New South Wales councils that meet or beat housing targets will be offered new financial incentives under a plan to be announced by Premier Chris Minns today. The NSW government is under pressure to reach incredibly ambitious targets under the National Housing Accord and will need to build 377,000 new homes by 2029. This grants program is worth $200 million and is a financial incentive for 43 local councils to meet new housing targets. Councils will get a greater share of the funding if they meet key milestones which can then be spent on public amenities.

A temporary pier built by US forces to transport aid to Gaza is temporarily out of commission after it was damaged by rough seas. The causeway has broken off and will take at least a week to repair, with the $481 million floating pier being first announced by US officials in March. Humanitarian organisations have warned the amount of aid reaching Palestinians is only a fraction of what is required to meet the needs of its population.

Bob Dylan’s recently found and unpublished handwritten lyrics will be auctioned on June 5 in New York. The Nobel Prize-winning American singer wrote lyrics on telephone message pads in a New York City hotel, during the early 1980s. The opening lines of the lyrics will be auctioned for an estimated price between $18,000 and $22,000. The second verse will be auctioned for the same price, with a harmonica.

CommSec’s Tom Piotrowski says the markets are set to react to the release of monthly inflation figures on Wednesday. “The core measure of inflation at an annualised pace on a monthly basis is at four per cent is what the market is expecting,” Mr Piotrowski told Sky News Australia. “If it gets above four per cent, that’s going to be trouble for the markets.” Presented by CommSec.

A former Chinese spy has warned Australia's nightmare begins if it decides not to side with the United States in the event of a military conflict involving China. A Chinese interpreter refused to translate his comments at the Defending Australia Summit in Canberra, over fears of what she would be forced to translate. According to the spy, China sees Australia as a country without sovereignty.

The University of Sydney has promised pro-Palestinian activists it will review ties with defence and security businesses involved in the Middle East conflict in a bid to end demonstrations on campus. The university has presented the activists with a three-point plan, including divestment in exchange for bringing down tents stationed on campus. The offer includes a promise to review the university’s investment portfolio but protest organisers have responded by labelling the offer atrocious.

Holocaust survivor Egon Sonnenschein has revealed he feels unsafe and threatened amid the rise of antisemitism in Australia. Mr Sonnenschein spoke to former treasurer Josh Frydenberg in part of a new Sky News Australia documentary 'Never Again: The Fight Against Antisemitism'. The former treasurer in the documentary takes a look at the danger antisemitism poses to social cohesion and how it undermines Australian values of tolerance and diversity. Mr Frydenberg said for someone who came from Europe after the horrors of the Holocaust and says he's now “feeling unsafe and threatened, that's just not on”. “It’s a sign, if we needed another sign, of a comprehensive failure of leadership in this country from government, from our institutions, from law enforcement. “That’s seen this explosion of antisemitism in the last eight months since the tragedy of October 7.”

Nationals Leader David Littleproud says “mutual respect” is required to turn the page on Australia’s relationship with China. This comes after China exercised a show of force around Taiwan. Mr Littleproud told Sky News host Sharri Markson that China must make sure it’s “respecting” the international law of the sea and air.

Former treasurer Josh Frydenberg has called for the Albanese government to take stronger actions to stop the rise of antisemitism in Australia. Josh Frydenberg spoke with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in part of a new Sky News Australia documentary 'Never Again: The Fight Against Antisemitism'. The documentary takes a look at how antisemitism has been allowed to take hold in Australia, and what needs to be done to stop it. Mr Frydenberg claimed that Anthony Albanese doesn’t seem to be backing up his words with actions to stop the rise of antisemitism in Australia. “While I hoped he comprehended the gravity of the situation, I'd like to see a lot stronger action from here,” Mr Frydenberg said. “We can’t just replay what we’ve seen over the last eight months, for the next eight months, we need a reset from the government. “We need to see strong decisive leadership.”

Nationals Leader David Littleproud says “strong leadership is required” to stand up to China’s bullying. This comes after China exercised a show of force around Taiwan. Mr Littleproud told Sky News host Sharri Markson that Anthony Albanese should make very clear that China’s bullying is “not acceptable”.

