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11 mois depuis

A man has been shot by police and killed in a standoff on the New South Wales South Coast. Police were responding to an incident at a medical clinic on Junction Street in Nowra just before 1pm on Wednesday. Police say a man came out of the clinic with a firearm and confronted officers just before 3pm. He was shot and immediately treated by officers and paramedics but died at the scene. A critical incident team is investigating the circumstances of the death.

Sky News Australia
11 mois depuis

David Warner has said farewell to the world of Test cricket with fans now having a chance to own a piece of history. The cricket legend has donated his 2024 Pink Test shirt and signed Pink Baggy Cap to the McGrath Foundation auction. McGrath Foundation CEO Holly Masters joined Sky News Australia to discuss the auction of Mr Warner’s items. “This is the twelfth pink test that David has been part of,” Ms Masters said. “This year is super special because it was the last test match that David Warner will play and he’s donated his pink baggy.”

Sky News Australia
11 mois depuis

Resources Minister Madeleine King says the shutdown of the Western Australian Kwinana aluminium refinery by Alcoa will have “no threat” to the supply chain of alumina in Australia. Ms King’s comments come as there are concerns hundreds of workers could lose their jobs following the announcement from aluminium refiner, Alcoa, plans to shut down operations in Kwinana in Western Australia. The resources minister says there will be a “minor decrease in the supply of alumina” following the shutdown. She says Australia will remain the “second largest producer” of alumina in the entire world. “There is no threat whatsoever to the supply chain of alumina in this country and there is no threat to the sovereign capability of Australians being able to refine bauxite to make alumina in this country.”

Sky News Australia
11 mois depuis

Treasurer Jim Chalmers says government policies are helping to put downward pressure on inflation. “But we know that there’s more work to do because people are still under pressure,” he said during a media conference on Wednesday. Mr Chalmers’ remarks come after it was revealed that inflation fell to 4.3 per cent in the 12 months to November 2023, beating expectations. Data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics showed a fall of 0.6 per cent from October last year and the slowest annual rate of growth since January 2022. Mr Chalmers said the Albanese government is prepared to consider “any additional help” it can provide in the May budget that’s “responsible and affordable”.

Sky News Australia
11 mois depuis

The number of people passing the Australian citizenship tests has dropped significantly under the Albanese government. The pass rate has fallen to 65 per cent compared to about 80 per cent under the Coalition. New data shows more than 100,000 people failed the test over a 14-month period between 2022 and 2023. Citizenship Law Expert and Test Reviewer Professor Kim Rubenstein told Sky News Australia that “there’s a difference” between the level of English required to undertake the test and the level required to become a citizen. The amount of English knowledge needed to undertake the test is of a higher standard than the basic understanding needed to become an Australian citizen, according to Professor Rubenstein.

Sky News Australia
11 mois depuis

In the final set of redacted Jeffrey Epstein documents, prominent figures such as Bill Richardson, Marvin Minsky and Les Wexner have been accused of sex trafficking. As part of the deposition into the 2015 lawsuit between Virginia Giuffre and Ghislaine Maxwell, Giuffre alleged that all three of the men were involved in Epstein’s sex trafficking ring. Giuffre alleged that she had sex with Wexner on multiple occasions, including another incident that involved Epstein accuser, Sarah Kellin, having sex with Wexner at the same time. Wexner cut ties with Epstein in 2007 and has previously denied any knowledge he had of other Epstein-related allegations. French model scout, Jean-Luc Brunel, was also accused by Giuffre of sex trafficking her. Brunel died in a French prison while awaiting trial for separate sex trafficking charges in 2022. There is no suggestion that any of the associated individuals who are named in the documents have committed crimes or wrongdoing.

Sky News Australia
11 mois depuis

Hollywood actress and singer Selena Gomez has responded to the controversy surrounding a video of her whispering to Taylor Swift at the Golden Globe Awards. There was mounting speculation that the musician was gossiping about actor Timothée Chalamet and his girlfriend Kylie Jenner. Ms Gomez shutdown those reports by commenting on an E! Instagram post saying: “Noooooo I told Taylor about two of my friends who hooked up. Not that that’s anyone business.” Mr Chalamet also responded to the video and insisted he is on good terms with the 'Only Murders in the Building' actress. A reporter asked Chalamet if he and Gomez were "cool", to which he replied, “yeah, of course”.

