SBS News In Depth

Reports of sexual violence in Australia have reached their highest level in 33 years, according to the latest report by the Domestic, Family and Sexual Violence Commission. Experts say that migrants, refugees and people seeking asylum can face higher barriers to disclosing domestic and family violence. It's sparked calls for more education and funding to support culturally-responsive support services. And a warning, this story contains references to family and domestic violence.

Independent Fatima Payman earlier this year became the first ever WA senator to give birth while serving parliament. While she isn't the first person in the Parliament to find a way to make it work, it's always a challenge to balance the requirements of Parliament with the needs of a young baby. Now, as Canberra sits once agai, she's been talking to SBS reporter Chris Tan to talk about motherhood, politics and in a political environment that's highly charged around the topic of multiculturalism and migrants... the kind of Australia she wants to leave for her daughter.

Oil nears $US100 a barrel after attacks on Saudi infrastructure, raising inflation fears and the Australian dollar.

Ricardo Gonçalves examines the forces pushing oil prices higher and what they could mean for motorists, with Betashares Senior Investment Strategist Cameron Gleeson. They also unpack the Australian sharemarket’s six-week low, changing interest rate forecasts and the Australian dollar’s rise against major currencies.

More than 30 medical research institutes have joined forces for Australia’s first Medical Research Giving Day, amid warnings about the financial sustainability of the sector. Researchers say funding shortfalls could slow the search for new treatments, earlier diagnoses and better care for patients and families across Australia.

Before sunrise on the French Riviera, inside a quiet hilltop museum once home to Pierre‑Auguste Renoir, thieves slipped through a garden fence and into the headlines. They intended to take 12 Renoir Paintings, but managed to get four. And as police swarmed in, dropped two while making a panicked escape. Now the art world is once again asking: Who steals masterpieces they can never sell?