Weekend One on One

A new report by Australia’s National Research Organisation for Women’s Safety - or ANROWS - has found 46% of the more than 850 migrant and refugee women surveyed, reported experiencing workplace sexual harassment in the past five years. The report says there is little accountability for perpetrators, and that migrant and refugee women confronting sexual harassment are often placed in an impossible...

Every member of Noemie Fox’s family is an Olympic athlete. Her mother, Myriam Fox-Jerusalmi, won bronze in 1996 for canoeing slalom (K1), while their father Richard Fox represented Britain for the same event in 1992. Her sister Jess, 30, made her Olympic debut as an 18-year-old at the 2012 London Games, going on to compete at Rio, Tokyo and Paris and winning six medals including three gold. Althou...

Since Voluntary Assisted Dying (known as VAD) was legalised in Australia, over 2,400 terminally ill people have chosen to end their lives this way. Dr Bu O'Brien is one of the few Voluntary Assisted Dying practitioners. I asked her about why she has chosen this path. My name is Essam Al-Ghalib, and this is SBS Audio's Weekend One on One.

Big names in tech and social media are being questioned in a senate inquiry into the risks and benefits surrounding AI technology in Australia. It's part of a national effort to examine AI trends, bias and opportunities, including its impact on elections and the environment, to name a few. Catriona Stirrat spoke to Dr Ida Someh - a senior lecturer in Business Information Systems at the University...

The challenges of detecting deepfakes are incresingly difficult due to rapidly evolving technology. Current technology used to detect deepfakes is limited, only providing a probability rather than a certainty. There is a distinct possibility of harm if real videos are misidentified as deepfakes, the possibility of reputational risk. Andrea Hickerson is the dean of the School of Journalism and New...

Algerian boxer Imane Khelif has been engulfed in a row about her eligibility to compete in the Paris Olympics – after an Italian rival bowed out from a bout in just 46 seconds. The short-lived fight sparked speculation about Khelif’s sex, and allegations that she is male, but the boxer was cleared to compete by the International Olympics Committee. To help unpack fact from fiction and explain what...

Ben Tepper is professor of management and human resources at The Ohio State University, and has been studying abusive bosses for 25 years. Though evidence suggests only about 10% of supervisors yell at employees, tell them they’re stupid, take credit for their successes or blame them for the boss’s failures – the effects of having an abusive boss are significant. In fact, In a new study, Professor...

The challenges of detecting deepfakes are increasingly difficult due to rapidly evolving technology. Current technology used to detect deepfakes is limited, only providing a probability rather than a certainty. There is a distinct possibility of harm if real videos are misidentified as deepfakes, the possibility of reputational risk. Andrea Hickerson is the dean of the School of Journalism and New...

A connection to Taekwondo, allowed Roman Abasy to achieve his dream of representing Afghanistan on the world stage, winning a bronze medal at the 2014 Asian Games. But the fall of Kabul to the Taliban in August 2021, would take his life in a different direction. His post-athlete work involved dedicating himself to human rights advocacy, founding a charity to help promote access to sports, particul...

The Refugee Olympic Team has won its first medal. Boxer Cindy Ngamba, born in Cameroon and now based in the UK, made history by becoming the first-ever refugee boxer to qualify for an Olympic Games at Paris. And now she has done it again - winning the first medal for the Refugee Olympic Team. The CEO for Australia for UNHCR, Trudi Mitchell, spoke with Biwa Kwan about how the win has been received.

More than $100 billion has been wiped from the Australian stock exchange in its worst day since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. Global stock markets painted an turbulent picture after closing on Monday and Tuesday, following speculation the US could be heading for a recession. Some analysts say these falls were corrections which had to happen after astronomical highs. SBS's Ciara Hain spok...

A 19th-century shipwreck discovered 60 metres below the surface of the Baltic Sea off the coast of Sweden has some unexpected treasure - around a hundred bottles of some of the best champagne ever produced. Unique conditions where the wreck was found mean the champagne could well be in excellent condition. Described as 'very exclusive', the cargo is said to have been destined for the tsar of Russi...

