Russia making ‘steady but slow' advances on Ukraine
Mr Davis told Sky News host Sharri Markson that Russia is making 'steady but slow' advances.
Fears of funding Russia's war efforts has arisen after a new report finds that Australia has imported more than $3.7 billion worth of oil products derived from Russian crude since 2023.
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Russia draws hard line against Western security guarantees for Ukraine
Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has drawn a hard line against any Western security guarantees for Ukraine. He claims any guarantees would only work with Moscow's co-operation. The Russian Minister's remarks contradict Donald Trump's claim that Vladimir Putin agreed to European and US security guarantees at their summit in Alaska. Mr Lavrov says any peace deal should be based on a Russian proposal which allows Moscow to veto any action by guarantors. 'We cannot agree with the fact that it's now proposed to resolve collective security issues without the Russian Federation – this will not work,' Mr Lavrov said.
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Ukraine talks without Russia are a 'road to nowhere'
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‘Where have all the good Senators gone?': Ralph Babet shamed over ‘offensive' post disparaging women 'past their prime'
Sky News host Chris Kenny has unleashed on Victorian Senator Ralph Babet for making an 'offensive' social media post about women 'past their prime'. Kenny said Senatory Babet, 42, had 'strangely' posted an eight-year-old Daily Mail article with the headline: 'Where have all the good men gone? These sassy, sophisticated, solvent women say they are struggling to find other halves that can measure up.' The Senator captioned his post with: 'Would you date and marry a woman well past her prime?' Kenny said he did not know why this article had attracted Senator Babet's attention and called it an 'extraordinary' thing for a Senate member to post. '(Senator Babet) was elected for a six-year term of course, so he's around for another three years in the Senate. I guess that means he's still in his prime, at least by his own reckoning,' Kenny said. 'Where do we get these people? Where have all the good Senators gone?' One Nation Leader Pauline Hanson told Kenny to 'get over it' and insisted she was not offended by the post. 'I'm just having a big chuckle to myself. I thought: 'Well, am I one of them past my prime?' Yes, in Ralph's eyes. Yes, I am. So what? So what? Get over it,' she said. 'I don't take offence to that whatsoever. Have a laugh about it." Later on the program, Kenny was joined by fellow host Danica De Giorgio who insisted women 'of all ages' are still looking for love. 'Ralph Babett clearly rates himself as some sort of big Lothario. You know, he really clearly rates (himself), he's in his prime… So I'd love to know his marital status,' she said. Kenny suggested Senator Babet's post could be a 'clever ploy' to attract lovers. 'He wants people to email his office saying that they're available and single and interested in him,' Kenny said, after telling viewers he had sent an email to the Senator but had received no response. Senator Babet followed up his X post with a comment in anticipation of how many 'feminists and beta males this post triggers'. 'It will be glorious,' he wrote. In a separate comment on the same post, Senator Babet wrote: 'Western civilisation is in free fall decline. People like this are the problem. Our civilisation will soon cease to exist.'
