SBS News In Depth

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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.

  • 15 minutes 49 seconds
    On The Money: why some food prices might stay high, & the ASX hits a record
    This week's inflation report showed food costs are easing, but experts say some categories will stay high. SBS Finance Editor Ricardo Gonçalves speaks with Stefan Vogel from RaboResearch to find out, plus David Scutt from StoneX goes through the day on the sharemarket.
    31 January 2025, 6:24 am
  • 6 minutes 24 seconds
    Psychiatric patients wait up to 88 hours in emergency in New South Wales, amid fears of system collapse
    The New South Wales public mental health system is buckling under pressure, as the state grapples with mass resignations by psychiatrists. Leaked hospital records from one of Sydney's major hospital emergency departments reveal some severely distressed patients are waiting up to three-and-a-half days for care. And there are now fears the entire system is on the brink of collapse.
    31 January 2025, 2:51 am
  • 6 minutes 4 seconds
    Washington air disaster: what went wrong?
    An investigation is underway into what caused the deadliest aviation disaster in the United States in almost a quarter century. No survivors are expected from the midair collision between an Army helicopter and an American Airlines flight.
    31 January 2025, 2:34 am
  • 3 minutes 22 seconds
    The giant glacier threatening to raise sea levels
    The Denman glacier in East Antarctica is one of the largest and fastest melting glaciers on the continent, and yet little is known about what’s causing the accelerated retreat. But over the past three years Australian scientists have collected tonnes of rock and ice-core samples from the largely untouched region. It's hoped their research will contribute to much greater understanding of what's taking place.
    30 January 2025, 9:00 pm
  • 3 minutes 47 seconds
    Australians ignore government advice, travelling to Gaza to try and find missing loved ones
    More than 50,000 displaced Palestinian residents have returned to northern Gaza, after Israel opened a corridor into the Strip. Some Australians with missing family are preparing to travel to the region to search for their loved ones, despite official advice not to travel there.
    30 January 2025, 7:52 am
  • 7 minutes 49 seconds
    February interest rate cut calls strengthen as ASX hits a record
    Each of the big four bank are now predicting the Reserve Bank will cut official interset rates for the first time since November 2020, so SBS Finance Editor Ricardo Gonçalves speaks with NAB Chief Economist Alan Oster to find out more. Plus, Ben Clark from TMS Capital goes through the day's market action as the ASX200 hits another record.
    30 January 2025, 6:10 am
  • 4 minutes 39 seconds
    Owner of caravan packed with explosives for alleged potential antisemitic attack in custody
    The owner of a caravan packed with explosives for a potential anti-Semitic terror plot is in custody. The caravan was found by a resident on January the 19th and reported to authorities, sparking a massive multi-police agency investigation.
    30 January 2025, 5:55 am
  • 3 minutes 43 seconds
    The four lifestyle changes that could delay the onset of dementia
    Making lifestyle changes in four key areas could delay the onset of dementia. That's according to the results of a world-first Australian trial, the largest internet-based trial in this space. With some 420-thousand Australians living with dementia, researchers say their interventions should be scaled up and rolled out to the wider population.
    30 January 2025, 3:04 am
  • 7 minutes 4 seconds
    A legal setback for President Trump's federal funding freeze
    In a major reversal, The Trump administration has withdrawn a memo ordering a freeze on trillions of dollars in federal funding, following a widespread backlash. In another surprise announcement, President Donald Trump also announced an expansion of a crackdown on undocumented immigrant workers, saying he will send 30,000 to a mass detention centre in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
    30 January 2025, 2:19 am
  • 13 minutes 12 seconds
    INTERVIEW: Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert
    Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has been one of the loudest critics of Benjamin Netanyahu's handling of the War in Gaza... but he also has tough words for the Albanese Government. In this One-on-one episode he's been speaking to our SBS Chief International Correspondent Ben Lewis.
    30 January 2025, 12:29 am
  • 2 minutes 32 seconds
    Overcrowding takes a toll on staff and inmates in NT prisons
    The Northern Territory's soaring prison population has broken a grim new record. More than four and half thousand people are now crammed into prisons and police watch-houses. Police and justice advocates say chronic over-crowding and extended lock downs are taking a toll a toll on officers and inmates alike.
    29 January 2025, 10:36 pm
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