It's well established now that millions of customers of electronic prescriptions provider MediSecure had their data stolen in the latest cyber breach to hit Australia. The incident has once again brought the issue of data privacy to the fore, now that companies increasingly possess a range of information about Australians. A Privacy Act review is underway and experts want the government to make su...

In her first TV interview since she was appointed as Federal Indigenous Affairs minister, Senator Malarndirri McCarthy talks to NITV's John Paul Janke at the Garma Festival about her new role and the challenges she faces.

40 years ago, the Sex Discrimination Act was established in Australia. It was the first legislation of its kind in the world… preventing discrimination based on sex, relationship status, or pregnancy… and outlawing sexual harassment within the workplace. Architect of the bill, Senator Susan Ryan, has been memorialised with a statue in the Rose Garden at Old Parliament House. Rania Yallop spoke wit...

Former Tasmanian Greens Senator Bob Brown is urging Tasmanian born Queen Mary of Denmark to intervene in the arrest of a high-profile anti-whaling campaigner in Greenland. The Hobart based Sea Shepherd founder Paul Watson was taken into custody by police when his ship docked in Danish-controlled Greenland's Nuuk harbour. A local court ordered his detainment after receiving an Interpol notice from...

The little 25-metre pool at Greenbank State School in Logan, Queensland, must have special powers - it's produced two gold medal-winning Olympians at the Paris games, Mollie O'Callaghan and Shayna Jack. They won gold and broke the Olympic record in the 4x100m freestyle alongside Emma McKeon and Meg Harris. Mollie went on to win her first individual Olympic gold in a 200m freestyle battle with team...

Options for Australians to immediately leave Lebanon have been reduced with disruptions to flights out of Lebanon's only international airport in Beirut. In 2006, the airport was rendered unuseable after Israeli forces bombed it. Australians were forced to evacuate by sea, a process which took much longer. The Australian government is urging those in Lebanon to leave immediately on any available c...

United States Vice President Kamala Harris has begun her campaign for the presidency after President Joe Biden decided to drop out of the race following pressure from his party to step aside. President Biden has endorsed Ms Harris and she appears to be the likely Democratic nominee, but who exactly is she and what are her chances of winning the election? Sam Dover spoke with Bruce Wolpe a Senior F...

Dr Carl Meyer from the University of Hawai'i, focuses his research on the ecology and management of sharks and reef fishes. His research addresses a variety of issues of management concern including impacts of shark ecotourism, shark predation on critically endangered species, effectiveness of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) and impacts of human recreational activities in MPAs.

Victoria's Chief Health Officer says people should keep records of their sexual partners for contact tracing as the state deals with a growing mpox outbreak. Victoria has recorded 76 cases over the past three months compared with only eight cases last year. Chief Health Officer Dr Clare Looker say people should keep the contact details of sexual partners and consider limiting their number of sexua...

An infectious diseases researcher says between 200 and 400 million people around the world have experienced long COVID. It's a chronic condition that occurs after someone gets infected with COVID and is present for at least three months. The Chief Executive of the Burnet Institute in Melbourne, Professor Brendan Crabb, told SBS's Greg Dyett the ongoing increase in long COVID case numbers is alarmi...

Dr Emma Shortis is a Senior Researcher at The Australia Institute’s International & Security Affairs program. She spoke to SBS News about the concerns for global press freedom after Julian Assange's prosecution by the United States.

A Sahrawi-Australian woman has called for more recognition of her people's struggle for independence in the Western Sahara. Gaby Alamin spoke to SBS News about making time to advocate for her peoples' struggle for independence, while she juggles being a mother, a university student and an educator.

That loud snoring keeping you up at night could be more than a noisy annoyance - it could be an early warning sign of dangerous hypertension. New research from Flinders University sleep experts has found people who regularly snore at night are more likely to have elevated blood pressure and uncontrolled hypertension. SBS's Ciara Hain spoke with research fellow at Flinders University, Dr Bastien Le...