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Following a period of heavy rain, a spate of suspected Bull shark attacks in New South Wales has left beach goers on edge. On Tuesday, a man was attacked by shark at Point Plomer beach near Port Macquarie on the state's Mid North Coast, escaping with only minor injuries. This is the fourth shark attacks in New South Wales over just two days.

New gun control and anti-hate laws have passed the lower house of parliament in response to the Bondi terror attack at a Jewish festival, which killed 15 people last month. They are expected to pass into law, but the process has been far from harmonious.

SBS Finance Editor Ricardo Gonçalves speaks with Julie Lee from FTSE Russell about the day's market action including how the market is dealing with Donald Trump's latest tariff threats and why investors didn't like BHP's record copper and iron ore production report.

United States President Donald Trump has again refused to rule out using military force to take over Greenland as European leaders discuss a possible NATO mission in the Arctic territory. The escalating threats come after Mr Trump vowed to impose increasing tariffs on European countries until an agreement is reached on the "sale of Greenland."

A man is in a critical condition after the third shark attack at a Sydney beach in less than 48 hours. It follows attacks on Monday and Sunday, in which an 11 -year-old boy's surfboard was bitten by a shark and a 12-year-old boy was critically injured and remains in hospital.

SBS Finance Editor Ricardo Gonçalves speaks with David Bassanese from Betashares about Donald Trump's latest threats to try and purchase Greenland and finds out why it could backfire; plus the day on the sharemarket including a look at China's economy as its birthrate falls to a record low with David Walsh from Sarto Advisory Pty Ltd.

.The government's world-first social media ban has been in place for just over a month, coinciding with Australia's school holidays. There are conflicting perspectives between the government, social media experts and young people on how effectively the ban has been implemented so far. But with less or no access to social media, how are young people spending their spare time?

Parliament has convened two weeks early, to officially honour the 15 innocent civilians gunned down at Bondi Beach last month. As commitments were made to learn from the past, the nation's leaders also looked to a future where hate and division based on faith or multi-culturalism does not exist.

European leaders have condemned threats levelled by the United States to impose new tariffs on countries who don't cooperate with US ambitions to take over Greenland. US President Donald Trump has continued with his plans to acquire control of the Arctic island, prompting warnings about the future of NATO and transatlantic ties.

In the middle of a housing and cost-of-living crisis, the Victorian government is in the process of demolishing all 44 of Melbourne's public housing towers. Despite significant pushback and a parliamentary inquiry calling for an immediate halt to works, the Victorian government is pushing ahead with the plans.

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...

The Albanese government has amended its proposed response to the Bondi Beach shootings, splitting its wide-ranging hate speech and gun reform package in two in a bid to secure passage through Parliament. Facing resistance from both the Coalition and the Greens over the breadth and rushed nature of the laws, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has made changes in hopes of receiving support from both po...

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 men...

Australia is known worldwide for its strong coffee culture. But across major cities, new styles blending Asian flavours with more familiar brews are quietly reshaping café menus.

SBS Finance Editor Ricardo Gonçalves speaks with Isaac Poole from Oreana Private Wealth as the Australian sharemarket hits a record high, despite a growing divergence of opnion on the direction of US interest rates.

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...

New figures reveal more than 4.7 million social media accounts were deactivated, removed or restricted, when Australia's world-first age restrictions took effect in December. The reforms are the subject of much scrutiny around the world, as a number of nations move to address a new threat to social media users in the past week.

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 S...

US President Donald Trump has threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act and deploy troops to quell protests against Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers in Minneapolis. Tensions have flared in the city after a federal officer shot and wounded a Venezuelan man during an attempted arrest.

Greenland is rapidly becoming a geopolitical flashpoint. European troops are arriving on the island, Denmark is pushing for a stronger NATO presence, and the Trump administration insisting it still wants the United States to acquire Greenland.

SBS Finance Editor Ricardo Gonçalves speaks with Chris Weston from Pepperstone as BHP edges closer to becoming Australia's largest listed company and finds out why he thinks US interest rates may not fall this year.

Can the economy-driven protests in Iran bring down the regime? Plus, the Venezuelan oil games continue as President Trump declares his global power answers to just one thing (hint: it’s not the UN or God), and why illegal importers are dicing with danger in Indonesia.

Since the start of summer, 33 people have lost their lives to drowning in Australia. With drowning trending upwards since the COVID-19 Pandemic, the Australian Water Safety Council has released a new Australian Water Safety Strategy 2030, strengthening national efforts to reduce drowning deaths by 50 per cent by the end of the decade.

The European Union's latest annual climate report reveals last year was the world's third-hottest on record. The report also finds the global three-year average has warmed by more than 1.5 degrees Celsius for the first time, a threshold scientists warn dramatically increases the risk of extreme weather events. Climate experts say while the findings are troubling, China and India have made notable...

It's being heralded as one of the biggest trade deals in history, with the EU and some Latin American nations poised to sign the Mercosur Agreement this weekend. Designed in part to reduce reliance on the United States and China and find new growth markets, the deal has attracted strong opposition from some European countries and industries.