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SBS Australia (unofficial) @sbsaustralia.nzcow.com · 2h

📢 Diversity Council Australia says class bias is shaping career opportunities with 58 per cent of employers saying they prefer candidates from so-called 'elite' universities and 30 per cent preferring candidates from private high schools over public schools. Some even using these to filter out job…

New research reveals class bias limiting career progression

SBS Australia (unofficial) @sbsaustralia.nzcow.com · 2h

📢 The bodies were returned after Israel announced it would cut in half the number of humanitarian aid trucks allowed into Gaza in a move to punish Hamas.

Israel says one of four bodies returned by Hamas does not match any of the hostages

SBS Australia (unofficial) @sbsaustralia.nzcow.com · 2h

📢 In a rare move, the New South Wales coroner has released an open letter on the number of Indigenous deaths in custody. Twelve Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have died in custody in the state this year. The findings, described by the state corone...
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"Profoundly distressing': NSW records most Indigenous deaths in custody this year

SBS Australia (unofficial) @sbsaustralia.nzcow.com · 2h

📢 Senior Liberal senator James Paterson has urged his colleagues to resolve their differences as the Coalition continues to debate key policies, five months after its election drubbing. Today the Opposition leader tried to focus on crime and found herself in a war of words with Victoria's premier.

Sussan Ley labels Melbourne 'the crime capital of Australia'

SBS Australia (unofficial) @sbsaustralia.nzcow.com · 3h

📢 The New South Wales coroner says the state has hit a grim milestone with First Nations deaths in custody reaching record levels. 12 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have died in custody in the state this year, the highest number ever recorded in a single year. The distressing figures…

NSW hits 'grim milestone' with First Nations deaths in custody reaching record levels

SBS Australia (unofficial) @sbsaustralia.nzcow.com · 3h

📢 The Eurozone's second-largest economy is battling a deep political crisis. It all started when French President Emmanuel Macron called snap elections last year in an attempt to consolidate his power. Instead, they resulted in a hung parliament and...
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'La Crise': French politics stumbles from crisis to crisis

SBS Australia (unofficial) @sbsaustralia.nzcow.com · 4h

📢 Tens of thousands of people from the Pacific and East Timor currently work in Australia under the PALM scheme.

Labor criticised over worker visa rule backflip that could affect thousands

SBS Australia (unofficial) @sbsaustralia.nzcow.com · 4h

📢 Australia's birth rate is declining — but researchers say it's "not about selfishness".

The 'confluence of crises' driving Australia's record-low fertility rate

SBS Australia (unofficial) @sbsaustralia.nzcow.com · 4h

📢 SBS Finance Editor Ricardo Gonçalves speaks with McCrindle Social Researcher Ashley Fell about thegrowing trend for Australians to have fewer kids, and later in life; plus Luke Laretive from Seneca Financial Ser...
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What record low fertility rates mean for our economy & gold hits another record

SBS Australia (unofficial) @sbsaustralia.nzcow.com · 6h

📢 Australian Gaza aid flotilla activists urge the federal government to impose an arms embargo on Israel.; the Northern Territory Chief Minister defends a ban on transgender women being placed in female jails; and in football, the Socceroos unbeaten streak under Tony Popovic comes to an end.

Concerns over fragile Gaza ceasefire | Evening News Bulletin 15 October 2025

SBS Australia (unofficial) @sbsaustralia.nzcow.com · 6h

📢 Former Commonwealth Bank employee Kathryn Sullivan was made redundant after spending years teaching the bank's "Bumblebee" chatbot how to respond to customers.

Kathryn lost her banking job to a chatbot she helped train. She just confronted her CBA bosses

SBS Australia (unofficial) @sbsaustralia.nzcow.com · 7h

📢 Palestinian and Jewish Australians describe their emotional journey watching the first phase of the Gaza ceasefire.

