wanted to avoid. “They wanted to have something that was robust that would deliver to every single passenger the ability to livestream.”

16 artists and music figures have been inducted into this year’s Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Ozzy Osbourne, Cher and Mary J. Blige are just some who were added to the exclusive list. The Black Sabbath frontman had already been inducted with the band in 2006. However, he is now being recognised for his solo career. Businesswoman and producer Suzanne de Passe is also being recognised for paving the way for women in music as one of the first leading female executives.

Rugby League immortal Wally Lewis is calling on the government to fund an education campaign so school children can learn about the dangers of concussion. The Maroons great has been diagnosed with probable CTE, a form of dementia, from multiple head knocks from his playing days. Neurologist Dr Rowena Mobbs explains the dangers of concussions. “We have a plan in place, and I think that the government now need to step up and provide this $18 million worth of funding to ensure that our children have opportunities for safer sport,” Dr Mobbs told Sky News Australia. “Part of the initiative is educating our kids in schools through sport with the leadership of people like Wally to say, how can we reduce head injury. “People who should be considering their risk of CTE are those who have played at least ten years of contact collision sports at the higher level or had other repeated head injury exposure.”

Former Labor Senator Stephen Conroy says the ACTU has a “long and tragic history”. Mr Conroy told Sky News Australia that the ACTU’s reputation is particularly bad “when it comes to the Middle East”. “Of being outrageously … anti-Israeli. “A statement that refuses to address, which they put out yesterday, refuses to address Hamas’ atrocities that commenced this war. “No accountability, no questions.”

Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young has slammed the behaviour of X owner Elon Musk as “appalling”. This follows his refusal to remove videos of the recent Sydney stabbing attacks at Bondi Junction Westfield and Wakeley Church from the platform. Ms Hanson-Young has labelled Mr Musk as a “narcissistic cowboy” who carries on like he’s in the “wild west”. The Senator has called for an “overhaul of the regulation of these big tech platforms”. “The community expects the government to do more than ask politely. “We have to dismantle their business model.”

The Australian Foreign Editor Greg Sheridan says the Kokoda Track has “tremendously important” significance to Australia and Papua New Guinea. Mr Albanese is in Papua New Guinea ahead of his historic trek along the Kokoda Trail in the lead-up to ANZAC Day. The Prime Minister touched down just a day after China’s Foreign Minister flew out of Port Moresby. “The Kokoda Track is tremendously important to Australia symbolically,” Mr Sheridan told Sky News Australia. “It’s tremendously important to Papua New Guinea. “It’s a site where Papua New Guineans helped Australian servicemen, and I think the Prime Minister is doing 100 per cent the right thing by spending time in Papua New Guinea and spending time with the PNG Prime Minister.”

US President Joe Biden has condemned anti-Semitism at US universities but also supported the pro-Palestine protesters. Biden’s comments came on Monday during an event in Virginia for Earth Day, joined by Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. “I condemn the antisemitic protests, that’s why I’ve set up a program to deal with that,” he said. “I also condemn those who don’t understand what’s going on with the Palestinians.” A Jewish professor at Columbia University, Shai Davidai, has called the protests at the school a “hostile takeover”. “It's a showdown of support for Hamas on one hand and Western civilization on the other hand. The showdown is happening on Columbia's campus,” he said.

The Australian Foreign Editor Greg Sheridan has given Prime Minister Anthony Albanese “full marks” for his trip to Papua New Guinea. Mr Albanese is in Papua New Guinea ahead of his historic trek along the Kokoda Trail in the lead-up to ANZAC Day. The Prime Minister touched down just a day after China’s Foreign Minister flew out of Port Moresby. “Full marks to Prime Minister Albanese for this,” Mr Sheridan told Sky News Australia. “The South Pacific requires constant attention. “You can’t succeed in the South Pacific unless you show up.”

The Australian Foreign Editor Greg Sheridan says university campuses across the United States are facing the “very serious situation” of “vile anti-Semitic pogroms”. New York’s Columbia University has cancelled in-person classes due to rising tensions over pro-Palestinian demonstrations. More than a hundred people have been arrested on campus since the rallies began. “I think it’s a very serious situation for America,” Mr Sheridan told Sky News Australia. “It’s part of the breakdown of civility and basic willingness to abide by the law in America. “It’s a complex situation. “What you’ve got now in campuses across America is a situation of vile anti-Semitic pogroms which are reminiscent of Europe in the 19th century.”

Shadow Foreign Affairs Minister Simon Birmingham has “welcomed” Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s trip to Papua New Guinea as it “drives those relationships forward”. Mr Albanese is in Papua New Guinea ahead of his historic trek along the Kokoda Trail in the lead-up to ANZAC Day. The Prime Minister touched down just a day after China’s Foreign Minister flew out of Port Moresby. “It’s welcomed that the Prime Minister is in Papua New Guinea,” Mr Birmingham told Sky News Australia. “The visit just before Prime Minister Albanese’s of Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi is well and truly a reminder that the battle for the relationships and positions of different countries across our region is a constant one. “There will be a consistent attempt to try to shape and frame those relationships by others … in different ways, and we need to make sure that Australia, together with all our other friends and partners, are there driving those relationships forward in ways that underpin respect for the sovereignty of those countries.”

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has discussed the “very important” relationship Australia has with Papua New Guinea. Mr Albanese is in Papua New Guinea ahead of his historic trek along the Kokoda Trail in the lead-up to ANZAC Day. The Prime Minister touched down just a day after China’s Foreign Minister flew out of Port Moresby. “The relationship with Papua New Guinea is very important and we signed an upgraded defence agreement when he was in Australia last December,” Mr Albanese told Sky News Australia. “Prime Minister Marape was the first Pacific leader to address our Parliament in February. “I was the first foreign leader to address the Parliament here in Port Moresby last year. “We are less than 1,000 kilometres from the mainland of Australia from Cape York, and so it’s a very important and close relationship that we have. “It was certainly forged during World War Two, and ever since then, we’ve been mates, and we will continue to be so into the future.”

Israel’s military intelligence chief has taken responsibility for officials’ failures leading up to the October 7 attack and has resigned. Major General Aharon Haliva is the first senior figure to quit over Hamas’ attack. Israeli military and intelligence officials missed or ignored multiple warnings leading up to Hamas’ attack on October 7. Haliva says that he ‘will carry the horrible pain of the war with him forever’. He will retire once a successor is selected.