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  • INTERVIEW: Brain health focus from 20s and 30s 'critical' in preventing dementia

    INTERVIEW: Brain health focus from 20s and 30s 'critical' in preventing dementia
    Mar 14 2026
    With dementia now confirmed as the leading cause of death in Australia, advocates are calling on the federal government to fund a public health campaign to promote brain health. The CEO of Dementia Australia, professor Tanya Buchanan, speaks to Blake Quinn about what the data is showing and what Australians should be doing to reduce the risk of getting the brain condition.
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    7 min
  • INTERVIEW: Bondi hero Ahmed al Ahmed

    INTERVIEW: Bondi hero Ahmed al Ahmed
    Mar 13 2026
    It's been almost three months since one of the deadliest mass shootings in Australia's recent history... when 15 people were killed at Sydney's Bondi Beach. 43-year-old Syrian-born Australian tobacco shop owner Ahmed Al- Ahmed tackled and disarmed one of the gunmen, a moment caputred on a video which went viral around the world. He describes the incident as 'painful'. He was shot multiple times while tackling the attacker, undergoing surgery for his injuries. He spoke to SBS Arabic's Dima Alkaed about what happened that day... and his plans moving forward.
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    11 min
  • INTERVIEW: Petrol spike adds to taxi industry costs burden – could fares go up?

    INTERVIEW: Petrol spike adds to taxi industry costs burden – could fares go up?
    Mar 12 2026
    The war in Iran has seen high petrol prices translate to higher fuel prices at service stations across the country. The federal government is urging Australian motorists to not panic buy following reports of some stations running out of fuel, while others introduce rations. The effects are being felt in many industries – from airlines and fishers to truck and taxi drivers. Stephanie Youssef spoke with Australian Taxi Industry Association CEO Blair Davies about how the added costs and uncertainty is impacting the already pressured industry
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    15 min
  • INTERVIEW: Facing the might of America's military, what will Iraq do next?

    INTERVIEW: Facing the might of America's military, what will Iraq do next?
    Mar 10 2026
    Iran has been retaliating since coming under United States and Israeli bombardment more than a week ago, launching strikes against Israel and Gulf states allied with the US that host American military bases. Experts are describing Iran's actions as a bid for "regime survival". Dr Jessica Genauer [[{hard g} GEN-our]], an associate professor in international relations at Flinders University, said the conflict can be described as "asymmetric". She's been talking to SBS's Cameron Carr.
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    10 min
  • INTERVIEW: Indigenous Australians Minister on the parliamentary inquiry into racism

    INTERVIEW: Indigenous Australians Minister on the parliamentary inquiry into racism
    Mar 5 2026
    A federal parliamentary inquiry has opened into racism in Australia, with advocates calling for the probe to be not 'another exercise in diagnosis'. The Australian Human Rights Commission says the government already knows what needs to change, and the inquiry must turn that knowledge into action, with timelines and accountability. Meanwhile the federal Minister for Indigenous Australians Malandirri McCarthy is encouraging big social media platforms to make submissions to the inquiry. She's told NITV some Indigenous people are feeling scared after a string of reports of racist attacks in public. She's talking here to NITV's John Paul Janke
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    15 min
  • INTERVIEW: Is Australia providing intelligence for the US-Israel attacks on Iran?

    INTERVIEW: Is Australia providing intelligence for the US-Israel attacks on Iran?
    Mar 4 2026
    A former intelligence officer who resigned over the Iraq War has told SBS it's indisputable that Australian intelligence is being used by Israel and the United States in their war against Iran. Referring partly to Pine Gap, the secret US-Australian intelligence base near Alice Springs, Independent Andrew Wilkie is demanding the parliament be able to scrutinise any Australian involvement in what he claims are a series of illegal strikes by western allies. Israel's top Canberra diplomat says the strikes were in self defence and complied with international law. Andrew Wilkie is talking to SBS Chief Political Correspondent Anna Henderson.
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    9 min
  • INTERVIEW: Penny Wong on Australia's involvement in the Iran conflict

    INTERVIEW: Penny Wong on Australia's involvement in the Iran conflict
    Mar 4 2026
    Australia’s Foreign Affairs Minister Penny Wong has sat down with Federal Politics reporter Anna Henderson, where she was pressed on Canberra’s position and whether Australia has any involvement in the escalating global conflict following the recent attacks on Iran. The Minister addressed questions about the legal justification for the strikes, Australia’s role, and national security concerns as tensions continue to reverberate beyond the Middle East.
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    7 min
  • INTERVIEW: How legal is the US/Israeli action in Iran?

    INTERVIEW: How legal is the US/Israeli action in Iran?
    Mar 3 2026
    As US President Donald Trump warns of a big wave of further attacks on Iran, the UN Security Council is under pressure to act over the US and Israel's strikes. Iran's U-N ambassador, Amir Saeid Iravani says the strikes on the weekend were unlawful - a position shared by many international law experts globally. So what are the facts? Dr Tamer Morris is a senior lecturer at the University of Sydney, and he's speaking with SBS reporter Rayane Tamer, who asked him what international law says about the Israeli/US strikes on Iran.
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    7 min