Sky News Australia
11 mois depuis

Nationals Leader David Littleproud says Labor “could have changed the course of Christmas” for many families had they “appreciated the gravity” of this cost-of-living crisis sooner. “They had the tools sitting in front of them but out of bloody-mindedness they just ignored it,” he told Sky News Australia. “If they had taken our advice back in October and November and had an ACCC investigation, they could have actually compelled the CEOs to appear before Christmas and given advice and even given penalties to the supermarkets. “We said we didn’t need another review, we said we needed an investigation into prices at the checkout. “The cost-of-living crisis was not now – it was last year.”

Sky News Australia
11 mois depuis

Residents in Northern and Central Victoria remain on alert despite the floods easing in some parts of the state. As some towns begin to clean up for the second time in two years, there are concerns about a likely rise in insurance premiums. It comes as some insurance companies increased premiums by thousands of dollars in the wake of the 2022 floods. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is set to travel from Far North Queensland to Central Victoria on Wednesday afternoon. Mr Albanese will visit the towns impacted by the recent floodwaters.

Sky News Australia
11 mois depuis

Deputy Opposition Leader Sussan Ley has unleashed on the Albanese government and Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek for “smashing” farmers in the Murray-Darling Basin with a water buy-back plan. “I’ll tell you one thing Labor could have done,” she told Sky News Australia when responding to reports Labor were reviewing supermarkets’ code of conduct. “And that is, not smash my farmers in the Murray-Darling Basin by taking water away from them. Ms Ley blasted the “ridiculous announcement” by Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek which “doesn’t recognise you need water to grow food”. “So, we are going to see less Australian-grown produce on our supermarket shelves and I wonder how much that is going to put up prices.”

Sky News Australia
11 mois depuis

The US has seen a rise in migrants crossing its southern border illegally in recent years. 2023 saw its most intense increase yet. A part of this increase comes from China, with Chinese migrants embarking on perilous journeys through South America to find a new life in the USA. There have been more than 31,000 Chinese migrants recorded in 2023 trying to cross the Southern US Border. The 2023 number is roughly double the prior 10 years of Chinese migrants combined.

Sky News Australia
11 mois depuis

The coroner’s report for the late singer Sinead O’Connor has just revealed her cause of death. The report shows Sinead died of natural causes. The Irish singer was found unresponsive at her home in London in July – dying at the age of 56. Her death came just 18 months after one of her children, who was 17, took his life. O'Connor was planning to make a return to performing this year – previously announcing on Facebook she was going on tour.

Sky News Australia
11 mois depuis

Deputy Opposition Leader Sussan Ley has praised Shadow Energy Minister Ted O’Brien for his “excellent” policy points as the Coalition looks to form a “credible” energy plan ahead of the next federal election. “We will have credible and effective and, most importantly, affordable policies for Australians by the time we get to the next election,” Ms Ley told Sky News Australia. “I am not going to jump ahead of my team led in energy by Ted O’Brien who has made some excellent points on this. “Particularly around the critical components of energy policy; we must have security, we must have affordability and we must have sustainability. “Labor has made a complete mess of this – we have got 80 per cent of base-load power exiting the grid in the next ten years.”

Sky News Australia
11 mois depuis

Sky News contributor Kel Richards says the tragedy about the NASA-backed mission by tech company Astrobotic being the first US moon landing attempt in more than 50 years is that they are “not going to get there”. The capsule is carrying a number of random items, including a piece of rock from Mount Everest, DNA from former presidents, the human remains of Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry, and a cache of artworks, among other things. However, Astrobotic has said there is a ‘failure within the propulsion system’ on the lunar lander, which is causing a critical loss of propellant in a post on X. “The tragedy about this is they’re not going to get there,” Mr Richards said. “It’s broken down, the Astrobotic has broken down. “What’s going to happen to the ashes? I have no idea.”

