Sky News host Rowan Dean believes Donald Trump when he says there would have been “no Ukraine war” or “October 7” had he been president. In an exclusive interview with Nigel Farage on GB News Donald Trump said Putin 'certainly wouldn’t have gone into Ukraine' had he been US president at the time. “We saw peace during Trump’s period of office, we’ve seen war during Biden’s period of office," Mr Dean told Sky News Australia host Andrew Bolt. “We saw peace between Arabs and Israelis that nobody ever thought would happen, and did happen under Trump, and is now being trashed under Biden. “We see the re-arming of Iran, they’ve now got close to having nuclear weapons with all sorts of devastating consequences, that would have been completely halted under Trump.”

Sky News host Rowan Dean says the things Donald Trump “exaggerates” fast become “mainstream opinion” in light of the president taking aim at Joe Biden for losing control of the American border. In an exclusive interview with Nigel Farage on GB News Trump claimed around ‘15 million’ people have crossed into the United States illegally and have ‘destroyed’ the country. “The reality is what seems to be exaggeration or hyperbole by Donald Trump tends to become the mainstream opinion within a short period of time,” Mr Dean told Sky News Australia host Andrew Bolt. “As you rightly pointed out Europe is reeling under immigration. “Our own country is seeing an increase in immigration, and all around the western world Andrew it’s the same story – left wing governments believe ideologically that there should be more immigration.”

Sky News contributor Joe Hildebrand says a man being offended by Mona’s women’s only lounge creation is a “publicity stunt.” Hobart’s popular Museum of Old and New Art (Mona) could be forced to shut down a women’s only ladies lounge created by Kirsha Kaechele, after one man felt it was discriminatory. “I think it’s a bit of a publicity stunt,” Mr Hildebrand said in response. “I think they’re playing us, I think they are playing the right and they are playing the left. “Imagine the outrage if a trans woman was allowed to use female toilets.”

Sky News Australia host Liz Storer has reacted to the director of the new Star Wars movie revealing she hopes to make it more LGBTQI+ inclusive and have it resemble Disney’s ‘Frozen'. While discussing the new film Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy said she wished Frozen was something she was able to see when she was ‘younger as a queer person’. “I would like to apologise to all the Star Wars fans,” Ms Storer said. “I know you’ve loved long and hard. “You might want to skip the next one, for your own sake.”

Sky News host Sharri Markson says we have “barely heard” the Albanese Labor government say a word on the “human rights atrocities” in China. “Foreign Minister Penny Wong met her Chinese counterpart Wang Yi today,” he said. “Penny Wong did raise the case of the Australian who has been given a suspended death sentence. “His friend … told The Australian today that Labor had over the past two years ‘prioritised trade with China at the expense of other principles’. “We have barely heard the Albanese government say a word about the human rights atrocities in China.”

Filmmaker Ami Horowitz has described Donald Trump’s New York civil fraud case as the “most specious” of the legal cases against the former president. “There were no claimants who were claiming damage," Mr Horowitz told Sky News host Rita Panahi. “None of the banks that were ‘defrauded’ came forward to sue him because they got all their money back," he said. “This whole thing was hinging on him inflating his value of his buildings. “This is complete and total lawfare.”

GXO Strategies Director Cameron Milner says Paul Keating is a “sad apologist” for Beijing. Mr Milner’s remarks come as the former prime minister plans to meet with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi. “Paul Keating is a sad apologist for Beijing,” he told Sky News host Andrew Bolt. “It’s a tragedy that this is the way he wants to be remembered in terms of politics. “But isn’t it wonderful to see that typical bully Penny Wong, who’s so good at giving it out, being bullied herself by Wang.”

Sky News contributor Gary Hardgrave says Queenslanders “aren’t buying” Steven Miles denying his government sought advice about cancelling the 2032 Olympics. A spokeswoman from the Miles office says the government has ‘never sought advice about cancelling the Games.’ “A lot of us in Queensland actually want him to just get on with it,” Mr Hardgrave told Sky News Australia host Rita Panahi. “You see July next year is the end of the early marker. “Brisbane was announced over a thousand days ago as the host for 2032 and nothing’s been done.”

The Australian Strategic Policy Institute’s Michael Shoebridge says Australia has "handed Beijing a political victory" with their decision to drop an anti-dumping action against imported Chinese wind turbines. The move is in line with the Australian Wine Industry 's hopes for an end to punitive tariffs on wine exports and came about during a meeting between Foreign Minister Penny Wong and Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi in Canberra Wednesday. “What we’ve done is hand a political victory to Beijing,” Mr Shoebridge told Sky News Australia host Chris Kenny. “And the rest of the visit has been so striking because it’s been so empty. “One of the strangest things I’ve heard Penny Wong say is that they talked about the roles that China and Australia have in upholding the regions security. “China’s role is destabilising the regions security and creating the risk of war.”

