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25 Dec 2016 - 3:19pm

PM serves Christmas meals to the homeless amid refugee protests

The Wayside Chapel's annual Christmas lunch in Sydney's Kings Cross catered to hundreds of homeless, with the prime minister turning up to serve meals.
25 Dec 2016 - 4:44pm

Super typhoon heads for Philippines

A super typhoon is roaring towards the Philippines with winds averaging 175km/h and gusts of up 215km/h.
25 Dec 2016 - 1:02pm

Obamas' final Christmas message from White House

Barack and Michelle Obama deliver their Christmas message to Americans urging tolerance and care for others, including the less fortunate.
25 Dec 2016 - 3:58pm

Advocates call for asylum-seeker death inquiry

The death of a Sudanese man being held at the Manus Island detention centre needs further investigation, advocates say.
25 Dec 2016 - 12:54pm

Asylum seekers riot on Manus Island after refugee death: police

Asylum seekers held in detention on Manus Island briefly took control of two compounds and expelled guards following the death of a refugee who fell ill at the...
25 Dec 2016 - 12:14pm

Australia's leaders thank defence members on Christmas Day

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and Opposition leader Bill Shorten have thanked members of Australia's Defence Force, who are spending Chrismas deployed overseas.
25 Dec 2016 - 10:22am

Trump plans to close charitable foundation

US President-elect Donald Trump "intends" to dissolve his charitable foundation that remains under investigation.

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25 Dec 2016 - 11:13am

Tunisia arrests Berlin attacker's nephew

Tunisia on Saturday said it had arrested the nephew of Anis Amri, the suspected Berlin truck attacker gunned down by Italian police, as Germany searched for the...
25 Dec 2016 - 12:19pm

UN vote on Israeli settlements 'biased and shameful': Netanyahu

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday rejected a UN resolution demanding a halt to Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories.
25 Dec 2016 - 11:07am

Child, 3, dies after being pulled unconscious from car in Sydney's west

A three-year-old girl has died after being pulled from a car in Sydney's northwest.
25 Dec 2016 - 9:10am

Status Quo guitarist Rick Parfitt dies

Status Quo guitarist Rick Parfitt has died in a Spanish hospital at the age of 68 after suffering from a severe infection.
25 Dec 2016 - 11:38am

Russia questions US 'grip on reality' after sanctions

Russia's foreign ministry on Saturday lashed out at the US for slapping sanctions on Syrian ministers and a Russian bank, saying Washington had "completely lost...
24 Dec 2016 - 6:32pm

Carrie Fisher in intensive care in LA

The brother of Star Wars actress Carrie Fisher say she is intensive care in a LA hospital after suffering a heart attack.
24 Dec 2016 - 6:52pm

Crowds fill Vic terror target cathedral

Crowds have filled Melbourne's St Paul's Cathedral as police beef up security around the target of an alleged Christmas Day bombing plot.

In focus: Migration

Highlights from SBS' coverage of migration-related issues.

So you want to move to Australia? Here's a how-to guide

For those interested in a life in Australia, there's more than one way to migrate here, but not all of them are permanent.
13 Dec 2016 - 10:27am

One in five Pacific Islanders would move to Australia under new migration proposal

A new proposal to throw open Australia’s doors to permanent Pacific Islander migrants would be worth more than 40 times the value of current aid commitments and...
12 Dec 2016

Melbourne woman faces deportation due to her intellectual disability

The family of Bhajan Kaur have made a heartfelt appeal to stop her deportation, as her mother and brother explain to SBS Punjabi the possible consequences of such...

The controversy around 457 visas

Here's what you need to know about Australia's 457 temporary skilled worker program.
25 Nov 2016 - 7:09am

'Deportation would tear our family apart': GP makes last-ditch plea for family to stay in Australia

A Bangladeshi doctor and her two children are facing deportation after her daughter's developmental delay lead to the rejection of their application to stay in...
14 Sep 2016 - 11:43am

Call to increase visa cost for parents of immigrants slammed

The Federation of Ethnic Communities Councils of Australia says a call from the Productivity Commission to reevaluate visas for the parents of immigrants is ...
21 Nov 2016 - 7:17am

South African family ordered to leave Australia before Christmas

Disabled support workers claim Canberra’s disabled community will suffer because the Immigration Department is not reversing its denial of their visas.

