The Australian Foreign Editor Greg Sheridan says there has been “no substance” to Chinese Premier Li Qiang’s visit to Australia. Chinese Premier Li Qiang visited Parliament House on Monday. Sky News journalist Cheng Lei was blocked by Chinese officials at a media event between Mr Li and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese. “It’s been a weird visit, really,” Mr Sheridan told Sky News Australia. “It’s kind of had an element of panda diplomacy. There’s been no substance to it.”

Food manufacturing business HS Fresh Food is going into administration, putting at least 500 jobs at risk. The Tasmania-based company specialises in ready-made deli and salad meals which are sold in major supermarkets in five states. It is responsible for well-known brands such as Houston's Farm and Sunfresh. Administrators will explore restructuring and selling options in a bid to save the company.

The Australian Foreign Editor Greg Sheridan has criticised Prime Minister Anthony Albanese for seeming “terrified” of upsetting the Chinese. Chinese Premier Li Qiang visited Parliament House on Monday. Sky News journalist Cheng Lei was blocked by Chinese officials at a media event between Mr Li and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese. “He seems to be terrified of upsetting the Chinese,” Mr Sheridan told Sky News Australia. “I think the China relationship is a real conundrum for Australia because we get rich out of the trade … but they are a really malevolent strategic actor.”

The Australian Foreign Editor Greg Sheridan says the world is “not” decarbonising as global greenhouse gas emissions are at a “record high”. “Climate is contentious all over the world, except most of the world is not nearly as obsessed about it as we are,” Mr Sheridan told Sky News host Danica De Giorgio. “It’s hardly figuring in the American debate and in the European elections recently there was a massive drop in the Greens vote. “Oil, gas and coal … are at record-high usage in the history of the human race today. “Global greenhouse gas emissions are rising and are at a record high. “The world is not decarbonising.”

The Australian Foreign Editor Greg Sheridan has blasted Prime Minister Anthony Albanese for his “stage fright” and for being unable to cope with the Chinese government. Chinese Premier Li Qiang visited Parliament House on Monday. Sky News journalist Cheng Lei was blocked by Chinese officials at a media event between Mr Li and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese. “The Albanese government is so scared if they one word out of the Chinese-approved script they’ll get a bad reaction,” Mr Sheridan told Sky News host Danica De Giorgio. “This is unbecoming. “This looks like a Prime Minister who’s got stage fright, who can’t cope with the Chinese.”

Former Labor minister Graham Richardson believes Opposition leader Peter Dutton is doing “very well”. According to the Resolve Political Monitor, Labor’s primary vote has fallen one per cent to 28 per cent, while the Coalition remains at 36 per cent. “I think Dutton’s been doing very well,” Mr Richardson told Sky News host Sharri Markson. “He’s certainly picking the right issues to speak on, and I think he’s … undermining them. “I think he’s doing pretty well.”

Former Labor minister Graham Richardson says polling which says Labor’s primary vote is at 28 per cent is a “very poor result” and should be a “concern” for every Labor supporter. According to the Resolve Political Monitor, Labor’s primary vote has fallen one per cent to 28 per cent, while the Coalition remains at 36 per cent. “I think anybody who doesn’t worry about a 28 per cent poll has got to be kidding themselves,” Mr Richardson told Sky News host Sharri Markson. “It is a very poor result, and it causes, I think, concern for every Labor supporter in the country.”

Headline Advisory Director Andrew Carswell says Opposition leader Peter Dutton is becoming a “credible alternative” to Prime Minister Anthony Albanese. According to the Resolve Political Monitor, Labor’s primary vote has fallen one per cent to 28 per cent, while the Coalition remains at 36 per cent. “It’s an awfully hard road ahead for the Coalition,” Mr Carswell told Sky News host Sharri Markson. “The numbers are astronomical, but they are on the right track, and Peter Dutton is putting every foot forward to put himself in that position. “He is becoming a credible alternative to the Prime Minister.”

Sky News can reveal Beijing has been hatching a defence plan that may concern the Australian government. For almost a year, the Labor Government has avoided helping an Australian defence firm acquire a major South American missiles manufacturer. We can now reveal a Chinese letter sent last week shows Beijing has entered negotiations, effectively turning the issue into a national security risk.

