More than 300 seals have been seen relaxing at a nature reserve in northeast China. The Western Pacific spotted seals have a population of less than 2,000. They are under first-class protection in China. Each year, the migratory animals give birth in China before swimming back to the Pacific Ocean.

Residents in remote parts of the Northern Territory have been told to consider relocating as Tropical Cyclone Megan crawls southwards through the Gulf of Carpentaria. The tropical cyclone has now been upgraded to a category three storm. The system is producing wind gusts of up to 185km an hour and heavy rainfall. A dangerous storm tide is likely between Nathan River and the NT-Queensland border.

A post-mortem will be conducted into Queensland Labor’s resounding by-election defeat on the weekend to assess the effectiveness of Premier Steven Miles ahead of the October state election. State Labor MPs are concerned they’ll lose their seats in the state election later this year after LNP’s Darren Zanow won the traditionally safe seat of Ipswich West during Saturday’s by-election. The Miles government managed to retain former premier Annastacia Palaszczuk’s seat of Inala. However, in doing so, Queensland Labor suffered a 21 per cent swing. Mr Miles is now under pressure to do more to tackle the state’s youth crime crisis by members of his party ahead of the state election.

The federal government has reversed its decision to cancel visas for several Palestinians attempting to enter Australia. More than 10 Palestinians had their visas cancelled due to concerns over their future plans in Australia. An internal government source claims eight of them have had their visas reinstated after further security checks. This comes as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pledges to move forward with an offensive in the southern Gaza city of Rafah. Calls have been made for an immediate ceasefire, as Gaza health authorities report more than 31,500 Palestinians had been killed in Israeli attacks on the region.

Writer and broadcaster Esther Krakue discusses some of the “ludicrous” rumours circulating about Princess Kate’s whereabouts. Ms Krakue joined Sky News host Caroline Di Russo to discuss the royal’s photoshop scandal. “I think Kate felt the need to release that picture because of these rumours that were circulating about where she really is,” Ms Krakue said. “A group of people online were using this as a way to speculate that she had a BBL and that she was going to come out looking like a Kardashian. “Some people used this to link to the fact no one landed on the Moon – I mean it was just ludicrous.”

The Royal Family have learnt some “harsh lessons” over the last couple of weeks, according to Sky News host Caroline Di Russo. Ms Di Russo’s remarks follow Princess Kate’s recent photoshop scandal. “There was an interesting piece in the Times today about the Palace having learnt some harsh lessons over the last couple of weeks,” Ms Di Russo said. “Which I think they absolutely might, and how they might address them going forward. “You’d think some sort of protocol would have to be put in place to avoid this happening again.”

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have “really not endeared themselves to the public”, says writer and broadcaster Esther Krakue. Ms Krakue joined Sky News host Caroline Di Russo to discuss the Sussex couple’s failing popularity. “You can see that in the way they’ve struggled to adjust afterwards,” Ms Krakue said. She pointed out when they tried to do something for themselves, it “fell through”. “Prince Harry, other than the Invictus Games, seems quite listless and drifting in the wind.”

News Corp Columnist Angela Mollard says Princess Kate is “clearly” going to be annoyed by the recent photoshop blunder and may be “cautious” about posting photos going forward. “What is also really sad about this is that Kate and William have always given us pretty good access,” she said. “They have taken photos themselves of their own children. “I wonder how that might now affect that; Kate is clearly going to be annoyed. “She is going to be very cautious about what she does going forwards.”

Writer and broadcaster Esther Krakue says the Royal Family must be careful they don’t “go down the route” of Harry and Meghan and become “too accessible” to the public. Ms Krakue joined Sky News host Caroline Di Russo to discuss the royal’s photoshop scandal. Ms Krakue said the Duke and Duchess of Sussex lost public appeal because they “reveal too much”. “The Royal Family, at the end of the day … have a public role to play. “They have to stay on the task; they’re a media machine.”

Former deputy prime minister Barnaby Joyce says China is “not a democracy” and calls for Australia and the Western world to become as “powerful as possible” to deter the Chinese regime. “They are not a democracy, they are a totalitarian regime with a sort of unitary point of control,” he said. “There is not one country in their perimeter who has not got some territorial dispute. “Russia just has to wait around a little while and they will want to go back there. “The powerful will do as they will and the weak will suffer as they must, we have to become as powerful as possible as quickly as possible.”

Liberal Senator Hollie Hughes says Labor’s emissions standards are an “absolute tax grab”. “This is an absolute tax grab by this government,” she said. “Yet again, we see Casanova Bowen racing, racing, too hard and too fast here in a bid to chase this emissions target he is consistently just setting for himself. “It is six years that we are looking till they want this 60 per cent standard to be put into place. “It is going to push up the cost.”

