SBS News In Depth

Student protests spread from France to Belgium, Greece and Albania over education, costs and future prospects.

A student protest movement that began in France is spreading across Europe. As demonstrations grow in Belgium, Greece and Albania, students voice concerns about education funding, living costs, university access and their futures, while governments face mounting pressure to respond.

In this episode:
Why French students say they will continue striking despite government promises of a response.
First-hand accounts of deteriorating school conditions, teacher shortages and funding concerns.
Greta Thunberg joins protesters and explains why she believes the movement matters.
Tensions escalate in Albania as demonstrations turn confrontational and officials condemn the violence.
How students in Belgium and Greece are drawing inspiration from events in France while raising their own concerns about costs and access to education.

New analysis shows economic misery is being driven by higher prices and interest rates. So what's in store for Australia?

Economic misery in Australia is on the march. New analysis from the Committee for Economic Development of Australia (CEDA) has found it's back near its post-pandemic highs, and is expected to stay well above recent historical averages until at least the end of 2028.

In this episode:
Jim Chalmers at the G20 economic summit talking about a set of grim financial forecasts.
The IMF's latest World Economic Outlook on Australia's inflation rate.
Commbank CEO Matt Comyn on house prices are likely only halfway through their downward spiral.
What is the misery index and how is it calculated?
Is Australia expected to see an increase in the jobless rate next year?
Does Australia need to rely on productivity on decades to come?
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Newly released national survey data provides a clearer picture of the health and wellbeing outcomes for the Stolen Generations survivors and descendants.

The data released by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare also shows there are an estimated 200,000 Stolen Generations descendants aged 18 years and over. Half of descendants live with a disability or restrictive long-term condition and 37 per cent experience high psychological distress.

The Stolen Generations refers to the First Nations children who were removed from their families across Australia - from the mid-1800s and until the 1970s - as part of deliberate assimilation policies aimed at eliminating Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

In this episode:
How intergenerational trauma manifests in Stolen Generations families
Lower health, wellbeing and socioeconomic factors documented in national data
The role of Stolen Generations advocacy groups
30 years on from a landmark report, what happened to the recommendations to support healing for Stolen Generations survivors?
SBS News in Depth is a news analysis podcast from SBS, going behind the headlines with reporting and interviews on the stories shaping Australia and the world.

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Global mining giant rises on first day on ASX

Australian shares fell 0.6 per cent as banks led losses, with CBA down more than 2 per cent after chief executive Matt Comyn told shareholders it could take time for higher rates to bring inflation back to target. SBS Finance Editor Ricardo Gonçalves speaks with Damien Boey, portfolio manager at Wilson HTM, about investor sentiment, rising global rates and Glencore’s ASX debut. The discussion also explores what investors are being told and where opportunities may lie.

In this episode
Why the ASX fell as banks led the declines, and what may be shaping investor sentiment
What higher interest rates and international shocks could mean for markets
Why Glencore has joined the ASX and what investors might make of the listing
Where the market opportunities may lie now
SBS On the Money is a daily finance podcast where SBS Finance Editor Ricardo Gonçalves unpacks the ASX, the economy and the latest market moves with leading analysts and executives.

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It’s a recipe for disaster. Hackers have turned up the heat on French supermarkets – literally – by hacking into remote temperature control systems, leaving fresh produce shelves empty.

Hackers remotely tamper with supermarket refrigeration systems in France, ruining food on a massive scale. An OpenAI engineer is accused of secretly recording confidential meetings in the US. Meanwhile, AI systems accessing Australian government data spark fresh questions about cybersecurity and oversight.

In this episode:
· How hackers allegedly took control of connected refrigeration systems at hundreds of French supermarkets and raised temperatures remotely.
· The unusual method a Saudi engineer allegedly used to conceal a recording device inside an OpenAI meeting room.
· OpenAI says its own AI models helped identify the suspect.
· Why incidents involving AI access to Australian government information are prompting calls to update regulatory and cybersecurity safeguards.

SBS News in Depth is a news analysis podcast from SBS, going behind the headlines with reporting and interviews on the stories shaping Australia and the world.

Listen to more episodes of SBS News in Depth, and follow the show on the SBS Audio app, Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts.

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