Sky News host Caleb Bond has raised concerns over Queensland Premier Steven Miles’ $1,000 cash rebate, claiming it is a “stimulus package” and not a subsidy for power bills. “If you can spend this money on anything you like, it’s essentially a stimulus package,” Mr Bond said. “Now what happens when you give people a stimulus package? They bloody well spend it. “And what happens when people spend lots of money en masse? It creates inflation. “What happens when you have inflation? Your power bills go up.”

Staff at La Trobe University have been told not to intervene if a protestor disrupts their class or lecture. An email sent to La Trobe University staff on Wednesday addressed the pro-Palestine protest on campus and that protestors may affect classes. “If protesters enter your classes, we would ask that you refrain from intervening and allow them to share the information they wish to,” the email read. “If they stay for longer than five minutes, we request that you notify security.” Sky News host Caleb Bond slammed the move from the University. “Once again we have just handed a green light to these protestors – to do whatever they want,” Mr Bond said.

Sky News host James Macpherson calls out New South Wales' government hypocrisy over their threat to withhold funding from Cumberland City Council after they banned a same-sex parenting book. The Western Sydney Councillor who banned the books, Steve Christou, told Sky News Australia they were 'reflecting the views of what we feel is the majority of our local community'. “This is a state government where a local council decides we don’t want the Australian flag being shown, and the government are mute," Mr Macpherson said. “A local council can decides we are not going to promote Australia Day, and the government are mute. “But the council says we aren’t going to promote same-sex parenting and all of a sudden, the state government says we’re are going to withdraw funding. “Where was the Arts Minister when Roald Dahl books were being edited and removed from libraries?”

Daily Mirror Royal Editor Russell Myers says King Charles's decision not to meet with Prince Harry while the Duke of Sussex is in the UK “speaks volumes”. The Duke of Sussex arrived in the UK on Tuesday ahead of the 10th Anniversary of the Invictus Games. It was revealed that Prince Harry would not be able to meet King Charles due to the King's busy schedule. “The fact that the King hasn’t got time to see his own son when he was just three miles away from him yesterday speaks volumes I think,” Mr Myers told Sky News host Sharri Markson. “And certainly people on Harry’s side on the weekend were telling me that he was making plans to see the King. “So whether something has happened in this sort of intervening time, whether words have been exchanged we don’t know but it's certainly a strange series of affairs over the last few days.”

The Australian's Media Writer Sophie Elsworth has weighed in on Prince Harry’s relationship with his family. Ms Elsworth’s remarks come as Prince Harry's spokesperson revealed the Duke of Sussex would not be able to meet King Charles due to the King's busy schedule. “It's pretty embarrassing for Prince Harry,” Ms Elsworth told Sky News host Andrew Bolt. “He’s treated his family I would argue incredibly poorly and what comes around goes around when you throw your whole family under the bus. “He's not going to see his father, or his brother, or Princess Catherine. “I mean this is how bad things have got, this is the biggest falling out of such a high-profile family on the global scale, they can't even stand each other in a room for a few minutes.”

Former Labor Senator Stephen Conroy says the Chinese government “could not give a stuff” what Australia says. Mr Conroy told Sky News host Paul Murray that China will “play us on a break” whenever they can. This comes after a fighter jet from the People’s Liberation Army-Air Force dropped flares in the immediate flight path of an ADF Seahawk conducting routine operations off HMAS Hobart in the Yellow Sea on Saturday night. “So, the most substantive thing that Australia can do is to continue as we have been doing – opposing their coercion and bribery in the Pacific Islands. “Working to build the alliance network across the Indo-Pacific.”

Former Brexit leader and GB News host Nigel Farage says the one thing that is certain in the lead-up to the next general election is the Tories are “toast.” It follows the Conservative Party’s devastating defeat at UK local elections last week where they lost more than 400 seats. “What is for certain is the Tories are toast,” Mr Farage told Sky News Australia host Paul Murray. “They are gone. “It’s over, in fact manner of their former voters hate them for what they’ve done, and for their breach of promises. “Labour are going to form the next government.”

