Filmmaker Ami Horowitz has questioned the point of Melania Trump teasing the idea of rejoining former US president Donald Trump’s presidential campaign. This comes after Melania was asked whether she’d be returning to the campaign trail with her husband and she replied, ‘stay tuned’. “Who cares?” he told Sky News Australia host Rita Panahi. “I don’t think it makes a difference. “Yeah she can stand by her man all she wants, but ultimately I think it’s going to have no particular role of whether or not he wins or loses in this campaign.”

Independent MP Dai Le says migration has to be done in a “planned and managed way” amid Australia’s low housing supply. Australia has experienced a surge in migration despite the low numbers of new housing being built. “At the moment, we don’t have enough housing, jobs,” Ms Le told Sky News Australia. “We welcome migrants, we welcome settlement refugees ... but we need to understand that we have to have the infrastructure, we have to have services. “We have to ensure that people are brought in and are set up to succeed. “We have to manage our migration system.”

An Israeli mother who watched her daughter die moments after her husband was shot by Hamas has spoken out about her ordeal. Chen Almog Goldstein was later taken hostage at gunpoint along with her other children for 51 days. “There were four or five of them inside the safe room,” Ms Almog Goldstein said. “The conditions in the apartments were not easy, when there is running water you need to decide who’s going to shower.” There were times Ms Almog Goldstein was worried she would be killed by Israeli forces. “It was really scary and dangerous, we were really in danger when they took us out to the street and we walked down the street and we saw the devastation and destruction it was really hard—it was terrible,” she said. “We need to do everything possible in order to release the people who are still there, to bring them back to their families, to bring them back to our country and do everything possible so that they’ll be released as soon as possible.”

Australia’s unemployment rate has fallen to 3.7 per cent from 4.1 per cent. “We’ll see reactions no doubt in the Australian dollar, which is likely to fall as a result of this”, Sky News Business Editor Ross Greenwood said. “It’s likely to be seen in the stock market, where the stock market is likely to be even higher again. “On top of that also, it’s just trying to figure out where these jobs have come from as well. “For the Reserve Bank to consider interest rate cuts in the future, it really very much would be seeing the unemployment rate rising and not falling in this way.”

The US Federal Reserve System is expected to cut interest rates by 0.75 per cent – signalling inflation is cooling enough to reduce borrowing costs. The announcement comes as Federal Reserve officials voted unanimously to leave rates unchanged at the 23-year high of 5.25 to 5.5 per cent. A policy statement from the Federal Reserve cited job gains remaining 'strong' as well as unemployment remaining 'low' following the decision. This comes as the US inflation rate is 3.2 per cent. The Fed clarified it does not expect it will be “appropriate” to reduce the target range until it has gained greater confidence that inflation is moving sustainably towards the two per cent goal.

The federal government will introduce tough new vaping legislation today. The new laws would see pharmacies become the sole trader of products in a bid to tackle the rapid rise in vaping among young people. Criminal penalties will apply for any other businesses that manufacture or supply the e-cigarettes. Public health bodies have given their strong support to the tough laws. Some MPs and experts are concerned that a prohibitionist policy will further prop up illicit trade of disposable vapes.

Watch-and-act warnings remain in place for parts of northeast Perth as fires threaten lives and property. Firefighters reported a number of structures have been destroyed but no homes have been lost yet. Strong winds have fanned the fire, which has so far burned through 700 hectares of land. Challenging terrain meant crews deployed heavy air tankers over the fire zone. Residents in Red Hill, Millendon, Herne Hill, and Baskerville have been told to remain on alert and monitor for conditions.

High-level talks are set to continue between international leaders in Canberra. Foreign Affairs Minister Penny Wong will host the former UK prime minister and now Foreign Secretary David Cameron. Defence Minister Richard Marles will sit down with his UK counterpart Grant Shapps. The meetings revolve around the annual Australia-United Kingdom Ministerial Consultations (AUKMIN). Both meetings will take place on Thursday.

There's been a fiery finishing round to the Tasmanian election campaign with the Premier and Opposition Leader butting heads over a controversial stadium plan. The Labor Leader emerged as the crowd favourite at the Sky News/Mercury People's Forum after both leaders were grilled by undecided voters. Aside from the AFL stadium debate, cost-of-living and housing were at the forefront of voters’ minds. Current Premier Jeremy Rockliff has urged Tasmanians to vote for consistency. Labor Leader Rebecca White has encouraged her state to vote for change.

A bus driver is fighting for life in hospital after two buses collided in Sydney’s south on Wednesday. Police were called to Campise just after 4pm after one bus crashed into the rear of another, before hitting three parked cars. One of the bus drivers, a 63-year-old woman, suffered serious injuries and was taken to hospital in a critical condition. Firefighters had to pry open a smashed windscreen to rescue her, as well as another passenger trapped inside. Reportedly, 25 passengers were assessed at the scene, 12 of whom were taken to hospital.

