Sky News Business Editor Ross Greenwood says the United States House of Representatives has effectively said TikTok would either need to be “sold or somehow busted up or closed down” in America. Mr Greenwood said in Australia, the Attorney General banned TikTok from all “public servants phones, mobiles and computers”. “The US has gone one step further, and now the House of Representatives effectively says that TikTok in America would either have to be sold or somehow busted up or closed down,” Mr Greenwood told Sky News Australia. “It’s got to go through the Senate in America, and maybe they’ll take a more moderate approach towards TikTok. “It just goes to show how sensitive all of the data that’s been accumulated by what is said to be a Chinese-owned and controlled social media site. “The reality is that there’s so much more – it’s not just what they have, it’s what could be altered in the event of a significant conflict that people would be most concerned about here.”

NPR Technology Correspondent Bobby Allyn warns putting TikTok “out of business” in the United States would have a global impact. “America is TikTok’s largest market, and putting it out of business here would have a global impact,” he told Sky News Australia. “Squelching that enormous user base ... would send a wave across all of social media. “To shut down TikTok, you’re going to cut off the pipeline from TikTok to Instagram.” Mr Allyn’s remarks come as a bill that could ban TikTok if its Chinese parent company ByteDance doesn’t sell its controlling stake within six months has passed the US House of Representatives and will now head to the Senate.

Victoria Police have confirmed a 37-year-old miner trapped below ground in a Ballarat mine has died. The miner spent 15 hours pinned by rocks trapped underground after the mine collapsed on Wednesday afternoon. It is now understood that 30 people were involved in the mine collapse. 28 of them were able to move safely to a pod and wait for their rescue. A 21-year-old Ballarat man sustained serious life-threatening injuries to his lower body. The man was worked on by paramedics before being flown to hospital.

A video of a ‘groggy dog’ in the US has gone viral. Footage of the dog, Donuts, has taken over the internet, as people relate to his refusal to wake up. The 7-year-old Great Pyrenees mix works the night shift on a farm in the US. Donuts is the watchdog to 15 sheep. The good dog has now won over a lot of admirers thanks to the videos.

Ballarat Mayor Des Hudson has confirmed the last miner trapped down a collapsed gold mine has passed away due to multiple injuries. “It is no longer a rescue – it is a recovery,” Mr Hudson told Sky News Australia. “Our thoughts go out to the family of that miner, also to all of his colleagues that were in the mine with him at the time.” Emergency services were called to Mount Clear, near Ballarat, around 5pm on Wednesday evening following reports two workers were pinned down by fallen rocks. The second miner has been airlifted to The Alfred Hospital with significant injuries.

NPR Technology Correspondent Bobby Allyn says TikTok has deployed its lobbyist to Washington to try to “bend the ear” of US Senators because they see a bill that could ban the app as an “existential threat”. The United States House of Representatives has passed a bill that would force TikTok’s Chinese owner ByteDance to sell its stake in the US version of the app or see it banned. The bill will now head to the Senate for a vote, where it faces an uncertain path. “While it passed overwhelmingly in the House, it’s less so in the Senate,” Mr Allyn told Sky News Australia. “There’s a number of Republicans who are worried about this bill from a civil libertarian standpoint.”

Sky News host James Macpherson has pointed out the “irony” in the NSW government’s plan to ban gay conversion therapy. Mr Macpherson’s remarks come after NHS England’s decision to stop prescribing puberty blockers to children experiencing gender dysphoria. “Chris Minns was introducing ant-gay conversion which of course will make it illegal to oppose gender affirmation,” he said. “So, it’s an incredible irony while overseas they’re recognising, we really need to hit pause on this and recognise gender affirmation is not the way to go. “You’ve got to consider a holistic approach.”

Sky News host Liz Storer says the smarter your car, the “more data they are gathering”. Ms Storer’s follow reports cars could be “spying” on drivers in the US and reporting their behaviour to insurers. “The smarter your phone and the smarter your car, the more data they are gathering,” she said. “It is such a breach of privacy, it’s not funny. “It’s completely unknown to the consumer, and that is just completely unfair.”

Sky News Australia host Liz Storer has responded to a proposed law in Canada that could see people serving life sentences for offending someone. The law if introduced will make it a criminal offence to offend or discriminate against someone on the basis of their race, national or ethnic origin, language, colour, religion, sex, age, among other factors. The law would also enable people to report others for a pre-crime, if they have a strong sense such an offence is going to be committed. “How can they possible have enough prison space to serve out that many life terms?” Ms Storer said. “Good lord, the three of us would be locked up every single night for life, if this was the case in Australia.”

Sky News host Liz Storer says NHS England banning puberty blockers for children is “incredible news”. “You might want to run outside, hug your neighbour, dance in the streets,” Ms Storer said. “The National Health Service have announced effective immediately – puberty blockers are banned for children in the UK. “This is a massive win. “What a win for humanity – common sense has finally prevailed.”

