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Sky News AU
30-06-2025
- Politics
- Sky News AU
WATCH LIVE: Prime Minister Anthony Albanese speaks to Sky News First Edition as meeting with Trump remains in limbo
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is speaking to Sky News First Edition amid concerns about his ability to secure a meeting with US President Donald Trump. Mr Albanese has been urged to meet with the US President and develop a personal relationship in order to negotiate tariffs, and the AUKUS pact. President Trump's former pollster Brent Buchanan told Sky News on Monday that US Ambassador Kevin Rudd had hindered efforts to schedule the meeting. 'I think he (Trump) doesn't like the current ambassador, and that's one of the biggest issues,' Mr Buchanan told Sky News. Mr Albanese personally appointed Mr Rudd after the former prime minister called President Trump a "political liability".
Sky News AU
15-06-2025
- Politics
- Sky News AU
Gavin Newsom ‘readying himself' for presidential bid in 2028
Sky News First Edition host Peter Stefanovic says California Governor Gavin Newsom is gearing up for 'another charge' at the US presidency in 2028. 'He has been trying to move his position more to the centre from that progressive flank of the Democrats, by having a podcast and talking to more right-wing figures and taking more conservative stances on social issues,' Mr Stefanovic said. 'I'm pretty sure he is getting himself ready for a run to possibly try and lead the Democrats.'
Sky News AU
15-06-2025
- Politics
- Sky News AU
Democrat ‘factions' questioned following fatal shooting of Minnesota politician
Sky News First Edition host Peter Stefanovic has brought up the issue of the Democratic Party's 'factions' and how they could have influenced the killing of a Minnesota lawmaker and her husband. A gunman posing as a police officer has killed a senior Democratic state assemblywoman and her husband in an apparent 'politically motivated assassination'. Another lawmaker and his spouse were also wounded in the attack, said Minnesota Governor Tim Walz and law enforcement officials.
Sky News AU
12-06-2025
- Politics
- Sky News AU
Americans ‘encouraged' to protest Trump amid LA riots
Sky News First Edition host Peter Stefanovic has discussed the riots in parts of Los Angeles, claiming Americans are being 'encouraged' to protest against US President Donald Trump. 'People are being encouraged all across the United States, not just in California, but other states as well … to protest against the Trump administration,' Mr Stefanovic told Sky News host Andrew Bolt. 'It could well be this melting pot of various story lines that take place here on the weekend, and who knows what that could lead to.'
Sky News AU
26-05-2025
- Business
- Sky News AU
‘Under the socialism umbrella': Labor torched over ‘pie in the sky' super reform
Assistant Foreign Minister Matt Thistlethwaite has been forced to defend the Albanese government's proposed superannuation reforms, which seek to tax unrealised gains and apply an additional tax on balances over $3 million. The proposed legislation will apply a 30 per cent tax rate to super balances of more than $3 million, including unrealised capital gains. Sky News First Edition host Peter Stefanovic pressed the Labor MP on the policy and said it seemed 'unreasonable' and 'totally bizarre' to tax an unrealised gain. 'Essentially, it's an equality argument. We're saying that people shouldn't be able to shift income into superannuation to avoid paying their fair share,' Mr Thistlethwaite told Sky News Australia. 'Now, if you don't tax it in that manner, then it means that people will simply shift all of their assets into property.'
