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Ex-NRL player alleges betting companies offered to supply illicit drugs
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- Ex-NRL player alleges betting companies offered to supply illicit drugs
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- 4:36
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
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- Free drugs, escorts, and flights to sporting events.
The curtain has dropped on the extraordinary tactics some major betting companies used to incentivise gambling addicts to continue spending millions.
The details were revealed in a Senate inquiry into proposed laws aimed at tightening rules on gambling advertisements.
Former NRL player Luke Bateman told the inquiry that betting company staff offered to provide him illicit drugs when he was in the grips of a gambling addiction.
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- Spain strengthens its borders as Ceuta death toll rises
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- 2:16
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
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- More bodies have been found along the North African coast, bringing the death toll in Ceuta to 72, according to Spanish authorities.
Morocco's interior ministry has issued its own toll, saying 11 people have died.
More than 50,000 people crossed into the Spanish enclave from Morocco in an unprecedented surge that began on 30 July.
Most of them have since returned to Morocco.
The European Union is due to hold emergency talks to discuss the migration crisis.
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- Indonesia ferry fire leaves five dead, dozens missing
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- 1:27
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
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- Five people have been confirmed dead, and another 28 are still missing, after a passenger ferry caught fire in Indonesia.
Authorities say it was travelling from Surabaya in East Java to Makassar in South Sulawesi when the blaze broke out.
SBS International Correspondent Claudia Farhart has more from Jakarta.
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- Fuel prices on the rise as excise relief ends
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- 2:05
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
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- After four months of price relief at the petrol pump, motorists are set to feel the pinch as the government’s cut to the fuel excise ends.
Treasurer Jim Chalmers has ruled out plans for any further extensions, leaving motorists and businesses to carry the cost.
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- Housing downturn accelerates | Oil falls as Trump holds fire | Yen intervention
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- 10:23
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
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- National property prices fell 0.7% in July, their fastest rate in nearly four years, as higher interest rates and unease over tax changes continue to impact buyer activity; oil prices fell sharply as Donald Trump called off planned strikes on Iran; and Japan and the US confirm a rare coordinated intervention to prop up the Japanese Yen, as the currency approached a fresh 40-year low.
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- Trump cancels planned Iran strike | Helicopter collision kills Greek firefighters battling wildfires
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- 16:25
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
- Description
- US President Donald Trump says news talks with Iran will begin tomorrow after calling off what he said would have been the biggest attack since World War Two.
He provided no details on where the talks would take place OR which parties would be involved.
But Iran's foreign ministry, this evening, says currently there are no negotiations with United States
Instead, it says, discussions are being held with Oman over the Strait of Hormuz.
00:00 Trump cancels planned Iran strike… pivoting to negotiations
03:27 Helicopter collision kills two Greek firefighters battling wildfires
06:30 Indonesian ferry fire kills five, leaving dozens unaccounted for
08:17 Israel warns White House of security risks in Hamas disarmament proposal
10:44 72 dead in Ceuta after bodies recovered from North African coast
13:31 Ukraine strikes Russian oil refinery and airfield deep inside Russia
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- Former NRL player raises concerns about betting companies' incentives during his gambling addiction
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- 2:01
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
- Description
- A former rugby league player says senior employees at a gambling company offered him illicit drugs while he was in the grips of a financially crippling gambling addiction.
Luke Bateman, 31, who was losing "tens of thousands of dollars a month" at the peak of his problem gambling, gave evidence about his personal experience at a Senate inquiry into the federal government's legislation to restrict gambling ads.
Bateman, who played in the NRL for the Canberra Raiders, revealed the depth of his gambling habits and how he overcame his addiction. He's now advocating for an end to so-called gambling inducements — incentives such as free or discounted alcohol, free credits or other perks designed to encourage gambling or playing gaming machines.
The two-day inquiry is due to hear from medical experts and welfare charities urging Labor to strengthen its proposal, while the gambling industry has argued against tougher measures.
