Episodi

  • Australia's 'most liveable' city is now the cheapest to rent houses

    Australia's 'most liveable' city is now the cheapest to rent houses
    Jan 17 2026
    The housing crisis has seen people finding it increasingly hard to rent or buy a house in Australia's capital cities. But while most of the country has seen prices going up there's one place where prices have gone down - and that's Melbourne, where rental prices have gone down almost two percent year on year. SBS's Cameron Carr spoke to Dr Nicola Powell from Domain, to find out what's driving down prices.
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    8 min
  • INTERVIEW: Loneliness - the hidden health danger

    INTERVIEW: Loneliness - the hidden health danger
    Jan 16 2026
    A lot of people already identify or know the problems from smoking and what it can do for your health, but not a lot of people understand that loneliness or social isolation carries around the same health risks of smoking up to 15 cigarettes a day. Tyler Prochnow is an assistant professor at Texas A&M at their School of Public Health and an expert in social connectedness, physical activity and mental health.
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    7 min
  • INTERVIEW: How is the social media ban working and is it an effective measure?

    INTERVIEW: How is the social media ban working and is it an effective measure?
    Jan 16 2026
    It's been just over a month since the government enacted its world-first social media ban for those aged under 16 years old. The government says they have deactivated, removed or restricted 4.7 million accounts so far. But what does this figure mean, and is an outright ban the most effective method for mitigating young people's exposure to harmful content online? In this episode of Weekend One on One Catriona Stirrat speaks to Nicholas Carah - Director of the Center for Digital Cultures and Societies at the University of Queensland.
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    17 min
  • Why are women worried about their financial future?

    Why are women worried about their financial future?
    Jan 16 2026
    There's a stark gender divide in retirement confidence, with new research from AMP revealing only two in five Australian women feel secure about their financial future, compared to three in five men. The gap is widest among single and divorced women in their 40s, who are often juggling work, children and ageing parents. For more, Stephanie Youssef spoke with AMP’s Director of Growth and Customer Solutions, Julie Slapp.
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    17 min
  • INTERVIEW: Dr Patsie Frawley on promoting intimacy rights for people with disabilities

    INTERVIEW: Dr Patsie Frawley on promoting intimacy rights for people with disabilities
    Jan 4 2026
    Associate Professor Patsie Frawley researches sexuality rights as well as violence and abuse prevention in the lives of people with disabilities.
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    13 min
  • INTERVIEW: Can early education make your children happy adults?

    INTERVIEW: Can early education make your children happy adults?
    Dec 20 2025
    Jessica Joelle Alexander is a parenting expert, author and cultural researcher, with a specific expertise in the Danish parenting approach. Alexander is also the co-founder of 'Raising Digital Citizens', which aims to support families to have conversations around values in the online space. Denmark has been ranked among the 'happiest' countries in the world for more than a decade and a big part of this ranking has been linked to learning empathy from a young age. Her books and research explores this concept - and how parents can foster compassion, resilience, emotional-intelligence and human connection from an early age.
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    13 min
  • INTERVIEW: ACCC’s new warning about the dangers of AI for consumers

    INTERVIEW: ACCC’s new warning about the dangers of AI for consumers
    Dec 19 2025
    As artificial intelligence rapidly becomes a part of everyday life for Australians, the ACCC is warning the technology also brings growing risks. In its AI industry snapshot, the consumer watchdog says AI is being used to fuel fake reviews, ghost websites and increasingly sophisticated online scams, making them harder to detect – and warns the rapid expansion of AI-enabled products and services could pose potential harms to consumers and competition if left unchecked. SBS's Stephanie Youssef spoke with ACCC Chair Gina Cass-Gottlieb about whether AI is creating a new generation of digital monopolies and why it's calling for stronger monitoring powers to keep pace with the evolving industry.
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    17 min
  • INTERVIEW: What needs to be done about our gun laws?

    INTERVIEW: What needs to be done about our gun laws?
    Dec 15 2025
    The Bondi Beach shooting has seen state, territory and federal politicians agree that Australia's already stringent gun laws need to be reviewed and strengthened. The National Firearms Agreement was introduced after the 1996 Port Arthur massacre to standardise rules about who could own a gun - and why. But experts on firearms legislation say some holes in the rules have become apparent. In New South Wales, applications to have a firearms licence are handled by the Gun Registry - which came under intense scrutiny after a tragic murder suicide in 2018, when an estranged father, John Edwards, fatally shot his teenage children. He had a history of domestic violence which hadn't been flagged to the Gun Registry. Not all the changes recommended after the Edwards inquest have been implemented. Deborah Groarke spoke to Maya Arguello who's a law and criminology expert at the Swinburne University of Technology.
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    12 min