Greens Senator David Shoebridge discusses Chinese officials blocking Australian journalist Cheng Lei during Chinese Premier Li Qiang’s visit to Australia. “If it is a lack of knowledge, it is an intentional lack of knowledge, and I don’t think it does anyone any credit when it happens,” Mr Shoebridge told Sky News Australia. “Just pretending you don’t know about it or consciously not finding out about it just makes you look like you stand for nothing.”

Sky News host Liz Storer has reacted to MSNBC discussing how the bar set for President Joe Biden to clear in the upcoming presidential debate is “substantially higher than the one Trump has to clear”. “Those guys shilling for the Dems,” she said. “It never gets tiresome.”

Former Labor senator Stephen Conroy discusses China’s attitude towards Australia amid Chinese Premier Li Qiang’s visit to Australia. “The bottom line in dealing with China is they don’t care what we think,” Mr Conroy told Sky News host Danica De Giorgio. “This is all theatre for them. They don’t care. “There is no change in China’s actual behaviour on the ground - they are competing to buy, steal and bribe Pacific nations onto their side of the debate.”

Sky News host Caleb Bond says Hobart City Councillor Louise Elliot has managed to “extract” an apology over a denial of her request to hire a hall for a pro-women event. “Hobart City Councillor Louise Elliot … has managed to extract an apology from the Hobart City Council after they denied her the opportunity to rent a hall from them to host a pro-women event,” Mr Bond said. “She went off to try and hire a hall … in her capacity as a private citizen … and they denied her.”

The “most volatile issue” for regional Australia is the locations of where to put offshore wind farms, according to Nationals Senator Matt Canavan. “It generates the most heat from people,” Mr Canavan told Sky News host Paul Murray. This comes after the Opposition has vowed to scrap Labor’s plan for a massive offshore wind farm off the south coast of NSW if elected at the next election.

Sky News host Danica De Giorgio says Chinese officials blocking Australian journalist Cheng Lei is a display of the “same heavy-handedness” by China on our own home soil. “Meanwhile, China does what it does best, adopting a ‘nothing to see here’ attitude, and Anthony Albanese obliges,” she said. “He is so scared of upsetting China – he has proven time and time again, he does not have the strength to stand up to Beijing. “So, amidst the backdrop of pandas, the smiling, the handsome man from Australia, serious issues remain, but what is clear is Labor is a dream for the CCP.”

IPA Deputy Executive Director Daniel Wild says “net zero is dead” despite the Albanese Labor government giving the green light to a fourth offshore wind zone. “Project after project is getting held up, or delayed, or cancelled,” he told Sky News host Danica De Giorgio. “Australians don’t want it.”

Sky News host Rita Panahi says Opposition Leader Peter Dutton is “upping the ante” on the nation’s energy policy and its net zero commitments. “The usual political pundits did what they always do – they warned of electoral backlash and imminent oblivion,” she said. “Peter Dutton is proving if you actually stand for something … you can win hearts and minds.” Ms Panahi was joined by Geologist Ian Plimer to discuss the Liberal’s nuclear stance.

Geologist Ian Plimer says Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has “hit a chord” with many people regarding his push for nuclear energy. “We have had this massive ingress of wind and solar power into our energy systems, every time we put more wind and solar into our systems our costs go up,” Mr Plimer told Sky News host Rita Panahi. “What Dutton is saying is we’re going to have a look into this. “The public is well behind him on this, they are hurting, especially people in suburbia – they are really hurting with absolutely monstrous electricity bills.”

Sky News contributor Prue MacSween has told NSW Treasurer Daniel Mookhey to “focus on your own backyard” after he made comments concerning Donald Trump’s re-election campaign. Her remarks come after Mr Mookhey warned the re-election of former US president Donald Trump could be the biggest threat to NSW’s economy. “Forget about Trump,” Ms MacSween said.

Liberal MP Aaron Violi says the blocking of Cheng Lei by a Chinese official at a media event highlights the “inherent tension” between Australia and the CCP. Formerly detained journalist Cheng Lei has spoken out after her view of a document signing and press conference with Chinese Premier Li Qiang in Canberra was obstructed by Chinese officials on Monday. “A free press is so crucial to our democracy here in Australia,” Mr Violi told Sky News Australia. “How we maximise our economic opportunities while never compromising on our democracy and the freedom of journalists ... is one of these tensions that we’ve got to continue to navigate with Xi Jinping and the CCP.”