Vinnies NSW CEO Yolanda Saiz has joined Sky News Business Editor Ross Greenwood to discuss the Vinnies CEO sleepout in Sydney. The Vinnies’ annual CEO sleepout is held to raise awareness for homelessness, with money raised by it to be sent to support for Australians in need. Ms Saiz said the sleepout is a “symbol of empathy” and of “trying to understand the issue”. “Myself and all the CEOs will go home to a warm bed tomorrow, but there’ll be 122,000 Australians across the country who will be wondering where they’ll be sleeping tomorrow night,” she said. “It’s an act of wanting to raise money to support people experiencing homelessness and an act to learn more about what homelessness looks like in 2024.”

Australia's biggest wine company Treasury Wine Estates is gearing up to re-enter the Chinese market with its famous Penfolds brand, after China lifted injurious tariffs on Australian wine. Treasury today updated investors on its return to China in March with strong sales demand. The company expects profit growth of around 15 per cent in each of the next two years with Penfolds profit expected to be between $418 and $421 million. Treasury said by 2030, China is expected to consume more than 25 per cent of the world's luxury goods with a massive increase in wine sales expected.

Sky News Business Reporter Edward Boyd says it was a "dream debut” for Guzman and Gomez. “The offer price was $22 dollars per share, the stock began trading today at $30 dollars," he said. “GYG is now valued at about $3 billion and that ranks it as roughly the 79th largest company on the market. “Morningstar believes GYG is overvalued.”

Liberal MP Zoe McKenzie has commended Opposition leader Peter Dutton for showing “enormous courage, conviction” and a “good vision” for Australia. Mr Dutton announced the Coalition’s nuclear plan at a media event on Wednesday. “He’s showing enormous courage, conviction and a good vision for this country,” Ms McKenzie told Sky News Australia. “Obviously, already, a very vibrant debate about having all eggs on the table.”

Author Douglas Murray has slammed Just Stop Oil protestors' latest stunt, which has seen activists target one of Britain’s most important archaeological sites. Climate protesters in the south of England sprayed orange powder paint on the ancient monument, Stonehenge, after crossing over a small fence onto the prohibited grass where it stands. “These eco-loons attacking one of Britain’s most important archaeological sites, it really tells you everything you need to know about a movement,” Mr Murray told Sky News host Rita Panahi. “I don’t believe these people are driven by anything other than narcissism, boredom, extremism and a couple of other such things. “They are vicious narcissists, and they are desperately seeking for some sort of cause and they are trashing our history.”

Victoria Shadow Energy Minister David Davis says there is room for “more gas exploration”. Mr Davis told Sky News Australia that there can be a series of steps put in place to make gas supply “more achievable”. “If you’re going to have a lot of renewables in the system, you’ve got to have the firming capacity that gas provides you.”

Sky News contributor Evelyn Rae has mocked Joe Biden’s latest incoherent speech, saying ‘I don’t speak dementia’ when asked to interpret what the president said.

Sky News host Rita Panahi has labeled comedian Jack Black’s speech about President Biden as ‘cringe.’

GXO Strategies Director Cameron Milner has urged the Albanese government to take the Coalition’s nuclear plan “seriously” because the “smear and fear” campaign denies the fact nuclear is safe and reliable. Opposition leader Peter Dutton announced the Coalition’s nuclear plan at a media event on Wednesday. “Peter Dutton basically handed the Albanese government a lesson in leadership,” Mr Milner told Sky News host Danica De Giorgio. “It’s no longer a small target; we now have a real energy policy and a real choice for Australians. “The Australian Labor Party better take it seriously because the smear and fear campaign … about how bad nuclear is denies the facts that nuclear is safe and reliable.”

Former Labor senator Stephen Conroy says Labor has to find “flaws” in the Coalition’s nuclear policy as the Australian public will be “tempted” by the prospect of “cheaper electricity”. Opposition Leader Peter Dutton revealed his nuclear policy in a media conference on Wednesday. “What Labor has to do is demonstrate that there are enormous flaws in Dutton’s proposal,” Mr Conroy told Sky News host Paul Murray. “I don’t think that they can just naturally assume there is opposition. “People are hurting, and they are tempted by this idea that there is cheaper electricity prices from this source, and it is renewable. “They’ve got to do the hard assessments and demonstrate why this plan has so many holes.”

