Sky News Business Editor Ross Greenwood says one of the “barriers for the energy conversion” is the speed at which Australia can roll out new infrastructure. Mr Greenwood said right now it is suggested that the head-long expansions on road, rail, and electricity infrastructure have “crowded out” efforts to build more homes. Stonepeak CEO Michael Dorrell joined Mr Greenwood to discuss the future of infrastructure projects around Australia.

Journalist and Commentator Brad Polumbo says it is “remarkable” how much the Democrats are doing to target black male voters. Mr Polumbo told Sky News Australia that the Harris campaign feels “very worried” about the dropping support from black male voters. “They’re completely out of touch.”

Sky News Business Editor Ross Greenwood says Australia’s energy debate is “full of deception”. Mr Greenwood said there are many “half-truths” in the discussion of energy policies. “Facts are conveniently omitted or just simply glossed over.”

Shadow Energy Minister Ted O’Brien says the most advanced economies in the world are “embracing nuclear energy”. Mr O’Brien told Sky News Business Editor Ross Greenwood that the world’s largest banks are “backing” nuclear energy. “But here in Australia, we’re on an ideological frolic with the Albanese government, which is refusing to consider a balanced energy mix.”

Citi Australia CEO Mark Woodruff discusses how markets in Australia are at ease despite rising geopolitical risks and tensions. “It is interesting isn’t it because we sit here today and equity markets are at all-time highs … yet geopolitical tensions re clearly higher than where we were 12 months ago,” Mr Woodruff told Sky News Australia. “If we look at the oil price it is still relatively steady … what is more important … is the clarity we now have around interest rate cycles.”

Deutsche Bank Chief Economist Philip O’Donaghoe discusses the risks surrounding bringing inflation down in Australia amid interest rate cut case weakening from the latest job data. “The real conundrum we are facing here, we know the RBA wants to see inflation getting back to target,” Mr O’Donaghoe told Sky News Australia. “We have got about a percentage point to go.”

Sky News host Rita Panahi has criticised Methodist Ladies College in Kew, Melbourne after students were told to remove their religious crosses. “Apparently, the young girls there wearing crosses are being told it’s inappropriate but then they’ve got these ‘furries’ who are coming in with ears and tails,” Ms Panahi said. “If you want to wear a cross … that could be problematic for some people.”

Royal Commentator Nicole Reaney says the health issues faced by King Charles have “humanised” him. “This year particularly with all the health that we’ve seen within the Royal Family and also seeing him as a grandfather has really brought that personality and I think has humanised the Royal Family,” Ms Reaney told Sky News Australia. "There’s been lots of emotions behind the royal family and I think now we’re seeing them connect again which is great.”

Independent Women’s Forum Fellow Dr Qanta Ahmed has called for Lebanon to be “strengthened” as Israel continues its assault on Hezbollah. Dr Ahmed said Lebanon is “extremely vulnerable” with other nations “circling” the nation. “Israel has quite appropriately gone after Hezbollah and now is in a ground invasion,” Dr Ahmed told Sky News Australia. “You can see France taking this bizarre position of offering to negotiate with Iran on Lebanon's behalf, denying Lebanese sovereignty which was astonishing.”

Independent Women’s Forum Fellow Dr Qanta Ahmed says Israel has Iran in its “crosshairs” and she expects Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to launch an offensive before the United States election. “I do believe Iran will be heavily targeted by Israel, I suspect,” Ms Ahmed told Sky News Australia. “I have no basis for knowing anything specific but I suspect that both the energy installations – Iran operates mostly out of one port, 90 per cent of Iranian petroleum goes to China, but it's only 10 per cent of China's needs – I think Israel will target that. “And Israel will do its best to dismantle components or perhaps the entirety of the nuclear architecture of Iran, which it needs US munitions and collaboration with.”

Former deputy prime minister Barnaby Joyce says Prime Minister Anthony Albanese buying a $4.3 million house was “pure genius” because the Coalition “couldn’t have come up with that tactic”. “It was just pure genius,” Mr Joyce told Sky News Australia. “It was pure genius. It is so splendid. “We couldn’t have come up with that tactic.”

Independent Women’s Forum Fellow Dr Qanta Ahmed has given an insight into life in Israel as the war in the Middle East with Hezbollah and Hamas rages on. Dr Ahmed hailed the “extraordinary” medical response to wounded Israeli soldiers with them receiving blood within 15 minutes to a helipad in central Tel Aviv. “25 minutes later they're in the operating room and they have halved the fatality rates for these badly wounded soldiers, many of whom get better and want to go back to war,” she told Sky News Australia.

Spiked Online Chief Political Reporter Brendan O’Neill believes the United States will be “doomed” under a Kamala Harris administration because she is “disastrous”. “If Kamala Harris wins, we are doomed, America is doomed, and the world is doomed,” Mr O’Neill told Sky News Australia. “I don’t think the world can survive four years of President Harris; I just don’t think we’ll make it through. “She is disastrous.”

Spiked Online Chief Political Reporter Brendan O’Neill has blasted UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer for leading the “worst 100 days of a government ever” which has been a “complete disaster”. “This is the worst 100 days of a government ever,” Mr O’Neill told Sky News Australia. “A complete disaster. “It’s been a chaotic government.”

Spiked Online Chief Political Reporter Brendan O’Neill has branded Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar a “modern-day Nazi” whose death is a “cause of celebration”. “He was a modern-day Nazi who was driven by a violent hatred for Jews and organised the largest massacre of Jews since the Holocaust,” Mr O’Neill told Sky News Australia. “In my view, if anyone deserved to die in this 21st century, it was him. “His death is a cause of celebration.”

Finance Minister Katy Gallagher has said a low unemployment rate and high job creation is an “extraordinary result” for the Labor Party. “A million jobs in the first term of the Albanese government is an extraordinary result,” Ms Gallagher told Sky News Australia. “We’re seeing inflation come back, and the labour market holds pretty steady, which is a really extraordinary outcome.”

Finance Minister Katy Gallagher says ACT Chief Minister Andrew Barr ran a “great campaign” and has been a “very effective long-term chief minister”. The Labor Party has been re-elected for the seventh consecutive term in the Australian Capital Territory. “The ACT community is a pretty progressive place, so I don’t think it’s unusual that you’d see a fairly progressive parliament with a minority government supported by a crossbench,” Ms Gallagher told Sky News Australia.

Early voting has begun for the presidential election in the US state of Washington. The US presidential election will be held on Tuesday, November 5.

Voters in Moldova are facing an election which could decide whether the country moves closer to the East or the West. The former Soviet Union state, which borders Ukraine, will decide whether it should join the European Union.

Republican strategist Keith Hanson has labelled Kamala Harris an “installed candidate” because “nobody voted for her”. Former US president Donald Trump continues to have the momentum in the US presidential race just two weeks out from the election. “Nobody voted for her [Kamala Harris] in presidential primaries,” Mr Hanson told Sky News Australia. “She’s literally an installed candidate. “People are starting to wake up to that fact and realise that she’s an empty chair.”