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- NT Police officers reflect on community efforts to find Kumanjayi Little Baby
- Runtime
- 1:59
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
- Description
- WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers are advised that this video includes the name of an Indigenous person who has passed away.
Sergeant Chris Harden and search co-ordinator Karl von Minden led the search mission to find five-year-old girl Kumanjayi Little Baby, whose body was found on the outskirts of Alice Springs in April.
The little girl's name has been changed for Warlpiri cultural reasons; under Indigenous protocol, it is taboo to speak the name of someone who has died.
The Northern Territory police officers spoke for the first time with SBS Chief Political Correspondent Anna Henderson about the enormous, five-day search effort that made international headlines.
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- Palau urges Australia to do more as Pacific nations face the realities of climate change
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- 4:35
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
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- Climate change will be a pressing issue at the upcoming Pacific Islands Forum, hosted by Palau.
Its government has warned entire island communities will be lost to rising seas by the end of the century.
Palau’s Environment Minister Steven Victor has told SBS, Australia needs to contribute more to climate adaptation.
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- Trump says 'massive attack' on Iran held off after talking with Gulf leaders
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- 1:50
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
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- President Donald Trump says he will hold off a fresh attack on Iran as long as a deal can be reached quickly to halt Iran's nuclear ambitions and re-open the Strait of Hormuz.
In a social post, Trump said Iran and "other Middle Eastern countries" have asked for time to complete a deal that would lead to "the Immediate, Complete and Total" reopening of the Strait and "an end to Iran's nuclear threat".
"Based on this request, I have agreed, for the future benefit of the WORLD and, likewise, the survival of a successful and prosperous Iran, to cancel the attack, subject to being able to rapidly make a DEAL," he said in the post.
Trump's apparent de-escalation is the latest twist in the war the US and Israel launched five months ago. Attacks have spread across the Gulf to the Red Sea and even a Mediterranean facility in Egypt.
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- First Nations envoy champions Indigenous knowledge | Morning News Bulletin 3 August 2026
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- 5:53
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
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- First Nations knowledge in Australian foreign policy discussed at the Garma Festival; Two dead in firefighting helicopter crash in Greece ; And in sport, Calls for accountability after FIFA withdraws a proposal to sell stakes in the World Cup.
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- Trump ‘cancels’ fresh strikes on Iran | EU to hold urgent migration talks
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- 16:19
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
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- US President Donald Trump says he has cancelled plans for fresh strikes on Iran, subject to "rapidly" striking a deal with the country.
He said the decision had been taken alongside Israel.
00:00 US President Trump has cancelled planned attacks on Iran subject to a ‘rapid’ deal.
02:51 The EU is convening an urgent meeting to discuss the migration crisis in Ceuta, Spain
05:53 NT police officers who led efforts to find a little girl who was abducted in Alice Springs have spoken for the first time. This report contains an image and the name of an Indigenous person who has died.
11:16 Key pacific voices have applauded the Federal Government for its decision to put First Nations representatives at the centre of regional diplomacy.
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- NT Police officers reflect on the search for Kumanjayi Little Baby
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- 16:43
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
- Description
- WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers are advised that this video includes the name of an Indigenous person who has passed away.
Sergeant Chris Harden and acting sergeant Karl von Minden were among the investigators who found the body of five-year-old little girl Kumanjayi Little Baby on the outskirts of Alice Springs.
The little girl’s name has been changed for Walpiri cultural reasons; under Indigenous protocol, it is taboo to speak the name of someone who has died.
The Northern Territory police officers spoke with SBS Chief Political Correspondent Anna Henderson for the first time about the enormous five-day search effort that made international headlines.
Learn more: https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/nt-police-reflect-on-the-discovery-of-kumanjayi-little-baby/iwsdw0uu1
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- SA's Deputy Premier speaks about the state's Indigenous Voice to Parliament
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- 1:57
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
- Description
- South Australian Deputy Premier Kyam Maher said while there was still some division in parts of the community over the state's legislated Indigenous Voice to Parliament, the SA government was still committed to Truth-telling and Treaty with First Nations Australians.
