
SBS News In Depth
SBS (Australia)
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.
Location:
Sydney, NSW
Networks:
SBS (Australia)
Description:
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
Website:
http://www.sbs.com.au/news/
Episodes
Australia remains firm on defence spending targets despite US pressure
6/26/2025
Australia is standing firm on not raising defence spending to the levels demanded by the United States government, despite NATO countries agreeing to do so at their meeting in the Netherlands.
Duration:00:05:43
US dollar weakness the talk of traders & how your super compares
6/26/2025
SBS Finance Editor Ricardo Gonçalves speaks with Chris Weston from Pepperstone about the day's market action including why US dollar weakness is the talk of traders, plus James Koval from ASFA looks at what the banking and financial regulator has released some detail super fund performance details and checks in to see how your super balance compares.
Duration:00:18:00
Jailing is failing: conference calls for re-think of youth crime crackdown
6/26/2025
All over the country, there are concerns about rising rates of youth crime. At the same time, advocates are concerned about the rate of incarceration for First Nations people, fearing some communities are being criminalised and over-policed. Advocates say Australia is not on track to meeting Closing the Gap targets on imprisonment - and in fact, things are only getting worse for young offenders. In this episode of the Too Hard Basket, we take a look at recent law and order crackdowns - and their impact on First Nations young people.
Duration:00:15:50
NATO allies raise defence spending at summit dominated by Donald Trump
6/25/2025
NATO countries have agreed to hike defence spending to five per cent of GDP. Australia will also send defence personnel to Europe in support of Ukraine.
Duration:00:05:05
'We didn’t just lose, we got smashed': Sussan Ley charts a new way forward for Liberals
6/25/2025
The federal Opposition Leader has used an address at the National Press Club to paint her leadership as a departure from Peter Dutton, outlining her plans to rebuild the Liberal Party and draw more women to run for the party. She's also made a deeply personal admission about her own experience of coercion and control, as she vows to use her position to address domestic violence.
Duration:00:04:00
Economists tip July rate cut as inflation continues to ease
6/25/2025
SBS Finance Editor Ricardo Gonçalves speaks with Harry Murphy Cruise from Oxford Economics about what's driving inflation lower and what it means for interest rates while Michael McCarthy from moomoo takes a look at the day on the sharemarket including Virgin Australia's second day on the ASX and another record for the Commonwealth Bank.
Duration:00:13:13
Palestinians in Gaza desperate for a ceasefire
6/25/2025
Israel's military says its focus will shift back to Gaza, after the announcement of a ceasefire between Iran and Israel. Witnesses say Israeli troops have opened fire outside an aid delivery site, resulting in at least 46 deaths of Gazans - adding to the 410 deaths that have happened outside such aid sites since a private-run group took over aid distribution in late May.
Duration:00:07:04
Ceasefire holds, as Trump blasts both sides over breaches
6/25/2025
A fragile US-brokered ceasefire between Iran and Israel is holding after nearly two weeks of airstrikes and missile attacks. Both sides claim victory, but tensions remain high, with mutual accusations, disputed damage reports, and signs the conflict could easily reignite.
Duration:00:07:26
Australians evacuated from Israel after fragile ceasefire opens airspace
6/24/2025
A Royal Australian Air Force jet carrying more than 100 Australian citizens trying to escape the conflict in the Middle East has flown out of a major Israeli city after the airspace was opened. But Foreign Minister Penny Wong said assisted departure flights from Iran are still not possible. The evacuations follow a tense week in which Australia backed US strikes on Iran nuclear sites, ahead of a tentative ceasefire.