Former Speaker of the House Bronwyn Bishop says that people “can’t believe a word” Anthony Albanese says. Ms Bishop told Sky News host Paul Murray that Anthony Albanese has “accepted his role” as the head of a “vassal state”. This comes after a fighter jet from the People’s Liberation Army-Air Force dropped flares in the immediate flight path of an ADF Seahawk conducting routine operations off HMAS Hobart in the Yellow Sea on Saturday night. The Opposition leader called on the Prime Minister to pick up the phone to Xi Jinping after the incident. “All he wants is that when the election comes, the Communist Party of China will send messages out to the diaspora that’s here in Australia.”

Sky News host Sharri Markson says there are reports King Charles is “refusing” to meet with Prince Harry. “Well, Prince Harry is in London but there are reports the King is refusing to meet with his own son,” Ms Markson said. “Surely the King can find time for a cup of tea or a cucumber sandwich with Harry. “Or whatever it is the Royals eat.” Ms Markson sat down with Daily Mirror Royal Editor Russell Myers to discuss the King’s reaction to Prince Harry’s book ‘Spare’.

A new poll has revealed Australians are not convinced by the Albanese Government's renewable energy plan. An SEC Newgate Mood of the Nation poll conducted in April shows only 40 per cent of voters are confident that Labor’s 43 per cent emissions reduction by 2030 target would be met. And only 37 per cent are confident that we'd reach net zero by 2050. Sky News host Sharri Markson has discussed the latest finding from the poll with Perth Lord Mayor Basil Zempilas and former Victorian Liberal Party president Michael Kroger. “Just in case there’s any Australian politicians who haven’t quite cottoned on to this yet – the Australian public are not mugs,” Mr Zempilas said. “The Australian public are saying no – we can’t see it at that moment.”

Sky News Australia host Liz Storer feels the mental health crisis is not discussed enough in relation to the staggering rise in youth crime. The latest national data shows youth offender rates have increased for the first time in more than a decade. “What we don’t talk about enough is obviously happy, healthy kids do not engage in criminal activity,” Ms Storer told Sky News Australia host Chris Kenny. “We do know that we have a mental health crisis here in this country, which is disproportionately affecting our young people. “They’re growing up in a world that is unrecognisable, thanks to technology. “Unrecognisable for their parents, and the toll that is taking on kids mental health, and how they feel about the world and their place in it.”

Sky News host Peta Credlin has slammed the Albanese government for being “weak” on China by not doing anything at a political level to signal displeasure with Beijing following the flare stunt over the weekend. A Chinese fighter jet dropped flares in front of an Australian Navy helicopter in international waters off the coast of South Korea on Saturday evening. Defence Minister Richard Marles has labelled the incident ‘both unsafe and unprofessional’. “So far, the Chinese military haven't killed any of our service personnel, yet the risk is real given they have deliberately and callously put them in harm's way,” Ms Credlin said. “When this incident was uncovered by the media, remember, the government didn't call a press conference here to disclose it; Defence Minister Richard Marles … admitted that the action by the Chinese military was unsafe and unacceptable. “The Australian Prime Minister might have talked tough when pushed on the threat to our military from the Chinese fighter jet but done nothing at all – nothing at all at a political level to signal Australia’s displeasure with the Chinese. “Any wonder, given how weak this Labor government is when it comes to China, that we then get this response from Beijing - an arrogant declaration that whatever happened, it was Australia's fault for daring to be in international waters close to China.”

Newsweek senior editor-at-large Josh Hammer highlights how crime in the United States has been decreasing from a “catastrophic baseline” when President Joe Biden took office. White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre claimed under Joe Biden’s leadership, violent crime is at a nearly 50-year low. “Thanks to the extraordinary efforts of law enforcement and community leaders … Americans are safer from violent crime today than they were a year ago,” she said. Mr Hammer hit out at the “gaslighting” being done by the Biden administration. “America was essentially a crime cesspool for 2020 into 2021,” he told Sky News host Rita Panahi. “So that is relevant when you're talking about crime decreasing because it's all relative to where you started.”