Liberal MP for Flynn Colin Boyce acknowledges the “risks” involved in the Opposition’s nuclear policy. Opposition Leader Peter Dutton revealed the Coalition’s nuclear policy in a media conference on Wednesday, including the seven proposed locations for the nuclear power plants. “Well, there’s always risks – there is always engineering issues, there’s always economic issues, there no doubt will be social issues,” Mr Boyce told Sky News Australia. “It’s a system of getting through all of these things as we proceed further into the future.”

Sky News host Laura Jayes says the Coalition’s recent nuclear policy announcement has set up an “energy election”. Opposition Leader Peter Dutton revealed the Coalition’s nuclear policy in a media conference on Wednesday, including the seven proposed locations for the nuclear power plants. Mr Dutton has said two of the seven reactors could be providing power to the grid in just over a decade. “How would it work and the cost of it - we don't know that either yet,” Ms Jayes said. “There are a lot of hurdles - the first one is winning the next election for Peter Dutton. “So, at this point, what matters the most is public opinion - the nuclear option directly affects all of us. But, it affects the communities in and around the proposed sites the most.”

Former New South Wales treasurer Michael Costa says nuclear is “as cost-effective” and “more reliable” than renewables. Opposition leader Peter Dutton announced the Coalition’s nuclear plan at a media event on Wednesday. “If you include the system costs in terms of the calculation, nuclear ends up being as cost-effective and more reliable than any of these renewable policies,” Mr Costa told Sky News host Danica De Giorgio. “The problem for the government is energy costs are going up, and it’s going to be a hard argument for them to argue somehow, they’re producing cheap power. “It’s a really good strategic move for Dutton.”

The New South Wales government has confirmed bird flu has been detected at a Hawkesbury egg farm. The strain found at the premises is the H7N8 variant, believed to have come from wild birds. In response, the egg farm has implemented a quarantine to reduce the spread of infection and the state government has enacted its emergency biosecurity incident plan. The government says the detection will not affect consumers.

Climate protesters in the south of England sprayed orange powder paint on the ancient monument, Stonehenge. Activists defaced the world heritage site ahead of summer solstice celebrations. The campaigners have said their actions were to highlight the damages of fossil fuels. Police have made two arrests.

The oldest wine ever found in liquid form has been unearthed in a Roman tomb. The two-thousand-year-old urn containing human remains and 4.5 litres of the liquid was first uncovered during renovations on a property in the south of Spain. Archaeologists say the discovery was very surprising, as wine usually evaporates quickly.

Security measures are ramping up ahead of comedian Jerry Seinfeld's three shows in Melbourne this weekend. The comedian has been heckled by anti-Israel protesters during his Sydney performances. This also follows an attack by vandals on the Melbourne office of federal MP Josh Burns on Wednesday.

Russia and North Korea have agreed to support one another in the event either is attacked. It's the strongest partnership formed between Moscow and Pyongyang since the collapse of the Soviet Union. This comes at a time when both nations face escalating tensions with the West. US officials express concern over the relationship, fearing Russia will help North Korea expand its nuclear weapons arsenal whilst North Korea helps keep the Russian army supplied with weapons for its war on Ukraine.

Former Labor senator Stephen Conroy discusses the hurdles Opposition leader Peter Dutton could face as he commits the Coalition to nuclear power if they win the next election. “I think the biggest hole of credibility that Peter Dutton go tonight is not having a costing around it,” Mr Conroy told Sky News host Paul Murray. “The second biggest hole is he’s got to find a way to explain which technology he is going to use.”

Former speaker of the House Bronwyn Bishop discusses the Opposition’s nuclear power plan, which Liberal leader Peter Dutton announced. “There is now an option on the table that people want,” Mr Bishop told Sky News host Paul Murray. “That is, you can reach 2050 net zero by another means and a means that doesn’t destroy the countryside, the forest, the birds, the sea and everything else that this crazy renewables-only policy does. “It is feasible, it is practical and affordable, and that’s the proposition that Dutton put today.”