"This is about something we committed seven years ago to do in South Australia, and we will take that commitment," Maher said.
Maher, speaking with NITV at Garma, said the first 18 months of establishing the Voice to South Australian Parliament have been about "setting up the framework".
Maher said the process was like "building a plane as you're flying it".
"[You're] having to put that infrastructure around something that had never happened in Australia before," he said.
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- Yolŋu MP says NT's CLP government is engaging in a 'slow genocide'
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- 1:24
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
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- Independent Northern Territory member for Mulka, Yingiya Mark Guyula, strongly criticised the NT's Country Liberal Party government over what he described as "incredibly damaging laws that have harmed Aboriginal people" during his Garma address.
He said new legislation, including changes to child protection laws passed last week, brought "trauma and damage" to Indigenous Australians.
"Each time the CLP passes these laws, they take part in a slow genocide of our people," Guyula said.
"Each law is another step on the path to killing our people and culture."
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- BONUS EPISODE: Takaichi’s Shadow Bureau
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- 10:09
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
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- Japan is launching its first foreign intelligence agency since World War II, backed by a massive $400 million budget (USD). Driven by Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, the move aims to counter escalating threats from China, North Korea, and Russia - placing Japan alongside global espionage powers like the CIA and MI6. But will this historic shift successfully deter regional aggression, or will it risk making relations worse?
Hosts: Ben Lewis, Claudia Farhart
Guest: Dr Craig Mark, Faculty of Economics at Hosei University
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- Noel Pearson reflects on the 2023 referendum in address to Garma festival
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- 1:40
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
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- Noel Pearson, an architect of the Voice to Parliament referendum, has given his first major public speech in three years at the 2026 Garma Festival, Australia's largest Indigenous cultural gathering.
"For those of us who urged faith, hope and love, there is an account to be given for the hopes raised, the faith urged and the love lost in the referendum," he said.
Nearly three years have passed since just over 60 per cent of Australians voted against enshrining an Indigenous Voice in the constitution, with every state and territory except the ACT rejecting the proposal.
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- FIFA's Gianni Infantino under the spotlight after World Cup investment plan scrapped
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- 5:07
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
- Description
- A deeper look into what the World Cup sell-off plan fall-out means for the future of FIFA ... and its president Gianni Infantino in interview with SBS football commentator David Basheer
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- Ceuta mass migrant crossing death toll rises | US considers striking Iran’s energy infrastructure
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- 15:27
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
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- The death toll from a mass crossing of migrants from Morocco to the Spanish exclave of Ceuta continues to rise.
An estimated 50 thousand people reached the tiny North African territory via land and sea, many swimming around a border fence.
Spanish authorities estimate that more than 48 thousand have now returned.
US media outlets are tonight reporting that President Donald Trump is considering launching attacks against Iranian energy infrastructure in the next few days.
00:00 Desperate migrants swamp Ceuta
03:36 US considers fresh Iran strikes
06:14 Trump touts deal to disarm Hamas
09:12 Sri Lanka death penalty over 2019 bombing
09:39 Russia launches second night of strikes on Kyiv
12:09 UN warns El Nino increasing fire risk
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- Yolŋu announcement political fallout
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- 2:04
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
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- The 13 Yolŋu clans of north-east Arnhem Land's Dilak Council will establish a new Aboriginal land council, marking one of the most significant changes to Indigenous land governance in the Northern Territory since land rights laws were introduced almost 50 years ago.
Senior Gumatj leader and Yothu Yindi Foundation chair Djawa Yunupingu announced at the Garma Festival on Saturday that the council would become the Dilak Land Council, creating a standalone body representing the region's Traditional Owners after decades under the Northern Land Council (NLC).
SBS Chief Political Correspondent Anna Henderson discussed the political fallout of the announcement on NITV News.
