Property Council of Australia’s Matthew Kandelaars speaks about how $7 billion in incentives would help states and territories deliver on the government's housing targets. “Putting $7 billion on the table means that states and territories really will need to double down on how they action and how they deliver against these targets,” Mr Kandelaars told Sky News Australia. “So that is fixing our broken state and territory planning systems that have failed us for too long. “And it means cutting through the red tape to ensure that we can deliver these homes. “So there has been a lot of talk about these targets and whether they are too ambitious – we welcome ambition.”

John Mullen will replace Richard Goyder as Qantas chairman later this year. Mr Mullen is currently the chairman of Treasury Wine Estates and Brambles, and he was the Chairman of Telstra from 2016 to 2023. He put out a statement today saying: “I am conscious the time commitment that this prestigious role requires and will be adjusting my other professional obligations to ensure that I can be fully focussed on this exciting challenge." The role will be handed over to Mr Mullen in October 2024.

Liberal MP Keith Wolahan says there are a “lot of lessons” from former Australian Prime Minister Paul Keating’s record for both the Liberal and Labor parties. Mr Wolahan said Mr Keating created “economic wealth” in Australia for a “long time”. “He was a reformist as the Treasurer and then less so as the Prime Minister,” he told Sky News Australia. The Labor MP’s comments come after former Australian prime minister Paul Keating claimed in an interview with the AFR that anything over the top tax rate of 39 per cent is ‘confiscatory’ and backed indexation of the personal income tax rate. “I don’t agree with what he had to say particularly on the US alliance,” Mr Wolahan told Sky News Australia. “I think he’s missing the mark here of the world that we’re living in.”

Sky News host Liz Storer says Northern Territory Labor is conducting an “extremely concerning” survey on whether there is public support on euthanasia for mentally ill people. The Australian revealed the survey has prompted concerns the government could be considering offering vulnerable patients “death instead of the support they need”. “Now I’m glad that someone has grown a conscience about preying on vulnerable people,” Ms Storer said. “This time, mentally vulnerable, mentally ill people. “In certain jurisdictions particularly in Europe, this is already legal.”

A group of Queensland farmers have ramped up a campaign against plans to store carbon dioxide waste in the Great Artesian Basin. Advocacy group AgForce is challenging the government in court and launching a fundraiser to support its legal case. “This is incredibly significant: the Great Artesian Basin is some 130,000 times the size of Sydney Harbour,” AgForce Chief Executive Mike Guerin told Sky News Australia. “It is a beautiful, pristine water resource that sits under four states and territories in Australia. “It is relied on by hundreds of regional and rural communities, and we’re multi-year approvals process which beggars belief which would give mining giants a chance to take waste from a coal-fired power station and pump it into that Great Artesian Basin putting those communities very livelihood at risk.”

Labor MP Julian Hill says the Albanese government is “focused on” getting Labor’s tax cuts for every Australian taxpayer through the parliament. Mr Hill said the government has a “full tax reform agenda.” The Labor MP’s comments come after former Australian prime minister Paul Keating claimed in an interview with the AFR that anything over the top tax rate of 39 per cent is ‘confiscatory’ and backed indexation of the personal income tax rate. “We’re about improving the productivity and efficiency of the tax system,” Mr Hill told Sky News Australia. “We’re focused on getting the legislation through the parliament to deliver a tax cut to every Australian taxpayer.”

Sky News host Liz Storer says Donald Trump is the “first modern president” to become poorer after leaving office due to his recent legal woes. Ms Storer’s remarks come after the former US president was ordered to pay over $USD350 million in the recent New York fraud case. “This is now mounting to over $500 million,” she said. “And that’s nothing to speak of the fees that he would be paying lawyers. “That’s just how much he’s been getting sued - so regularly I’ve lost count.”

Sky News host Liz Storer says the Albanese government is gambling on a new generation of “drone ships”. Ms Storer said this is to “support” a new class of 11 frigates for the Australian Navy. The new surface fleet strategy will cost $11.1 billion over a decade. “Whenever the Labor government talks about anything to do with Defence Force capabilities, I just switch off. “I know that whatever they’re promising, is not going to eventuate.”

Sky News host Caleb Bond reacts to “ripper story” where a retiree took property maintenance to the next level. “Retiree mows down 1.73 hectares of plants, not just any plants, mangroves,” Mr Bond said. “He bulldozed mangroves to create a two kilometre track through a national park.” The North Queensland man has been presented with a bill exceeding $150,000. “You can just see this fella has woken up one morning and gone, ‘bloody hell, I hate having to navigate my boat through these mangroves’.”

Sky News host Caleb Bond says one of the committees for the city of Melbourne hosted a meeting to discuss the war between Israel and Hamas. Mr Bond said they are “a bit late to the party”. “A motion at the Future Melbourne committee going on about … a permanent ceasefire between Israel and Gaza. “The fact that it took them this long to even cotton on to the fact that there was a war going on is a bit bizarre. “Why do councils continually get themselves involved in global issues that have absolutely nothing to do with them.”

