Asia Pacific Defence Reporter Kym Bergmann says “for all we know” Taipan helicopters would have been cheaper to ship to Ukraine rather than dismantle and bury. “The situation with the Taipan’s always been a little bit complex,” Mr Bergmann told Sky News host Andrew Bolt. “Even though they’re quite safe helicopters they have picked up a reputation in Australia for unreliability. “Also, they are very expensive to maintain. “Even the cost of pulling them apart … for all we know it would have been cheaper to ship them to Ukraine in the first place.”

A kelpie is lucky to be alive after it had swallowed the contents of an all-purpose adhesive glue. The kelpie ate a whole tube of gorilla glue after eating its dinner. The owners of the dog took it to the vet after noticing the dog was unable to eat and was vomiting. Vets were able to remove the fist-sized rock-solid mass. The dog has since made a full recovery.

Two fans have taken legal action against Madonna for “breach of contract and false advertising” after the pop star allegedly started her show two hours late. According to court documents, the show was meant to start at 8:30 pm Madonna did not make it to the stage until 10:30 pm on all three nights at the Barclays Center in December. The fans allege that the singer caused inconvenience to concertgoers by arriving hours late for her performance. Claimed they were "confronted with limited public transportation, limited ride-sharing, and/or increased public and private transportation costs" with the show ending around 1:00 am due to the singer starting late. Sky News host James Macpherson has discussed the legal actions taken against the pop star.

Australia's population is expected to reach 27 million on Thursday. It comes well ahead of 2002 predictions from the Howard government's first inter-generational report which forecast that the national population wouldn't reach 26 million people until 2042. Social researcher Mark McCrindle said Australian households are paying the price as migration hits new records. Australia has added one million people in just 18 months, with one person added every 50 seconds. “We’ve massively overshot or grown the growth factors through policy compared to what the model said, and now we're having to play catch up,” Mr McCrindle told Sky News host Peta Credlin. “The demand is greater than the supply and Australian households are paying the price.”

Fairfield Mayor Frank Carbone says he sees Australia Day as a celebration of "a wonderful country". “I mean we have people that have risked their lives to come to this country they have left the lands where they were born and they’ve come here to be Australians,” he told Sky News host Paul Murray. “So why should we be divided why not united? “We have to stay together as one we’ve got a wonderful country and I think there is nothing more special than celebrating the wonderful things of this country. “And I think we all need to stand up for those things. “We want our children to believe in our country to believe in our people and for us to be united. “I think far too often we see organisations that actually try and tell us what to think and what to do and what’s right and what’s wrong.”

Sky News host James Macpherson says pro-Palestinian rallies are costing “$223,000” in police wages which is a direct cost to the taxpayer. “What’s that old saying, there’s three things in life that are certainties,” Mr Macpherson said. “Death, taxes, and a pro-Palestinian rally every Sunday afternoon. “This weekend was the 15th protest in a row. “Not that it is making any difference at all to events in the Middle East, but it’s making a massive difference to the New South Wales police budget, $223,000 per protest in police wages.”

Aged care has been another “flop” from the Labor party as the fast-tracking of visas from people overseas has only seen “155 workers” brought into the country for work, Sky News host Paul Murray says. “Amazingly today … just two per cent of visas have been granted under the scheme almost a year after it was established,” Mr Murray said. “We are now just talking about 155 workers that have been brought into the country to work in our aged care facilities. “After the government said they were planning to fast-track those people into our country. “What a surprise, another Labor fail.”

Paul delivers a crash-course on stage three tax cuts. With all this talk of where you can't buy Australia Day merchandise, Paul dissects where you can. Plus, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is set to break another election promise. See omnystudio.com/listener (https://omnystudio.com/listener) for privacy information.

Former Victorian Liberal MP Tim Smith says he is pleased to see the Victorian Liberals and National Coalition have decided to “oppose this terrible treaty”. The Former Victorian Liberal’s comments come after Victoria’s opposition dropped their support for the Indigenous treaty, having previously supported the bill to begin the treaty process back in 2022. Mr Smith says, post the Voice campaign the Victorian Liberals and Nationals have “woken up” to the idea that Australians “don’t want to be divided by race”. “We’re all Australians,” Mr Smith told Sky News host Peta Credlin. “You can’t make a treaty with your own people.”

Sky News host Caroline Di Russo has weighed in on Cricket Australia’s decision to scrap the term "Australia Day" at the upcoming Gabba Test. Cricket Australia announced it would avoid using the term at Brisbane's Gabba Test on Friday to acknowledge January 26 has different meanings to different people. A traditional Welcome to Country ceremony will be conducted on day one of the Test on Thursday, but the ground announcer will avoid the phrase "Australia Day". Ms Di Russo called the decision made by Cricket Australia “beyond satire”. “What I find just totally outrageous about this whole thing is that Cricket was a game that was brought to this country by the British,” she told Sky News host Danica De Giorgio. “So you’ve got Cricket Australia who is sitting on top of the colonist imperialist sport not wanting to use the word Australia because of connotations in relation to the first fleet landing in Australia. “I mean to me it is so ridiculous, it is beyond satire.”

