Climate Change and Energy Minister Chris Bowen has acknowledged there is “more work” to be done to bring down electricity prices after the Australian Energy Regulator revealed its default market offer. A majority of Australians living on the east coast could see reductions in their power bills this year after two years of price rises. The Australian Energy Regular announced on Tuesday the majority of households could see electricity price reductions of between 0.4 to 7.1 per cent from July 1. Mr Bowen attributed the reduction in power prices to the coal and gas caps, as well as international changes. “They are the result of getting more renewables into the grid Mr Speaker because renewables are the cheapest form of energy,” Mr Bowen said during Question Time.

Minister for Health Mark Butler says the Albanese government has “delivered on” the promise of cheaper medicine in Australia. Mr Butler said the government wants cheaper medicines and a “strong community pharmacy sector”. “Around two million Australians right now are paying up to 25 per cent less for their medicines every year,” Mr Butler said. “General patients are paying around twenty million dollars less for their medicines every single month. “The number of applications to open a pharmacy has been 50 per cent higher.”

Researchers have failed a lunar mission simulation due to an error made at the dome within the Hawaii Space Exploration Analog and Simulation. Queensland University of Technology’s Quantum Cognition Researcher Lauren Fell joined Sky News Australia to discuss the details of the mission simulation. “It was on top of a volcano in Hawaii and it was in what’s called an analog lunar habitat so it simulates as best it can the conditions that you would have if you were living on the moon,” she said. “It really does feel like it, all around you is it’s volcanic so you can’t really see any people all around you so you really feel like you’re enclosed in this little dome that’s protecting you. “Essentially we live day by day and towards the end of the mission there was a mistake that was made – we were attempting to fix a heater and one of the people who were without a spacesuit inside the habitat unfortunately without thinking opened our airlock which would have exploded the whole habitat.”

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese claims his government is “supporting pharmacists” to deliver more primary care services. Mr Albanese said this was something the Opposition spoke about but “never delivered”. “We’ve rolled out 58 urgent care clinics right around the country,” Mr Albanese said. “The centrepiece of our last budget was tripling our investment in bulk billing. “The only people who are still opposing are those opposite.”

A row has opened up between the Albanese government and the Opposition over whether the Coalition wants to receive legal advice about why the government has needed to release so many criminal immigration detainees. It follows revelations Attorney General Mark Dreyfus offered to provide a briefing with legal advice on why they had to release 149 detainees in December, and the Opposition declined to show up. Sky News Australia has obtained a letter from Michaelia Cash, Dan Tehan and James Paterson to Clare O’Neil, Andrew Giles, and Mark Dreyfus penned yesterday, where they asked for another briefing and have yet to receive a response. “We note your Government is now running arguments that the Coalition is refusing to be briefed in relation to your Government’s mishandling of immigration detainees,” the letter reads. “This is disingenuous. As you know, we accepted a briefing on these matters in December last year, but it rapidly became apparent your offers were not made in good faith, given that you launched public attacks on the Coalition over a ‘refusal to engage’ at the same time as negotiations over the logistics of a briefing were ongoing. “It is very disturbing to learn that there is the risk further detainees will be released into the Australian community on your Government’s watch and that your public response appears to be to blame the courts and now the Coalition in relation to a refusal to be briefed. “We write now to seek a briefing on recent developments in relation to your government’s further mishandling of released immigration detainees and upcoming cases in the High Court. “Specifically, we write to seek a briefing on the Government’s proposed approach to the ASF17 case, listed for a hearing in the High Court on 17 April 2024, and the proposed legislation that the Government intends to introduce. . . We are happy to make ourselves available for a briefing ahead of Question Time today.”

A promise from the Albanese government is “not worth the paper it’s written on”, says Shadow Housing Minister Michael Sukkar. His remarks come as Australia faces a growing migration and housing supply crisis. “We’ve got migrants running at four times the number of homes being built,” Mr Sukkar told Sky News Australia. “We’ve got migration over the past 18 months of about 900,000 – we’ve got about 250,000 homes built. “We’ve now got new home builds at nearly 20-year lows at a time when migration is being ramped up, so that is squarely in the government’s control.”

Power bills set to fall from July 1, a Jetstar flight forced to turn around thanks to an unruly passenger, Queensland unveils new plans for the 2032 Olympics, the RBA expected to hold interest rates, the Greens push to break up Coles and Woolworths' power, ASIO and ASIS chiefs axed from the National Security Committee, and Princess Kate reportedly seen in public. See omnystudio.com/listener (https://omnystudio.com/listener) for privacy information.

Redbridge Group Director Simon Welsh says the “erosion of the two-party vote” maybe “extending” into diverse communities. Mr Welsh’s comments come after Inala and Ipswich by-election which saw a swing against Labor. “One of the bastions of that loyal party vote had been these culturally diverse communities,” Mr Welsh told Sky News Australia. “We’ve now seen through the 2022 election … it now looks like that diverse voter cohort is now on the move. “This erosion of the two-party vote may even be extending into these diverse communities.”

Redbridge Group Director Simon Welsh says housing will play a “big role” in the Tasmanian electorate. Mr Welsh said a lot of groups have told him about the housing crisis “in and around Hobart”. “There’s an Airbnb problem that’s sort of driving rents and housing affordability in the North. “It’ll be one of those background issues that feeds into what we’re expecting to see in the broader picture. “It’ll be sort of this background effect that’s feeding into this plunge that we’re expecting to see on the major party votes.”

UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has insisted his Conservative Party is united amid speculations about his leadership. Senior ministers have rejected allegations of a Tory plot to replace him. They insist the Prime Minister will lead the party into the general election. Mr Sunak says he’s focusing on trying to deliver for the country. “All Conservatives are united in wanting to deliver a brighter future for our country, and that’s why we’re cutting people’s taxes,” he said.

Queensland Opposition Leader David Crisafulli has accused Steven Miles of being “infantile” for stooping to personality politics after the Premier rued two disastrous by-election results over the weekend. “He also said that somehow we’ve tried to sensationalise youth crime,” Mr Crisafulli told Sky News Australia host Peta Credlin. “Tell that to the victims; tell that to the people who have lost loved ones. “It just shows, despite saying that they have got the message, it’s the same playbook – blame everybody else, try to deflect, try to distract. “We are focused on the task at hand, and the result shows Queenslanders want better; they deserve better.”

A New York appeals court has heard former US president Donald Trump is unable to find an insurance company to underwrite his bond. Mr Trump’s lawyers told a Manhattan court it is a “practical impossibility” for him to obtain a bond. The massive judgment against him from the New York civil fraud case exceeds $700 million. Mr Trump’s attorneys say he has approached 30 underwriters to back the bond, which is due by the end of the month. The 2024 Republican presidential candidate needs to post a bond in order to stop the state from enforcing the judgment.

The Australian government was preparing to list Iran’s Revolutionary Guards as a terror group before a sudden change of mind, Senior reporter Caroline Marcus exclusively reports. According to bombshell documents obtained by Sky News, the government has refused to implement the label on the grounds the IRGC is an organ of a nation’s state. It has led to accusations the government is not being upfront with the public and is consequently putting Australian lives at risk. The Coalition is mounting pressure on the Albanese government to follow through with the terror-naming process for the IRCG after US allies completed the progression in 2023. Iran’s Revolutionary Guards are at the core of terror operations throughout the Middle East, arming Hamas in Gaza, Hezbollah in Lebanon and the Houthis in Yemen.

Former US president Barack Obama is in London for an undisclosed meeting. A Downing Street spokesperson says the visit was a “courtesy drop-in” and part of his visit to the city. It’s believed the former US president spoke with the UK Prime Minister about the work of the Obama Foundation. Mr Obama also visited Belgium to meet with the Belgian royal family.

Sky News Australia host Liz Storer says US President Joe Biden’s problems don’t end at “tripping” as the president purchases new anti-slip footwear. The president’s new set of shoes reportedly provide “maximum stability". “There are innumerable opportunities that people can just bring up now and go this shows that this guy hasn’t got all his marbles,” Ms Storer said. “If it was just tripping, I wouldn’t mind, wear your sturdy shoes. “I don’t care as long as you’ve got all your faculties about you and this guy doesn’t, and that’s the problem.”

Melbourne Deputy Lord Mayor Nicholas Reece says the Miles government will need to look “long and hard” at the result of the Queensland by-elections in order to hang on in the upcoming election. It comes after Queensland Labor suffered two heavy double-digit swings on Saturday. “There is different dynamic that exists in a state-wide election, compared to a by-election,” Mr Reece told Sky News host Paul Murray. “By-elections, you give the government a whack, send them a message – but you aren’t necessarily changing the government. “If you are the Miles government you would need to be looking very long and hard at that result and be thinking about what you are going to do between now and October if you are going to hang on. “They’ve got to give up this idea of winning seats, they are going to be sand bagging seats.”

Sky News host Rita Panahi warns YouTuber Jake Paul may not last long in the ring with Mike Tyson after the professional boxer shared a video of one of his training sessions. In the video shared by Tyson on X, the boxer warned Jake Paul must defeat the 'God of war'. The fight will reportedly earn the legendary boxer around $20 million. “Good luck to him indeed,” Ms Panahi said. “I am not a religious person but I might just say a little prayer for him because that footage of Tyson is scary.”

Left-wing media in the US misquoting Donald Trump declaring a bloodbath for the country if he loses the election will serve the former US president by dampening the media’s credibility, Nationals Senator Matt Canavan says. The former president said there would be a ‘bloodbath’ for the car industry if he loses the 2024 election, but a number of media outlets omitted the car industry reference in their reporting of the remark. “I think this does Trump more benefits than not, because it just completely destroys the credibility of his opponents in the media,” Mr Canavan told Sky News host Paul Murray. “Now, thanks to social media and 24/7 news, people see that. “They see the likes of Jen Psaki – lying about what he said, and then when they go to criticise him about something else … their critiques will be lessened.”

The Prince and Princess of Wales have “clearly” given permission to close friends to speak on their behalf, says ‘To Di For’ podcast host Kinsey Schofield. She said there are some "chess moves" being seen in the way the pair is handling the fallout from the photo controversy and Kate's disappearance. "We did see a story pop up in The Times in the UK over the weekend, where there is clearly permission given to close friends of the Prince and Princess of Wales to speak on their behalf,” Ms Schofield told Sky News host Rita Panahi. “Although they don’t say that, the details are just too intimate ... you’re no longer a close friend of William and Catherine if you’re talking to The Times with some of these details. “Those friends saying that Kate was absolutely left devastated by the backlash after the photo, that the couple trusted that people would give them space and allow the Princess of Wales to heal."

Sky News host Andrew Bolt calls Russian President Vladimir Putin a “dictator”. Mr Bolt said Putin is also a “war criminal” for his invasion into Ukraine. “He’s just one another election for another six years as Russian President. “And he won it with an amazing, unbelievable, truly unbelievable 88 per cent of the vote. Mr Bolt said Putin engaged in “massive vote rigging” to receive the election outcome.