https://www.sbs.com.au/news Top Videos Iconic Australian artist Brett Whiteley's last studio is reopening, following years-long major building works. It became part of the Art Gallery of New South Wales after his death. The studio will reopen with a new exhibition titled Coming Home, which showcases 80 works from a key era of his career — some created in the Sydney space which has been frozen in time. https://www.sbs.com.au/news/video/home-again-brett-whiteleys-final-studio-reopens/d2xqa8n9v 0000019f-9348-dd8f-a1bf-9f6937330000 Fri, 24 Jul 2026 08:24:00 +0000 Fri, 24 Jul 2026 09:48:10 +0000 Culture Arts 0 The government maintains the debate over AUKUS is over, despite continuing opposition among some supporters at the federal Labor conference. The party's factions have worked to avoid a flare-up over gambling reform — while also agreeing to remove barriers around voluntary assisted dying. https://www.sbs.com.au/news/video/labor-aims-to-sink-aukus-debate/du37ijkwy 0000019f-9346-dcf0-abdf-976753b10000 Fri, 24 Jul 2026 08:24:00 +0000 Fri, 24 Jul 2026 09:30:32 +0000 Politics Australia 0 Members of the Jewish community have told the Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion that they are facing an unprecedented risk environment. The commission heard testimony that the appropriate level of cooperation between security agencies and community groups is still lacking after last year's Bondi terror attack. https://www.sbs.com.au/news/video/jewish-community-group-details-unprecedented-security-environment/2s4r3mf6s 0000019f-934b-d4d3-a3ff-df7b16dc0000 Fri, 24 Jul 2026 08:24:00 +0000 Fri, 24 Jul 2026 09:30:21 +0000 Politics Australia 0 Australian Major League Baseball All Star Travis Bazzana says winning an Olympic gold medal for Australia would be one of the biggest achievements in his career. Bazzana has overcome the pressure of expectation that’s come with being the first Australian to be picked number one in the college draft. https://www.sbs.com.au/news/video/travis-bazzana-bats-away-the-weight-of-expectation/4bud5fvz7 0000019f-8e63-d829-a19f-9f7f01d40000 Thu, 23 Jul 2026 06:40:00 +0000 Thu, 23 Jul 2026 09:55:18 +0000 Australia 0 Today marks six years until the Brisbane Olympic and Paralympic Games in 2032. The Queensland government has revealed plans for a new aquatic centre, but questions continue around costs and infrastructure delays. https://www.sbs.com.au/news/video/brisbane-marks-six-years-until-2032-olympic-games/vqgae8xqj 0000019f-8e5d-d686-adff-befdb7e50000 Thu, 23 Jul 2026 06:40:00 +0000 Thu, 23 Jul 2026 09:50:10 +0000 Australia 0 The Labor Party's highest-level decision-making body has come together to set its strategy for the next election, with its sights firmly set on the rise of One Nation. While the threat of populism has united the political movement — with unions achieving big wins today — there's still internal dissent on resource taxation and the approach to the Middle East and future Indigenous policy. https://www.sbs.com.au/news/video/one-nation-looms-large-over-labors-national-conference/wtw05lgy4 0000019f-8e57-d829-a19f-9f5f83eb0000 Thu, 23 Jul 2026 06:40:00 +0000 Thu, 23 Jul 2026 09:44:21 +0000 Australia Politics 0 The Iraqi judicial system has confirmed a Perth doctor linked to the IS group in Syria is still alive. The Home Affairs Minister has warned that anyone who joined the terrorist organisation will face Australian law if they attempt to return. https://www.sbs.com.au/news/video/perth-doctor-linked-to-is-group-confirmed-alive-as-australia-issues-return-warning/nebqs7jsv 0000019f-8956-db7c-a1df-abd784bb0000 Wed, 22 Jul 2026 09:24:00 +0000 Wed, 22 Jul 2026 10:23:21 +0000 Australia 0 Victoria Police has faced extensive questioning over its capacity to track antisemitic incidents, at the Royal Commission on Antisemitsm and Social Cohesion. The force conceding that it's 'problematic' that no mechanism exists to accurately catalogue incidents of antisemitism or Islamophobia. https://www.sbs.com.au/news/video/victoria-police-faces-scrutiny-over-failure-to-track-hate-incidents/9ym4vedyh 0000019f-8951-db80-afbf-e9f176680000 Wed, 22 Jul 2026 09:23:00 +0000 Wed, 22 Jul 2026 10:18:40 +0000 Australia 0 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers are warned that the following story contains images of someone who has passed away. The Northern Territory Parliament has passed controversial amendments to its child protection laws. The CLP Government says the overhaul creates a universal principle that places a child's safety above all else. But Aboriginal leaders and human rights groups say the changes will lead to more Indigenous child removals. A warning to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers that the following story contains images of someone who has died. https://www.sbs.com.au/news/video/northern-territory-faces-backlash-over-child-protection-reforms/2pe5g6571 