Commsec Market Analyst Laura Besarati says the gold price has been “retreating” after hitting recent record highs. The gold sector got crunched today with eight out of the ten worst performers in the markets being gold stocks. “There have been a few drivers in the past couple of days – on Friday, we did see that very surprising jump in the Non Farm Payrolls over in the US,” Ms Besarati said. “We’ve seen the US dollar pushing higher and that saw gold prices slump 3.5 per cent in Friday’s session.”

A group of protesters chanted anti-Israel messages outside a Manhattan exhibit that commemorates the victims of the October 7 massacre. Demonstrators were filmed chanting “long live the intifada” and lit flares. Activists waved the Palestinian flag and clashed with NYPD officers. Hundreds of people are expressing their outrage over the protest on X. One user labelled the video “disgusting”. Another user wrote, “We can’t even mourn in peace”.

Opposition leader Peter Dutton has called on people to "always look at what Labor does and not what they say". Mr Dutton discussed energy policy during a media conference on Tuesday. “This government is not going to reach its target,” Mr Dutton said. “Chris Bowen’s interpretation just blindly accepted by some journalists is nonsense. “Always look at what Labor does and not what they say. “Their trainwreck of a policy is being felt by every Australian at the moment because people’s power prices keep going up.”

Independent MP Allegra Spender says Opposition leader Peter Dutton and the Coalition have left Australians “confused” on where it stands on its energy policies. It comes as Mr Dutton on Tuesday during a media conference after he confirmed that the Coalition will not commit to a new 2030 climate target before the election. “Australian people don’t know what they're signing up for if he won’t take a target to the next election. “It seems to be a lot of confusion frankly from the Coalition over the last few days and over the energy policy more broadly. “And I think the community doesn’t really know what they stand for, and it sounds like Peter doesn’t want to tell them either.”

Social media users have excoriated US President Joe Biden online for appearing to have "no clue what's going on" during a Juneteenth concert at the White House. President Biden celebrated the upcoming Juneteenth holiday with a lively concert on the White House lawn on Monday. Attendees included Vice President Harris, second gentleman Doug Emhoff, and many federal and state lawmakers. Performers such as Kirk Franklin, Gladys Knight, Trombone Shorty, Doug E. Fresh, and Patti LaBelle took the stage. Biden remarked, the “White House lawn’s never seen anything like this before,” as he called the event a “fitting tribute to Juneteenth". "Joe has no clue what’s going on," one user on X wrote, reacting to Biden's reaction to the performance.

Liberal Senator Andrew Bragg has slammed Labor over their 1.2 million new houses target which they have “no chance of meeting”. Opposition leader Peter Dutton has confirmed the Coalition will not reveal a new 2030 emissions target before the next election. “We haven’t favoured codifying these international agreements into domestic legislation, and there are a lot of other countries agree that’s not always necessary,” Mr Bragg told Sky News Australia. “Just because you legislate something doesn’t mean it’s going to happen. “Labor’s got a 1.2 million new houses target they’ve got no chance of meeting.”

Nationals Senator Bridget McKenzie says the Coalition is interested in a “credible pathway” to net zero by 2050. Opposition leader Peter Dutton says he will not quit the Paris Accord or give up on net zero. It is understood Mr Dutton's recent dismissal of the 2030 climate target was due to the goal being unachievable. “I think the reality is good policy is always good politics, and I think we’re interested in actually having a credible pathway to 2050, and we’re genuine in that,” Ms McKenzie told Sky News Australia. “We’ve done the research, we’ve travelled the globe, we’ve spoken to the experts, and that’s what we’re going to be taking to the next election – a credible pathway, not for the next election, not for the next five years, but to actually get us to 2050.”

Nationals Senator Bridget McKenzie has blasted the “scare campaign” from the Labor Party to deflect from their “own failure” on climate policy. Opposition leader Peter Dutton says he will not quit the Paris Accord or give up on net zero. It is understood Mr Dutton's recent dismissal of the 2030 climate target was due to the goal being unachievable. “I can tell you, from the National Party leadership, from the Liberal Party leadership, from our party rooms, we are committed to net zero by 2050,” Ms McKenzie told Sky News Australia. “The trainwreck of an interview by Minister Bowen on the ABC this morning shows that they’re just deflecting from the fact that they’re not going to meet their own target commitments and that their policies are driving up the cost of electricity which is going to cost us jobs. “It’s mischief-making, a real scare campaign from the Labor Party to try and deflect from their own failure when it comes to climate policy.”