Sky News host Caleb Bond says gender ideology in Australia is “robbing children of so much opportunity in life”. Mr Bond’s remarks come after NHS England’s decision to stop prescribing puberty blockers to children experiencing gender dysphoria. “If you’re stopping the actual process of puberty that changes your body for life,” he said. “If you do that at 12, 13, and you’re a biological girl, and then you decide at 19, that actually I am a girl – you’ve lost your opportunity to ever have kids. “We are robbing children of so much opportunity in life for an ideology that the rest of the world has woken up to.”

Sky News host Peta Credlin has questioned why there isn’t a “proper medical inquiry” into puberty blockers for children experiencing gender dysphoria in Australia. Ms Credlin’s remarks come after NHS England’s landmark decision to stop prescribing puberty blockers to children experiencing gender dysphoria. “Why can’t we have an inquiry?” she said. “When we’ve got medicos, we’ve got psychiatrists and others coming out who are saying, if you’re so sure you’re right, let’s have a proper inquiry and defend that position. “Why are we not even able to have a proper medical expert inquiry?”

Menzies Research Centre's Nick Cater says Chris Bowen’s plan was meant to be “tripling the amount” of renewable energy but investment has decreased by 80 per cent. Mr Cater told Sky News host Peta Credlin that the government is in “real trouble” with their renewable energy targets. “They’re impossible to meet anyway technically. “It can’t be done and it’s time they look for a plan B.” Mr Cater joined Peta Credlin to discuss the decrease in renewable energy investment.

Sky News host Paul Murray says Coles supermarkets are testing placing security tags on “high value” items like meat. “Meat is now coming with a security tag on it as if it was a tee shirt,” Mr Murray said. “As if it was a high value item that somebody does not want stolen from their shop. “Coles are the people who are actually doing this, and they are doing it not just on that one piece but an entire batch of meat. “Statement from a Coles spokesperson said the measure was part of a ‘very small trial’ which is being rolled out in Victoria.”

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s 2021 pregnancy photo has come under scrutiny for also being doctored amid Princess Catherine's Mother’s Day photo blunder. Sources close to the couple have said Harry and Meghan would have been “annihilated” if they made the same mistake and that Meghan would not have even made it due to “freakish attention to detail”. However The Sun has revealed their pregnancy photo was heavily doctored, including a tree photoshopped into the background. “It’s interesting though, isn’t it, that no one really made a fuss about that,” said Sky News host Rita Panahi. “But with this, possibly because Kate hasn’t been seen for months, it is a big issue.”

Sky News host Sharri Markson says the relationship between US President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is “fracturing”. “There’s been rare public criticism that’s just becoming stronger and stronger,” Ms Markson said. “Israel needs the United States to be its ally. “And if there is criticism, for it to be said in private. “But that’s not what we’re seeing here.”

Katter’s Australian Party Bob Katter says Nationals Senator Ross Cadell was “screaming” every time he tried to speak at a supermarket probe. An altercation between Independent MP Bob Katter and Nationals Senator Ross Cadell broke out outside a Senate Inquiry into supermarket prices in the New South Wales town of Orange. Member for Kennedy Bob Katter was about to speak to local media; however, took issue with Mr Cadell, who was accusing him and former National Andrew Gee of being more interested in political stunts than helping consumers. Mr Katter told Sky News host Chris Kenny that all he was trying to do was hold up a picture of potato prices at Woolworths when he was yelled at. “It was a stunt, of course, it was a stunt – within three hours, 400 items in Woolworths were reduced in price.”

Gender Clinic News’ Bernard Lane discusses NHS England’s landmark decision to stop prescribing puberty blockers to children with gender dysphoria. Mr Lane said an independent expert review found the evidence for puberty blockers was “very weak” and “uncertain”. “We don’t know if they’re safe – we don’t know what effect they have,” he told Sky News host Peta Credlin. “Also … the spike in patient numbers and the change in the patient profile. “So, the National Health Service England has decided that the puberty blockers should no longer be offered as a routine treatment to young people who are distressed about their gender.”

Sky News host James Morrow has slammed the Albanese government for their stance on nuclear power, saying that is “not how you build a country”. Shadow Energy Minister Ted O’Brien appeared on the ABC on Tuesday night to speak on nuclear but was interrupted consistently by host Sarah Ferguson. “This is the weirdest thing I’ve ever seen,” Mr Morrow told Sky News host Peta Credlin. “Ted O’Brien was going in there with a good faith interview, and he’s just getting absolutely lectured to about nuclear power. “There’s a real timidity around this Australian debate around nuclear – the left side of politics, Albanese, all these guys, their first default idea is we can’t do it. “Well, sorry, that’s not how you build a country. “There’s plenty of evidence that we can.”

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