Sky News host Rita Panahi says “woke madness” is infecting boy scout groups in the United States after Boy Scouts of America changed its name to Scouting America. “It sends this really strong message to everyone in America that they can come to this program, they can be their authentic self, they can be who they are and they will be welcomed here,” Boy Scouts of America CEO. Newsweek senior editor-at-large Josh Hammer said the move goes to show how fast the “woke mind virus” makes its way through all the major institutions. He added that the group was traditionally a more conservative organisation trying to teach boys how to be men. “Now they are just trying to kind of toe the line that you have to toe and imbibe all the various tenets of the woke catechism,” he told Sky News host Rita Panahi. “Obviously when you get to the point where you are literally just eradicating any differences between male and female, ultimately what do you stand for as a society?”

Newsweek senior editor-at-large Josh Hammer says Florida has become a “burgeoning scene” for conservatism after Fox News host Sean Hannity announced he would be moving to Palm Beach. The Fox News host listed his Long Island property for $13.75 million after he announced he would be relocating from New York to Florida. “The last year for which we have data on this point, people are flooding into the Sunbelt,” he told Sky News host Rita Panahi. “They're flooding into states like Texas, Florida, Tennessee, the Carolinas because people just want good governance, they want same policy, they want their parents to be in control of their children's curricula when their kids are at school. “I'm biased as a Floridian, but perhaps above all some people just want nice warm weather as well.”

Shadow Water Minister Perin Davey has questioned why the Albanese government is spending money on something state governments can spend money on. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has committed $33.5 million towards planning works to support the development of Westport in Western Australia. A further $566 million has been pledged for deposits of critical minerals and rare earths for renewable energy technologies. “This is the job that state governments should be doing, Western Australian governments should be doing, and, indeed, I would be highly surprised if the Western Australian government didn’t already know where their critical minerals resources are actually located,” Ms Davey told Sky News Australia. “Why are the federal government duplicating and spending money on something the states can spend money on when we can then turn our attention, as the federal government, to providing investment incentives for private enterprise to actually value-add to those critical resources.”

Shadow Immigration Minister Dan Tehan discusses rising anti-Semitism in Australia. Anti-Semitism is on the rise in Australia, with pro-Palestine protests continuing around the country. “It’s very clear what it means, and it means that people are chanting that they want to see Israel eliminated,” Mr Tehan said. “That has no place in the Australian community and should have been condemned by the Prime Minister from the very start. “We’re seeing a breakdown of social cohesion in this nation.”

Shadow Water Minister Perin Davey has called on the government to show “restraint” in its budget and “actually reduce” inflationary pressures in the economy. Next week’s federal budget will include a $25 billion improvement in tax collections over four years. Treasurer Jim Chalmers will hand down the budget on Tuesday, May 14. “We need to see restraint,” Ms Davey told Sky News Australia. “We need to see moves that will actually reduce the inflationary pressures. “We need to reduce red tape. “We need to incentivise private enterprise because that’s the way to get out of the situation we are currently in.”

Shadow Water Minister Perin Davey has called out the Albanese government for “homegrown inflation” which Australians are “suffering through”. Next week’s federal budget will include a $25 billion improvement in tax collections over four years. Treasurer Jim Chalmers will hand down the budget on Tuesday, May 14. “The first and the best way to address the cost of living is to address inflation, and that’s what we’ve seen from this government,” Ms Davey told Sky News Australia. “In the last two budgets, all we’ve seen is moves that actually exacerbate inflation. “We know that it is now homegrown inflation that we are suffering through here in Australia; it’s not been repeated around the world.”

Shadow Immigration Minister Dan Tehan discusses the Albanese government’s tougher immigration detention laws. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese hopes the government’s tougher immigration detention laws will pass when parliament resumes next week. A Senate inquiry recommended the parliament pass a bill granting the government powers to jail non-citizens resisting deportation and block visa applications from specific countries. “We support the intent of the bill,” Mr Tehan told Sky News Australia. “We’ve put forward 17 recommendations to improve the bill.” “We will not follow the government’s approach to immigration and border security, which is chaotic, botched, hopeless, hapless.”