SBS News In Depth

SBS News In Depth

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.

Episodes

'We didn’t just lose, we got smashed': Sussan Ley charts a new way forward for Liberals

June 25, 2025 • 4 mins
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.
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Economists tip July rate cut as inflation continues to ease

June 25, 2025 • 13 mins
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.
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Palestinians in Gaza desperate for a ceasefire

June 25, 2025 • 7 mins
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.
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Ceasefire holds, as Trump blasts both sides over breaches

June 25, 2025 • 7 mins
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.
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Australians evacuated from Israel after fragile ceasefire opens airspace

June 24, 2025 • 5 mins
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.
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INTERVIEW: Iran's ambassador to Australia speaks to SBS

June 24, 2025 • 35 mins
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 res...
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Nurturing biodiversity carries an ancient responsibility into the future

June 24, 2025 • 2 mins
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.
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ASX rallies on Iran ceasefire hope; Virgin re-boards the ASX

June 24, 2025 • 9 mins
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.
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Is there a ceasefire between Iran and Israel?

June 24, 2025 • 4 mins
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.
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Doctors' groups take temperature on appetite for health care reform

June 23, 2025 • 6 mins
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.
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UK, Ukraine sign 100 year agreement

June 23, 2025 • 6 mins
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.
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Privacy concerns loom as age verification details remain murky

June 23, 2025 • 4 mins
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.
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First Nations graduates master the next generation of business leadership

June 23, 2025 • 3 mins
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.
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Childers community marks 25th anniversary of deadly backpacker fire

June 23, 2025 • 4 mins
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 LIS...
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SBS on the Money: How the strike on Iran is impacting markets

June 23, 2025 • 15 mins
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.
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Iran warns of 'irreparable consequences' following US strikes

June 22, 2025 • 11 mins
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.
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Suicide bomb attack devastates Damascus church

June 22, 2025 • 5 mins
A suicide bombing at a Greek Orthodox church in Damascus has killed at least 20 people and wounded more than 50, shattering Sunday Mass and reigniting fears over Syria’s fragile post-Assad security. The attack, reportedly carried out by an IS militant, struck a congregation of 350 worshippers, leaving scenes of devastation and raising questions about the new government's ability to protect religious minorities.
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INTERVIEW: What will Iran do next?

June 22, 2025 • 9 mins
The world is waiting to see what Iran's response will be to the US strikes on its nuclear sites. Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi says the attacks were an "outrageous, grave, and unprecedented violation" of the U-N charter and international law. He says Iran is weighing its options for retaliation and would consider diplomacy only after carrying out its response to the US strikes on its nuclear sites. The US insists the attac...
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Sudanese-Australian refugees warn the world's largest humanitarian crisis has been forgotten

June 22, 2025 • 6 mins
Sudanese refugees who have escaped the world's largest humanitarian crisis to Australia are sharing their stories to spread awareness of suffering in their homeland. After more than two years of fighting, the conflict in Sudan has led to famine, ethnic and gender-based violence and the biggest internal displacement crisis on the planet with more than 14 million people forcibly uprooted by fighting. Humanitarian groups and members o...
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Donald Trump describes US airstrikes on Iran as a "spectacular military success"

June 22, 2025 • 4 mins
United States President Donald Trump has confirmed US strikes on three nuclear sites in Iran. In a public address, just hours after the significant escalation, the US president described the strikes as "a spectacular military success".
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