Hawker Britton co-founder Bruce Hawker discusses the “tough week all around” in parliament as tensions flare between the Greens and Labor. Labor and the Greens have again butted heads this week with some saying the relationship between the two parties is as strained as it has ever been. “The Greens have done a number of things which I think are very provocative,” Mr Hawker told Sky News Australia.

Sky News host James Morrow has compared Kamala Harris to President Joe Biden after the Democrat nominee appeared to forget the word 'Supreme Court'. “Did she just forget the name of the Supreme Court,” he said. “This is the sort of thing that makes me nostalgic for this guy (Joe Biden).”

US Vice President Kamala Harris has faced her first TV interview since becoming the Democrat nominee. During the CNN interview, she defended her changing policy positions. “Let’s be clear, my values have not changed,” Ms Harris told CNN. She sat down for the interview alongside her vice presidential candidate Tim Walz. This comes after Ms Harris faced criticism for not doing any media interviews since announcing her bid for the White House and avoiding scrutiny.

A woman pushing her baby in a pram has been attacked by a group of dogs in Victoria. The 35-year-old sustained serious injuries following the attack in Sunbury on Friday afternoon. A spokesperson from Victoria Police said the woman managed to protect her baby while under attack, and the dogs have since been captured.

Queensland will experience an early burst of summer for the last day of winter. The mercury will nudge the mid to high 30s across much of the state today thanks to a hot air mass situated in the state’s interior. The August heat has seen records tumble – Birdsville reached 39 degrees yesterday, which is 15 degrees above average for this time of year.

New figures reveal cuts to greenhouse gases have been flatlining over recent years. Climate Change Minister Chris Bowen released the quarterly update of Australia’s National Greenhouse Gas Inventory. In the year to March, 2.7 million fewer tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent emissions were recorded than the year before – a 0.6 per cent decrease. Mr Bowen is still hopeful Australia is on track to achieve its target of 43 per cent emissions reductions by 2030.

Labor is expected to deliver next year’s federal budget earlier than usual. Senior figures within the party are preparing to deliver the budget in March before parliament dissolves for the federal election. The move from May to March will be confirmed once next year’s parliamentary sitting calendar is released in the next two months.

Verve Communications’ Prue MacSween has branded the Albanese Labor government as her ‘loser of the week’. Her remarks follow the Party’s establishment of a new online portal for people to lodge instances of disinformation but the register began receiving submissions about the Labor Party's own campaign material. “Hilarious,” she told Sky News host Danica De Giorgio.

Liberal MP Andrew Wallace discusses the revelation electric vehicle sales will be propped up with a tax discount, which treasury officials forecast will cost four times more than previously expected, totalling $1.2 billion. “I don’t care what sort of car you want to drive or what anybody else wants to drive,” Mr Wallace told Sky News host Danica De Giorgio. “What I do object to is those other people who don’t have electric vehicles they are now subsidising those that do to the tune of $1.2 billion. “That’s four times what treasury originally estimated. “It’s utterly objectionable; if you want to drive an electric car, knock your socks off, but don’t expect me to pay for it.”

Sky News host Danica De Giorgio discusses Kamala Harris and Tim Walz's pre-recorded interview conducted on CNN. "The bizarre thing is Kamala Harris could not do the interview alone, she had to do it with Tim Walz," Ms De Giorgio said. "Yet Kamala looks small and awkward in the middle. "It suggests that this woman, who wants to be the president of the United States, is unable to do solo interviews, unable to stand up for herself, and has generally no idea what to do, when not staring at an autocue. "The real test, though, will come on September 10 when she faces off with Donald Trump in a presidential debate with no autocue and no babysitter."

US Vice President Kamala Harris’ only goal during her CNN interview was to “not blow it”, says Sky News contributor Kosha Gada. “The polls have been tightening and she is a little bit ahead,” she told Sky News host Danica De Giorgio. “So even if she just could be normal and not have any big disasters, she would probably consider that as a win.”

Sky News host Danica De Giorgio slams Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek's decision to block a billion-dollar gold mine in NSW on cultural heritage grounds. "For a while, I have been convinced that the likes of the hapless and hopeless Andrew Giles and Chris Bowen are some of the more dim-witted ministers in Albanese's government," Ms De Giorgio said. "I am more and more convinced Tanya Plibersek has joined the ranks.   "For the second week in a row, she is tying herself in knots of secrecy over the decision to block a billion-dollar gold mine in NSW on cultural heritage grounds. "If Labor cannot release the documents and explain its decision, they must reverse it, admit they got it wrong - and make sure this never happens again."

The Sun is reporting Prince Harry made a last-minute visit to the UK to attend his uncle’s funeral while Prince William was also in attendance, says Sky News contributor Emily Carver. “Prince Harry said he was not going to go to the funeral for various reasons, including security,” she told Sky News host Danica De Giorgio. “But apparently, according to people who were there, they weren’t seen talking to each other, it was rather frosty, and they kept a distance.”

Sky News host Steve Price says Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is “walking on eggshells trying to keep everyone happy”. Faced with a rebellion in Labor ranks – the Prime Minister has reversed his position on a new question on sexuality in the census but has refused to call it a backdown. “We are in the middle of a cost of living crisis ... record housing prices, stubborn interest rate levels, expensive power bills despite what Labor tells you, grocery prices through the roof, businesses collapsing on a daily basis and your government is worried about whether to ask has your sexual identity changed since the last census,” Mr Price said.

Sky News contributor Joe Hildebrand discusses Kamala Harris’ first interview as the Democratic nominee where she bought her running mate Tim Walz as backup. “It was a pretty ridiculous interview; it was ridiculous before it even started,” he said. “When was the last time you saw Albo and Marles sit down for a joint interview together? “I mean the fact that she needed Tim Walz there at all, and the fact that he was going to do it with her, you know, Batman and Robin together, in case Batman gets in trouble and Robin can sweep in.”

Sky News host Steve Price discusses Kamala Harris’ first interview since becoming the Democratic nominee. “I put myself through the torture today of watching US Vice President Kamala Harris sitting down for her first interview today as the presidential nominee,” Mr Price said. “She even bought along her running mate Tim Walz as some sort of security blanket.”

Melbourne Mayoral Candidate Phil Reed is calling for the Lord Mayor’s robes and chains to be abolished in hopes the elected official will focus on real issues instead of photo opportunities. “Maybe those chains weigh down their decision-making process,” he told Sky News Australia. “There’s some pretty big challenges in front of us and we need to be focused on that.”

Australia’s auction numbers are up 10.2 per cent across combined capital cities this week, says The Rubinstein Group’s Oliver Lavers. “There’s actually 2,333 homes currently scheduled for auction this week,” he told Sky News Australia. “Which is up from 2,118 last week.”

Sky News host James Morrow discusses comments by Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg claiming the White House pressured Facebook to censor COVID content. “Facebook founder Mark Zuckerburg admitted what the rest of us have known for ages, namely that before the 2020 election, the FBI sought to interfere with the election by getting Facebook and other social media platforms to squelch stories about Hunter Biden, Ukraine and Burisma,” Mr Morrow said. “Once in power, the Biden White House sought to censor Americans at the behest of the White House on all matter of subjects from COVID to memes they didn’t like.”

Harvey Norman Chairman Gerry Harvey discusses how artificial intelligence will change Harvey Norman’s business model. “Is AI the big game-changer when we go over there [United States] and talk to someone like Nvidia, who has gone from being worth virtually nothing to over $3 trillion,” Mr Harvey said. “The world has decided that AI is the game-changer.”