SBS News Updates
3,595 episodes - English - Latest episode: 4 days ago - ★★★★ - 2 ratingsA bulletin of the day’s top stories from SBS News. Get a quick rundown of the latest headlines from Australia and the world, with fresh updates each morning, lunchtime and evening.
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Evening News Bulletin 28 May 2024
May 28, 2024 06:00 - 5 minutes - 10.6 MBForensic testing underway as the search for a missing mother and baby continues; A groundbreaking new role in the Victorian government to combat gender violence; Australia unveils its men's water polo team for the Paris Olympics.
Midday News Bulletin 28 May 2024
May 28, 2024 02:00 - 5 minutes - 10.3 MBA frantic search underway for a missing baby and mother; Calls for Australia to expel the Israeli ambassador; Fourteen time winner Rafael Nadal beaten in the first round of this year's French Open.
Morning News Bulletin 28 May 2024
May 27, 2024 20:35 - 5 minutes - 9.56 MBA new, rapid review into domestic violence launched by the federal government; an Israeli attack on a Rafah camp draws global condemnation, days after the UN's top court ordered a stop to the offensive; The Australian Human Rights Commission terminates a claim against Hawthorn by First Nations former players.
Evening News Bulletin 27 May 2024
May 27, 2024 06:00 - 5 minutes - 10.3 MBPolice called to a student protest in Canberra after the demonstrators refuse to leave; Australian leaders condemn at an anti-Semitic incident at a Melbourne school; A surprising omission as Queensland names its side for State of Origin.
Midday News Bulletin 27 May 2024
May 27, 2024 02:00 - 5 minutes - 10.6 MBAustralia offers support to Papua New Guinea after a deadly landslide; The front gate of a Jewish school in Melbourne vandalised with anti-Semitic graffiti; Australian driver Oscar Piastri claims second place in the Monaco Grand Prix.
Evening News Bulletin 26 May 2024
May 26, 2024 06:03 - 6 minutes - 11 MBIn this bulletin... Vanuatu hit by a 6.3 magnitute earthquake; Social Services Minister Amanda Rishworth says new awareness campaign will clear up confusion around consent; and in football, Barcelona emerge as back-to-back winners of the Women's Champions League.
Midday News Bulletin 26 May 2024
May 26, 2024 02:14 - 4 minutes - 4.48 MBThe Albanese government launches a 12-month national consent campaign, Indigenous healing services receive extra funding as Australia marks Sorry Day, and in football, Manchester United claim a shock 2-1 win in the FA Cup final against local rivals Manchester City.
Morning News Bulletin 26 May 2024
May 25, 2024 22:48 - 4 minutes - 9.04 MBAn investigation begins into the killing of a mother and her teenage daughter in Perth; Australians stuck in New Caledonia fear they won't be able to make return flights; The Central Coast Mariners triumph 3-1 over Melbourne Victory in a dramatic A-League Men's Grand Final.
Evening News Bulletin 25 May 2024
May 25, 2024 06:14 - 6 minutes - 12.2 MBAustralia says Israel needs to comply with the International Court of Justice's ruling, and stop its bombardment of Rafah... a crackdown on rorts in the National Disability Insurance Scheme... and Manchester City say Manchester United's history makes them dangerous in tonight's F-A Cup final.
Midday News Bulletin 25 May 2024
May 25, 2024 02:26 - 5 minutes - 9.32 MBReactions to the United Nations top court ordering Israel to halt operations in Rafah; Hundreds believed to be buried under debris following a landslide in PNG; Valentine Holmes eligible for the State of Origin after avoiding a ban for a dangerous tackle.
Morning News Bulletin 25 May 2024
May 24, 2024 21:08 - 4 minutes - 8.23 MBThe International Court of Justice orders Israel to halt operations in Rafah; Hundreds feared dead from a landslide in a remote Papua New Guinea village; The Central Coast Mariners and Melbourne Victory gear up for the A-League Grand Final.
