Security expert Lincoln Parker discusses a recent essay by former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull in which he criticised former US president Donald Trump. “I think it was unseemly for a former prime minister to attack a former president of the United States,” Mr Parker told Sky News host Erin Molan. “I just thought it didn’t sit right with me and anybody else.”

Security expert Lincoln Parker discusses the Albanese government’s plan to recruit foreign nationals to serve in the Australian Defence Force in exchange for Australian citizenship. “I think it is an admission of failure, and it’s a result of weak and soft leadership,” Mr Parker told Sky News host Erin Molan. “We need to fix the root cause of the issues that are stopping people from joining now and also fix the root cause of why people are leaving.”

Crown Resorts Chief Executive Ciarán Carruthers says the company has done a “monumental amount of work” to “transform” in a short period of time. Mr Carruthers was asked about the floor-to-ceiling cultural change at Crown. “There is now a very complex structure of very heavy regulation, I think necessarily so, across our industry,” Mr Carruthers said at Australia’s Economic Outlook event on Friday. “There’s a need to make sure that reaches across all aspects of our industry. “It’s very complex, and we’ve had to do a really monumental amount of work to really transform our company – it’s unprecedented what we’ve had to do in a short period of time … to get that done.” In partnership with Crown.

The Diamonds’ chances of defending their World Cup champion title on home soil has received a significant boost. The Federal government will invest $6 million into delivering the Netball World Cup in 2027 which will be a milestone year for the sport in Australia. The funding signals confidence for the sport after $18 million was stripped last November.

Comedian Alex Stein ridicules Queers for Palestine for standing alongside a country which would “throw them off a roof”. “If we gave them a free ticket to Gaza or Palestine, none of them would go there but they will all spend their afternoon yelling and shouting at other people at a Pride event,” Mr Stein told Sky News host James Morrow. “It just shows you how hypocritical they are.”

Comedian Alex Stein has accused “professional” pro-Palestine protesters for being “the holdovers from the BLM riots”. “These are basically professional activists,” Mr Stein told Sky News host James Morrow. “I wouldn’t be surprised if some of them were getting paid to organise these events.”

Minerals Council of Australia Chief Executive Tania Constable has called out the Albanese government’s “arcane” industrial legislation reforms. “Importantly, fundamental issues really need to be addressed,” Ms Constable said at Australia’s Economic Outlook summit on Friday. “Taxation needs to be addressed. “We’ve got an arcane industrial relations system that has now just been passed through legislation. “We’ve got difficulty in environmental approvals that have taken way too long that need to be streamlined. “And we’ve got energy costs that are way too high compared to the rest of the world. “I think those things really have to be addressed.” In partnership with Minerals Council.

Treasurer Jim Chalmers has responded to questions asking if Immigration Minister Andrew Giles’ position was tenable and if his continuation in the role was sucking life out of the Labor government. “I don’t see it that way,” Mr Chalmers said. The Treasurer praised “important changes” to the migration regime made by Mr Giles earlier on Friday morning. “It is a difficult job and I support him completely. “Every government at every level has issues to deal with from time to time.”

President Joe Biden signed an executive order that would shut down asylum requests at the southern border on Tuesday. The US President had been facing mounting political pressure over the migrant crisis in America. On Thursday, Fox News reporter Bill Melugin claimed there had been “no change” at the border, two days after Joe Biden’s executive order came into effect. “We are seeing no impact on illegal crossings whatsoever,” Mr Melugin said. Journalist Emily Jashinsky told Sky News the borders have been “severely open” in recent years.

Treasurer Jim Chalmers says “important steps” have been taken as the government looks to fund a trial which would see “more appropriate” age restrictions implemented for social media users. “This is a really substantial concern, particularly for parents, but I think for the broader Australian community as well,” “For a lot of parents, frankly, it is terrifying thinking about kids and social media. “I think, like a lot of parents, it is something that keeps you up at night.”

Griffith University International Relations Professor Ian Hall believes there is a “fair amount of stability” in India’s politics but Modi now may have “less time” to devote to foreign politics. Narendra Modi’s party failed to secure a majority for the first time in a decade at India’s recent elections. “I think there’s a fair amount of stability in terms of India’s foreign policy,” Mr Hall told Sky News Australia. “It’s commitment to things like the Quad and the bilateral relationship with Australia, but, of course, a prime minister that is more constrained and more tangled in these kinds of internal debates and discussions with his coalition partners … may have less time to devote to foreign policy. “For Australia, I think we’re going to have to cope with the fact that India’s government may have a little bit of less time to commit to the things that we’re interested in.”

