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2024-11-18

  Cash to stay king for groceries, medicines and petrol

Businesses across Australia will be mandated to accept cash from customers for essential items to support those who prefer the increasingly disused method. About 1.5 million people in Australia are believed to use cash to make more than 80 per cent of ...
2024-11-18

  Concerns as US approves Ukraine's use of long-range missiles on targets in Russia

The decision signals a major policy shift for the US. It comes amid escalating tensions, with Russia launching its largest wave of airstrikes in months, killing civilians and severely damaging Ukraine’s infrastructure.
2024-11-17

  Australia, Japan and United States announce military exercises in Darwin

Japan will begin regular training with US Marines in Northern Australia, in a show of force against Chinese influence in the Indo-Pacific. The announcement was made after Defence Minister Richard Marles met with US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin and Ja...
2024-11-17

  Rescue workers killed in Lebanon as Israeli strikes continue

Settler violence escalates in the occupied West Bank as Israeli forces kill dozens in Gaza and Lebanon. And relatives of Israeli hostages urge world leaders to make a deal.
2024-11-16

  Not so merry and bright: Myer cancels Christmas launch event due to planned protest

Today was meant to be when Myer unveiled its iconic Christmas window display in Melbourne. But it was also going to be when a pro-Palestine group staged a protest at the formal opening, prompting Myer to cancel the formal ceremony.
2024-11-16

  COP summit 'no longer fit for purpose' say leading climate experts

The COP Climate Summit has been branded "no longer fit for purpose" in an open letter to the United Nations. The letter, signed by a series of former diplomats and leading climate experts, calls for urgent reforms to the annual summit as progress towar...
2024-11-15

  INTERVIEW: SBS speaks to Maryam Zahid, an Afghan refugee working to uplift women in her community

Maryam Zahid first fled to Australia as a refugee from Afghanistan 26 years ago. Since then, she's been an advocate for women in her community being able to live freely and openly in their new home of Australia through her organisation Afghan Women on ...
2024-11-15

  Wendy’s team repairs broken goods, helping to solve a $13 billion problem

Experts warn Australia is becoming a dumping ground for up to $13 billion worth of household electrical equipment imported each year. Much of it cannot be easily repaired, if it breaks down. A grassroots movement is working to change that.
2024-11-15

  Labor announces plan to limit political donations and campaign spending

Politicians will face spending caps for the first time under significant changes to political donation and spending laws to be introduced to Parliament next week. Labor has branded the move a once in a generation reform, but crossbench politicians say ...
2024-11-15

  SBS On the Money: Australians less anxious about their finances & investors eye AGMs

NAB's Wellbeing Index has improved as more people become less anxious about their finances, but as NAB's Dean Pearson tells SBS Finance Editor Ricardo Gonçalves, they've had to change their behaviours as a result; plus the day on the sharemarket with D...