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- Garma 2026: Noel Pearson reflects on the results of the 2023 referendum in his address
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- 43:28
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
- Description
- Noel Pearson, the architect of the Voice to Parliament referendum, gives his first major public speech in three years at the 2026 Garma Festival, Australia's largest Indigenous cultural gathering.
"For those of us who urged faith, hope and love, there is an account to be given for the hopes raised, the faith urged and the love lost in the referendum," he said.
Nearly three years have passed since just over 60 per cent of Australians voted against enshrining an Indigenous Voice in the constitution, with every state and territory except the ACT rejecting the proposal.
Pearson is joined by Fiona Jose from the Cape York Partnership.
Learn more on this story: https://bit.ly/4vZjs1W
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- National Land Council Chair calls for royal commission into systemic racism
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- 1:00
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
- Description
- National Land Council Chair Matthew Ryan said there's been "a lot of talk" when it comes to dealing with the systemic racism faced by Indigenous Australians.
"I've come to Garma before, same old talk — a lot of talk, not enough engagement, not enough improvement. Health, education, and housing hasn't improved. Still, today." Ryan said.
Ryan said a royal commission was needed.
"For a long time we weren't heard. We want to be heard," he said.
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- Australia's largest Indigenous cultural gathering explained
- Runtime
- 0:34
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
- Description
- Warning: This video contains images of Indigenous people
who have passed.
Garma Festival in northeast Arnhem Land has long been one of Australia's leading forums for political and cultural dialogue, bringing together political leaders, First Nations leaders, community organisations, researchers, educators, advocates, artists and senior business figures.
Over the next few days, over 5,000 people are expected to travel to Yolŋu Country for four days of ceremony, culture and national conversation.
This year, the four-day program from 31 July until 3 August responds to the theme 'Bukmak', which means 'Everyone', emphasising unity, inclusion, diversity and connection.
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- Trump announces agreement for 'complete disarmament' of Hamas while analysts remain cautious
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- 2:46
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
- Description
- US President Donald Trump has announced an agreement for the "complete disarmament" of Hamas, calling it a critical step toward a new Palestinian government in Gaza.
Hamas have reportedly agreed to the deal. In return, Israel will withdraw in phases.
Specific details about what the deal will look like are slim, with neither Israel nor Hamas releasing public statements following Trump's announcement.
Hamas' approval of the plan triggers a 14-day period in which the sides will finalise a timeline for implementing each step.
However, an Israeli official has since stated to Israeli media that the proposal doesn't meet the demands of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government.
An undisclosed US official also told Reuters there was "close coordination with Israel" and that they were "very confident" Israel would adhere to the terms, but said Israel was "sceptical" that Hamas would disarm.
If Israel does not agr...
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- NT chief minister defends child protection laws at Garma Festival
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- 1:22
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
- Description
- The Northern Territory’s Chief Minister, Lia Finocchiaro, has stared down critics of her government’s contentious child protection policies at this year’s Garma Festival.
Sue-Anne Hunter, the Commissioner for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children and Young People, appeared to make a veiled critique of the Northern Territory government over its child protection overhaul during her address at the event.
“We can't talk about connection to culture without talking about connection to family,” she said.
“It is our right, and it is the right of the child, and no government can change that.”
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- Garma Festival draws thousands to northeast Arnhem Land
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- 8:44
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
- Description
- Thousands of people have flocked to the Top End for the annual Garma Festival, one of Australia’s largest Indigenous gatherings.
Organisers of this year's festival, which takes place in northeast Arnhem Land, say the four-day event is an opportunity to improve understanding of the leadership and culture of Aboriginal communities.
International guests and federal politicians are among thousands gathering at the event, considered an important forum for Indigenous policy and cultural exchange.
Lia Finocchiaro has delivered her first address at the event as chief minister of the NT amid criticism over her government’s contentious child protection policies.
The federal Opposition has also used the festival to announce some key Indigenous affairs policy objectives.
