Episodes
The Federal Government has announced $18 million in funding towards collaborative space projects between Australia and India. The investment will allow Australian-based companies to build commercial links with India, which has one of the world's fastest-growing space economies.
Published 04/30/24
New data reveals despite a drop in national homicide rates, the number of women killed by an intimate partner in Australia has increased nearly 30 per cent in the last financial year. The Homicide in Australia report has been released, after a week of rallies around the country calling for an end to violence against women.
Published 04/30/24
Discount carrier Bonza has cancelled services as it discusses its future. Hear from Aviation Analyst Geoff Thomas for his take on Australia's aviation sector, plus Elis McKay from Pendal Group discusses the day's market action, including the latest slump in retail sales.
Published 04/30/24
International pressure is mounting on Hamas to accept a proposal by Israel which would allow for a 40-day ceasefire. In the United States, pro-Palestinian protestors at university campuses are facing suspension for failing to disband from a two-week encampment.
Published 04/30/24
SBS speaks to writer and broadcaster Benjamin Law, known for co-creating the TV show Wellmania, and authoring books like The Family Law and Gaysia. Law was featured in Episode Two of Who We Are on the topic of media representation. Here is the extended version of that conversation from 2023.
Published 04/29/24
In this bulletin, growing calls for a sustained approach to the domestic violence crisis; Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan appears before Indigenous truth-telling inquiry; and in football, Ange Postecoglou says referees are overly reliant on new technologies.
Published 04/29/24
SBS Finance Editor Ricardo Gonçalves speaks with Kyle Rodda from Capital.com for his take on the day on the markets, including BHP's rejected bid for Anglo American and the sharp decline in Japan's Yen. Plus, Stephanie Tonkin from the Consumer Action Law Centre.
Published 04/29/24
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission says older Australians, as well as those from culturally and linguistically diverse communities, are among those most at risk.
Published 04/29/24
One of Australia's most iconic and cuddly creatures is being given a greater chance of survival, with new funding announced for a major conservation hospital in south-west Sydney. There to witness the announcement were two of the hospital's former patients, who were released back into the wild.
Published 04/29/24
A Hamas delegation will discuss a ceasefire proposal handed to mediators from Qatar and Egypt, as well as Israel’s response, during a visit to Cairo. Meanwhile, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas says only the United States could stop Israel from attacking Rafah.
Published 04/29/24
Patients at high risk of their breast cancer returning will soon have access to a treatment that could prevent just that. For some a re-diagnosis is their biggest fear, which is why improved access to a key drug is considered an important step.
Published 04/28/24
South Africa is marking the 30th anniversary since its first democratic elections in which all South Africans could vote. But as another election looms and many South Africans are struggling to make ends meet, questions are being raised about how far the country has progressed since the 1994 vote.
Published 04/28/24
Russia is the most sanctioned country in the world, with a number of countries, including Australia, rolling out restrictions against some individuals and entities in an effort to curb Russian President Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine. But recent challenges to Australia’s autonomous sanctions regime has experts calling for more enforceable sanctions.
Published 04/27/24
New research from Monash University has identified the Australian Local Government Areas with the highest rates of cardiac arrest and lowest rates of bystander CPR. Experts say it calls for a targeted educational approach, as survival is doubled when C-P-R is given by bystanders.
Published 04/27/24
Reconciliation Australia and the University of New South Wales have produced a new collaborative report called 'Coming to Terms with the Past', which identifies the barriers and enablers to truth-telling and the strategies to promote historical acceptance. Uncle Garry Matthews is a proud older Gadigal man who has been advocating for truth-telling for decades. He has spoken with Youssef Saudie.
Published 04/27/24
The federal government has announced plans for a national firearms register, almost three decades on from the Port Arthur massacre that saw the country's gun laws drastically changed. Some $160 million will be spent across four years on the measure, which Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus says will increase community and police safety even further.
Published 04/27/24
There are growing calls for tougher action from state and federal governments on what's been described as a 'national emergency' of domestic and gender-based violence. Rallies have been held around the country following two more deaths this week - allegedly perpetrated by men known to the victims.
Published 04/27/24
Hasrat Gill is perhaps cricket's next big talent. She's smashing stereotypes in the game, both here and within her family back home.
Published 04/26/24
Getting a job after a stint in prison isn’t easy - just ask any of the ex-offenders hired by Fruit2Work. The innovative project delivers fruit, milk and pantry items to businesses in two Australian states, and aims to go national. But this project is about a lot more than delivering food.
Published 04/26/24
The family and friends of the security guard who was killed during the Bondi Junction mass stabbing have come together to say goodbye. The Prime Minister, New South Wales Premier, and leaders of the Ahmadiyya Muslim community were also present, hailing Faraz Tahir as a national hero.
Published 04/26/24
The deaths of 28 pilot whales in a mass stranding event on a Western Australian beach is the second such event in under a year. There was a similar stranding at Cheynes Beach in Albany in July 2023, where at least 90 of the mammals died. Several theories have been put forward as to why this might be happening, but the true cause remains a mystery.
Published 04/26/24
A memorial service has been held at the Washington National Cathedral to honour seven World Central Kitchen aid workers killed earlier this month by Israeli airstrikes. It comes as a United Nations Special Rapporteur has called for an arms and oil embargo on Israel.
Published 04/26/24
The past week has seen a surge of violence in the West Bank; much of it involving Jewish settlers. Groups monitoring settlement activity there say Israel has appropriated record amounts of land this year, as the war in Gaza rages.
Published 04/26/24
The rape conviction of former Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein has been overturned by New York 's highest court. It's reopened a painful chapter in America’s reckoning with sexual misconduct by powerful figures — an era that began in 2017 and helped launch the #MeToo movement.
Published 04/26/24
Scores of people have come together for ceremonies marking this year's Anzac Day. Ceremonies have been held locally and across the world to honour the Australian and New Zealand soldiers who gave their lives during the Gallipoli campaign in World War I, as well as those who continue to serve until this day.
Published 04/25/24