Australian-created online design and publishing tool Canva is now “bigger than Coles” according to its latest valuation, says Sky News Business Editor Ross Greenwood. He says it is now bigger than “Suncorp, than Cochlear, Origin Energy, Medibank Private and the ASX”. “Which is astonishing for a company created barely 11 years ago – to take on the might of Adobe. “A Bloomberg report now says that a group of early investors and employees are seeking to sell shares – worth around $US1.5 billion. “It will value Canva at around $US26 billion which if listed on the ASX would easily see it among the top 20 companies.”

Sky News host Peta Credlin says polling has shown Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is now “out of favour with voters”. Recent polling has shown Mr Albanese has been as close as “fifty-fifty with the Coalition,” she says. “Some have had the coalition ahead,” Ms Credlin said. “Shocker of a year last year – we went into Christmas with that detainee crisis, Airbus Albo that was dogging him as well.” Ms Credlin was joined by Sky News host James Morrow and Senior Writer and Columnist Patrick Carlyon to discuss this.

The Victorian Coalition does a dramatic u-turn on a Treaty, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese scrambles to reset the agenda and address cost-of-living concerns. Plus, Gary Hardgrave on the government's axing of the  'Golden Visa' scheme. See omnystudio.com/listener (https://omnystudio.com/listener) for privacy information.

The Democratic Socialists of America are in a financial crisis amid support for pro-Palestinian rallies that may force job cuts and layoffs. According to the New York Post, members of the DSA acknowledged in a statement the seven-figure debt they are facing. “We will cut $500,000 from staff-related expenses. We will first ask for volunteers from both director-level and bargaining unit staff to have their position cut and receive severance,” they said. “If necessary, we will then explore initiating lay-offs according to the DSA union’s contract.” The DSA have recently involved themselves with the pro-Palestine movement, something that Jewish activists have said has ruined their reputation and credibility. Founder of Zioness, Amanda Berman, spoke about how the DSA put itself in its financial hole. “DSA long ago fell into the trap of becoming so radical in the name of ‘justice’ that they abandoned the mission of the progressive movement,” she said.

Deputy Nationals Leader Perin Davey says Prime Minister Anthony Albanese “has broken an election promise” after he announced stage three tax cuts will go ahead. The Deputy Nationals Leader joined Sky News Australia to discuss the Albanese government’s cost of living package. “He promised he wouldn’t touch stage three tax cuts – so he is breaking an election commitment,” Ms Davey told Sky News Australia. “We would need to see the detail – we would absolutely need to see the detail. “It is a backflip on the election commitment that the Prime Minister made to the people before going to the last election.”

Former Labor minister Graham Richardson has thrown his full support behind Australia Day following Cricket Australia’s decision to scrap the term at the upcoming Gabba Test. “I’m in favour of Australia Day, I put my hand up,” Mr Richardson told Sky News Australia. He said it’s a “great thing” to have a day to celebrate Australia. “And for some people out there it wouldn’t matter what day you pick, they’d find something wrong with it. “As far as I’m concerned, January 26 is fine and I’ll be there cheering on my country.”

Former US president Donald Trump has vowed to build a "state of the art" Iron Dome missile defence system over the United States if he is reelected. "We'll build an Iron Dome over our country, a state of the-art missile defence shield, and it's all state of the art," he told supporters at a rally in Rochester, New Hampshire on Sunday. During the rally, Trump urged supporters to secure a decisive victory for him in New Hampshire at Tuesday's caucuses. "Get your neighbours, get your family, get everybody you got to vote because we have to win by big margins," he said. "We have to let them know this is a movement. You know, this is the greatest movement in the history of politics of this country."

Ukraine’s Ambassador to Australia Vasyl Myroshnychenko says coal for Ukraine is more of a “lifeline”. This comes as Ukraine has upped its appeal for an urgent humanitarian shipment of Australian thermal coal amid the threat of a possible major blackout. “For Ukraine, coal is not a lifestyle choice – it’s a matter of survival and going through the winter,” Mr Myroshnychenko told Sky News Australia. “We see that Russians are intensifying their attacks on civilian infrastructure, destroying power generation, electricity distribution. “We don’t have access to our own coal, which is occupied by the Russians.”

Almost the entirety of the UK is under severe weather warnings as Storm Isha closes in. Parts of the country will be subject to gusts up to 128 kilometres per hour. Footage from London's Heathrow Airport shows planes struggling to land, including a British Airways flight that took off again after failing to touch down. There are warnings a tornado could hit western parts of the UK. People across the country have been told to be prepared for power outages, flying debris, travel disruption, and destructive winds near the coast.

The presidential campaign of Ron DeSantis was “in a bit of a shambles,” says Curtin University’s Dean of Global Future Professor Joe Siracusa. His remarks come after Mr DeSantis ended his 2024 presidential bid. “It is a bit of a surprise, being how it ended,” Professor Siracusa told Sky News Australia. “He started out very, very strong, he was considered a viable alternative to Donald Trump. “But at the end of the day, his campaign turned out to be a classic example of what not to do.”