World News Australia Radio

85th anniversary of Royal Flying Doctor Service

SBS Radio — Thu, 23 May 13 15:32:33 +1000

As the Royal Flying Doctor Service celebrates 85 years of operation in rural and remote Australia, it still faces significant challenges.

Ford to end manufacturing in Australia

SBS Radio — Thu, 23 May 13 14:40:23 +1000

The car maker Ford has announced the closure of its Australian manufacturing plants in Victoria with the loss of more than 1000 jobs.

London attack shocks UK

SBS Radio — Thu, 23 May 13 11:04:13 +1000

Two men have been shot by police in London after hacking a man to death outside a military barracks in what the British government has called a suspected terrorist attack.

Australia under fire in human rights report

SBS Radio — Thu, 23 May 13 09:40:12 +1000

Australia comes in for some tough criticism in the annual human rights report by Amnesty International.

World News Australia 23 May

SBS Radio — Thu, 23 May 13 08:00:16 +1000

A fatal machete attack in London described as a suspected terrorist attack.

Austria's far-right Freedom Party targeting immigrants.

Technology's influence in culturally specific dating.

Did Indigenous people use rock formations for astronomy?

SBS Radio — Wed, 22 May 13 20:56:12 +1000

Researchers have found Indigenous stone arrangements in New South Wales that may have functioned as ancient compasses.

Australians 'oppose gambling ads during sport'

SBS Radio — Wed, 22 May 13 20:48:12 +1000

A survey has found that more Australians are opposed to gambling advertisements during live sport, than ads promoting alcohol.

Time for Australia to abandon blasphemy laws?

SBS Radio — Wed, 22 May 13 20:40:12 +1000

Is it time for Australia to get rid of its blasphemy laws, which are mostly rooted in the nation's Christian heritage and British legal origins?

More Indigenous languages for Australian schools?

SBS Radio — Wed, 22 May 13 20:36:12 +1000

Indigenous languages may soon take a more prominent role in the national school curriculum, beginning as early as the first term next year.

Cambodian opposition leader calls for Australian help

SBS Radio — Wed, 22 May 13 20:28:12 +1000

Exiled Cambodian opposition leader Sam Rainsy says it's time for Australia to step up and play a bigger role in securing democracy in his country.

Political row in Austria over foreigners and migrants

SBS Radio — Wed, 22 May 13 19:40:12 +1000

Austria's far-right Freedom Party is under fire for telling its members that foreigners and immigrants are to be a target in upcoming elections.

Australia's first female Muslim MP

SBS Radio — Wed, 22 May 13 17:24:12 +1000

An interview with Dr Mehreen Faruqi, who is soon to become Australia's first Muslim woman MP.

Abbott says he would not privatise SBS and ABC

SBS Radio — Wed, 22 May 13 17:12:12 +1000

The Federal Opposition says it will not privatise SBS or the ABC if it wins government despite pressure from the Victorian Liberal Party.

Hockey questions use of Treasury forecasts

SBS Radio — Wed, 22 May 13 16:48:12 +1000

Joe Hockey says either Treasury has given the government terrible financial advice or the government has manipulated Treasury figures to suit itself.

US journalist phone bugging scandal

SBS Radio — Wed, 22 May 13 16:12:12 +1000

The AP news agency in the US is demanding answers after it was disclosed the Obama administration bugged the phones of its journalists.

Search for survivors continues after tornado

SBS Radio — Wed, 22 May 13 14:28:12 +1000

Rescue workers in the United States continue to search for survivors following a powerful tornado that ripped through Oklahoma City's suburb of Moore.

Torres TB death highlights "worst of both worlds"

SBS Radio — Wed, 22 May 13 09:40:11 +1000

Queensland's government says federal efforts to deal with tuberculosis in the Torres Strait "are not meeting the needs" after the first death of an Australian citizen from the region.

World News Australia May 22

SBS Radio — Wed, 22 May 13 08:00:17 +1000

Political squabbling over Torres Strait TB infections.

Criticism of a highly influential mental health manual.

Clearing Palau of munitions.

Report shows impact of rising cost-of-living

SBS Radio — Wed, 22 May 13 00:01:12 +1000

A Salvation Army report released today shows the impact of Australia's rising cost-of-living on lower-income groups.

Mining benefits 'not getting to Indigenous people'

SBS Radio — Tue, 21 May 13 20:24:12 +1000

A WA native title organisation is calling for greater community consultation over mining projects in remote communities.