Protesters marching against a Melbourne defence expo for a second day have spoken to Sky News Melbourne Reporter Georgie Dickerson. “End all of the warmongering and the corporations and greed, institutionalised hatred and ignorance,” a protester told Sky News Australia.

CommSec's Tom Piotrowski says the Futures are "pointing to an improvement" of around two-thirds of a per cent for the ASX 200 on Thursday. "That's a reflection of what ultimately turned out to be a solid note for US markets," he told Sky News Australia. "The S&P 500 for example, up by almost 1.1 per cent." Presented by CommSec.

Independent analyst Evan Lucas has joined Sky News Australia to discuss inflation in the United States. Mr Lucas’ comments come as US inflation falls to its lowest level in more than three years. This has raised confidence that the US central bank will proceed to cut rates at its meeting next week.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is being warned his economic creditability will drop should Labor take on the Greens' climate deal. Business Council Australia's CEO has called the move a 'climate trigger' amid tension between Labor and the business community. The climate consideration, which involves adding an Environment Protection Agency, would be a direct hit to businesses who 'bitterly opposed' the idea. The Australian newspaper reported a Nature Positive bill could be brought before the Senate as soon as today.

A bronze sculpture of the late monarch Queen Elizabeth II, standing alongside Prince Philip and two corgis, was unveiled in Northern Ireland last week - but it's dividing opinion online. The statue was met with scathing feedback on social media, some claiming it looked nothing like her and should be taken down. Others said it was more of an insult than a tribute or joked it looked more like Mrs Doubtfire.

Less than 12 hours after trading blows at the debate US Vice President Kamala Harris and former president Donald Trump shook hands at the 9/11 memorial in New York. Both candidates exchanged brief pleasantries - setting politics aside after their fiery debate the night before. President Biden and former President Trump's vice presidential nominee JD Vance, were also in attendance.

Sky News host Paul Murray says Donald Trump has responded to the presidential debate controversy on Fox News. “He has responded this morning on Fox News,” Mr Murray said. Mr Trump labelled the debate a ‘rigged deal’ due to the hostile moderators correcting him and not Ms Harris.

Sky News host James Macpherson says Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is set to introduce new “watered down” hate speech laws in parliament. “Anthony Albanese is set to introduce new hate speech laws into parliament tomorrow,” Mr Macpherson said. “This was a promise he made back in February in response to, essentially, the antisemitism we had seen since October 7.”

Sky News host James Macpherson says the ABC moderators ignored “constant mistruths” from Kamala Harris during the presidential debate. “The big news story of the day and that of course was the US presidential debate, Kamala Harris said Donald Trump was a liar, Donald Trump said Kamala Harris was incompetent and weak,” Mr Macpherson said. “Of course, the ABC moderators, well, they repeatedly fact-checked Donald Trump while ignoring constant mistruths from Kamala Harris.”

Sky News host Joe Hildebrand says there was “pressure” on Kamala Harris to perform in a "free for all environment” heading into the presidential debate. “There was pressure on her [Kamala Harris] for this debate,” Mr Hildebrand said. “Everyone was saying she would struggle in an unscripted free for all environment and that Donald Trump would get the better of her. “That was what he looked like he was about to do for the first half an hour, but then he flubbed it.”

Sky News host Joe Hildebrand discusses the US presidential debate which saw the two candidates argue about various political issues. “I don’t know how much it will change,” Mr Hildebrand said. “But I think certainly it hurts Trump and does not help him.”

The Australian’s Washington Correspondent Adam Creighton says while Donald Trump finished the debate “quite well” he did not do enough to question Kamala Harris’ unimplemented policy ideas as VP. “He finished actually quite well, at the end of the 90-minute debate, he really emphasised the fact she has been in this administration for three and a half years,” Mr Creighton said. “So, if she has all these policy ideas why haven’t they already been implemented?”

Sky News host Sharri Markson says while Kamala Harris performed “better than expected” Americans are not any clearer on her policies. “Kamala Harris performed better than expected, most people say she won the debate,” Ms Markson said. “But we are not any clearer on her policy platforms.”

Former White House press secretary Sean Spicer has reacted to American popstar Taylor Swift’s endorsement of Democrat presidential candidate Kamala Harris. “I don’t think it was any secret based on Taylor Swift’s previous political activity where she stood in this race,” he told Sky News host Andrew Bolt. “Look, she’s very popular, there’s no question about that, I don’t want to deny that, but I don’t know how many people look to Taylor Swift to decide how to vote.” Ms Spicer said Ms Swift’s endorsement of the Harris-Walz campaign may not have “any real impact” due to the timing of her announcement.

Around 1,700 prisoners in England were released on Tuesday in the first wave of early release to help ease overcrowding in jails. Sky News host Danica De Giorgio is joined by GB News host Darren Grimes to discuss the UK government's early release scheme, aimed at freeing up capacity. “It seems like this is a country that is really just saying to hell with law and order and that has severe consequences for the population but also even for tourism and things like that,” Mr Grimes said. “People don't feel safe coming to a country that is operating in the way in which we are right now. “So I'm afraid to say that until actually, the law and lawmakers make sure that there are consequences for lawbreakers then this kind of thing is just going to continue to spiral on.”

GB News host Darren Grimes claims Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s Netflix deal is “going down the pan” amid the couple's controversial timing to promote their upcoming documentary series POLO. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have been heavily criticised after releasing a promotional post for their upcoming Netflix programme just two hours after Princess Catherine revealed that she had finished chemotherapy in a heartfelt video. “I think actually the fact of the matter is that they want to actually piggyback off of the fact that Kate is in the press in such a serious way,” Mr Grimes told Sky News host Danica De Giorgio. “So, they want to actually ensure that their Netflix venture, which is going down the pan by the way, they want to make sure it has some semblance of success. This is desperation from this petulant pair.”

Sky News host Paul Murray reacts to Donald Trump’s facial expressions as Kamala Harris delivered her response to the first question in the presidential debate.

Sky News host Rita Panahi has unleashed on the ABC News moderators for fact-checking Donald Trump while leaving Kamala Harris to spout lies.

Sky News host Chris Kenny says Israel is fighting to defend its “very existence” against Hamas while antisemitic protests erupt into chaos in Melbourne. “When it come to the facts of the issues involved, the protesters have no idea,” Mr Kenny said. “Blind ignorance, the current war in Israel, it is fighting again to defend itself, defend its very existence.”

Former White House staffer Barbara Heineback discusses former US president Donald Trump’s “lowest moment” during the debate, when he was questioned about comments he made earlier about Kamala Harris’ race. The much-anticipated debate between Mr Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris concluded. “Politically, it was Trump’s lowest moment,” Ms Heineback told Sky News host Chris Kenny. “He just walked into quicksand with that one.”