The Australian Aviation Writer Robyn Ironside says Regional Express Airlines have “failed” post-pandemic. Regional Express (Rex) Airline is in a trading halt amid boardroom restructuring claims. “Up until the pandemic, I think they were profitable pretty much every year without fail,” Ms Ironside told Sky News Business Editor Ross Greenwood. “It was only when the pandemic struck, they made the decision to go into the 737 operations, thinking … Virgin may not survive its own administration. “Sadly, that experiment seems to have failed. “Their last financial results indicated that their regular public transport flights were losing almost a million dollars a week.”

Sky News host Rita Panahi has blasted a trans woman’s “intersectional victimhood” after they tried to guilt a black woman for calling the police. The trans person accused the woman of being a “transphobe” after she walked into him. “What I do see is a sense of entitlement that is off the scale,” Ms Panahi said.

Liberal MP Dave Sharma slams the Albanese government for not condemning an attack on Israel by Hezbollah which killed 12 children and teenagers. “I am yet to see a proper media release from our foreign minister or our government condemning this kill of 12 innocent civilians,” Mr Sharma told Sky News host Chris Kenny. “When something like this happens, a horrific incident, we barely hear anything from this government.”

Sky News host Chris Kenny discusses the latest “terrible news” from the Middle East. A recent rocket attack on a Syrian soccer field in Israel-occupied Golan Heights has killed 12 people. Mr Kenny said the attack killed “innocent young civilians” playing football.

Nationals Senate Leader Bridget McKenzie says the appointment of Tony Burke to the Home Affairs and Immigration portfolios shows the Albanese government does not have a “merit-based process”. “This is not actually about solving the problem,” Ms McKenzie told Sky News host Chris Kenny. “If it was, he would have put someone with a level of competence and this is what happens when you do not have a merit-based process.”

Sky News host Chris Kenny says former deputy prime minister Barnaby Joyce’s “political attack” was a poor analogy. “It was a poor analogy … in a political attack, it is a poor analogy,” Mr Kenny said. Mr Kenny sat down with Nationals Senate Leader Bridget McKenzie to discuss Barnaby Joyce’s campaign metaphor where he likened voting to loading a magazine on a gun.

A United Airlines flight has diverted after the cabin crew vomited and passengers asked for masks due to an onboard “biohazard”. On Sunday, flight 2477 was heading to Boston from Houston, Texas, at George Bush Intercontinental Airport. The flight was cut short and forced to land in Washington DC to undergo a “deep clean”, according to the airline. According to radio traffic from the pilot, crew members became ill themselves, requiring the pilots to request a diversion. “I talked to the crew and it sounds like it’s quite bad back there. The crew is vomiting, and passengers all around are asking for masks,” a crew member said. “With this kind of being a biohazard, I think we need to get this plane on the ground asap.”

Sky News host Paul Murray reacts to the “cooky” Paris Olympics opening ceremony. Paris 2024 Summer Olympics organisers issued an apology following backlash over religious depictions during the opening ceremony on Friday. The opening ceremony also featured a headless Marie Antoinette.

Fitzpatrick and Co Advisory Special Counsel Bruce Hawker says Kamala Harris can relate to a “younger demographic” more than Joe Biden. Mr Hawker told Sky News Australia that it is “really important” for Kamala Harris to appeal to younger voters. “Issues like abortion are now going to come very much into focus.”

News Corp columnist Angela Mollard says Prince Harry marrying Meghan Markle only "amplified" his anger towards the press which contributed to his family breakdown. It comes as Prince Harry hit out at the media again in his first major TV interview since the conclusion of his phone hacking court case. The interview with British journalist Rebecca Barry will air in full on ITV on Friday. It features in an ITV documentary, "Tabloids on Trial", which includes interviews with actor Hugh Grant, singer-songwriter Charlotte Church, and e-footballer Paul Gascoigne. During the interview, Harry claimed his fight with the press was "central" to the breakdown of his relationship with the Royal Family. "It’s a hard question to answer, because anything I say about my family results in a torrent of abuse from the press," he told ITV's Rebecca Barry. News Corp Columnist Angela Mollard rejected the claim and contended the “cruelty” in Prince Harry’s book ‘Spare’ caused “far more damage” to the Royal Family than any other publication. He also said the Duke of Sussex marrying Meghan Markle was wrong as she only "amplified" his anger when he should have been seeking therapy. "It's completely delusional," Mollard told Sky News Australia. "Harry has been angry with the press for a very long time. "He needs more therapy to work through that."