Filmmaker Ami Horowitz has weighed in on the US Supreme Court voting to allow Texas state law enforcement to arrest people suspected of illegally crossing the border. “This was actually very, very unexpected,” he told Sky News host Rita Panahi. "Because prior courts in the past have held the states do not have a right to police the borders, that falls within the federal jurisdiction, according to the constitution. “I’m a constitutionalist … I don’t like activist courts on either side, on the right or the left. “So of course while yes, this is something that its going to be very helpful to stop this illegal flow coming to this country … I don’t like judicial activism on either side.” “Now in saying that, this really is a gamechanger.”

Sky News host Rowan Dean believes Donald Trump when he says there would have been “no Ukraine war” or “October 7” had he been president. In an exclusive interview with Nigel Farage on GB News Donald Trump said Putin 'certainly wouldn’t have gone into Ukraine' had he been US president at the time. “We saw peace during Trump’s period of office, we’ve seen war during Biden’s period of office," Mr Dean told Sky News Australia host Andrew Bolt. “We saw peace between Arabs and Israelis that nobody ever thought would happen, and did happen under Trump, and is now being trashed under Biden. “We see the re-arming of Iran, they’ve now got close to having nuclear weapons with all sorts of devastating consequences, that would have been completely halted under Trump.”

Sky News host Rowan Dean says the things Donald Trump “exaggerates” fast become “mainstream opinion” in light of the president taking aim at Joe Biden for losing control of the American border. In an exclusive interview with Nigel Farage on GB News Trump claimed around ‘15 million’ people have crossed into the United States illegally and have ‘destroyed’ the country. “The reality is what seems to be exaggeration or hyperbole by Donald Trump tends to become the mainstream opinion within a short period of time,” Mr Dean told Sky News Australia host Andrew Bolt. “As you rightly pointed out Europe is reeling under immigration. “Our own country is seeing an increase in immigration, and all around the western world Andrew it’s the same story – left wing governments believe ideologically that there should be more immigration.”

Sky News contributor Joe Hildebrand says a man being offended by Mona’s women’s only lounge creation is a “publicity stunt.” Hobart’s popular Museum of Old and New Art (Mona) could be forced to shut down a women’s only ladies lounge created by Kirsha Kaechele, after one man felt it was discriminatory. “I think it’s a bit of a publicity stunt,” Mr Hildebrand said in response. “I think they’re playing us, I think they are playing the right and they are playing the left. “Imagine the outrage if a trans woman was allowed to use female toilets.”

Sky News Australia host Liz Storer has reacted to the director of the new Star Wars movie revealing she hopes to make it more LGBTQI+ inclusive and have it resemble Disney’s ‘Frozen'. While discussing the new film Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy said she wished Frozen was something she was able to see when she was ‘younger as a queer person’. “I would like to apologise to all the Star Wars fans,” Ms Storer said. “I know you’ve loved long and hard. “You might want to skip the next one, for your own sake.”

Sky News host Sharri Markson says we have “barely heard” the Albanese Labor government say a word on the “human rights atrocities” in China. “Foreign Minister Penny Wong met her Chinese counterpart Wang Yi today,” he said. “Penny Wong did raise the case of the Australian who has been given a suspended death sentence. “His friend … told The Australian today that Labor had over the past two years ‘prioritised trade with China at the expense of other principles’. “We have barely heard the Albanese government say a word about the human rights atrocities in China.”

Filmmaker Ami Horowitz has described Donald Trump’s New York civil fraud case as the “most specious” of the legal cases against the former president. “There were no claimants who were claiming damage," Mr Horowitz told Sky News host Rita Panahi. “None of the banks that were ‘defrauded’ came forward to sue him because they got all their money back," he said. “This whole thing was hinging on him inflating his value of his buildings. “This is complete and total lawfare.”

GXO Strategies Director Cameron Milner says Paul Keating is a “sad apologist” for Beijing. Mr Milner’s remarks come as the former prime minister plans to meet with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi. “Paul Keating is a sad apologist for Beijing,” he told Sky News host Andrew Bolt. “It’s a tragedy that this is the way he wants to be remembered in terms of politics. “But isn’t it wonderful to see that typical bully Penny Wong, who’s so good at giving it out, being bullied herself by Wang.”

Sky News contributor Gary Hardgrave says Queenslanders “aren’t buying” Steven Miles denying his government sought advice about cancelling the 2032 Olympics. A spokeswoman from the Miles office says the government has ‘never sought advice about cancelling the Games.’ “A lot of us in Queensland actually want him to just get on with it,” Mr Hardgrave told Sky News Australia host Rita Panahi. “You see July next year is the end of the early marker. “Brisbane was announced over a thousand days ago as the host for 2032 and nothing’s been done.”

The Australian Strategic Policy Institute’s Michael Shoebridge says Australia has "handed Beijing a political victory" with their decision to drop an anti-dumping action against imported Chinese wind turbines. The move is in line with the Australian Wine Industry 's hopes for an end to punitive tariffs on wine exports and came about during a meeting between Foreign Minister Penny Wong and Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi in Canberra Wednesday. “What we’ve done is hand a political victory to Beijing,” Mr Shoebridge told Sky News Australia host Chris Kenny. “And the rest of the visit has been so striking because it’s been so empty. “One of the strangest things I’ve heard Penny Wong say is that they talked about the roles that China and Australia have in upholding the regions security. “China’s role is destabilising the regions security and creating the risk of war.”