These Sydneysiders watched as the hostage-detainee swap played out. Then came a call

SBS Australia (unofficial) @sbsaustralia.nzcow.com · 7h

📢 Hamas has returned more bodies of Israeli hostages to the International Committee of the Red Cross in Gaza. Questions remain over sustainable peace in the Middle East, with uncertainty about how to resolve sticking points in Donald Trump's 20-point plan.

Israel and Hamas both accused of not keeping cease fire agreement

SBS Australia (unofficial) @sbsaustralia.nzcow.com · 7h

📢 According to the US state department, one foreigner whose visa was revoked accused Kirk of spreading "racist" rhetoric.

US revokes visas of six foreigners over Charlie Kirk comments

SBS Australia (unofficial) @sbsaustralia.nzcow.com · 8h

📢 According to the US state department, one foreigner whose visa was revoked accused Kirk of spreading "racist" rhetoric.

US revokes visas of six foreigners over Charlie Kirk comments on social media

SBS Australia (unofficial) @sbsaustralia.nzcow.com · 8h

📢 The Socceroos have already qualified for the World Cup, with coach Tony Popovic saying he wanted new players to "surprise" him ahead of next year's finals in North America.

Socceroos' undefeated streak comes to end with friendly loss to the United States

SBS Australia (unofficial) @sbsaustralia.nzcow.com · 8h

📢 A daily five-minute news wrap for English learners and people with disability.

SBS News in Easy English 15 October

SBS Australia (unofficial) @sbsaustralia.nzcow.com · 8h

📢 For the first time in 20 years, the United States' passport has fallen from the top ten most powerful in the world.

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Revealed: Australia's passport power, as the US and UK hit record lows

SBS Australia (unofficial) @sbsaustralia.nzcow.com · 10h

📢 Gen Z-driven demonstrations erupted last month over water and power shortages, quickly escalating into an uprising over broader grievances.

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Military seizes power in Madagascar after president flees amid youth protests

SBS Australia (unofficial) @sbsaustralia.nzcow.com · 10h

📢 Hamas hands over four bodies of hostages to the International Committee of the Red Cross; a grim milestone reached for Aboriginal deaths in custody in New South Wales; and Australia's women's cricket side prepares for their showdown with Bangladesh.

Hamas hands over bodies of hostages to Red Cross | Midday News Bulletin 15 October 2025

SBS Australia (unofficial) @sbsaustralia.nzcow.com · 15h

📢 The Victorian Government is debating a historic Statewide Treaty Bill, establishing Australia's first ever Treaty agreement between a state government and First Peoples in Victoria. If signed into law, the Treaty Bill will forge a path forward for First Peopl...
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Victorian government debates ground-breaking Treaty Bill

SBS Australia (unofficial) @sbsaustralia.nzcow.com · 15h

📢 Israel has held back humanitarian aid and delayed reopening Gaza’s border crossing with Egypt, citing Hamas’s slow return of hostage bodies.

Israel delays Gaza aid as Hamas reasserts control with public executions

SBS Australia (unofficial) @sbsaustralia.nzcow.com · 16h

📢 As Australia awaits nuclear-powered submarines expected in the early 2030s, a strategic policy think tank warns we're sitting vulnerable to potential threats.

Warning Australia faces 'looming period of risk' as it awaits nuclear submarines

SBS Australia (unofficial) @sbsaustralia.nzcow.com · 16h

📢 In this bulletin, Israel and Hamas trade accusations as the fragile ceasefire holds in Gaza; Victoria to reform its assisted dying laws; and in sport, South Sydney vows to take a strong stand against winger Tyrone Munro, who's facing DV charges.

Israel and Hamas trade accusations, fragile ceasefire holds in Gaza | Morning Bulletin 15 October 2025

SBS Australia (unofficial) @sbsaustralia.nzcow.com · 16h

📢 Acclaimed American soul musician D’Angelo has died at the age of 51 after a "prolonged and courageous battle with cancer", his family says.

'Our shining star has dimmed': Celebrated soul musician D'Angelo dies at 51