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  • Why government debt matters: spoiler, it’s not just Monopoly money

    Why government debt matters: spoiler, it’s not just Monopoly money
    Nov 20 2025
    We know government debt is around $1 trillion, we've heard it's bad for younger generations -- but we don't really know what any of it means. This week, Elfy and Rania chat with Professor Richard Holden from the University of New South Wales about government debt and why it matters.
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    17 min
  • Asian-Australian awards shine — and expose the ‘Bamboo Ceiling’ above

    Asian-Australian awards shine — and expose the ‘Bamboo Ceiling’ above
    Nov 20 2025
    The contributions of Asian-Australians across all levels of society have been recognised at the annual Asian-Australian Leadership Awards. This year's winners range from a year-12 graduate providing financial literacy education in developing countries, to an internationally acclaimed neurosurgeon. But the spotlight on their success has also highlighted a lack of diversity in leadership positions, known as the 'Bamboo Ceiling'.
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    5 min
  • 'Can't have it all': Australia abandons bid for COP31 climate summit

    'Can't have it all': Australia abandons bid for COP31 climate summit
    Nov 20 2025
    The federal government has abruptly abandoned its bid to host the United Nations climate conference next year, conceding Turkiye will oversee the COP31. The Pacific countries and environmental activists have criticised the federal government's failure to bring the event to Adelaide.
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    4 min
  • Nvidia goes off the charts as ASX recovers

    Nvidia goes off the charts as ASX recovers
    Nov 20 2025
    SBS Finance Editor Ricardo Gonçalves speaks with Ben Clark from TMS Private Wealth to go through AI chip giant Nvidia's record results and whether this is the turning point the market was looking for.
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    7 min
  • Trump, Epstein & the Saudi Crown Prince, and autocrat karaoke

    Trump, Epstein & the Saudi Crown Prince, and autocrat karaoke
    Nov 20 2025
    Trump wipes the slate clean of murder for Mohammed bin Salman because ‘things happen’. The Epstein files move a big step closer to being released and what it’s like reporting on the ground in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Plus, the comment that sent China-Japan relations plummeting.
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    32 min
  • Indonesia’s drowning island takes historic climate case to court

    Indonesia’s drowning island takes historic climate case to court
    Nov 19 2025
    Indonesia is home to more than 17,000 islands, but its smallest are highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. The tiny community of Pari Island is facing multiple climate-induced threats, including to its entire existence.Four people on the island are now trying to launch a landmark legal case against a European cement giant over its historic carbon emissions.
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    10 min
  • Chris Minns on hospital funding row: we can't all be wrong

    Chris Minns on hospital funding row: we can't all be wrong
    Nov 19 2025
    State premiers have come together for an urgent meeting, as tensions rise over reaching a new public hospital funding deal with the federal government. A new report from the Grattan Institute also finds Australia's hospitals are wasting more than $1 billion a year on avoidable spending.
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    4 min
  • Eyes on Nvidia & wages rise above inflation

    Eyes on Nvidia & wages rise above inflation
    Nov 19 2025
    SBS Finance Editor Ricardo Gonçalves speaks with Matt Sherwood from Perpetual about the day's market action including why Nvidia's quarterly results tomorrow may be a turning point; plus Paula Gadsby from EY goes through the latest wages data and what it means for interest rates.
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    14 min