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- Claude AI models escape during testing | Microsoft’s best day
- Runtime
- 5:16
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
- Description
- Anthropic says one of its Claude AI models hacked into other firms during security testing; and Microsoft shares soar in the biggest one-day jump in 18 years, as second quarter results beat expectations.
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- Hamas to disarm under new deal | NATO hold emergency meeting over strike in Poland
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- 15:45
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
- Description
- US President Donald Trump says his so-called "Board of Peace" has reached an agreement for the complete disarmament of Hamas militants and other armed groups in Gaza.
In return, Israel will withdraw its forces from the territory in phases.
While the deal is being hailed as 'monumental' - it's unclear if Israel will agree to the terms.. and analysts say many hurdles remain before the conflict can be resolved.
00:00 Hamas to disarm under new deal
03:22 14 nations back shipping coalition as US-Iran tensions escalate
06:16 NATO convenes emergency meetings after suspected Russian missile strikes Poland
11:54 Australia sends firefighters to Europe as wildfire crisis intensifies
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- Garma 2026: Lia Finocchiaro promises land and fuel security amid child protection overhaul backlash
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- 11:56
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
- Description
- Northern Territory Chief Minister Lia Finocchiaro spoke at the 2026 Garma Festival on Friday, where her government’s recent child protection reforms remained a contentious issue.
The festival, hosted by the Yothu Yindi Foundation, brings together Indigenous leaders, community members, politicians and business representatives for discussions on culture, policy and the future of First Nations peoples.
Despite significant backlash and overwhelming opposition from Aboriginal organisations, human rights bodies, child protection experts and legal groups, the Northern Territory's CLP government passed its child protection legislation (in late July).
The NT government says its ‘Every Child Matters’ bill is the most significant overhaul of the child protection system in a generation.
The new law abolishes the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children placement principle, which accords that First Nations people who are removed from t...
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- Garma 2026: Julian Leeser says PM has lost direction on Indigenous affairs
- Runtime
- 1:30
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
- Description
- Opposition Indigenous affairs spokesperson Julian Leeser says that Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has lost direction on Indigenous affairs since the defeat of the Voice to Parliament.
In a speech at this year’s Garma festival, the Liberal MP said that the federal government’s policy on Indigenous affairs has become “adrift” and that it lacks “a clear direction and sense of purpose”.
Leeser criticised the prime minister’s commitment to Indigenous policy since the Voice referendum, which the Australian public voted down in October 2023.
“Since the defeat of the Voice he just hasn’t got off the mat,” he said.
“It is time to get off the mat.”
Leeser has long advocated for constitutional recognition for Indigenous Australians and was one of the few conservative politicians who supported the Voice to Parliament.
In 2023, he resigned from the Coalition frontbench after the Liberals announced...
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- Bluey makes special appearance at Garma 2026
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- 0:35
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
- Description
- While Prime Minister Anthony Albanese missed Garma 2026, a special guest has attended the largest Indigenous culture festival in Australia.
Bluey, a beloved icon, attended day one of the festival: Education Day. She’s there, delighting children a month after the ABC announced five episodes of the animated program have been translated using audio in Yolŋu Matha, the First Nations language of north-east Arnhem Land.
Hosted by the Yothu Yindi Foundation, the 26th annual Garma Festival takes place from Friday, 31 July to Monday, 3 August 2026 at Gulkula on the Gove Peninsula in remote north-east Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, celebrating Yolŋu culture, art, song, and dance.
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- Garma 2026: Julian Leeser calls for new direction on Indigenous affairs policy
- Runtime
- 35:37
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
- Description
- Opposition Indigenous affairs spokesperson Julian Leeser has used a speech at Garma to outline what he’s described as a “new direction” for Indigenous affairs following the defeat of the Voice referendum.
Leeser said that the federal government’s policy on First Nations issues following the Voice has become “adrift”, and that it lacks “a clear direction and sense of purpose”.
Leeser also criticised Anthony Albanese’s commitment to Indigenous policy in the time since the Voice referendum, which the Australian public voted down in October 2023.
