Sky News Australia

Sky News Australia, known on air as Sky News Live (formerly Sky News National until January 18, 2015), is a round-the-clock news channel from Australia. It reaches 2.5 million homes through the Foxtel and Optus Television subscription services. In New Zealand, it can be accessed via Sky Television and Vodafone.

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Nearly 300 passengers evacuated from Delta flight after engine catches fire just before takeoff

2 days ago | skynews.com.au | Zoe Hussain

Nearly 300 passengers were forced to evacuate a Delta Air Lines flight in Florida on Monday after the engine caught fire just before takeoff. Flight 1213 was pushing back from the gate at Orlando International Airport at about 11:15 am when its engine erupted in flames on the tarmac, the airline confirmed. Photos and video showed flames erupting from the tail of the aircraft that was heading to Atlanta with 282 passengers, 10 flight attendants and two pilots onboard.
Drunk diner falls onto table and impales his head on a 38cm metal rod - but miraculously survives after 10-hour surgery

2 days ago | skynews.com.au | Anthony Blair

A diner who had too much to drink fell on a dinner table and impaled his head on a more than 15-inch-long metal rod that pierced through his mouth at a restaurant in China. The diner was eating with his co-workers when he stood up and slipped, falling onto a table, on which there was a long metal rod, South China Morning News reported. The intoxicated man, named only as Aqiang, was impaled on the rod, which went through his mouth and deep into his skull, according to the report.
Karl Stefanovic neighbours speak up on Castlecrag home

3 days ago | skynews.com.au | Rhiannon Lewin |Steve Zemek

Some neighbours of Karl Stefanovic and his wife Jasmine are happy that the couple are now shrinking the size of their multimillion-dollar redevelopment of their Sydney North Shore home. The Land and Environment Court last Wednesday approved the couple’s amended plan for their Castlecrag home, which involved slicing a floor off the project.
Anthony Albanese insists Labor is 'not getting ahead of ourselves' amid positive polling as Peter Dutton says there's still 'a lot of time' until polling day | Sky News Australia

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.
'Just horrific': Anthony Albanese's shock at violent kidnapping of Sydney mother before woman's body was found in burnt-out car

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.
Media Watch Dog: The ABC lets Labor's $600 dubious billion nuclear claim go unchallenged, as network's 'Vote Compass' skews conservative viewpoints

5 days ago | skynews.com.au | Gerard Henderson

THE ABC LEADERS DEBATE – ANTHONY ALBANESE AND PETER DUTTON DID OKAY – BUT IT WAS A SOMEWHAT BORING AFFAIR WITH NO LIVE AUDIENCE AND NO JOURNALISTIC VIEWPOINT DIVERSITYThe ABC TV News Leaders Debate on Wednesday 16 April was a somewhat boring affair. It lacked the sparkle of the Sky News People’s Forum of Tuesday 8 April. Three blokes were on the stage – Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, Opposition leader Peter Dutton and ABC presenter David Speers. Speers is a competent but somewhat dour presenter.
Bronwyn Bishop urges Peter Dutton to show more 'passion' in Federal Election campaign as Graham Richardson predicts Anthony Albanese will win another majority | Sky News Australia

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.
Bankstown resident heard 'blood-curdling' screams as 45-year-old mother was violently kidnapped before a body was found in burnt-out car in Beverly Hills | Sky News Australia

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.
Conservatives in Canada, Australia and beyond 'caught in an identity crisis' as they try to beat Liberal governments at their own game

6 days ago | skynews.com.au | Esther Krakue

The Western world is once again on the brink of an identity crisis. Between the elections in Canada and Australia, it’s becoming clear that something is shifting within conservatism. Instead of the usual old-school, stoic variety, what we’re now witnessing is a messy, populist-infused reimagining of conservatism that’s not necessarily more ideological, but certainly more colourful. If it all feels a bit chaotic, that’s because it is.
Queen Mary’s lookalike daughter Princess Josephine steals the show

1 week ago | skynews.com.au | Reilly Sullivan

Queen Mary of Denmark’s lookalike daughter Princess Josephine has stolen the spotlight at her sister Princess Isabella’s ongoing birthday celebrations. The Danish royal family have been busily attending a series of parties and public events around Denmark to mark Isabella’s formal 18th birthday celebrations. Isabella’s formal birthday commemorations also included her first public speech at the city hall in Aarhus on Friday as she prepares for future royal duties.