0000019f-8948-dcc8-a9ff-89ec25580000 Wed, 22 Jul 2026 09:23:00 +0000 Wed, 22 Jul 2026 10:13:15 +0000 Australia 0 Tributes are flowing for Kevin Keegan, who has died aged 75. The former England captain and manager revealed in January that he was undergoing cancer treatment. The English football icon has been hailed one of the most influential sporting figures of his generation. Although most of his success was in Europe, he also played twice in Australia. https://www.sbs.com.au/news/video/former-england-captain-kevin-keegan-dies-aged-75/y65cqnmf8 0000019f-840d-d44c-a7ff-b79f166c0000 Tue, 21 Jul 2026 07:30:00 +0000 Tue, 21 Jul 2026 09:55:50 +0000 Sport 0 The Wilya Janta Housing Corporation, an Aboriginal-led organisation, has opened its first display home in the Northern Territory. The house was designed in collaboration with the local Wumpurani people — empowering them to choose what kind of place they want to live in rather than having public houses built for them by the government. There's hope that the house in Tennant Creek can be a prototype that delivers culturally safe and environmentally friendly remote housing in Indigenous communities around Australia. https://www.sbs.com.au/news/video/community-led-housing-brings-culturally-safe-living-to-tennant-creek/t1jpq1gjs 0000019f-83f8-d940-a5bf-c7ffb1830000 Tue, 21 Jul 2026 07:29:00 +0000 Tue, 21 Jul 2026 09:39:11 +0000 Indigenous 0 The Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion has heard how the firebombing of Melbourne's Adass Israel Synagogue has left lasting trauma for its congregants. Faith leaders and heads of Jewish schools gave evidence today — largely focusing on the significant security arrangements they've made in the wake of rising antisemitism since 7 October. https://www.sbs.com.au/news/video/firebombed-synagogue-made-multiple-requests-for-security-funding/u5jz9r2a6 0000019f-83f1-d815-a79f-b3f77ddd0000 Tue, 21 Jul 2026 07:28:00 +0000 Tue, 21 Jul 2026 09:20:14 +0000 Australia 0 Pauline Hanson has declared she would ban immigration from Gaza and has criticised Vladimir Putin's war on Ukraine, after praising him a decade ago. Fresh from a trip to Europe, the One Nation leader has offered a better glimpse of the party's foreign policy while seeking to troubleshoot questions around the party’s new Western Australian state candidate. https://www.sbs.com.au/news/video/pauline-hanson-backs-wa-by-election-candidate/qt9sc9r1y 0000019f-83e9-d940-a5bf-c7ff1ad30000 Tue, 21 Jul 2026 07:28:00 +0000 Tue, 21 Jul 2026 09:10:04 +0000 Politics 0 Some Pacific Island nations are facing a decline in tuna harvest — by 20 per cent on average by 2050. Experts are warning that climate-related fish migration could pose a looming threat to food security and economies across the region. SBS News reporter Jennifer Scherer travelled to Solomon Islands, where more than 90 per cent of inshore coastal areas fall under customary marine tenure — casting community-led solutions as vital to the sustainability of local fishing grounds. This story was supported by the Pulitzer Centre. https://www.sbs.com.au/news/video/how-this-pacific-fishing-village-is-adapting-to-a-changing-climate/7mnyeop21 0000019f-7f41-d59f-ad9f-7ff9ad6d0000 Mon, 20 Jul 2026 08:45:00 +0000 Mon, 20 Jul 2026 11:25:01 +0000 Australia 0 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers are warned that the following story contains images of someone who has passed away. Traditional Owners and activists have gathered at Pine Gap in the Northern Territory, demanding the joint US-Australian defence facility be shut down. Protesters have also called for the land to be handed back to the local Arrernte Traditional Owners. Elders say they feel guilty about its use to possibly supply intelligence for overseas wars. It's almost 60 years since the facility opened, 18 kilometres south-west of Alice Springs. The Defence Department has told SBS the Government does not comment on intelligence matters or the operation of its joint facilities. https://www.sbs.com.au/news/video/traditional-owners-call-for-pine-gap-base-to-be-shut-down/g5wtu1rdk 0000019f-7f31-dd3b-a19f-7fb750990000 Mon, 20 Jul 2026 08:55:00 +0000 Mon, 20 Jul 2026 11:09:49 +0000 Australia 0 The Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion has entered its fifth block of hearings, focusing on security threats to the Jewish community. Federal MP and former attorney-general Mark Dreyfus has told the inquiry of his experience of facing antisemitic abuse as a member of parliament. https://www.sbs.com.au/news/video/labor-mp-calls-for-protest-bans-outside-synagogues/n4jqne14h 0000019f-7f2a-d8ba-adbf-7faa5e950000 Mon, 20 Jul 2026 08:55:00 +0000 Mon, 20 Jul 2026 11:02:06 +0000 Australia Politics 0 Pauline Hanson has revealed she wants to pursue mass deportations to force, what she calls, illegal immigrants out of Australia. The One Nation leader