"Since the defeat of the Voice he just hasn't gotten off the mat," he said.
"It is time to get off the mat."
Leeser has long advocated for constitutional recognition for Indigenous Australians and was one of few conservative politicians to support the Voice to Parliament.
In 2023, he resigned from the Coalition frontbench, after the Liberals announce...
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- Ancient Indian art inspires cosmic creation in Sydney
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- 1:30
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
- Description
- Artists Mayur and Tushar Vayeda from the Indigenous Warli community in Maharashtra, India, are bringing ancient stories about nature, the universe and creation to life in a mural at Powerhouse Parramatta, Sydney.
In the absence of a written script, the Warli community use art to help one of India's oldest belief systems live on.
"A lot of inspirations we are bringing from the story of the creations and Warli belief systems of how we are connected to the nature and the cosmos," Mayur said.
The brothers are committed to preserving their culture while finding new ways to share it with modern audiences.
Since June, they have used traditional Warli painting techniques, geometric shapes and lines to create a celestial artwork for Powerhouse Parramatta's immersive exhibition, Task Eternal.
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- Hundreds of migrants enter Ceuta enclave from Morocco
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- 0:43
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
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- The Spanish government says it will dispatch soldiers to Ceuta to secure the border after hundreds of migrants entered Spain's North African exclave from neighbouring Morocco.
People were seen walking through the streets of Ceuta, thanking the Spanish police and calling out: "Bye bye, Morocco, hello Spain."
Police and civil guards in Ceuta appeared to do little to intervene, although some officers attempted to direct the arrivals to the local migrant reception centre.
The Spanish government's delegation in the exclave told the Agence France-Presse news agency on Friday that the bodies of nine people who died while trying to reach Ceuta by swimming the previous day had been recovered.
Migration from Morocco into Spain's two north African territories, Ceuta and Melilla, has long been a politically sensitive issue between the two countries, as thousands cross the border at times.
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- Only one of 19 Closing the Gap targets has been met
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- 2:39
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
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- Australia is now past the halfway point towards the deadline for Closing the Gap in outcomes between Indigenous people and the wider community.
But new data has revealed most of the key targets remain off track, with several going backwards.
Out of 19 targets, just one has been met and three more are on track.
Most targets are due in 2031, and advocates are calling on governments to redouble their efforts to meet the deadline.
NITV'S Mikele Syron breaks down the figures.
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- US renews strikes on Iran as the conflict in the Middle East widens
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- 2:18
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
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- The United States has carried out its first air strikes against Iran in days, after Donald Trump earlier warned that Washington would retaliate for Iranian missile strikes on a US airbase in Jordan.
The tit-for-tat strikes have ended a brief pause in the war.
An explosion has also rocked an Egyptian gas port in the Mediterranean Sea, intensifying fears that the Middle East conflict is spreading.
Egypt has confirmed that the blast was the result of a drone attack, but no-one has so far claimed responsibility.
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- Optus sued over Triple Zero outage | Subdued housing market | US interest rates on hold
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- 6:39
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
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- Australian Communications Media Authority alleges Optus Mobile breached two of its legal obligations more than one-thousand times.
Three consecutive interest rate rises this year --- soaring fuel prices - and changes to property tax concessions that crimp demand for new loans. All making for a subdued housing market.
Surprise 7% lift in building approvals, after three months of falls.
The US Federal Reserve has kept interest rates on hold for a fifth time
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- Where are the world’s main shipping chokepoints? | SBS Explained
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- 2:24
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
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- As the Middle East conflict appears to be expanding beyond the Gulf, risks to global shipping are spreading.
There are concerns more maritime corridors could be leveraged in geopolitical power plays.
So, where are the world's main chokepoints and how could they impact the global economy?
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- Fears of spreading conflict in Middle East | Russian air strikes kill at least 13 people in Ukraine
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- 15:41
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
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- The United States has carried out its first air strikes against Iran in days.