Sky News host Danica De Giorgio says Labor’s emission standards are set to be fought over in the next federal election as Prime Minister Anthony Albanese “insists” petrol cars are not being “banned”. “The fight over Labor’s emission reduction plan for cars and Utes shifts into top gear,” she said. “Manufacturers will face fines unless they lower the carbon intensity of their fleets by more than 60 per cent by the end of the decade. “It has been touted as Labor’s great climate change market intervention. “Though the PM insists petrol cars are not being banned.”

News.com.au Columnist Jana Hocking says Princess Kate’s photoshop blunder wasn’t just a “little change”. Ms Hocking joined The Daily Telegraph’s Chief Entertainment Writer Jonathon Moran to debate whether the royals can be trusted. “That’s not a little filter of Paris,” she said. “There were 20 differences – this photo had been manipulated 20 times. “This wasn’t a little change – this was a lot.”

The Daily Telegraph’s Chief Entertainment Writer Jonathon Moran and News.com.au Columnist Jana Hocking have debated whether the royals can be trusted. “Of course they can be trusted,” Mr Moran told Sky News host Danica De Giorgio. He admitted it’s an “anachronistic system”. “But these guys are leading a life of service. “This is just an absolute storm in a teacup that has been turned into a mountain out of a mole hill.”

The Treasury has more than 1,000 documents classed as advice to Treasurer Jim Chalmers about changing negative gearing and capital gains tax arrangements. The Tax Expenditures and Insight Statement released in January found there are $7.8 billion worth of negative gearing losses claimed in 2020 and 2021. The capital gains tax discount on assets was worth $19 billion in last financial year's budget. The Opposition is accusing Labor of secretly creating plans to change negative gearing and the capital gains tax discount on the sales of property. The Treasurer's office has denied any changes to tax arrangements regarding investment properties.

There are growing concerns over weather related freight disruption in Western Australia. This follows a damaging flood event in the state. Industry groups say they can’t cope with severe weather events. It was revealed only 30 per cent of the roads across the state are sealed. Multiple roadways that are crucial to freight transportation have been closed.

A supermarket inquiry is directly related to the cost of living crisis in Australia. Australian Food and Grocery Council CEO Tanya Barden says there have been several “new entrants” into the grocery market over the last decade. Ms Barden told Sky News Business Editor Ross Greenwood that Aldi, Costco and Amazon are now boosting grocery supply options for consumers in Australia. “But it does remain the case that we have a heavily concentrated supermarket sector. “And it is the second most concentrated market in the world after New Zealand.”

The government has committed up to $840 million to help build a mine and processing plant for Arafura’s ‘Nolans Project’. The Nolans project claims that it could supply a significant proportion of the world’s demand for the key metals NdPr. “NdPr stands for neodymium and praseodymium, these are the rare earth elements that you need to make strong permanent magnets that are used in your phones, that used in wind turbines, robotics, electric vehicles,” Arafura CEO Darryl Cuzzubbo said. He says the commonwealth funding package is really “the cornerstone” of their total funding solution. “It’s also very significant because it shows that Arafura is a key part of the Australian government’s critical minerals strategy. “We will be producing a rare earth oxide … that you cannot make electric vehicles and wind turbines without.”

Sky News host Rowan Dean has slammed Labor's push for electric vehicles. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Energy Minister Chris Bowen, alongside Team Global Expressed, announced a third of their truck fleet will be electric vehicles. “Not a great day in my opinion, for people who want their parcels delivered, not in clown cars, but with the efficiency and reliability traditionally provided by the good old fashioned petrol engine,” Mr Dean said. The Sky News host said some of the electric trucks only go about “100k before needing to be recharged for about 90 minutes”. “Even less if it’s a hot or cold day and the heating or the air conditioning is on,” he said. “We the taxpayers have certainly assisted your performance by giving … over $20 million of taxpayers to assist the purchase of these clown cars.”

Engineers Australia CEO Romilly Madew discusses the skill gap issue as Australia powers ahead with its transition to renewable energy. “We have capacity holes and we have a leaky pipeline when it comes to engineering,” Ms Madew told Sky News Business Editor Ross Greenwood. “What that means is we don’t have enough home grown born engineers to focus both on energy transition and all the other national priorities we have.” Ms Madew acknowledged that they will never fill the skills gap required but discussed the role technology and artificial intelligence plays in filling the gaps. “We need to be looking at not just the skills uplift in clean energy, it is also how does digital and technology fit and support and enable the clean energy transition we are going through,” she added.