Sky News host James Macpherson says Climate and Energy Minister Chris Bowen is “affirmatively” much “dumber than Joe Biden”. “Chris Bowen is even stupider than Joe Boden,” Mr Macpherson said. “The Energy Minister is intent on forcing Australians into electric vehicles even as Joe Biden is backing off. “This is quite incredible – Joe Biden with dementia can understand that EVs are not going to work. “Car manufacturers will have to sell EVs – there will be very few petrol vehicles available.”

ASPI Senior analyst Malcolm Davis says Russian President Vladimir Putin will be “emboldened” with victory against Ukraine and will “turn his attentions elsewhere”. “His strategic ambitions do not end at Ukraine,” Mr Davis told Sky News Australia host Danica De Giorgio. “He would be eyeing the Baltic states.” Mr Davis expressed concern as the US is poised to deny any further military aid to Ukraine. “The Ukrainians have had now, a series of significant reversals on the battlefield.”

Former Liberal MP Nicolle Flint has criticised the University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust for claiming breast milk from a trans person is comparable to a natural woman’s breast milk. “This is beyond belief,” she told Sky News host Peta Credlin. “I genuinely do not understand how these doctors are allowed to be doing this. “Who has allowed them to do it? “Government needs to step in – I don’t know how government hasn’t stepped in.”

Aviation journalist Jeff Wise says there are steps that “remain to be taken” in the search for the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370. “It’s been ten years, it’s time to acknowledge that everything has failed but that not everything has been tried,” Mr Wise said. “We need to not treat this as a closed case. “This case needs to be solved – we need to do everything we can.” As the tenth anniversary of the greatest mystery in aviation history approaches, Sky News anchor and investigative journalist Peter Stefanovic continues the search for answers.

Sky News host Paul Murray says Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will have a “rude awakening” with the next Western Australia state election. Mr Murray’s comments follow the recent discovery of asylum seekers in a remote part of Western Australia. “The spin continues – the fact that the Prime Minister thinks that the people of Western Australia are that stupid,” he said. “I think he’s going to get a little rude awakening as – fingers crossed, Roger Cook will at their state election soon. “But we know that there has been problems with border protection since this government came to power.”

Pelagic Research Services CEO Ed Cassano recounts the experience of him and his team recovering the imploded Titan submersible in June 2023. Cassano’s team played a crucial role in locating and recovering debris from the OceanGate sub. “It was extremely emotional,” Mr Cassano told Sky News Australia. “I had several moments of silence where we not only acknowledged where we were on the site of Titanic’s loss, but now of course, it was the loss of the Titan submersible and their crew as well. “It was tragic, not the outcome we wanted, but there was closure, and it was closure quickly.”

Sky News host Paul Murray has slammed Climate Change and Energy Minister Chris Bowen’s “war on utes” as the minister’s big car plan appears worse than expected. “It is the war on utes,” Mr Murray said. “The attempt for people at the front end of the plane to tell the people at the back end of the plane what they must drive. “Despite the fact that twice as many utes were being sold as the number one and number two sold cars in the country than the number three or number four. “Chris Bowen says ‘there’s no ban on these things’ but of course, he’s putting a system in place that means no one will be able to sell them.”

Australia’s Navy should be much larger and “more lethal” by 2040 following the government’s $11.1 billion increase in Defence funding, according to Sky News host Peta Credlin. The Royal Australian Navy, after the completion of the additional vessels, will hold three Hobart class air warfare destroyers, six Hunter class frigates (reduced from nine), 11 new ‘off-the-shelf design’ general purpose frigates and six new large optionally crewed surface vessels to boost the long-range strike capacity, which also have autonomous capabilities. The last of the Hunter class frigates will be completed and fit for service by the end of 2043. Ms Credlin welcomed the announcement but said it has been “far too slow coming”. “Let's hope the communists in Beijing are prepared to wait that long for Australia to be ready,” she said.

Association of Mining and Exploration Companies CEO Warren Pearce says the “door is open” for government support in the nickel industry. The price of nickel collapsing as well as mine closures have resulted in the mining industry warning that thousands of jobs could be lost, mostly in Western Australia. “Thes state government’s already stepped in to provide what relief it can,” he told Sky News Business Editor Ross Greenwood. “But ultimately that’s always going to require other support at the Commonwealth” “The Prime Minister this week has said he intends to extend that support to the nickel industry.”

Radio 2CC host Stephen Cenatiempo says Labor needs to show a “strong hand” on border security because Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has a history of saying “lots of things” which don’t happen. “Let’s remember he also said he was going to bring our energy cost down by $275 a year,” he told Sky News host Chris Kenny. “He was also going to bring down the cost of living. “Albo says a lot of things that don’t actually happen. “We need to show a strong hand.”