An explosion has also rocked an Egyptian gas port in the Mediterranean, intensifying fears that the Middle East conflict is spreading.
Polish fighters scramble as Russian attacks on Ukraine extend as far as the western city of Lviv near the Polish border.
00:00 Iran strikes Egyptian port on the Mediterranean
05:12 Russian airstrikes on Ukraine
05:39 Rescue efforts after Japan quake
08:37 Firefighters killed in Greece
11:42 DRC Ebola outbreak spreading
12:41 Dr Fauci faces Congress over COVID
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- Conflict in the Gulf widens, Bibi bounces back to Trump and Modi capitulates to cockroaches
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- 37:10
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
- Description
- The US-Iran conflict threatens to burst beyond the Gulf with Ukraine and Egypt now in the frame. Bibi says his bromance with Trump is still on. And does the Cockroach Janta Party's big win mean a big loss of face for Modi? Plus, AI claims another victim — a Canadian politician’s pride.
Hosts: Ben Lewis, Claudia Farhart
Guest: Aaron Fernandes, SBS International Correspondent
Producers: Nick Ludlam, Ali Cheevers, Billy Dahlenburg, Greer Chester
01:34 Conflict in the Middle East widens
18:21 Narendra Modi concedes to the Cockroach Janta Party
30:28 Escalating attacks on Palestinians in the West bank
31:30 Jair Bolsonaro's son launches Brazilian presidential bid
32:09 Keiko Fujimori sworn in as Peru's president
32:54 Canadian politician caught out using AI
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- eSafety takes Telegram to court
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- 0:57
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
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- Australia's eSafety Commissioner has announced legal action against messaging app Telegram for its failure to remove terrorist content.
This announcement comes just one day after Russia charged the app's founder with aiding Ukrainian spies to co-ordinate domestic terrorist attacks.
eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant said that Telegram continued to host videos linked to the Christchurch mosque shootings and executions by the self-proclaimed Islamic State group, both illegal and restricted Class 1 content in Australia.
Telegram, based in the United Arab Emirates, is one of the world's largest messaging platforms with more than one billion active users worldwide. It is not included in Australia's youth social media ban.
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- Fauci invokes the Fifth Amendment during senate hearing
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- 2:07
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
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- Former top U.S. infectious disease expert Dr Anthony Fauci declined to answer 111 questions at a Senate hearing and accused Republican Senator Rand Paul of an "unhinged" campaign to see him imprisoned.
In his opening statement, Fauci told the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, which Paul chairs, that he would be invoking his Fifth Amendment right.
"The only conclusion I can reach is that the sole reason he is calling me before this Committee is to get me to say something that could vindicate his repeated public pledges that I end up, in his words, 'behind bars," Fauci said.
Paul has previously called for Fauci to be indicted and accused him of lying to Congress about whether the National Institutes of Health funded research in Wuhan, China.
Paul said the U.S Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee will hold a vote next week on holding Fauci in contempt of court.
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- Garma explained: What is a songman?
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- 2:53
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
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- Thousands of people are travelling from across Australia to a remote area in the Northern Territory — at the top of the Top End in northeast Arnhem Land — for a four-day celebration of Yolŋu life, culture and conversation hosted by the Yothu Yindi Foundation at Garma.
The Garma Festival is Australia's largest Indigenous event. The word Garma in Yolŋu Matha, the local language, refers to ‘two-way learning’— a meeting place where Aboriginal knowledge, leadership and ideas can be shared with the broader Australian community.
SBS and NITV will broadcast key forums, major announcements and cultural highlights, giving audiences access not only to the festival itself, but also to the storytellers, creatives, cultural leaders and communities whose voices make Garma such an important gathering.
There are people like Djakapurra Munyarryun, who you may remember from the opening ceremony of the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games.
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- Trump and Netanyahu meet for the first time since Iran war began
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- 2:04
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
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- US President Donald Trump has sat down with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a meeting the White House described as "positive and productive".