Evening News Bulletin 24 May 2024
May 24, 2024 06:00 - 5 minutes - 10.1 MBAn historic apology by Victoria Police over the Stolen Generations; Benjamin Netanyahu to address a joint session of Congress in the United States; An Olympic swimmer forced into retirement because of injury.
Midday News Bulletin 24 May 2024
May 24, 2024 01:59 - 5 minutes - 10.4 MBNew Caledonia delays a new voting rule that sparked deadly riots in the territory; Social media giant X loses a legal bid to avoid local anti-discrimination laws; Australian Olympic champion Chelsea Hodges forced to retire.
Morning News Bulletin 24 May 2024
May 23, 2024 21:23 - 4 minutes - 8.64 MBChina launches 'strong punishment' military drills around Taiwan; The International Court of Justice to rule on a demand for Israel to end Gaza war; Novak Djokovic celebrates a win in Geneva.
Evening News Bulletin 23 May 2024
May 23, 2024 06:14 - 6 minutes - 12.7 MBA major university Gaza protest coming to an end; the government says it did all it could in the Suki case; and a top NRL player suspended by his own team
SBS News in Easy English 23 May 2024
May 23, 2024 04:25 - 5 minutes - 5.16 MBA daily 5-minute news wrap for English learners and people with disability.
Midday News Bulletin 23 May 2024
May 23, 2024 02:18 - 6 minutes - 12.5 MBThe debate over Australia's energy future hots up, as the life of the country's biggest coal-fired power plant is extended... Australia's policy on recognising Palestine remains unchanged in the face of international moves on the matter... and, in rugby league, Isaiah Papali'i signs with the Penrith Panthers
Morning News Bulletin 23 May 2024
May 22, 2024 21:09 - 5 minutes - 9.81 MBIreland, Norway and Spain announce plans to recognise a Palestinian state within days; Relieved Australian evacuees return home from New Caledonia, where many more remain stranded; Tottenham loses to Newcastle in front of a bumper crowd at the MCG.
Evening News Bulletin 22 May 2024
May 22, 2024 06:00 - 5 minutes - 9.89 MBSingapore Airlines send their condolences to the family of a man who died after severe turbulence; More Australians being evacuated from New Caledonia; A court case rules out West Coast forward Trent Brockman from A-F-L selection.
Midday News Bulletin 22 May 2024
May 22, 2024 02:00 - 5 minutes - 9.93 MBA group of Australians among those injured on a Singapore Airlines flight hit by turbulence; Promising signs in Australia's latest anti-scam report; Aleksandar Vukic eliminated from the ATP 250 event in Lyon.
Morning News Bulletin 22 May 2024
May 21, 2024 21:08 - 4 minutes - 9.07 MBA passenger killed and several others injured as a London-Singapore flight is hit with severe turbulence; after more than a week of turmoil in New Caledonia, stranded Australians escape to safety; the Matildas name a 25-player squad for their two upcoming friendlies with China.
Evening News Bulletin 21 May 2024
May 21, 2024 06:00 - 5 minutes - 10.6 MBMixed local reactions to an international arrest warrant against the Israeli Prime Minister; A man under police guard after stabbing a woman in Melbourne; Parramatta fails to lure Wayne Bennett away from Souths.
Midday News Bulletin 21 May 2024
May 21, 2024 01:59 - 5 minutes - 9.93 MBLimited flights announced to evacuate Australians from New Caledonia; The government still calling for the release of Julian Assange after the latest UK court ruling; Matildas captain Sam Kerr out of the Paris Olympics.
Morning News Bulletin 21 May 2024
May 20, 2024 20:45 - 6 minutes - 11 MBA legal victory for Julian Assange, as his extradition case continues; The International Criminal Court seeks arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Hamas leaders; The Parramatta Eels sack coach Brad Arthur.
Evening News Bulletin 20 May 2024
May 20, 2024 06:00 - 5 minutes - 10.5 MBPolice confirm the deaths of a father and son in Lismore; Taiwan's new president calls for peace with China after his official swearing in; Australian golf star Hannah Green edged out in the Americas Open by Nellie Korda.
