Bryant Hevesi

5 days ago | skynews.com.au | Bryant Hevesi |David Wu

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has insisted he is not getting ahead of himself amid Labor figures growing increasingly optimistic of another majority government. Mr Albanese was asked at a press conference on Saturday whether he was becoming confident about his election fortunes amid positive polling for the government. "Not at all. And everyone knows what happened in 2019, where the bookies paid out a few days before the election and that was pretty unwise," the Prime Minister said.

5 days ago | skynews.com.au | Bryant Hevesi

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has described the discovery of a woman's severely burnt body after a violent kidnapping in Sydney's south-west as "horrific". A 45-year-old woman was assaulted and forced from her home on Thursday night by armed intruders who also bashed her eight-year-old son around the head with a baseball bat. The mother was then driven from the Bankstown property about 10.30pm by the gun-wielding intruders as her eight and 15-year-old sons were left behind at the scene.

6 days ago | skynews.com.au | Bryant Hevesi |Patrick Staveley

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has been urged to show more "passion" in the Federal Election campaign by a former Liberal MP after a veteran of the Labor Party boasted Prime Minister Anthony Albanese was heading for another majority government. Former Liberal Speaker of the House Bronwyn Bishop said on Friday that Mr Dutton needed to sharpen his sales pitch to voters with just two weeks to go until polling day.

6 days ago | skynews.com.au | Bryant Hevesi |Gemma Crotty

Neighbours of a woman who was violently kidnapped from her home in Sydney's south-west say they heard "blood-curdling" screams coming from the property at the time. Armed intruders stormed the 45-year-old woman's Edward Street, Bankstown residence about 10.30pm on Thursday as she was at home with her two sons. An eight-year-old boy was bashed around the head with a baseball bat, while his mother was seriously assaulted by the male intruders who also produced a firearm.

1 week ago | skynews.com.au | Bryant Hevesi

Flights from the Gold Coast to Bali are being offered for less than $200 as Jetstar goes head-to-head with Virgin Australia on the route.  Jetstar announced on Thursday that it will start flying between the Queensland city and the Indonesian island from August 1. There will be three Airbus A320neo flights per week from the Gold Coast to Bali through Qantas' budget offshoot - every Wednesday, Friday and Sunday.