Former NSW Liberal leader Kerry Chikarovski says the Democrats are getting “expressions of support” after choosing Kamala Harris to run for president. Ms Chikarovski told Sky News Australia that Kamala Harris will “smash” California and New York in support. “I’m not entirely convinced that she is going to be able to appeal to that working-class constituency in some of those red states.”

Jess Fox has won gold at the Paris Games in the women’s single kayak final after falling short at three previous Olympics. “After many years of hard work and technical, physical, mental work to try and put down that run in an Olympic final, and it was really something I was very proud of,” Ms Fox said at a media conference. “It was really something I was very proud of. “When I crossed the finish line, I knew that was a good run, but I also just had to wait agonisingly long – it was really long to just wait and see whether it would be enough. “And, yeah, so, so happy.”

Curtin University Dean of Global Future Joe Siracusa says the US “doesn’t” have a president running the country. Mr Siracusa told Sky News Australia that if Joe Biden can’t run for president, then he “can’t govern”. “We’re going to need a commander-in-chief who isn’t a bunch of people running the show.”

Curtin University Dean of Global Future Joe Siracusa says JD Vance’s recent comments about Democrats are “unhelpful”. Republican vice president nominee JD Vance is copping fierce backlash. The backlash comes from his claims that the Democratic Party is run by 'childless cat ladies'.

Curtin University Dean of Global Future Joe Siracusa says Joe Biden’s resignation from the presidential election sounded like a “hostage speech”. Mr Siracusa told Sky News Australia that it sounded like it was “written by kidnappers”. “There’s just something very wrong going on in Washington.”

Senator Jacqui Lambie says businesses are “really struggling to survive” through the cost of living crisis and are “going under”. Hospitality businesses are failing at the fastest rate on record, with soaring food and energy costs, as well as a pullback in consumer spending, pushing cafes and businesses to the wall. “In regional areas, they’re shutting everywhere; they’re really struggling to survive,” Ms Lambie told Sky News Australia. “They are going under. People just do not have that spare money where they can go and afford to have even a cup of coffee and a piece of cake. “We need to do something.”

Shadow Finance Minister Jane Hume says the “one little bit of good news” out of the Labor government’s reshuffle is that the Minister for the Republic role has “gone by the wayside”. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has unveiled Labor’s new frontbench, dumping Clare O’Neil and Andrew Giles from the home affairs, cyber security and immigration portfolios and replacing them with Tony Burke. “There’s one little bit of good news that’s come out of this reshuffle, and that’s that this mission-critical role of Minister for the Republic has gone by the wayside,” Ms Hume told Sky News Australia. “Matt Thistlethwaite has been moved on to another role.”

Shadow Finance Minister Jane Hume has called out the Albanese government for “failing” to bring inflation under control. Hospitality businesses are failing at the fastest rate on record, with soaring food and energy costs, as well as a pullback in consumer spending, pushing cafes and businesses to the wall. “Reserve Bank Governor Michelle Bullock has said that this is homegrown inflation,” Ms Hume told Sky News Australia. “The most important thing that they can do is to bring inflation under control by using their fiscal reins. “That’s the way to bring inflation under control, and, quite frankly, the Albanese government has failed to do that.”

Shadow Finance Minister Jane Hume says another rate rise is “potentially on the cards”. Hospitality businesses are failing at the fastest rate on record, with soaring food and energy costs, as well as a pullback in consumer spending, pushing cafes and businesses to the wall. “This is not a surprise,” Ms Hume told Sky News Australia. “My cost of living committee has been hearing from businesses for the last two years that it’s not just the cost of living that’s gone up, it’s the cost of doing business. “Particularly for those hospitality businesses, we’re now hearing that around one in 11 hospitality businesses face failure in the next 12 months.”

At least 15 people have died and another six are in hospital following a landslide in southeastern China. The rain-triggered landslide hit Yuelin Village in the Hunan province. The deaths are believed to be the first linked to Typhoon Gaemi in China. Rocks and trees brought down by the landslide have cut off the road into the village.