Midday News Bulletin 20 May 2024
May 20, 2024 02:00 - 6 minutes - 11.2 MBA tragic discovery on the New South Wales far north coast; Banks under fire for failing to help customers as mortgage stress reaches a new high; Deliberations continue over a mooted Papua New Guinea team in the N-R-L.
Morning News Bulletin 20 May 2024
May 19, 2024 20:35 - 5 minutes - 10.7 MBA helicopter carrying Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi has crashed, Two crime scenes established following the stabbing of a police officer in Sydney, Manchester City wins a record fourth-straight Premier League title.
Evening News Bulletin 19 May 2024
May 19, 2024 06:06 - 4 minutes - 8.99 MBThe federal government looking at options to protect Australians stranded in New Caledonia; an Australian hospitalised after a mass shooting in Afghanistan; and in sports, a setback for Formula One Australian ace Oscar Piastri
Midday News Bulletin 19 May 2024
May 19, 2024 02:00 - 5 minutes - 10.6 MBIn this bulletin, Jim Chalmers calls federal opposition's proposed migration caps intentionally divisive; Foreign minister says Australian Defence Force jets standing by for New Caledonia evacuations; and in boxing, Oleksandr Usyk defeats Tyson Fury to become undisputed world heavyweight champion.
Morning News Bulletin 19 May 2024
May 18, 2024 21:00 - 6 minutes - 12.6 MBIn this bulletin, an Australian tourist has been injured in an armed assault in Afghanistan; Victorian Labor members demand guarantees the government won't sell public housing land; and in football, Melbourne Victory will go up against Central Coast Mariners Football Club in the A-League Men's grand final.
Evening News Bulletin 18 May 2024
May 18, 2024 06:01 - 5 minutes - 8.39 MBPro-Palestinian activists crash Victorian Labor's state conference; an Australian among those injured in a deadly incident of gunfire in Afghanistan; and in football, Australia wins the hosting rights to the 2026 Women's Asian Cup.
Midday News Bulletin 18 May 2024
May 18, 2024 02:00 - 5 minutes - 9.72 MBIn this bulletin, pro-Palestinian protests as prime minister prepares to address ALP Victorian state conference; France accuses Azerbaijan of provoking fatal riots in New Caledonia; and in AFL, Blues Coach Michael Voss insists injury not behind 52-point thrashing by Sydney.
Morning News Bulletin 18 May 2024
May 17, 2024 21:00 - 6 minutes - 11.8 MBIn this bulletin, Israel's military says it has found the bodies of three hostages taken by Hamas into Gaza; a stand-off between pro-Palestinian protesters and the University of Melbourne continues; and in sport, bet-fixing charges levelled at three Macarthur Football Club A-League players.
Evening News Bulletin 17 May 2024
May 17, 2024 06:00 - 6 minutes - 11.4 MBThree players arrested over allegations of betting manipulation are identified; Concerns over emergency services access once the 3G network closes for good; the Australian Paralympics team model their new uniforms for the Paris Games.
Midday News Bulletin 17 May 2024
May 17, 2024 02:02 - 6 minutes - 11.7 MBThree A-League players arrested over betting corruption allegations; Police hunting for a man after a mother and baby abducted in Melbourne; Australia's Cameron Smith still in the PGA championship after an audacious underwater shot.
Morning News Bulletin 17 May 2024
May 16, 2024 20:15 - 5 minutes - 10.8 MBPeter Dutton delivers the Opposition's budget reply speech; A suspect charged with the attempted murder of Slovakia's Prime Minister; And in sport, New South Wales defeat Queensland in the Women's State of Origin.
Evening News Bulletin 16 May 2024
May 16, 2024 06:00 - 6 minutes - 11.1 MBNew Caledonia to remain in a state of emergency for the next fortnight; The opposition preparing for its Budget reply speech tonight; Former St Kilda star Sam Fisher jailed on drugs charges.