Sky News Australia
11 mois depuis

Sky News host Kel Richards says surrogacy is a “morally absolutely utterly despicable” act as it turns human beings into “commodities”. Pope Francis has called for a global ban on surrogacy, calling the act “deplorable” and a “grave violation” of the dignity of the mother and the child. This comes just weeks after he authorised Roman Catholic priests to bless same-sex couples in a significant shift in the church’s approach to LGBT people. “I think [it is] a really serious issue – it’s an issue raised by the Pope in a speech recently,” Mr Richards said. “Now, I don’t always agree with Pope Francis, but I do on this. “Let me explain it in terms which might offend some people and might be controversial – I don’t intend it to, but I think it’s a really big moral issue – because surrogacy, trading in a baby, actually terms human beings into being commodities, property. “So it’s the moral equivalent, it’s morally equal to slavery – I know that’s a very strong thing to say, but think about it: this is a little human being who is a commodity, who can be bought and sold or given as a gift, the way you would with a large-screen TV or a car. “I think this is morally, absolutely utterly despicable.”

Sky News Australia
11 mois depuis

Sky News host Liz Storer says “headlines were graced” when a Western Sydney councillor vowed to scrap the Indigenous Welcome to Country if his party won the majority in the next election. “Our headlines were graced,” Ms Storer said. “A Western Sydney councillor has said that if his party, the Local Community Party, won the majority in his … council, he will be scrapping Welcome to Country’s. “Smoking ceremonies, they are all going out the window.” Ms Storer sat down with Sky News host James Macpherson and Broadcaster and Wordsmith Kel Richards to discuss the Welcome to Country ceremony debate.

Sky News Australia
11 mois depuis

Sky News host James Macpherson says Premier “giggles” Miles has vowed to push ahead with a treaty between non-indigenous people and indigenous people. Queensland Premier Steven Miles will forge ahead to progress state’s landmark Path to Treaty program ahead of this year's election. “Here we go dividing up the community again,” Mr Macpherson said. “His pushing ahead with the treaty despite the fact that 70 per cent of QLD voted no to dividing Australia by race last time October in the referendum. “And former premier Annastacia Palaszczuk, after the referendum, walked away from the treaty saying unless there’s bipartisan agreement, then it’s not going to work.”

Sky News Australia
11 mois depuis

Sky News host James Macpherson says “green shoots of sanity” are coming into the new year as a Western Australian council has voted no to adding an Indigenous name to an already named river. “Maybe some good news, could 2024 be the year that common sense makes a comeback,” Mr Macpherson said. “We are only a couple of days into the new year but already there are green shoots of sanity pushing through the woke dirt that saturates our culture. “A West Australian council has just voted no to adding an Aboriginal name to the existing name of a river that flows south of Perth.” Mr Macpherson is joined by Broadcaster and Wordsmith Kel Richards and Sky News host Liz Storer to discuss the Indigenous name changes.

Sky News Australia
11 mois depuis

Broadcaster and Wordsmith Kel Richards says there are around “3 million” places with Indigenous names in Australia “right now”. “Not a lot of people know this,” Mr Richards said. “There are about approximately 4 million place names in Australia, three-quarters of them, 3 million of them are Indigenous, right now. “3 million names on our maps are Indigenous. “They don’t like the non-Indigenous names … it’s destructive.”

Sky News Australia
11 mois depuis

Queensland Opposition Leader David Crisafulli says his party are going to “keep questioning” the Queensland government over the firing of a nurse who wasn’t vaccinated against COVID-19. “Nurses are leaving in droves from Queensland Health, they feel battered, broken and bruised and here’s one who wants to go to work, and she can’t,” Mr Crisafulli told Sky News host Caleb Bond. “We said to the Minister, well hang on the requirements were lifted … clearly that doesn’t apply to this person. “We’ve repeatedly asked that question and we haven’t got an answer, so we are going to keep asking that question on behalf of her and everybody else." A Brisbane nurse with seven years’ experience was fired from her job at Queensland Children’s Hospital just before Christmas for failing to comply with the government’s COVID vaccine mandate more than two years after it was introduced.




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