Episodes

  • INTERVIEW: Analyst says Iran played a weak hand very well

    INTERVIEW: Analyst says Iran played a weak hand very well
    Jun 18 2026
    President Donald Trump has signed an agreement with Iran that calls for Tehran to dilute its stockpile of highly enriched uranium and waives U.S.-backed sanctions on the country, immediately allowing Iran to sell its oil freely in a major concession from Washington. The initial deal to end the war takes “immediate effect” according to Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, who helped mediate the agreement. Pakistan has been central to the ongoing negotiations between Iran and the US. Huma Baqai, a foreign affairs expert from Pakistan's Millennium Institute of Technology and Entrepreneurship told the Associated Press that Iran may have had a weak hand - but they played it well.
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    4 mins
  • INTERVIEW: Eddie Izzard's unique take on Hamlet

    INTERVIEW: Eddie Izzard's unique take on Hamlet
    Jun 13 2026
    Eddie Izzard is a multi-talented artist whose career spans film, theatre and activism. Now she brings her unique brand of charisma and creativity to the Sydney Opera House with one of the world’s most enduring tragedies. This is Shakespeare's Hamlet as you’ve never seen it before. Izzard performs on the blank canvas of a bare stage, letting Shakespeare’s words and pure storytelling take the spotlight. Izzard shifts between the play's twenty-three characters with clarity and emotional depth. He's been talking to SBS's Wil Brincat.]]
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    22 mins
  • SBS Speaks to Dr Marianne Jauncey about NSW's only medically supervised injecting centre

    SBS Speaks to Dr Marianne Jauncey about NSW's only medically supervised injecting centre
    May 30 2026
    New South Wales’ only medically supervised injecting centre is calling for urgent legal reform to allow more sites to open across the state. It has been 25 years since the centre opened in Sydney’s Kings Cross, becoming the first supervised injecting facility in the Southern Hemisphere. Staff have since supervised more than 1.3 million injections, managed more than 12-thousand overdoses without a single death, and made more than 25-thousand referrals for treatment and care. For more, SBS spoke with the centre's Medical Director Dr Marianne Jauncey.

    New South Wales’ only medically supervised injecting centre is calling for urgent legal reform to allow more sites to open across the state.


    It has been 25 years since the centre opened in Sydney’s Kings Cross, becoming the first supervised injecting facility in the Southern Hemisphere.

    Staff have since supervised more than 1.3 million injections, managed more than 12-thousand overdoses without a single death, and made more than 25-thousand referrals for treatment and care.

    For more, SBS spoke with the centre's Medical Director Dr Marianne Jauncey.
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    15 mins
  • INTERVIEW: May is Lupus Awareness Month. SBS has spoken to mental health advocate Jenny Lai about her journey

    INTERVIEW: May is Lupus Awareness Month. SBS has spoken to mental health advocate Jenny Lai about her journey
    May 23 2026
    Every May, Lupus Awareness Month is recognised around the world, to highlight the chronic autoimmune disease which is still widely misunderstood. Lupus affects over five million people globally, and many of those affected are women. Jenny Lai is a mental health advocate whose Lupus diagnosis was a catalyst in her mental health journey. She has spoken to SBS' Alyssa Chandler.
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    10 mins
  • INTERVIEW: SBS Nepali speaks to Bianca Adler after record breaking Mount Everest climb

    INTERVIEW: SBS Nepali speaks to Bianca Adler after record breaking Mount Everest climb
    May 22 2026
    A Melbourne teenager has made history, becoming the youngest Australian to reach the summit of Mount Everest.18-year-old Bianca Adler achieved the feat on her second attempt - completing the ascent of the nearly 9,000-metre [[8,849m]] summit with two Nepali guides. SBS Nepali executive producer Abhas Parajuli spoke to Bianca Adler about the challenges but also what it felt like being at the peak of the famous summit.
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    15 mins
  • INTERVIEW: SBS talks to Doctors Without Borders about the Ebola outbreak in the DRC

    INTERVIEW: SBS talks to Doctors Without Borders about the Ebola outbreak in the DRC
    May 22 2026
    The World Health Organisation has sent a team of experts and supplies to the Democratic Republic of Congo to help combat the spread of Ebola. On Sunday, it declared the outbreak a public health emergency of international concern because of the high risk the disease could spread further beyond DR Congo's borders after two cases were confirmed in Kampala, the capital of neighbouring Uganda. Among the agencies assisting in the efforts is Medicins San Frontiers, also known as Doctors Without Borders. Simon Eccleshall is the Head of Programs for MSF in Australia, and he spoke with SBS World News reporter Alexandra Jones about the group's response.
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    9 mins
  • INTERVIEW: Assistant Minister for Multicultural Affairs Julian Hill, responds to Opposition's budget reply

    INTERVIEW: Assistant Minister for Multicultural Affairs Julian Hill, responds to Opposition's budget reply
    May 15 2026
    Opposition leader Angus Taylor used his budget reply speech last night to outline the Coalition immigration policies, confirming that includes removing welfare payments and access to the NDIS for permanent residents. He says says the move would save billions of dollars. But Assistant Minister for Citizenship, Customs and Multicultural Affairs, Julian Hill is describing the policy as a "dog whistle to One Nation". SBS Political Correspondent Rayane Tamer spoke to Julian Hill who rejected the Coalition's proposal that excessive migration was contributing to housing barriers.
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    9 mins
  • INTERVIEW: Delta Goodrem on what it means to represent Australia in the Eurovision Song Contest

    INTERVIEW: Delta Goodrem on what it means to represent Australia in the Eurovision Song Contest
    May 13 2026
    Award-winning singer-songwriter Delta Goodrem is representing Australia in the Eurovision Song Contest, with her song Eclipse. Eleven years on since Australia officially joined the globally-adored song contest, there are high hopes for Delta's performance. Attracting an audience of 2.2 million Australian viewers last year, all eyes will be on the star as she takes the stage in Vienna on Friday morning Australian time. SBS' Chief International Correspondent Ben Lewis sat down with Delta to chat all things Eurovision and what it means to represent her country.
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    8 mins