Midday News Bulletin 16 May 2024
May 16, 2024 01:59 - 5 minutes - 10.9 MBAustralians trapped in New Caledonia as rioting turns deadly; Slovakia's Prime Minister expected to survive after being shot in an assassination attempt; Australia named as the host nation for the 2026 Women's Asian Cup.
Morning News Bulletin 16 May 2024
May 15, 2024 20:23 - 5 minutes - 9.82 MBA Labor senator breaks ranks to accuse Israel of genocide; Slovakia's Prime Minister Robert Fico in a life threatening condition after being shot; And in sport, two NRL fans get lifetime bans for alleged racial abuse towards Indigenous players.
Evening News Bulletin 15 May 2024
May 15, 2024 06:00 - 5 minutes - 10.4 MBFarmers walk out of a post-budget speech over Labor's live sheep export ban; Students turfed from a second pro-Palestine encampment in Canberra; Former gold medallist Steven Bradbury makes headlines again - for an act of bravery.
Midday News Bulletin 15 May 2024
May 15, 2024 01:59 - 5 minutes - 9.88 MBThe federal government defends its decisions after handing down its third Budget on Tuesday night; Plans for a rally to protest a Sydney council book ban; Alex de Minaur knocked out of the Italian Open.
Morning News Bulletin 15 May 2024
May 14, 2024 20:38 - 5 minutes - 9.98 MBTreasurer Jim Chalmers hands down the 2024 Federal Budget; the Opposition calls energy bill relief in the Budget "a band-aid on a bullet wound"; and in rugby league, Gold Coast and Brisbane rocked by injuries.
Evening News Bulletin 14 May 2024
May 14, 2024 06:01 - 5 minutes - 9.22 MBDavid McBride, the whistleblower who leaked defence secrets has been sentenced to nearly six years in prison, the Greens have expressed concerns over tonight's budget decisions on climate, Tottenham Hotspurs given one last chance to reach the Champions League.
Midday News Bulletin 14 May 2024
May 14, 2024 02:00 - 6 minutes - 11.4 MBIn this bulletin, Treasurer Jim Chalmers says there will be a tax cut for all Australians in the upcoming federal budget; domestic violence offenders in New South Wales to find it harder to get released on bail; and in tennis, climate protesters forced two matches to be suspended at the Italian Open.
Morning News Bulletin 14 May 2024
May 13, 2024 20:30 - 5 minutes - 10.2 MBIn this bulletin, the Treasurer to deliver a budget surplus; unhappiness over the Eurovision EU flag ban; and in the A-League, Football Australia imposes a two-year ban on a fan who performed a Nazi salute.
Evening News Bulletin 13 May 2024
May 13, 2024 06:03 - 5 minutes - 9.35 MBAnthony Albanese says tomorrow night's budget will be one for Australia's future, crisis talks between universities and the federal government over international student numbers, allegations of racist abuse from a spectator towards two star Indigenous players.
Midday News Bulletin 13 May 2024
May 13, 2024 02:08 - 5 minutes - 10.5 MBThe government to introduce a cap on the number of international students universities can accept, the death toll from Israel's assault on Gaza reaches 35,000, And world number one Novak Djokovic defeated by Chile's Alejandro Tabilo at the Italian Open.
Morning News Bulletin 13 May 2024
May 12, 2024 20:30 - 5 minutes - 10.9 MBIn this bulletin, Treasurer Jim Chalmers says Tuesday's budget measures will help drive down inflation; Russian authorities says at least nine people have been killed by a Ukrainian airstrike on a residential building in the border city of Belgorod; and in boxing, Australian George Kambosos loses to Ukrainian Vasiliy Lomachenko in the lightweight world title showdown.
Evening News Bulletin 12 May 2024
May 12, 2024 06:07 - 6 minutes - 12.6 MBIn this bulletin... Doctors say the upcoming budget will miss the mark for addressing a lack of health funding; Swiss fans celebrate their country winning the Eurovision Song Contest; And in boxing, Australian Andrew Moloney announces his shock retirement after a controversial loss to Mexico's Pedro Guevara.