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Financy CEO Bianca Hartge-Hazelman tells Rhayna Bosch why workplace flexibility and addressing discrepancies in unpaid work is key to addressing the growing disparity in gender financial equality; and SBS Finance Editor Ricardo Gonçalves goes through the day's market action, including the impact supply chain industrial action is having on Woolworths with Scott Phillips from The Motley Fool.

The largest case to be held at the world's top court is underway with climate justice under the spotlight and significant implications for Australia's fossil fuel industry. Climate activists have condemned Australia's submission in the landmark case on climate responsibility as an attempt to dodge responsibility for the worsening climate crisis.

Internet use is growing in remote First Nations communities, but cost is still a barrier. A new study from RMIT University has revealed that even though progress is being made, there is still a long way to go to close the digital gap for communities.

France's minority government is on the brink of collapse after Prime Minister Michel Barnier used special powers to force through his budget without a vote in parliament. Furious opposition parties say they will back a no-confidence motion to oust the Prime Minister in a vote that could take place as early as Wednesday.

The Murray-Darling River Basin provides water to more than 3.6 million Australians and covers more than a million square kilometres. Despite 30 years and billions of dollars spent trying to protect it, researchers say the waterway is in declining health.

Just days after the federal government passed legislation to ban children under 16 from social media, Standards Australia has issued fresh warnings about other dangers online. But this time it's for something known as the metaverse.

The federal government has released its official response to the Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide. It's accepted almost all of the recommendations, and will establish a new inquiry into sexual violence in the military that could see convictions for service crimes follow troops into the civilian world.

SBS Finance Editor Ricardo Gonçalves speaks with CBA Senior Economist Belinda Allen about what the rise in October retail sales says about the consumer. Plus David Scutt from City Index explains why the US dollar could be about to weaken.

Australia has been hit with severe storms in the past few weeks. The increasingly common presence of floods has worried Australians that fear a future of extreme weather for the country.

Russian and Syrian jets have struck parts of northern Syria, days after a surprise rebel offensive took control of the city of Aleppo. Rebels are taking advantage of external conflicts as they seek to shift the balance of power - but President Bashar al-Assad has vowed to 'crush' the insurgency.

Protesters have taken to the streets of Georgia's capital for a fourth straight night over the government's decision to suspend talks on joining the European Union.Local media reports there are signs the opposition is spreading across the country.

There is a common misconception that eating disorders only affect women and girls, despite the fact over one third of those affected are male. And for people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, there are often added barriers that force people to conceal aspects of their identity when seeking help.

In South Australia, a public inquiry has found the number of Aboriginal children being removed from their families is approaching levels equivalent to the Stolen Generations.One in every ten First Nations children is in state care, and that figure is expected to increase to 14 in every 100 within seven years if not addressed.A report by the South Australian Commissioner for Aboriginal Children and Young people calls for urgent action to address policies leading to what the report found are unnecessary removals. This is the story of how one grandmother took on the state department of child protection to bring her grandkids home.

Endometriosis affects one in every seven women. It's a disease causing tissue similar to uterus lining to grow in other parts of the body, often resulting in symptoms like period pain, heavy menstrual bleeding, fatigue, pain during sex and reduced fertility. Australian women will now have access to cheaper medicine to treat the condition, after the federal government listed a treatment on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS).

The world’s nations will finish negotiating a treaty this weekend to address the global plastic pollution crisis. Led by Norway and Rwanda, 66 countries plus the European Union say they want to address the total amount of plastic on Earth by controlling its design, production, consumption and disposal.

A week after several Nordic nations issued pamphlets to citizens about how to prepare for war or invasion, the Finnish Under Secretary of State has told SBS “maybe now more than ever, we need partners like Australia.” Outi Holopainen's visit to Australia comes as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine approaches its third year. She sat down withSBS political correspondent Sara Tomevska for this exclusive interview.

Alison Battisson is a prominent Australian human rights lawyer. She has just spoken before the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention in Geneva, Switzerland, on Australia's immigration detention centres and the cases of a number of Australians stranded overseas. SBS News' Essam Al-Ghalib has spoken with Ms Battison about her work, and the plight of three consular cases: Mohammad Munshi, a British-Australian mining worker jailed in Mongolia and barred from leaving; Robert Pether, imprisoned in Iraq; and Terry Holohan, detained in Mali earier this month

In a world-first, Australia is banning social media for people under 16. Under the new law, tech companies must take 'reasonable steps' to prevent such users from accessing services like Snapchat, TikTok, Facebook and Instagram. While other jurisdictions abroad have limited access without parental permission, this is one of the toughest restrictions.

There are more than 660,000 people with disabilities in the National Disability Insurance Scheme, a program meant to provide quality of life for its participants. But the scheme has undergone significant change, most recently legislation approved by Parliament in October 2024 limiting growth in the cost of the scheme to eight per cent a year. In this episode of the Too Hard Basket, we take a look at what's happened to the NDIS in the weeks since that bill was passed. For the federal government, the Scheme would not be sustainable without those changes - but advocates argue these cuts to the budget make little sense.

More than 400,000 people visit a Neighbourhood House or community centre each week across Australia. However, the frontline charity is struggling to meet soaring demand for services including food relief and financial support.