Did Sky Australia chief Paul Whittaker direct the questions about gender recognition? Plus: Nine plugs an expired podcast

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Sky News Australia wasted no time trying to put at least one of Donald Trump’s executive orders on the local political agenda.

On Thursday a Sky News reporter asked the Victorian premier, Jacinta Allan: “US president Donald Trump this week made an executive order for the government to only recognise two genders, male and female. What’s your response to that? And how many genders do you think government should recognise?” Allan’s response to the question was: “Really?”