Nationals Senator Bridget McKenzie says there is “no way” the Albanese government is going to meet the “aggressive” targets they have legislated for 2030. Opposition leader Peter Dutton says he will not quit the Paris Accord or give up on net zero. It is understood Mr Dutton's recent dismissal of the 2030 climate target was due to the goal being unachievable. “There is no way we’re actually going to meet the aggressive targets that the Labor Party put forward for 2030,” Ms McKenzie told Sky News Australia. “That’s a huge concern because we are a middle power globally. “This is undermining our international reputation that the Labor Party almost set us up to fail.”

Former White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney says the margins are “so narrow” and the polls “haven’t changed much” since Donald Trump’s conviction. “The margins are so narrow,” Mr Mulvaney told Sky News Australia. “Yes, there are some significant margins now in some of the swing states … but, overall, the polls haven’t changed much.”

Former White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney says Hunter Biden’s gun trial hits Donald Trump in a “personal way” because his brother was addicted to alcohol. Hunter Biden, the US President’s son, is facing a potential 25-year jail sentence if found guilty of three gun charges. “It hits Trump in a personal way that it hits many, many people,” Mr Mulvaney told Sky News Australia.

Tap water in parts of New South Wales, the ACT, Queensland and Victoria have been found to contain contaminants the World Health Organisation deems likely to be carcinogenic. US authorities found any level of PFOS and PFOA in drinking water is unsafe and likely to cause cancer. PFOA is permitted in Australian tap water at 140 times the maximum levels allowed by the United States. Analysis from Nine newspapers indicates the chemicals have been found in the drinking water of 1.8 million Australians since 2010.

There will be no verdict today in Hunter Biden’s gun trial, according to Sky News Washington Correspondent Annelise Nielsen. The US President’s son is facing a potential 25-year jail sentence if found guilty of three gun charges. Mr Nielsen said the jury “have gone for the day and will return tomorrow”.

French President Emmanuel Macron has called a snap election in just four weeks' time. The far-right national rally trounced the president's party in the EU elections. This was the impetus for Mr Macron to gamble on an early election.

The Coalition wants Australia’s peak intelligence assessment body to release annual threat assessments on foreign interference from China. It argues the Office of National Intelligence needs to take action against Beijing’s propaganda operations. Shadow Home Affairs Minister James Paterson will put forward the proposal in a meeting on Tuesday.

CommSec’s Tom Piotrowski says there are “record highs” in the US stock market. “Overnight, US markets essentially consolidated,” Mr Piotrowski told Sky News Australia. “The Dow up 0.2 of a per cent, same for the S&P 500. The Nasdaq up by a third of a per cent. “Indices at record highs.” Presented by CommSec.

Sky News host Caleb Bond says the US border patrol has sent through a memo saying illegal immigrants should be “let in the country”. “He sent down a direction most asylum seekers should be banned, or most illegal immigrants should be banned from claiming asylum in the United States,” he said. “We have seen an internal memo from the border patrol … basically says most of these people should be let in the country anyway.”

Sky News host Liz Storer says the “leftist cesspool” that is the European Parliament has been “drained” in this year’s elections.  “Every five years, they get a chance to drown that swamp, and this year, gosh, did they deliver,” she said.  “So bad was the bloodletting ... that Belgium’s Prime Minister wasted no time resigning in tears.”

Sky News host Caleb Bond says “go down to the gym” because a columnist at The Guardian declares getting fit could turn you into a “rightwing jerk”. “Go down to the gym tomorrow morning and start working out because, would you believe, a columnist over at The Guardian … has written a column,” he said. “Getting fit is great … but it could turn you into a rightwing jerk.”

Sky News host Caleb Bond says a toilet built in Allenby Gardens Reserve is raising concerns as the doors seem to be see-through. “You would think if someone commissioned you to build a toilet block, it would be pretty straightforward,” he said. “That is not the case if you go to Allenby Gardens Reserve in Adelaide to a toilet that was put up … it’s only just come to the attention of the locals the doors on the cubicles look a bit like this.”