Child and adolescent psychologist Clare Rowe has criticised the Albanese government's spending on the mental health sector claiming the money is not going where it is most desperately needed. Ms Rowe's remarks come as the government earlier in the month revealed in the federal budget it will spend $588 million over eight years to set up a low-intensity digital mental health service. “I think mental health is the only sector where the more money we spend the worse it gets,” Ms Rowe told Sky News host Rita Panahi. “One of the issues I have is the government says they're going to commit to something like $580 million to come up with some type of online platform where Aussies can call up telehealth. “So very low-intensity calls that were not talking about clinical depression, we're talking about catching people early. “I’m worried that if you are more severely depressed … there are very few places for them to go to unless they're willing to fork out for the private system.” If you or anyone you know needs help: Kids Helpline – 1800 55 1800 Lifeline – 13 11 14 Beyond Blue – 1300 22 4636

Headline Advisory Director Andrew Carswell has praised Shadow Attorney-General Michaelia Cash after she marched out of a meeting with Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus regarding the religious discrimination legislation. Senator Cash said she was 'appalled by My Dreyfus’s behaviour … Mr Dreyfus needs to stop playing games with his religious discrimination legislation’. “I think Michaelia made a good stand here and she made a righteous stand,” Mr Carswell told Sky News host Sharri Markson. “She’s made a stand on what is an increasing secrecy within the government when it comes to the formation of its policies. “So good on Michaelia for taking up a fight here and pushing back.”

From tonight, our timeshare trades on the New York Stock Exchange will settle in a single day, and Canada's and Mexico's exchanges are on the cusp of doing the same. India has already moved to a one-day settlement process. A month ago, the ASX published a working paper on moving to T+1 from its current two-day settlement period, but the failure to replace the ageing CHESS system has caused complications. The ASX conceded if it goes head-along to a T+1 system, it will divert resources away from the CHESS replacement project, potentially creating disruption and technological challenges.

Sky News host James Morrow says there has to be a “clear distinction” between hate speech and inciting. Mr Morrow told Sky News host Paul Murray that the “real issue” is about incitement of hate. “Activists will weaponise hurt feelings and then suddenly the way you have conversations in this country becomes very limited.”

Sky News host Caleb Bond says the Opposition put forward a “great idea” to cancel the visas of students participating in pro-Palestinian encampments and chanting ‘from the river to the sea’ and send them home. “A great idea from the Opposition today which is that students … foreign students in particular who are chanting from the river to the sea, participating in these encampments should have their visas revoked and be sent home,” he said. “Hallelujah.”

Sky News host Rita Panahi has reacted to US President Joe Biden telling “another verifiable lie”. “President Joe Biden has, in recent days, repeated another verifiable lie – this time, telling Westpoint graduates that he was appointed to the Naval Academy,” Ms Panahi said. “Of course, there’s no record of any of this – another Biden fantasy.”

The Daily Telegraph’s Tim Blair says nuclear has caused “30 deaths” in the last 68 years but lithium-ion batteries caused “36 deaths” in the first half of 2023. “There is also the issue of nuclear energy, which, apparently, is a great terror even though you put all the nuclear disasters together of the last 68 years, I think there’s been four or five major disasters you could classify and 30 deaths,” Mr Blair told Sky News host Chris Kenny. “These things [lithium-ion batteries], I think, worldwide, 36 deaths just in the first half of 2023, yet there’s no panic.”

Liberal MP Julian Leeser slams the “failure of university leaders” to take control of the hatred on university campuses. This comes amid the increasing antisemitism across universities in Australia. “The purpose of a university is to educate people,” Mr Leeser told Sky News host Chris Kenny. “That’s all being interrupted by these protesters and the failure of university leaders … to speak up and to take action to put a stop to this antisemitism we’re seeing.”

Liberal MP Julian Leeser says universities are “ground zero” for antisemitism in Australia. This comes amid the increasing antisemitism across universities in Australia and calls for a judicial inquiry. “Universities are ground zero for antisemitism in Australia today,” Mr Leeser told Sky News host Chris Kenny. “People go to universities to learn about the world around them, and what if they are learning is … that Jews should be destroyed … then that is a terrible thing that we are creating for the next generation of Australians.”

Sky News host Chris Kenny discusses the “bigotry” amid footage of pro-Palestinian protesters targeting Jewish Australian singer-songwriter Deborah Conway at a Hobart concert. “This is antisemitism; this is bigotry and hatred tearing Australia apart,” Mr Kenny said. “Ignorant people triggering hatred.”