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Sky News host Caleb Bond says universities are going to have to “front up” to a Royal Commission about why Jewish students feel unsafe on campuses.
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Sky News host Caleb Bond says universities are going to have to “front up” to a Royal Commission about why Jewish students feel unsafe on campuses.

Sky News host James Macpherson says there are reports of Channel 7 reporter Liam Bartlett getting into a heated exchange with Tommy Robinson.

Sky News host James Macpherson says One Nation Leader Pauline Hanson “divided opinion” amongst her own supporters after meeting with Tommy Robinson.

Reform UK Councillor Darren Grimes discusses the arrest of a suspect in the tragic murder of former Conservative MP Ann Widdecombe. “Police do have a man in custody … and the detectives say that they’re actually not looking for anybody else, but they’ve also said that there’s nothing at this stage to indicate a political motive or indeed a terrorist motive,” Mr Grimes told Sky News host Rita Panahi. “I have to admit to being a bit lost here. Why would someone 270 miles away travel to a specific property which had Anne’s name within the name of the property? “It doesn’t pass the smell test for me right now.”

Sky News host Jaimee Rogers says Jewish Australians have been “failed” by the country and its universities. “Universities have long defended themselves by pointing to freedom of speech, but no student should have to wonder whether revealing their name, their religion, or their heritage will make them a target,” Ms Rogers said. “How did our universities allow this culture to develop? “Universities aren't just producing graduates; they're shaping the next generation of leaders. “If students learn that this behaviour is acceptable, then we've failed at something much bigger than campus governance. “Australia has failed our Jewish community; universities failed to protect them. “Antisemitism should be confronted with the same resolve as every other form of racism; nothing less should be acceptable in Australia, nothing less.”

Sky News Defence Analyst Peter Jennings says he was “surprised” to see the number of states Iran struck in the last 24 hours. “It seems to me what’s happened here is that Iran has crossed a threshold that it wasn’t prepared to cross in the past,” Ms Jennings told Sky News host James Morrow. “It directly attacked Israel. “It’s directly attacking not just the Gulf States and the Emirates, but other Sunni Arab States in the Middle East. “I think that is a miscalculation.”

Sky News host Caleb Bond says the Opposition has gone “all in” on artificial intelligence. Mr Bond said the Opposition declared that winning the AI race is a “national security imperative”. “We should unquestioningly make the AI race a major part of our economy because the consequences, as I say, could be catastrophic.”

Sky News Defence Analyst Peter Jennings says the Strait of Hormuz is likely “closing” after the fresh strikes despite US President Donald Trump’s claim it is staying open. “I’m not aware of much shipping going through, and that’s because shipping lines have the discretion to decide for themselves how much risk they want their tankers to take,” Mr Jennings told Sky News host James Morrow. “History tells us that the answer is very, very little. “If there is a presumption of a threat which comes about, for example, with the Iranians attacking four boats in the last 72 hours or so, you’re not going to have much in the way of big shipping moving through the Strait. “I suspect we’re going to be in that kind of situation for some time.”

Sky News contributor Kosha Gada claims US President Donald Trump is looking for an exit strategy from the conflict with Iran, but currently lacks a clear way out. “The fact that the government is very, very deep … and there are many people in the IRGC, and otherwise that believe in this fight,” Ms Gada told Sky News host Caleb Bond. “Even if you take out the head of the snake, there’s much more to come, and all of that is certainly not going very well for Trump. “He needs an exit, and just where we are right now, there doesn’t seem to be a clean one.”

Sky News host Danica De Giorgio says Tommy Robinson has a “massive following” in the UK despite his controversies.