Duration:00:05:55
INTERVIEW: Iran's ambassador to Australia speaks to SBS
6/24/2025
In a wide-ranging interview with SBS News, Tehran's top diplomat in Canberra referred to US strikes on three Iranian nuclear facilities as "unprovoked and against international law". Ahmad Sadeghi says Australians who remain stranded in Iran are being provided with a way to transit to the Azerbaijan border, where they are getting consular support. He's told SBS Chief Political Correspondent Anna Henderson that Iran's willing to resume diplomatic negotiations and maintains his nation is peaceful and any attempts to overthrow the Supreme Leader would be disastrous
Duration:00:35:04
Nurturing biodiversity carries an ancient responsibility into the future
6/24/2025
In the world heritage-protected Shark Bay, 800 kilometres north of Perth, a Malgana woman is working to save biodiversity. Considered one of the world's greatest wilderness treasures, she's carrying a unique responsibility passed on by Elders who've cared for the land before her.
Duration:00:02:25
ASX rallies on Iran ceasefire hope; Virgin re-boards the ASX
6/24/2025
US and Australian markets have rallied after US President Donald Trump announced a ceasefire between Israel and Iran. Plus, Virgin Australia's shares take-off after re-listing on the ASX-200. Blackmore Capital's Yu Yi spoke with Ricardo Goncalves.
Duration:00:09:57
Is there a ceasefire between Iran and Israel?
6/24/2025
Is there a ceasefire between Iran and Israel or is there not? Iranian state television is reporting a ceasefire has begun, just hours after Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi posted on social media saying Iran had no intention to continue strikes if Israel stopped its strikes by 4am local time. US President Donald Trump had earlier claimed a total ceasefire had been agreed, but it was initially disputed by Iran.
Duration:00:04:59
Doctors' groups take temperature on appetite for health care reform
6/23/2025
Leaders from around 50 medical groups have gathered in Canberra to tackle some of the thorniest issues facing Australia's heath system. The Australian Medical Association is among the organisations to attend. The AMA argues that logjams in public hospitals, rural communities struggling to access care and the shuttering of private hospitals and services shows the health of Australia's care system is waning.
Duration:00:06:36
UK, Ukraine sign 100 year agreement
6/23/2025
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is in the United Kingdom, meeting Prime Minister Keir Starmer and King Charles, while Russian missile and drone attacks have killed at least 14 people back home. The visit comes ahead of a key NATO summit where US President Donald Trump is pushing European leaders to commit to higher defence spending.
Duration:00:06:33
Privacy concerns loom as age verification details remain murky
6/23/2025
When the teen social media ban comes into force later this year, Australia will be the first country to try enforcing an increased minimum age for social media. But experts are warning that with less than six months before it starts, it's still not clear how it will work.
Duration:00:04:30
First Nations graduates master the next generation of business leadership
6/23/2025
The biggest cohort of First Nations graduates from a single degree have been celebrated at Monash University in Melbourne. The Master of Indigenous Business Leadership aims to encourage the next generation and diversify the sector.
Duration:00:03:17
Childers community marks 25th anniversary of deadly backpacker fire
6/23/2025
Twenty-five years ago, fifteen people - mostly young backpackers and fruit pickers - were killed in an arson attack on a hostel in regional Queensland. Survivors and the families of victims have returned to the small town of Childers in the state's south-east to mark the anniversary and continue to call for the perpetrator not to be released from prison. A WARNING THAT THE FOLLOWING STORY CONTAINS CONTENT THAT MAY DISTRESS SOME LISTENERS
Duration:00:04:01
SBS on the Money: How the strike on Iran is impacting markets
6/23/2025
SBS Finance Editor Ricardo Gonçalves speaks with Robert Rennie from Westpac and Raymond Chan from Morgans to find out how the US strike on Iran is impacting financial markets, commodities and in the implication for petrol prices.
Duration:00:15:37
Iran warns of 'irreparable consequences' following US strikes
6/22/2025
The United Nations Security Council and International Atomic Energy Agency are calling for diplomacy after the US joined Israel's assault on Iran. Iran has vowed to respond and says it has the right to defend itself in the face of aggression, warning there will be irreparable consequences following the strikes.
Duration:00:11:01