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Hear the story behind the headlines. In under ten minutes each episode, we’ll help you make sense of the news stories that matter to you from Australia and the world, with reports and interviews from the SBS News team.

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Sydney, NSW

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Hear the story behind the headlines. In under ten minutes each episode, we’ll help you make sense of the news stories that matter to you from Australia and the world, with reports and interviews from the SBS News team.

Language:

English


Episodes

SBS On the Money: COVID's lasting economic impact four years on as the ASX hits another record

3/28/2024
SBS Finance Editor Ricardo Gonçalves speaks with AMP Chief Economist Shane Oliver about the economic lasting impacts of COVID four years after the inital lockdowns began, while Citi's Elizabeth Tian takes a look at the day on the market, including another record high.

Duration:00:11:26

Remains found, as US counts the cost of Baltimore bridge accident

3/27/2024
The remains of two out of six construction workers who were presumed dead after the collapse of a major bridge in the eastern US city of Baltimore have been found.

Duration:00:05:43

Ukraine secures spot in Euro 2024 Football competition

3/27/2024
People in Ukraine have celebrated their country's 2-1 win over Iceland that secured them one of the final entry tickets into the Euro 2024. Their qualification is seen as a small opportunity to lift the spirits of a nation that has been torn by war since Russia's invasion in early 2022.

Duration:00:03:42

Hezbollah and Israel exchange missile attacks

3/27/2024
Eight people have been killed in exchanging air strikes between Israel and Hezbollah. Meanwhile, a United Nations official says she is receiving threats following the release of a report accusing Israel of committing genocide in Gaza.

Duration:00:04:41

INTERVIEW: Civil Engineer David Knight on why the Baltimore Bridge collapsed so quickly

3/27/2024
Structural engineers around the world are waiting to discover the results of an investigation into how a boat collided with a suspended bridge which crumbled and collapsed within minutes. The container ship rammed into a major bridge in Baltimore, causing it to snap and plunge into the river below. So what caused the bridge to collapse so suddenly? David Knight is a structural and civil engineer who designs bridges, as well as being a specialist advisor to the UK's Institution of Civil Engineers.

Duration:00:03:40

Rising chocolate prices bite as Easter approaches

3/27/2024
With the Easter season fast approaching, Australians are being warned that the price of chocolate is rising. That's because the key ingredient used to make it - cocoa - has surged to record levels, trading at more than AU$15,400 a tonne due to a poor harvest season in Africa.

Duration:00:04:12

Coroner hands down report on Australia's Black Summer bushfire season

3/27/2024
The NSW coroner has completed an inquiry into Australia's 2019-20 bushfire season, recommending changes in alert systems, the use of aircraft and climate risk assessments.

Duration:00:04:13

Labor's controversial deportation bill blocked and referred to an inquiry

3/27/2024
The federal government’s attempt to rapidly push through a draft bill that would make it easier to deport those in immigration detention has been met with opposition in the Senate.

Duration:00:05:55

SBS On the Money: Inflation steadies but chocolate prices rising

3/27/2024
Inflation is steady but chocolate prices rise ahead of Easter. SBS Finance Editor Ricardo Gonçalves speaks with Madeline Dunk from ANZ and Grady Wulff from Bell Direct about what today's official inflation report says about the future direction of consumer prices and interest rates, while Rhayna Bosch talks about chocolate with Pia Piggott from Rabobank about the implications of record high cocoa prices.

Duration:00:14:54

INTERVIEW: Who are the suspects behind the Moscow attack - and what is the ISK group?

3/27/2024
A former US diplomat and now an analyst on East and South Asia, David Sedney, explains the role of the IS group in the Moscow attack and what we know about the suspects.

Duration:00:06:28

How secret should our government's secrets be?

3/26/2024
Australia's most serious secrecy offences are under review. The country's national security legislation watchdog is considering whether current laws are having a chilling effect on whistleblowers and journalists.

Duration:00:07:32

In just a few seconds, an out-of-control ship destroyed Baltimore's iconic Francis Scott Key bridge

3/26/2024
A major bridge in the United States city of Baltimore has collapsed after being struck by a cargo ship that lost power and rammed it. The incident sent a number of vehicles in the harbour below, leaving six people missing and presumed dead. US President Joe Biden has pledged that the federal government will pay the full cost of rebuilding the bridge.

Duration:00:04:07

Assange supporters welcome chance to appeal but say court decision is 'flawed'

3/26/2024
Julian Assange's lawyer says a British High Court decision to delay his extradition to the United States shows the original US request is "flawed". The High Court in London has ruled that Mr Assange will not be immediately extradited to the US and has a "real prospect" of successfully appealing against the order on a number of grounds.

Duration:00:04:38

Israeli protesters say Benjamin Netanyahu's criticism of the US is 'dangerous'

3/26/2024
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is facing growing criticism from within his own country, following the deteriorating relations between Israel and the US. It comes as US officials explained their decision to abstain from a resolution vote made by the United Nations Security Council calling for a ceasefire in Gaza.

Duration:00:06:25

INTERVIEW: Yusuf Zahab was taken from Australia as a boy to live under IS in Syria; now he wants to come home

3/26/2024
A western Sydney schoolboy was taken to Syria with his family to live under IS in 2015. After the fall of the self-declared caliphate, he was swept up into the adult Kurdish prison system and feared dead. Now, from an undisclosed military location in a Kurdish-controlled part of northeast Syria, Yusuf Zahab has spoken exclusively to SBS Dateline's Colin Cosier. You can watch the full story on Dateline at SBS On Demand

Duration:00:22:35

Thousands trapped for years in a 'fast-track' visa system

3/26/2024
There are about 9,000 asylum seekers who arrived in Australia over a decade ago and who remain caught in a Coalition-era system designed to 'fast-track' their claims. Thousands of them were children when they first came to Australia; they're now young adults with restrictive six-month bridging visas, living with the fear they could be deported from the country they now call home. A group of crossbenchers and refugee advocates is demanding the Immigration Minister end the decade-long delay and offer these migrants permanent status.

Duration:00:04:34

President Putin continues to hint at Ukrainian involvement in terrorist attack

3/25/2024
Russia's chief investigators says the death toll of last week's Crocus concert hall attack in Moscow has risen to at least 139 people. President Vladimir Putin says the attackers were 'radical Islamists'.

Duration:00:06:43

Israel angry at UN ceasefire resolution, the strongest stance on the conflict so far

3/25/2024
Israel has cancelled a visit to Washington after the United States abstained from voting on a resolution for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza. The resolution, supported by all other Security Council members, is the strongest - and most unified - international stance on the conflict since October 7th. But with Israel saying it will push ahead, and people in Gaza facing imminent famine amid slowing aid, it remains uncertain what difference it will make for Palestinians in the enclave.

Duration:00:06:24

New rules lowered prescription opioid use - but where does that leave those in pain?

3/25/2024
In Australia, the misuse of prescription opioids has been a longstanding problem. At one point the nation recorded the world's ninth highest per capita consumption in the world. But changes to prescribing rules in 2020 appear to have been effective in reducing their use.

Duration:00:05:32

Victoria’s truth-telling commission holds ceremonial hearing on Gunditjmara Country

3/25/2024
Victoria’s truth-telling commission has held a ceremonial hearing on Gunditjmara Country as it begins inquiries into historic injustices related to land, skies, and waters. The Yoorrook Justice Commission travelled to the site where colonisation in the state began, hearing evidence of theft and massacres from local Elders and Traditional Owners.

Duration:00:04:19