One Nation Leader Pauline Hanson says the Greens are full of “such extremists” pushing far-left ideology. Ms Hanson has speculated that Labor is “appeasing the Greens” by allowing gender identity and sexual orientation questions in the 2026 census. “I totally disagree with this and listen to most of the Australians, read their comments, they don’t agree with this either.”

Sky News host Paul Murray says a poll has indicated around 51 per cent of voters believe the government is at fault for the interest rate rises and not the Reserve Bank of Australia. “A poll dropped tonight has shown the majority of Australians blame the government and its Treasurer, grim Jim Chalmers,” Mr Murray said. “Not the Reserve Bank.”

Sky News host Paul Murray says the 12 interest rate rises under the Albanese Labor Party have put them on “very serious notice”. “If cost-of-living matters, the 12th, the 11th, the tenth, the ninth, the eighth, have all put the prime minister, and the Labor Party on very serious notice,” Mr Murray said. “If not, right at the end of the plank.”

NSW Roads Minister John Graham has announced New South Wales will be introducing a trial of average speed cameras. Mr Graham said the trial will be on the Hume Highway and another on the Pacific Highway. “They’re both areas where there have been issues over the last five years.”

Healthscope CEO Greg Horan has accused some insurers of “significantly underfunding” its 38 hospitals nationally and claimed the insurers have not engaged in constructive conversations with them to fund their local private hospitals fairly. “This campaign is really about driving awareness in their own members so that they understand their funds are … not prepared to pay for quality healthcare in their local setting,” Mr Boyd told Sky News Australia. Healthscope is Australia's second-largest private hospital operator and was listed on the ASX until 2019 when it was bought by US investment giant Brookfield for about $4.4 billion.

RBA Governor Michele Bullock has denied rumours she is "at war" with Treasurer Jim Chalmers after she was put on the spot with a reporter’s question. “He’s doing his job and I’m doing mine,” she said. “I wouldn’t use those sorts of words.”

Former Trump senior advisor Christian Whiton says Robert F Kennedy Jr’s endorsement of Donald Trump has not been “hugely decisive”. Last month, independent candidate Robert F Kennedy Junior announced the suspension of his candidacy and threw his support behind Donald Trump. “They are people who previously were spurned by the Democrats,” Mr Whiton said. “The Democrats did so much – waging political warfare against RFK Jr – that’s one of the reasons he endorsed Trump.”

Microsoft Asia President Ahmed Mazhari has named the recent developments in artificial technology as one of the pivotal technological shifts over the last 100 years. Mr Mazhari said he is energised by the possibilities of artificial intelligence as he listed off many of its uses in workplaces and at home. “We think of this actually as a general-purpose technology, probably like electricity,” Mr Mazhari told Sky News Business Editor Ross Greenwood. “There is not a technology I could say in the last 50 years that has the parallels to be as pervasive as AI.”

Sky News host James Morrow has accused the media of spreading “misinformation” to cover for its favourite presidential candidate – Kamala Harris. "There is another reason why the press isn't looking too hard at what Harris actually stands for," Mr Morrow said. "Many of her ideas are plain bonkers, racially divisive, and exceedingly unpopular."

Sydney Libertarian candidate Sean Masters says the city’s bike lanes are a “scourge”. “It seems as if the overarching plan for the bike lanes has been determined via the aid of a map and a dart,” he told Sky News host James Morrow. “They lead to nowhere quite often, they’re leading to congestion on the roads and they’re leading to nowhere to park.”

Sky News host James Morrow says a new RedBridge poll has revealed two independent Teal-held seats are at risk of being lost to the Liberals. “Goldstein in Victoria which used to be held by Tim Wilson,” he said. “And in Curtin in WA – the Liberals are now ahead 53 to 47.”

Former Trump senior advisor Christian Whiton says Vice President Kamala Harris will need to “do more” in her debate with Donald Trump. “She is a prosecuting attorney – that’s her background – she thinks every campaign speech is a closing argument,” Mr Whiton said. “She still will have to answer some sort of substantive questions or else look like she’s really a lightweight I think.”

Sky News host Rita Panahi says there has been “way too much tolerance” towards the rising antisemitism sweeping across Australia. “Way too much tolerance, permissive attitude from the political class, from much of the media class, certainly the activist class to this antisemitism from the left," she said. “There seems to be very little condemnation.”

Sky News host Rita Panahi has exposed America’s “simpleton” vice president as Kamala Harris tries to position herself as the saviour of democracy. “Sadly the Kamala rebrand and propaganda campaign is faltering,” she said. “The latest polling is showing Americans are not as afflicted with TDS [Trump derangement syndrome] and short term amnesia as the media and Democrats hoped.”

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has vowed the Coalition will “reverse” a decision by the Albanese government to block a $1 billion gold mine project in New South Wales, says Sky News host James Morrow. Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek evoked a rare Section 10 declaration against the Blayney gold mine on Indigenous heritage grounds. “(The mine) would have employed hundreds of people and had huge flow-on effects for the region,” Mr Morrow said.

Sky News host James Macpherson has reacted to comments made by former Labor treasurer Wayne Swan over the feud between Treasurer Jim Chalmers and the RBA. “If the Reserve Bank is ‘punching itself in the face’, the government’s kicking itself in the teeth,” Mr Macpherson said. “You’ve got record spending, you’ve got record immigration, all of which … is contributing to inflationary pressures.”

Education Minister Jason Clare says the Albanese Labor government will provide extra funding to encourage more Australian students to go to university. “One of the big reforms out of the universities accord is to help more young people, particularly young people from our outer suburbs and our regions and poor families,” he told Sky News Political Editor Andrew Clennell. “The sort of people who don’t get a crack at university now to get a crack at university and you’ll see those reforms … towards the end of this year.”

Sky News Political Editor Andrew Clennell says Bill Shorten’s retirement is “one of the best examples yet” of why not giving politicians any super at all is “not a great idea”. NDIS Minister Bill Shorten announced his retirement during the week to take a job at the University of Canberra as vice-chancellor. “This is perhaps one of the best examples yet of why not giving politicians any super at all ... is not a great idea and means you have a situation where ministers have to look for a job while in the job,” Mr Clennell said. “Shorten will start his new role in February, which is close enough to when the next election is due to mean there won't have to be a by-election in his seat of Maribyrnong.”

Robert F Kennedy Jr has succeeded in having his name removed in two key swing states. Under existing rules, ballots will have to be reprinted before they can be distributed – leaving millions of already filled in absentee ballots in limbo.

The Victorian Liberal Party is reopening the process to nominate candidates for two prized federal seats in Melbourne. It follows this week's confirmation of new boundaries after the blue-ribbon electorate of Higgins was abolished. Sky News can reveal three candidates are vying for two seats – Katie Allen, Amelia Hamer and Theo Zographos.