US-Israel ties have been frayed recently over policy in their joint war against Iran.
Netanyahu has downplayed reports of any such tension, and described the meeting as “excellent” and “one of the best conversations” he’s ever had with President Trump.
The Israeli prime minister said the conversation was grounded in “mutual support” and an “understanding of the common goal of ensuring that Iran does not have nuclear weapons”.
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- Traditional Owners set to operate WA desalination plant
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- 1:47
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
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- Traditional Owners in Western Australia's Pilbara region have signed an agreement to buy a $1.1 billion desalination plant.
Currently owned by the state government and mining giant Rio Tinto, Yindjibarndi Water is set to acquire the facility in the mining town of Dampier.
It's one of Australia's first major pieces of essential water infrastructure to be owned and operated by a First Nations company.
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- Inflation slows ahead of RBA’s forecast
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- 2:26
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
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- Australians have been warned the fuel discount will not be extended beyond the end of July, despite ongoing oil price uncertainty due to the war in the Middle East.
But in some relief for the government — and for borrowers — new data has revealed inflation is slowing more than the Reserve Bank had forecast.
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- Keiko Fujimori sworn in as Peru's first woman president by direct vote after razor-thin election win
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- 2:07
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
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- Conservative Keiko Fujimori has been sworn in as Peru's new president after winning the position following weeks of protests, fraud accusations and the review of contested ballots in a razor-thin race.
Fujimori won 50.135 per cent of the vote in the 7 June runoff to clinch the nation's top office in her fourth run for the presidency, just ahead of leftist congressman Roberto Sanchez's 49.865 per cent, a difference of about 50,000 votes out of 18 million.
She is the first woman to be elected president by direct vote in the country.
Fujimori, 51, is the daughter of late President Alberto Fujimori, who governed the country with an iron fist from 1990 to 2000 and was credited with defeating Maoist insurgents and taming runaway hyperinflation.
But the Fujimoris are still a controversial dynasty in Peru. Alberto served 16 years in prison for human-rights abuses and Keiko spent years under investigation over campaign financing allegations, ...
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- Inflation falls in June | Australians spend $22 billion shopping online in June quarter
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- 7:33
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
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- Inflation fell to 3.8% in June, and despite trimmed mean inflation remaining above the Reserve Bank's target, it's eased concerns of another interest rate hike in August; and new data from Australia Post shows Australians spent nearly $22 billion in online shopping in the previous quarter, despite cost of living pressures.
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- Rescuers search for survivors after Japan quake | Iran and U-S trade blows, ending brief ceasefire
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- 15:45
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- 3 months ago
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- At least 13 people have been confirmed dead, with more still missing, after yesterday's major earthquake in Japan.
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has said thousands of rescuers are now in a 'race against time' to find any survivors.
A days-long pause in fighting has been shattered...with deadly air-strikes resuming once again between the US and Iran.
00:00 Japan quake
03:29 Hostilities reignite between Iran and US
06:49 Donald Trump meets Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
09:16 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy hails meeting with US President
11:39 Passengers evacuated from grounded Danube cruise ship
12:39 Firefighters in France and Spain battle wildfires ahead of another heatwave
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- Elon Musk: 'Maybe some people do loathe me ... but I don't care'
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- 1:37
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- 3 months ago
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- "Why people loathe you": US tech billionaire Elon Musk has said he disagrees that his social media platform X has given rise to "polarised environments" across the world.
In an interview with The Economist's editor-in-chief Zanny Minton Beddoes, Elon was asked about his 250 million followers on X, his contribution to Western democracy and some of his claims, including his view that a "civil war in Britain is inevitable".
Defending his takes, Musk said: "A quarter billion people follow me ... I think a lot more people actually like me."
"A lot more people hate you and the media more than you realise," he told Beddoes.
Musk is the world's richest person, the CEO of Tesla and SpaceX and owns the social media platform X. He was briefly the world's first trillionaire following SpaceX's IPO earlier in 2026.
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