SBS News In Depth

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.

The AfD wins big in German elections, the first time for a far-right party since World War II. 12 countries, including the UK, France and Canada have announced a trade ban on all goods from Israeli settlements in the West Bank, will others follow suit? And Nepal struggles to grapple with the scale of devastation from flash floods. Plus, the award-winning research into cockroach milk.

Royal Life Saving Australia and Surf Life Saving Australia have released their national drowning report, revealing 313 lives lost in Australian waterways over the past 12 months. The figures have prompted calls to address growing inequalities, with drowning rates significantly higher in regional and remote areas than in major cities.