Podcast
SBS News In Depth
Episodes — page 52
Japan's "Iron Lady" Takaichi secures sweeping mandate for conservative agenda in landslide electionJapan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has won the country's election In a landslide victory, with her party expected to secure a more than two-thirds majority in the powerful lower…
Australian researchers on a mission to save millions of lives from antibiotic resistanceThe rise of antibiotic resistance is threatening millions of lives worldwide, but “unconventional” Australian research could make obsolete medications effective again. Data release…
Trump's America wants more access to your personal data. Could the Australian Government hand it over?Growing speculation over a proposal to hand Australians' personal and biometric data to the United States is raising alarm among privacy and security experts. As other countries wi…
The fight over voting: can the US electoral system be altered to favour one party?With the midterm elections due at the end of this year in the United States, Republicans and Democrats in some states are scrambling for an advantage. Republican President Donald T…
INTERVIEW: SBS talks to Mildura's mayor on managing heatwaves, and overcoming climate change scepticismThe far northwestern city of Mildura is used to hot summers. But in January, the city and surrounds sweltered through an unusual heatwave, with temperatures breaking records throug…
More Australians in jail at a higher cost; is the system working?Australia's average daily prison population is at its highest level in eight years. New data from the Productivity Commission has found more on average, around 45,000 people were l…
‘Are our loved ones alive or not?’ A distressing start to the academic year for these international studentsUniversity students in Australia, including more than 800,000 from overseas, are preparing for a new academic year. However, many from Iran are facing financial hardship while also…
Australia and Indonesia sign security pactPrime Minister Anthony Albanese has hailed a new security pact with Indonesia as a significant shift toward a closer defence partnership between the two countries. However, analyst…
ASX200's worst day since April 2025 as technology rout continuesSBS Finance Editor Ricardo Gonçalves speaks with Lochlan Halloway from Morningstar to go through all the factors that has triggered a sell-off on the sharemarket, including an ongo…
Pressure mounts on Keir Starmer to resign over Epstein scandalThe UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer is under mounting pressure, following scrutiny over his decision to appoint friend of Jeffrey Epstein Peter Mandelson as the UK's US ambassador i…
Prisoners of war exchanged, with hope of further Russia-Ukraine peace talksA second round of talks in Abu Dhabi between Ukraine, Russia and the United States have concluded without a peace deal, despite delegates citing progress towards reaching an end to…
Software sell-off continues and bitcoin tumblesSBS Finance Editor Ricardo Gonçalves speaks with Ben Clark from TMS Private Wealth about the day's market action including a software sell-off in the US which is trickling to Austr…
Coroner identifies major failings by psychiatrist who treated Bondi Junction attackerA psychiatrist who treated the Westfield Bondi Junction attacker has been referred for review by the coroner investigating the mass killing in 2024. New South Wales State Coroner T…
Debate over the new role designed to try and help Indigenous kidsA National Commissioner for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children is being established, a move hailed by advocates as a milestone for independent accountability in closing…
Democracy is under threat warns Human Rights Watch, set back to the 1980sDemocracy and the rules-based international order are under threat, according to the latest annual report by Human Rights Watch. There's a particular focus on the United States and…
The cost of cancer: new research highlights the financial toll of treatmentAlmost 99 per cent of Australians diagnosed with cancer incur out-of-pocket expenses, even when accessing public care. That's the shocking finding from the Cancer Council Australia…
Trump v Iran, the huge Epstein dump and Melania’s hundred-million-dollar doco bombThe US and Iran tussle over talks to stave off more strikes, millions more Epstein documents touch the rich and powerful the world over from Elon Musk to the Norwegian princess-roy…
Mildura has already broken heatwave records. As climate change advances, what comes next?For many in Australia's south-east, the day after Australia Day brought sweltering conditions and record temperatures. In Mildura, in Victoria's far northwest, the mercury hit 48.6…
What's really driving inflation — and why software shares are getting crushedSBS Finance Editor Ricardo Gonçalves speaks with Shane Oliver from AMP to figure out the real drivers of inflation; plus Damien Boey from Wilson Asset Management about the day's sh…
'Absolutely abhorrent': Posters of accused Bondi shooter appear in MelbourneVictoria Police are investigating the display of posters across Melbourne that depict the alleged Bondi gunman Naveed Akram. About 40 have appeared. featuring the image of the accu…
