Episodes

  • New website and app to safeguard international students in Australia

    New website and app to safeguard international students in Australia
    Feb 25 2026
    For international students studying in Australia, accessing healthcare is often seen as too expensive - or too confusing to navigate. But a new initiative - designed by international students FOR international students - aims to make services easier to find, while breaking down taboos around sexual and mental health.
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    5 mins
  • ‘Are our loved ones alive or not?’ A distressing start to the academic year for these international students

    ‘Are our loved ones alive or not?’ A distressing start to the academic year for these international students
    Feb 6 2026
    University students in Australia, including more than 800,000 from overseas, are preparing for a new academic year. However, many from Iran are facing financial hardship while also grieving lives lost during recent protests.
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    5 mins
  • Nationwide protests against ICE sweep across United States

    Nationwide protests against ICE sweep across United States
    Jan 11 2026
    At least 29 people have been arrested in Minneapolis during ongoing protests over the fatal shooting of a US citizen by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent. The killing of Renee Good has sparked demonstrations across the country, while further confrontations with ICE agents have been filmed.
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    3 mins
  • Tensions deepen across the US over fatal ICE shooting in Minneapolis

    Tensions deepen across the US over fatal ICE shooting in Minneapolis
    Jan 9 2026
    Tensions between Minnesota and federal officials have deepened over a United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer's fatal shooting of a woman in the city of Minneapolis. Protesters have clashed with law enforcement in the city, the day after the US citizen was killed by ICE agents.
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    6 mins
  • Venezuelans in Australia respond as events unfold

    Venezuelans in Australia respond as events unfold
    Jan 5 2026
    Events in Venezuela have stirred emotion among the Latin American diaspora in Australia. In Sydney and Melbourne, Venezuelans are gathering in streets and community spaces as developments unfold.
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    6 mins
  • 'I wish I was a dog in Australia': Muhammad's story as UN probes immigration detention

    'I wish I was a dog in Australia': Muhammad's story as UN probes immigration detention
    Dec 2 2025
    Australia's immigration detention regime is under United Nations scrutiny this week. The UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention is examining how the country deprives people of their liberty — from prisons to offshore detention facilities. And for people like Muhammad, who spent six years in detention, this review is one that's long overdue.
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    10 mins
  • INTERVIEW: Associate Professor Bassina Farbenblum

    INTERVIEW: Associate Professor Bassina Farbenblum
    Nov 22 2025
    As thousands of international students prepare to take summer holiday jobs, Associate Professor Bassina Farbenblum, an expert on migrants' rights from the University of New South Wales, warns that more is needed to protect students from wage theft and abuse. She says Australia has a ‘pervasive problem’ with workplace exploitation of international students and those on temporary visas. Dr Farbenblum is speaking to SBS’s Sandra Fulloon.
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    10 mins
  • New names added to migration Welcome Wall at National Maritime Museum

    New names added to migration Welcome Wall at National Maritime Museum
    Nov 22 2025
    Two panels have been unveiled at Australia's National Maritime Museum to honour a new group of migrant families. Museum Director and CEO Ms Daryl Karp and Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke say the Monument is a celebration of the long history of migrants who have shaped modern Australia.
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    4 mins