Sky News contributor Evelyn Rae claims the “mask” has slipped off after President Joe Biden’s latest gaffe. The fallout continues from Mr Biden labelling Republican voters as ‘garbage’. “Sometimes the mask slips off,” Ms Rae said. “He does think very little of a lot of everyday Americans.”

US Vice President Kamala Harris made her comedy debut on Saturday Night Live. The Vice President made a surprise appearance just three days before the US election. Ms Harris appeared alongside actress Maya Rudolph who portrays her in the show.

Santos Chief Executive Kevin Gallagher discusses the company’s plans for carbon capture and storage (CCS). Santos’ Moomba CCS project is designed to capture the carbon dioxide emissions from the gas plant and inject it into the depleted reservoirs of the Cooper Basin. “The technology of capturing carbon works … its really about working on the technology curve to get the expense of that down,” Mr Gallagher. “The exciting thing about that though, is once you do that, you don’t need to build pipelines, you don’t need to ship it.”

Energy company Santos and Australia has a desperate need to find more gas. The federal court ruled in favour of Santos, allowing it to continue work on its $5.3 billion Barossa LNG project. The Santos-operated Barossa gas project is on track for its gas to processed next year. In partnership with Santos.

South Australia Premier Peter Malinauskas discusses the need for gas in Australia’s energy mix. Energy company Santos has been allowed to continue work on its Barossa gas project, where natural gas would be extracted from the Barossa field – approximately 300 kilometres offshore from Darwin. “If you argue the case against gas … what you are really arguing for is not a transition to net-zero at the time we want to achieve it,” Mr Malinauskas said. “There’s no world where we get to Paris, without gas playing a role in that transition.” In partnership with Santos.

Perth and the southwest have seen drier-than-usual weather for the last two years meaning bushfires are inevitable. A bushfire safety campaign started earlier than usual, encouraging residents to download an app to stay prepared. Perth has experienced four days of temperatures higher than 30 degrees, marking the beginning of a long, hot and dry summer. The Department of Fire and Emergency Services has already bought additional aircraft in response to a warm first month of spring.

Curtin University Dean of Global Future Joe Siracusa claims the US election has been a “dirty” race saying former president Donald Trump “survived” the weaponisation of the just system. “I can tell you that this last election is unprecedented; in this sense, it is a very dirty election,” Mr Siracusa told Sky News Australia. “The Biden government threw everything they could at former president Trump – Trump survived the slings and arrows of the weaponisation of the justice system.”

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has urged his supporters at a rally in North Carolina to “get out and vote”. “If you don’t vote, then bad things could happen – you’ll be very depressed,” Mr Trump said at a rally in Greensboro, North Carolina. “I didn’t come here looking for your money – I don’t need your money; I don’t want your money. “All I want you to do is get out and vote.”

World Gold Council Market Strategist John Reade claims there "needs" to be more Western investment in global gold markets for the commodity to trade higher "sustainably". Gold continues to reach fresh record highs, with global demand amassing 100 billion US dollars in value, according to the latest World Gold Council report. "The thing that needs to continue to shift is we need to see more western investment demand for gold," Mr Reade said. "The last few years have been dominated by emerging markets buying of gold – whether that's emerging market central banks, emerging market jewellery, bar and coin investment. "But there are signs of all of those categories starting to slow down a bit - what's been missing from gold is western demand." "The physical coin and small investment bar market in the West still remains quiet - we need to see that to improve for gold to trade higher sustainable.

SentinelOne Chief Intelligence Officer Chris Krebs claims China, Russia and Iran have already made "efforts" to interfere with the 2024 US election. China, Russia and Iran have already tried interfering with the 2024 US presidential election, and as we get closer to polling day, the threat of disinformation and meddling will escalate. "Already seen this election cycle, we've seen Chinese, Russian and Iranian efforts of influence and interfere with the US election," Mr Krebs said. "2016 was really the breakthrough moment for interference in US elections, and that was when, of course, Russians tried to hack into certain election systems, hacked into political campaigns and then they really kicked off this social media disinformation operation at scale."

Political commentator Benji Irby claims the Democrats had a choice between black men and illegal migrants and they chose the migrants. “Black men are actually sick of the Democrats and are voting Trump for many reasons,” Mr Irby told Sky News Australia. “I say the Democrats had a choice between black men and illegals; they chose illegals, so we are choosing Trump.”

Former Trump senior advisor Christian Whiton says he hopes Republican Presidential nominee Donald Trump comes in and “defunds government broadcasting” like PBS and NPR. Mr Whiton slammed American media, saying the country “does not have the media that it deserves”. “We need a bigger and better media,” he said.

Former Trump senior advisor Christian Whiton says Republican Presidential nominee Donald Trump has admitted to making “mistakes” during his Presidential term. “Donald Trump doesn’t like ... to admit mistakes, but in his podcast, in his long two hours with Joe Rogan … he admitted that he had made mistakes. “I think he put too much faith in generals.”

Sky News host Rita Panahi says the 2024 US Presidential election is not just “consequential” for America but “for the world”. Ms Panahi said during this election, Donald Trump is facing a “media campaign” against him. She said Kamala Harris also has “all the money”, outspending Trump “three to one” last month. “He’s facing just this media campaign, and also Kamala’s got all the money. “All that money being spent on advertising must be having an impact.”

Education Minister Jason Clare has admitted he has requested a flight upgrade for personal travel. This comes as Prime Minister Anthony Albanese denies ever asking former Qantas CEO Alan Joyce for flight upgrades. “I had just got out of hospital. I had surgery on my leg, and I asked for an upgrade,” Mr Clare told Sky News Australia. “I remember picking up the phone and asking for a bit of assistance there, but I can’t remember all of the details.”

Sky News political editor Andrew Clennell says Prime Minister Anthony Albanese “copped it” this week over accusations he personally contacted Qantas CEO Alan Joyce to “arrange flight upgrades”. Mr Clennell said the Prime Minister “denies that claim” and says he was “upgraded regularly on personal travel as part of his Chairman’s Lounge membership”. “Government sources talk about the fact that Paul Fletcher as transport minister also received upgrades and claims Shadow Transport Minister Bridget McKenzie will have to declare several upgrades over the next month,” Mr Clennell said.

Sky News Australia can reveal that if Republican Presidential nominee Donald Trump wins power in the United States, Kevin Rudd will be “remaining Australia’s ambassador in Washington,” said Sky News political editor Andrew Clennell. “This after Lara Trump's comments on the Erin Molan show on Friday, which followed Trump having a crack at the former Australian PM earlier in the year,” Mr Clennell said. “From the Australian government's point of view, to pull Rudd out in the wake of a Trump victory would be a bad look for Australia and suggest we are controlled by another country. “So I am told there is no prospect this will occur.”

Sky News Australia can reveal Labor’s slogan for the next election will be “Building Australia’s Future”. “It seems the election campaign, from the government’s point of view, is kicking off today in response,” Mr Clennell said. “This follows on from the ‘A Better Future’ slogan from 2022. “The PM will give a speech today that will promise all university students a 20 per cent cut in their HECS debt.”

US President Joe Biden is once again in the spotlight after criticising Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump and his “Republican friends”. “There’s one more thing Trump and his Republican friends want to do; they want another giant tax cut from the wealthy,” Mr Biden said. “I’m serious; these are the kind of guys you like to smack in the ass.”

Climate and environmental challenges are having a negative effect on hedgehog populations. Their populations have fallen by almost a third over the past 10 years. One community in France is taking action to help them survive.