Sky News host James Macpherson says the Norwegian government is looking to “protect” their economy in a decision to legislate the right for consumers in the country to pay with cash. “Something we often talk about on The Late Debate and that is the dangers of a cashless society,” he said. “Though it does not seem many Australian politicians are concerned. “Others, however, are starting to take note, the Norwegian government is passing legislation to guarantee the rights of consumers to use cash when buying goods and services. “What is interesting about that, Norway has one of the highest uptakes of digital use, a recent survey found only three per cent of Norwegians had used cash in their last purchase at a physical store.”

Sky News Australia host Liz Storer has reacted to Ireland’s “out of touch” government suffering a whopping defeat in two referendums concerning the roles of women and family. The Irish people voted against scrapping “sexist” language from their constitution. “It just goes to show that Ireland’s ruling elites are completely out of touch with Ireland, which still remains obviously a conservative country,” Ms Storer said. “And the government does not reflect that whatsoever. “Does that ring a bell?”

Sky News host Caleb Bond stresses the importance of maintaining a country’s ability to secure “cold hard cash” amid the climbing vulnerability of digital banking systems. “The one thing with cash is you can’t hack it,” he said. “If you have cold hard cash, it cannot be stolen from you unless someone physically breaks into your house and takes it from you. “You can have an entire country brought to its knees by hacking, entire financial systems brought down, access to your money revoked, like that, if it all held digitally. “You could kill a country in one fell swoop if you don’t have cash.”

The Princess of Wales has revealed herself as the source that edited the Wales’ Mother’s Day photograph. The photo posted on The Prince and Princess of Wales official Instagram account ended up being recalled by major photo agencies over concerns that it had been edited from its original version. Princess Catherine responded to the recall, writing on X: ‘Like many amateur photographers, I do occasionally experiment with editing. I wanted to express my apologies for any confusion the family photograph we shared yesterday caused.’ Sky News Australia host James Macpherson says he believes it was the future queen. “It was so bad; it probably was Kate," he said. “If it was done by secret service or government officials it would have been done right, but instead it was a mum sitting at home doing a lazy photoshop job.”

Wrong Speak Publishing Founder Adam Coleman says Joe Biden “was nowhere” to be seen as the US border crisis worsened. Mr Coleman told Sky News host Rita Panahi that his government “wanted to minimise” that there was no crisis at the border. “They only wanted to acknowledge that there is a crisis once those border states started sending these people to all different types of cities across the country," he said. “Then it became everybody’s problem. “That’s the comfort of not living in a border state, you get to be a sanctuary city.”

A social media user has claimed to be a “red-tailed hawk” and says they're coming to terms with living in a human body. “My name is Horus and I’m a red-tailed Hawk." “Innerworld I do have the body of a hawk but while fronting I consider myself a therian. “Because I’m in a human body my identity is still a hawk. “I am doing my best to come to terms with living in a human body.”

Headline Advisory Director Andrew Carswell says junior ministers are "taking the mickey” with taxpayers’ money. Mr Carswell’s comments come in light of Labor publishing their travel expenses. “I can extend grace to the PM on this one – but only the PM,” Mr Carswell told Sky News host Sharri Markson. “The other junior ministers are clearly taking the mickey, particularly during a cost-of-living crisis.” “Get in your own car and drive to Canberra, what is it about the backseat of a COMCAR that is enticing to you?”

Threat of terror looms under Labor while Albanese wastes Australia's spy agency's time by writing reports on climate change. Plus, the government looks likely to reinstate its funding to UNRWA despite the organisation's links to Hamas. See omnystudio.com/listener (https://omnystudio.com/listener) for privacy information.

'Wrong Speak Publishing' Founder Adam Coleman says the illegal immigration situation will be the “number one issue” when the election comes. Mr Coleman told Sky News host Rita Panahi that the illegal immigrants coming into the US are “going everywhere.” “They’re not just staying in Texas, they’re not just staying in border states. “They’re going into major cities. “The resources are leaving the American citizens.”

Child and Adolescent Psychologist Clare Rowe says there is a “rise in homeschooling”. Ms Rowe told Sky News host Chris Kenny 2024 will be the “year of school refusal”. “My office is inundated at the moment with calls from parents who cannot get their child out of bed, into the car and to school. “COVID certainly exposed I think the failing inadequacies and failing teaching methods of the school system. “And that’s been going on for 10 to 15 years.”

Sky News host Chris Kenny says Labor's scare campaign is “already looking desperate” as the nuclear debate ramps up. “Lots of strong rhetoric but kind of short on for facts, for context or for acknowledging the energy mess that they're presiding over at the moment," Mr Kenny said. “Anthony Albanese and his climate and energy minister Chris Bowen are spinning around like wind turbines trying to find an argument to justify their outright opposition to nuclear energy. “Well, when I say outright, it's not that straightforward, their stand is much more illogical and hypocritical than outright opposition – you see they support nuclear energy for other countries apparently. “And they're also fine for Australia to get nuclear-powered submarines and press them into service around our coastline and have them moored in our harbours. That's okay too. “But Albanese and Bowen don't think Australian electricity consumers should have the same benefit of secure, reliable and emissions-free electricity made by using nuclear energy."

Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation’s former CEO Dr Adi Paterson, warns the country is set to “fail” as both a “manufacturing nation, and modern economy". Mr Paterson’s comments come as Labor rejects nuclear energy as a source of power. "The problem we have is intermittent renewables, wind, for example only blows two days out of five," Mr Paterson told Sky News host Chris Kenny. “If you only had to go to school two days out of five, you wouldn’t get very far at school, but we are are designing an energy school which we are just not going to pass. “As a result, we are essentially going to fail as a manufacturing nation, and as a modern economy.”

Sky News host Chris Kenny looks at an incident from the weekend in which a man was attacked and then arrested for holding up a sign condemning Hamas. “There was yet another pro-Palestinian protest in London and a bloke by the name of Niyak Ghorbani went along and help up a sign saying 'Hamas is terrorist',” Mr Kenny said. He said the crowd turned on the man and, after being attacked, he was taken away by the police. “He was held down and arrested by the British police, not because of the sign he was holding but because of the scuffle. “They later let him go and they didn't charge him – but this is just typical isn't it, it's either moral equivalence or blatant anti-Israeli bias or a desperation not to offend the pro-Palestinian mob. “When will we ever learn that when you stifle those standing up for freedom and you appease the terrorists, and your appease any extremists who support them, then history shows it will only end in more horror.”

RMIT digital media and visual communication senior lecturer Dr TJ Thomson reveals the “tell-tale signs of photoshop” over Princess Catherine’s latest family photo. Kensington Palace on Sunday released the first official photo of the Princess of Wales since her abdominal surgery in January. However major news agencies hours later pulled down the photo of the Princess of Wales, and her three children over concerns the image had been “manipulated”. “I definitely think photoshop has been done to the image,” Mr Thomson told Sky News Australia. “The pattern on Louis's sweatshirt, you can see and part of the hair on Princess Kate is quite unnaturally blurred. “So, there's a lot of telltale signs just to the naked eye that Photoshop or equivalent has been done to this image.”

Oppenheimer has taken out seven awards including Best Picture at this year’s Oscars. The film was also awarded wins for editing, direction and acting after a successful run at the box office last year. It is the first win and nomination for Cillian Murphy who played the title lead in the film. Poor Things also won four awards with Emma Stone winning Best Actress for the film. Aussie actress Margot Robbie has left empty-handed after she missed out on the best Picture Award for her film Barbie.

Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry Minister Murray Watt says the Albanese government is bringing in “record numbers of Pacific labourers” to work on farms and meat processing sheds. Mr Watt said the government has “made clear” their priority when it comes to feeling the “workforce gaps”. He said this includes “building up the Pacific labour scheme, which we have done”. “But equally what we’re also doing is investing in locals … you will have heard a lot about the fee-free TAFE measure that our government has taken to reduce the cost of training,” Mr Watt told Sky News Australia. “There are over 10,000 agriculture courses that have been filled through those fee-free TAFE places providing locals with the kind of skills that our farmers need as well. “We’re confident that between those and other measures, we can meet the needs of our agriculture workforce.”

A man has been arrested after crashing his vehicle into the gates of Buckingham Palace. London’s Met Police arrested the man on suspicion of criminal damage. The man has been taken to the hospital and has been sectioned under the Mental Health Act. He has since been released on bail. Wooden plans and scaffolding were put up on the gates.

Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry Minister Murray Watt says Treasurer Jim Chalmers's announcement of removing hundreds of tariffs is “another step” in the Albanese government’s agenda to “boost productivity”. Mr Watt says despite the changes made previously, hundreds of “nuisance tariffs” still remain. “They don’t protect Australian jobs, they don’t bring the government a lot of money,” Mr Watt told Sky News Australia. “That’s the reason that Jim Chalmers has made this announcement … to eliminate about 500 hundred of these nuisance tariffs. “It will just ease that bureaucracy reduce that red tape and reduce the compliance cost for businesses facing. “Another step in our government's agenda to boost productivity.”

There is growing pressure in relation to the civilian death toll in Gaza, with calls for a ceasefire during the period of Ramadan. According to Gaza Health Authorities, more than 30,000 people have been killed in the region since the October 7 attacks. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said, “there is international pressure and it’s growing but … we need to stand together against the attempts to stop the war, including Rafah the last Hamas stronghold”. “Whoever tells us not to act in Rafah is telling us to lose the war and that will not happen.” Sky News Australia was joined by Nationals Senate Leader Bridget McKenzie to discuss the war in Gaza.

Former ALP senator Stephen Loosley says if Donald Trump were a “political genius,” he would have beaten US President Joe Biden in the last election. Mr Loosley joined Sky News Australia host Danica De Giorgio to discuss the latest on US politics. “Trump is no genius by any stretch of the imagination, by any criteria,” he said. “For a start, if he were a political genius, he would have won a second term; he would’ve beaten Joe Biden last time around. “As it is, he’s now bracketed with the first-term presidents such as Herbert Hoover or Jimmy Carter.”