Sky News host Paul Murray is joined by 'The Megyn Kelly Show' host Megyn Kelly to discuss former US president Donald Trump’s performance against Vice President Kamala Harris at the ABC presidential debate. Trump and Harris faced off for the first time in an ABC News Presidential Debate on Wednesday at the National Constitution Centre in Pennsylvania. “It was devastating. It was so frustrating. He ran for every piece of bait,” Ms Kelly told Sky News host Paul Murray. “I mean, there wasn't one trap she [Kamala Harris] laid that he did not walk into. “So it was incredibly frustrating, even on his core issues.”

Shadow Resources and Northern Australia Minister Susan McDonald has hit out at the Albanese government’s handling Blayney gold mine project. Ms McDonald accused the Labor government of creating “sovereign risk” for investors in Australia after Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek blocked the mine. The $1 billion Blayney gold mine had previously received state and federal approvals, however, Ms Plibersek put a sudden halt to the development in August. “It absolutely can't stand because we're now waded into the deep water of sovereign risk for investment in Australia. What we've seen is companies that would like to have certainty of outcome, but what they really need is certainty of process,” Ms McDonald told Sky News host Chris Kenny. “What Tanya Plibersek has done with this section 10 decision to overlook the views of the legislated recognised native title holders, the legislated local land council, and to prefer the views of another group has undermined the entire consultation process right across Australia. It's outrageous.”

Columnist David Kaufman says Kamala Harris had to prove in the presidential debate that she was more than “goofy laughs”. Mr Kaufman joined Sky News host Sharri Markson to discuss the presidential debate and support for the two candidates. Kamala Harris looked to be taking the debate “seriously”, he said.

King Charles has been engulfed in a hug by the New Zealand women’s rugby team during a reception at Buckingham Palace. ‘To Di For’ podcast host Kinsey Schofield says King Charles “loved” the attention. “You can just tell, he was so happy to be there and so happy to embrace them – what a sweet man.”

GB News host Patrick Christys has weighed in on King Charles and Queen Camilla's decision to scrap the term “walkabout” on their upcoming royal visit to Australia to avoid offending Indigenous communities. Charles and Camilla will tour Canberra and Sydney from October 18 to 23 for the first time since ascending the throne two years before making their way to Samoa. Mr Christys claimed the decision was a sign of the King getting “terrible advice from woke advisors”. “Appeasement doesn't work. All it does is highlight certain historical, quote, unquote, wrongs and add fuel to the fire for people who want to do away with the monarchy,” Mr Christys told Sky News host Andrew Bolt.

Sky News contributor Kosha Gada has discussed Kamala Harris and Donald Trump’s performance at the presidential debate after early polling showed that the Vice President had appeared to come out on top. According to a CNN poll, 63 per cent of voters believe Ms Harris turned in a better performance. Prior to the debate, the same voters were evenly split on which candidate would perform more strongly, with 50 per cent saying Ms Harris would do so and 50 per cent that Mr Trump would. Ms Gada however cautioned to take the focus groups and polls with a “grain of salt”. “I would caution everybody to take these focus groups with a grain of salt just because they're a snapshot in a moment of time. They're anecdotal, they're not statistically significant,” Ms Gada told Sky News host Danica De Giorgio. “That said, this seems to be what's emerging, and we'll see it in the next week when those anecdotes can actually turn into data, that there seems to be a bit of a paradox here, where from a performance perspective, I think it is widely regarded that Kamala did better.”

Sky News host Chris Kenny has taken a look at an example of the “better side of human nature” involving a famous singer from America. American singer-songwriter Jon Bon Jovi potentially saved someone’s life after he convinced a woman not to leap from a bridge on Tuesday. “Good work by Bon Jovi and his colleague – let’s hope this woman never sinks that low again,” Ms Kenny said. “Today is R U OK day, so that’s a pretty good example, and a good reminder to look out for others.” If you or anyone you know needs support: 1800RESPECT 1800 737 732 Lifeline: 13 11 14 Beyond Blue: 1300 22 4636

Sky News host Chris Kenny has reacted to the “sickening and deeply worrying” violent protests in Melbourne this week. “Yesterday, the ugly and violent protests in Melbourne masquerading as an anti-war rally actually supported the demands of the bloodthirsty terrorist outfit of Hamas that started a war in the Middle East by unleashing an unspeakable atrocity on October 7th last year,” he said. “Sickening stuff and deeply worrying, isn’t it.” Warning: This video contains distressing content.

An early Father’s Day and energy rebates are suspected to be the push for a two per cent lift in household spending for August. The latest household spending indicator from CommBank shows Australians increased spending on many categories including hospitality, household goods and education. Commonwealth Bank Chief Economist Stephen Halmarick told Sky News Australia the dataset shows these trends are “very large”. “Father’s Day this year was the earliest it could possibly be … a lot of the Father’s Day spending would have happened in August and so August looks like it was a bit stronger,” Mr Halmarick said. “This kind of plays to the narrative that when there are big events on, people are willing to spend a little money … we saw that with Taylor Swift and the Australian Open. “When there’s a big event on or something that might bring you some joy, people are spending a little bit more money. “The other area where spending increased a lot in August was education ... university fees and school fees all due in August and in fact in the year to August, education is now the fastest growing category of spending, up over by 11 per cent.”

Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke has expressed his outrage about pay cuts being “threatened” by the Opposition. “What’s changed this week ... is now we are not simply talking about pay rises that have been delivered; we’re now talking about pay cuts that are being threatened by the leader of the Opposition,” Mr Burke said during Question Time on Thursday. “The pay rises that they’re just finding out about now through the Fair Work Commission are now promised to be pay cuts at the next election.”

Stepmates Studios’ Mark Nicholson says conservative commentators are smoking a lot of “copium” after Kamala Harris’ debate performance. “There is a lot of copium being smoked amongst conservative commentators,” Mr Nicholson said. “Unfortunately, the Donald is not immune to it himself.”

Republican Political Strategist Matt Klink says feedback from the US presidential debate has been Vice President Kamala Harris “performed much better than expected”. “Her performance was strong, she put Donald Trump on the defensive, and she was successful at demonstrating that she has the wear with all to be a presidential candidate of a major political party,” Mr Klink told Sky News Australia. “People are saying that Donald Trump performed poorly, that he was not focused, that he came across as angry and that he literally was so vain that he took every dangle she put in front of him, he bit and went after it.”

Environment and Water Minister Tanya Plibersek says the government has highlighted “balancing the need” for free speech in Australia with “protection from serious harm”. Ms Plibersek’s comments come as the government is now threatening big fines on social media giants if they fail to remove any mis or disinformation. “We are talking about deliberate disinformation and misinformation,” Ms Plibersek told Sky News Australia. “It is a high bar of serious harm, and it won’t be the government deciding it. “One of the things we’re trying to guard against is malevolent actors, including from outside Australia, trying to influence our democracy in a dishonest way.”

Sky News Australia has exposed the dangers of deepfakes and powerful artificial intelligence apps being released by the day. “The tech that started as fun face filters has evolved into a tool for sophisticated scams, criminal forgeries and potential political meddling,” Sky News Science and Technology correspondent Brent O’Halloran said. “Deepfakes are essentially deceptive impersonations using artificial intelligence.”

Republican Political Strategist Matt Klink says Taylor Swift throwing her support behind Kamala Harris is a “huge endorsement”. Mr Klink said it will “certainly make a difference” in the upcoming United States presidential election. “Kamala Harris super happy she got Tay Tay’s endorsement,” Mr Klink told Sky News Australia.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says his government has kept Australia “in the black” and the country’s economy “growing”. “Australia has faster economic growth than Canada, Germany, Italy, Japan and the UK,” Mr Albanese said during Question Time on Thursday. “We have faster economic growth than Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United States and the UK. “We, unlike every single G7 nation, have produced budget surpluses; all of them are in deficit as we go forward. “We have delivered a tax cut for every taxpayer, and that those opposite said that we should take that to an election. “We have put in place cost of living measures, including our power rebates for every household. “Over half a million Australians have benefitted from fee-free TAFE, and that 1.2 million Australian families have benefitted from cheaper childcare. “The fact that at a time where there is global inflation and many countries have gone into recession, that we have kept Australia in the black, that we have kept our economy growing. “We want people to earn more and keep more of what they earn, the precise opposite of what those opposite want.”

US President Joe Biden was caught briefly wearing a Donald Trump 2024 hat during a fire station visit on the 23rd anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks. On Wednesday, Biden stopped by a fire station in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, to speak to first responders. A video and photo of the 81-year-old was posted to X by the Trump-Vance campaign on X before the White House responded to the moment. “Thanks for the support, Joe,” the Trump War Room account was posted to X, accompanied by a photo of Biden. White House Senior Deputy Press Secretary Andrew Bates posted to X in response to the Trump campaign’s post. “At the Shanksville Fire Station, @POTUS spoke about the country's bipartisan unity after 9/11 and said we needed to get back to that,” he wrote. “As a gesture, he gave a hat to a Trump supporter who then said that in the same spirit, POTUS should put on his Trump cap. He briefly wore it.”

Republican strategist Adam Weiss discusses former US President Donald Trump's debate performance against Vice President Kamala Harris. "I think ABC was too biased, it was three against one," Mr Weiss told Sky News Australia. "I don't think it was fair to president Trump, but you know, he's a fighter, and he kind of got antagonised. "He wasn't 100 per cent on his game."

Sky News hosts Rita Panahi and Paul Murray have accused the ABC News moderators of ignoring "blatant lies" by Kamala Harris during the first presidential debate.

Sky News host Rita Panahi has mocked Vice President Kamala Harris for her strange “momala” facial expressions while Donald Trump spoke during the first debate.