Economist and S&P Global’s former vice chairman Paul Sheard says the timing of Japan’s rate hike in 17 years is a “little odd.” Japan’s central bank scrapped its negative interest rate and has begun to unwind one of the world’s most aggressive monetary easing programmes, for the first time since 2007. “The Bank of Japan has made the judgement that now is sufficient confidence that it can make this move,” Mr Sheard told Sky News Australia Business Editor Edward Boyd. “The timing though is a little bit odd – in the sense that if they had waited until April, that’s when they have their major inflation reports. “It would have given them an extra month to observe whether these Spring wage negotiations were coming through as expected. “So, they were a little bit early.”

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One Nation Leader Pauline Hanson says Labor’s renewables push is sending businesses “overseas” as power prices continue to soar. “It is not just only households, but you are looking at businesses as well,” she said. “They are considering now moving overseas – we are losing a lot of industries and manufacturing to go into overseas countries, because of the escalating power prices. “I think it will hurt but Chris Bowen, absolutely useless, does not know what he is doing, he needs to go. “They are on this trajectory that it is going to be ‘our way’ … ‘you are going to suffer but hopefully we think that down the track it will get cheaper’, it is a joke. It won’t get cheaper.”

Mama Lana’s Community Foundation founder Lana Borg says the cost-of-living crisis is “taking its toll on everybody” as her charity struggles to cope with high power bills. Ms Borg said her Penrith charity cooks up to 400 meals a day. “The need for our meals is increasing everyday and it’s increased quite a lot since COVID,” she told Sky News host Chris Kenny. “We’ve just re-signed a three-year lease and it’s the first time in ten years that I’m actually thinking that maybe I should have rethought that, because we’ve only got enough money to last another year. “I don’t know what we’re going to do if the bills keep coming in this way.”

Sky News host Chris Kenny has weighed in on GB News host Nigel Farage’s exclusive interview with Donald Trump and the former president's comments on Australia’s Ambassador to the US Kevin Rudd. The former president said during the interview he heard Rudd was “nasty” and “not the brightest bulb”. “If he is at all hostile, he will not be there long,” he said. “Wow, the former president, who is the frontrunner at this stage to return to the White House, he's putting the mockers on our ambassador already,” Mr Kenny said. “Doesn't this just underline what a poor appointment Rudd was in the first place?” Mr Kenny said our government is now forced to stand by a US ambassador who is “flagrantly and colourfully antagonistic” towards the former president, who could be re-elected to the White House in November. “This all adds up to a looming diplomatic mess with our most important ally– and it is a mess that Kevin Rudd is in no position to fix.”

One person has died and three others have been injured in a house fire in North Queensland. Fire crews were called to the Hermit Park property around 11 pm on Tuesday. Neighbours tried to help the man trapped inside the Townsville home in the early hours of this morning. Queensland Police have confirmed firefighters found a body, believed to be a man, in the debris. An investigation is underway to determine the cause of the fire.

Former Olympian and Victorian Liberal MP has addressed speculation he could take the reins of the state Liberal Party as John Pesutto. There was speculation over the weekend in major newspapers that a leadership spill could come about due to legal cases that John Pesutto is facing. One of the purported challengers was Sam Groth who cleared up rumours in a press conference today. “At some point, yes, I would like to be part of the leadership of this party,” Mr Groth said. “Is that today? Absolutely not.”

Author Douglas Murray has blasted the “corrupt” South African government following his trip to the country. Mr Murray says the country has the “lowest education standards in Africa”. “Somalis are better educated than South Africans,” Mr Murray told Sky News Australia. “They’ve got more than 50 per cent youth unemployment. “These are the sorts of real-world effects of misgoverning in a country.”

Sky News host Andrew Bolt labelled Donald Trump’s civil fraud case “banana republic stuff” after a New York court threatened to seize the former president’s property if he fails to obtain a bond. This comes after 30 surety companies have reportedly declined to underwrite the bond of at least US$454 million. “If people can’t see through what’s going on, there is no hope for anyone,” Mr Bolt said. “This is Russia stuff; this is banana republic stuff.” Mr Bolt sat down with former White House press secretary Sean Spicer to discuss Donald Trump’s criminal case.

Author Douglas Murray has warned Extinction Rebellion activists cause “havoc” wherever they go and have “no sympathy” for people on the street. Extinction Rebellion protesters staged a major rally outside Flinders Street Station earlier this month where they blocked traffic and train lines. Mr Murray said they cause so much damage to their own cause that you would think the fossil fuel industry funds them. “They are so completely negative in what they push about,” he told Sky News host Rita Panahi. “They disrupt the normal citizenry of our countries from going about our lives, they disrupt people going to their jobs.”

Talk show host Stephen Colbert has mocked conspiracy theories surrounding Princess Catherine’s photoshop. Pressure has been mounting on the royals in recent weeks as the public calls for more transparency surrounding Princess Catherine’s surgery. This comes after footage emerged of Princess Kate visiting a farm shop near her home with Prince William amid speculation about her health and whereabouts. On CBS’s The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, the talk show host said the scandal could be put to rest as he showed a photoshopped photo of the princess skateboarding over a tiger. Talk show host Michael Kosta also mocked the photoshop conspiracy theories, saying it’s impossible to get three of your children smiling at the same time.