Episodes

  • SBS speaks to former Treasurer Wayne Swan on Australia's new super guarantee

    SBS speaks to former Treasurer Wayne Swan on Australia's new super guarantee
    Jun 30 2025
    From 1 July, the minimum superannuation an employer will be required to pay will be 12%. Australians eligible for government-funded Parental Leave Pay will also be paid superannuation for the first time, the Australian Taxation Office to pay the 12 % guarantee directly into their super fund. Former Treasurer Wayne Swan, who now works for a superannuation fund, announced the 9 to 12% increases in 2010. He spoke with SBS World News producer Stephanie Youssef about the milestone
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    8 mins
  • 'We didn’t just lose, we got smashed': Sussan Ley charts a new way forward for Liberals

    'We didn’t just lose, we got smashed': Sussan Ley charts a new way forward for Liberals
    Jun 25 2025
    The federal Opposition Leader has used an address at the National Press Club to paint her leadership as a departure from Peter Dutton, outlining her plans to rebuild the Liberal Party and draw more women to run for the party. She's also made a deeply personal admission about her own experience of coercion and control, as she vows to use her position to address domestic violence.
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    4 mins
  • INTERVIEW: Iran's ambassador to Australia speaks to SBS

    INTERVIEW: Iran's ambassador to Australia speaks to SBS
    Jun 24 2025
    In a wide-ranging interview with SBS News, Tehran's top diplomat in Canberra referred to US strikes on three Iranian nuclear facilities as "unprovoked and against international law". Ahmad Sadeghi says Australians who remain stranded in Iran are being provided with a way to transit to the Azerbaijan border, where they are getting consular support. He's told SBS Chief Political Correspondent Anna Henderson that Iran's willing to resume diplomatic negotiations and maintains his nation is peaceful and any attempts to overthrow the Supreme Leader would be disastrous
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    35 mins
  • Trump's early departure from G7 cancels planned one-on-one with Albanese

    Trump's early departure from G7 cancels planned one-on-one with Albanese
    Jun 17 2025
    United States President Donald Trump has denied that he left the G7 Summit in Canada to work on a ceasefire between Israel and Iran. After a comment at the G7 from French president Emmanuel Macron welcoming Mr Trump's own remarks that he was having discussions with Iran and Israel, Mr Trump posted on social media describing Mr Macron as "publicity seeking", and claiming he is working on matters "much bigger than that". But Mr Trump's shortened visit to the G7 Summit resulted in the cancellation of his meeting with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, which has sparked criticism from the Opposition.
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    4 mins
  • Albanese-Trump meeting cancelled as US president departs G7 early

    Albanese-Trump meeting cancelled as US president departs G7 early
    Jun 17 2025
    Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will not get the chance to meet with Donald Trump on the sidelines of the G7 summit, with the US President leaving Canada early due to the conflict between Iran and Israel. It means it could be months until the first face to face meeting between the two occurs.
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    9 mins
  • INTERVIEW: Sussan Ley on Gaza, misogyny and escaping the 'novelty' of being a woman leader

    INTERVIEW: Sussan Ley on Gaza, misogyny and escaping the 'novelty' of being a woman leader
    Jun 17 2025
    The Liberal Party is losing young voters - and fast. Now, for the first time, a woman is leading the party, with Sussan Ley tasked with rebuilding the Liberals after a devasatating election loss. The Feed sat down with her to talk about mental health in public life, leading a party that has been called out for having a “woman problem”, and whether the Liberals can reconnect with a generation that’s tuning out.
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    16 mins
  • Controversy and compromise: the fallout from Senator Dorinda Cox's defection from the Greens to Labor

    Controversy and compromise: the fallout from Senator Dorinda Cox's defection from the Greens to Labor
    Jun 3 2025
    The Greens are reeling from the surprise defection of West Australian Senator Dorinda Cox to the Labor Party. The Prime Minister has defended his new recruit, amid accusations of workplace bullying.
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    3 mins
  • "It's a step in the right direction" New multicultural office established

    "It's a step in the right direction" New multicultural office established
    Jun 3 2025
    New Federal Multicultural Minister Anne Aly says that social cohesion is not entirely up to multicultural communities. It comes as the government announced plans to open an Office for Multicultural Affairs to sit within the Home Affairs Department. But it falls short of a landmark report's recommendation to create a standalone department for Multicultural Affairs, Immigration and Citizenship, which also raised concerns about how migrant communities feel they are being monitored, rather than supported, by the Home Affairs department.
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    5 mins