Griffith University International Relations Professor Ian Hall says Narendra Modi has been able to rule “on his own” and allow his party to “dominate” for the last 10 years. Narendra Modi’s party failed to secure a majority for the first time in a decade at India’s recent elections. “Modi’s been in a very unusual position for most Indian leaders,” Mr Hall told Sky News Australia. “Coalitions are the norm in India, and these kind of negotiations between different parties … this is the kind of thing that most Indian leaders have had to do. “But for the last decade, Modi’s been able to rule pretty much on his own and allow his party to dominate. “He’s much more constrained than he’s ever been in the past.”

Nationals Senator Bridget McKenzie has blasted Anthony Albanese for refusing to “man up” and put the Greens last on Labor’s how-to-vote cards after the Prime Minister talked a “big game” against them in parliament. “Every time this guy is asked to put his money, put action where his mouth is, he fails every single time,” Ms McKenzie told Sky News Australia. “He has been asked to match that rhetoric by putting the Greens last because of their stance on Gaza and against Israel in the Middle East and he refuses to do that. “At the end of the day, real men man up and this guy refuses to do that every single time he is given the opportunity.”

NSW SES State Duty Commander, Acting Assistant Commissioner Dallas Burnes, is urging people to plan ahead of travelling, as severe weather warnings remain in place across New South Wales. Picton, Hawkesbury-Nepean, Shoalhaven and Wollondilly remain areas of high concern. “We are asking people to be careful,” Mr Burnes told Sky News Australia. “Make safe sensible decisions, have a look at the Hazards Near Me app, follow the instructions on Transport NSW if you are travelling, make sure your route is clear.”

A store in London which is known for its unconventional ice cream flavours is coming back for a third summer. For 2024, the Ice Cream Project is offering flavours including Olive, Baked Beans, Crunchy Peanut Putter and Branston Piccalilli. There are two different flavoured sorbets including Malt Vinegar and Tropicana Orange Juice.

South Australian Treasurer Stephen Mullighan has delivered a consecutive surplus in this year’s state budget that came with some surprises. Health and housing took top priority in Mr Mullighan’s budget. Despite the the government spending big however South Australian’s will receive limited cost of living relief.

CommSec’s Tom Piotrowski says the European Central Bank raising its inflation forecast after cutting interest rates is an “unusual" move. The ECB cut interest rates on Thursday as was widely expected, and at the same time raised its inflation outlook for 2024 and 2025 declining to detail the rate-cutting path. “It’s not a traditional response to cutting rates,” Mr Piotrowski told Sky News Australia. “You would tend to think that you’d be expecting lower inflation outcomes.” Presented by CommSec.

Parts of New South Wales remain under severe weather warnings as the state is battered by heavy rain. The South Coast and Southern Highlands have seen more than 140 millimetres of rain since 9am Thursday. Sydney's south also received a drenching yesterday with Campbelltown and Mascot among some of the areas seeing the heaviest falls. Severe weather warnings are in place for the Illawarra and surrounds, while moderate flood warnings are in place for areas in the Sydney's northwest. Authorities anticipate Warragamba Dam to spill again between now and the end of the weekend.

Sky News host Caleb Bond discusses a dating app developed by Tokyo City Hall that will encourage Japanese people to have children to combat the country’s low fertility rate. “What an interesting idea - the local council is so worried about the fact that people are not getting married and have kids that they are starting their own dating app,” Mr Bond said. “I don’t know whether I would particularly want to use a government-issued dating app; I mean, I don’t really want the government involved in my dating life.”

The public’s “disdain” for reality TV star Kim Kardashian is starting to show, according to Sky News host Rita Panahi. This comes after Ms Kardashian was on the cover of this month’s Variety Magazine as one of the latest celebrities to feature in their ‘Actors on Actors’ series. “Is she in the right to be there ... I’m trying to find a way to stick up for poor Kim because she is getting attacked since that roast where she was booed mercilessly,” Ms Panahi said. “It’s really coming through just how much of the public has disdain for her.”