SBS News In Depth

This week we have been bombarded with video footage and memories of the 9-11 terror attacks on the World Trade Centre in New York and the Pentagon in Washington. For those of us who reported on it at the time, it remains a defining moment in our lives - we will never forget it. And for many people around the world, as they watch the Twin Towers crumble and the almost incredible change in the world as a result, it is understandably something that is seared in their memories. And for many people, not just in America but around the world, those recurring images will have brought back unwelcome thought and concerns. They can trigger post-traumatic stress disorder or PTSD symptoms or general anxiety for many people. Dr Jaryd Hiser is a psychologist at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and he explains what the stress reaction warning signs are that we should watch for, and shares coping tips and when to seek professional help.

Four years ago, sports fan Neha Kumar stumbled across an advertisement for the NRLW and realised she barely knew the women’s competition existed. So she decided to do something about it. The Fijian-Indian Australian created Watch Her Footy, a social media platform dedicated to women’s rugby league that now has around 23-thousand followers.

August 2026 was the world’s joint hottest month ever recorded, pushing global temperatures back above 1.5 degrees Celsius over pre-industrial levels. In Italy, glaciologists say that heat is accelerating the retreat of Alpine glaciers, with one Lombardy glacier losing 31 metres this year and some monitoring delayed because the melt season hasn’t yet ended.

More home sellers are abandoning auctions

More vendors are switching to private treaty after testing the changing property market.

Hosted by Ricardo Gonçalves, this episode examines why more home sellers are moving from auction to private treaty. Domain’s Nicola Powell explains the changing sales strategy in a conversation with Tom Kennedy, while Peak Asset Management’s Niv Dagan unpacks the ASX 200’s 1 per cent fall and the pressure from oil prices above US$100 a barrel.

A new report by the Climate Council has projected that sea level rise will threaten more than 267,000 Australian properties over the next century. Rising sea levels are forecast to impact every state and the Northern Territory, with researchers saying coastal Queensland is at particular risk.