made the comments after a trip to the UK, where she raised concerns about Australia’s migration policies following the end of the White Australia policy. https://www.sbs.com.au/news/video/pauline-hanson-endorses-mass-deportations/i9tz4tk5y 0000019f-7f23-db11-a59f-7fe3d49a0000 Mon, 20 Jul 2026 08:55:00 +0000 Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:53:01 +0000 Australia 0 The untold stories of Dutch migrants who made Australia home after World War Two. https://www.sbs.com.au/news/small-business-secrets/video/the-invisible-migrants-no-one-talked-about-until-now/23fik7qd6 0000019f-7d25-d5c8-a9df-ff7fc2a30000 Mon, 20 Jul 2026 01:11:00 +0000 Mon, 20 Jul 2026 01:31:37 +0000 0 A group of young Australian baseballers are daring to dream of international glory. The Sydney-based Ryde Hawks have qualified for the Little League World Series to be held in the US next month, after winning the Australian Little League National Championship. Inspired by former Hawk and current major league baseballer, Travis Bazzana, these young athletes will take on the world's best in their age group. https://www.sbs.com.au/news/video/australian-little-league-team-set-to-take-on-the-worlds-best-young-baseballers/0ilzpd91e 0000019f-6f2a-d22a-addf-efbfba2a0000 Fri, 17 Jul 2026 08:04:00 +0000 Fri, 17 Jul 2026 09:52:14 +0000 Australia Sport 0 A newly identified trapdoor spider has been found in Western Australia. The species, called Idiosoma ganbarrga, was first discovered at Karara Rangeland Park. It's the focus of a joint effort between Traditional Owners and scientists to better understand and protect one of the country's most elusive desert creatures. https://www.sbs.com.au/news/video/newly-named-trapdoor-spider-honours-the-connection-between-language-culture-and-country/4xduesfws 0000019f-6f23-d5a4-ad9f-7f2bea770000 Fri, 17 Jul 2026 08:04:00 +0000 Fri, 17 Jul 2026 09:51:57 +0000 Indigenous Culture Australia Environment 0 Pauline Hanson has hinted at the countries she wants to see on an immigration travel ban while lamenting the end of the White Australia policy. The One Nation leader made a series of highly contested claims about Muslim immigration during a podcast with UK far-right activist Tommy Robinson. https://www.sbs.com.au/news/video/pauline-hanson-laments-end-of-white-australia-policy/yid4zemci 0000019f-6f29-d1db-a3bf-6f7b0be30000 Fri, 17 Jul 2026 08:04:00 +0000 Fri, 17 Jul 2026 09:29:21 +0000 Australia Politics Culture 0 Telstra has conceded it ignored repeating warnings to fix a component linked to a catastrophic nationwide outage which impacted 45 per cent of the network's calls and data connections. Executives have told a senate hearing that external investigators have now been hired to probe what began as an early morning timing glitch. https://www.sbs.com.au/news/video/telstra-bosses-grilled-over-failure-behind-outage/co27tac2x 0000019f-6f27-d1db-a3bf-6f7711330000 Fri, 17 Jul 2026 08:04:00 +0000 Fri, 17 Jul 2026 09:09:03 +0000 Australia Politics 0 The federal government has slammed legal authorities in Laos for not pursuing the most serious charges over the poisoning deaths of two Australian teenagers. Bianca Jones and Holly Morton-Bowles were backpacking through South-East Asia in late 2024, when they and four others died after drinking tainted shots at their hostel. Their families have been told those accused will only face lesser charges of operating an illegal business and distributing dangerous goods. https://www.sbs.com.au/news/video/families-devastated-over-laos-poisoning-charges/r26mrdkpq 0000019f-6f22-d1db-a3bf-6f7238360000 Fri, 17 Jul 2026 08:04:00 +0000 Fri, 17 Jul 2026 09:08:46 +0000 0 Bush foods — such as saltbush, pepperberry and lemon myrtle — have sustained Indigenous people for thousands of years. Now an Aboriginal nursery is growing and supplying the native foods to a Sydney bakery, to produce artisan products with a unique flavour. The collaboration is about more than just delicious food — it provides employment and training to both First Nations and newly arrived Australians. https://www.sbs.com.au/news/video/bush-tucker-project-uniting-refugees-and-indigenous-australians/9ilzansrn 0000019f-6a51-d52c-a19f-7f55c7950000 Thu, 16 Jul 2026 08:35:00 +0000 Thu, 16 Jul 2026 09:53:13 +0000 Australia Indigenous Culture 0 Senior university administrators have fronted the Royal Commission into Antisemitism and Social Cohesion for the second day. The Australian National University has responded to claims of students making Nazi salutes and gestures, while Western Sydney University's chancellor has accused the tertiary education sector of hiding behind free speech to avoid acting on hate speech. https://www.sbs.com.au/news/video/chancellor-says-universities-hiding-behind-free-speech/fkwngfnqk 0000019f-6a47-d52c-a19f-7f4788670000 Thu, 16 Jul 2026 08:35:00 +0000 Thu, 16 Jul 2026 09:38:28 +0000 Australia Politics 0