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23 Dec 2016 - 10:17pm

Google launches 'toilet locator' in India

A new Google Maps feature aims to help nearly half of India's 1.2 billion people who do not have toilets at home, helping them find nearly public toilets.
23 Dec 2016 - 10:43pm

Defence to review 100 withheld medal cases

Australian war veterans whose service honours were withheld or forfeited might have their medals gifted to them, with a defence tribunal to review 100 cases.
22 Dec 2016 - 11:11am

This is what happens when a panda meets a snowman

Toronto Zoo has captured adorable footage of giant panda Da Mao's encounter with a snowman.
22 Dec 2016 - 6:41pm

Return to sender: Christmas comes early for Pauline Hanson

As Christmas mania reaches fever pitch, some kind soul has taken a moment out of their day to send the One Nation leader a halal gift: Vegemite.
22 Dec 2016 - 5:08pm

Bishop presses ABC on Pacific ‘concerns’ over shortwave radio cut

Julie Bishop has raised the Pacific region’s concerns over the planned abolition of Radio Australia’s shortwave service with the ABC.
22 Dec 2016 - 7:07am

Aleppo's Twitter girl meets Erdogan

Aleppo's Twitter star, seven-year-old Bana Alabed, has met with Turkey's president in his palace.
22 Dec 2016 - 6:16pm

Ikea unimpressed by overnight hideout craze

A new fad that has people hiding out in IKEA stores overnight and walking out the next morning has left the Swedish retailer less than amused.

In focus: Australia's First People

Culture
Indigenous Australia

How to make a healing garden

Your garden can deliver a lot more than just outdoor decoration. SBS Life spoke to Charles Solomon, Indigenous plant consultant and founder of Garawana Creative, to find out how we can bring some Abor...
Culture
Busting myths

Here's the truth about the 'free ride' that some Australians think Indigenous peoples get

The shocking truth about non-Indigenous Australia is that many people mistakenly assume that Indigenous Australians coast through life, receiving privileges and benefits. Bronwyn Carlson busts this my...
Food
Growth

Who owns a plant?

With more and more people relishing in the flora that has nourished Indigenous Australians for more than 50,000 years, John Newtown asks who "owns" our native plants.
Culture
Yoga fusions

Weaving Indigenous sounds and stories into yoga

A Sydney-based yoga organisation is fusing Indian and Indigenous yoga traditions, incorporating the spirit of Aboriginal Australia into the ancient practice.
Culture
Indigenous Australia

How can we meaningfully recognise cities as Indigenous places?

More than 30 per cent of Australia has been returned to Indigenous control, but none of that land is in urban areas.
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29 Nov 2016 - 7:15pm

In pictures: Behind the lines - the story of 2016 through political cartoons

The year 2016 gave political cartoonists more material than you could poke a pencil at. Eighty of the best cartoons went on display in the Behind the Lines exhibition at the Museum of Australian Democracy in Canberra.
9 Nov 2016 - 8:55pm

In pictures: The passion and the pain, Trump and Clinton supporters on election night

Donald Trump supporters were jubilant while Hillary Clinton supporters were shocked and silent - it is the tale of two camps as the US starts to come to terms with Trump's shock victory.
4 Nov 2016 - 3:18pm

In pictures: Iraqi forces re-take Mosul

More than 50,000 Iraqi soldiers, Kurdish Peshmerga fighters, Sunni Arab tribesmen and Shia militiamen are engaged in a bloody battle to re-take control of Mosul from IS.
13 Sep 2016 - 11:16am

Finetta's life at home

25 Aug 2016 - 11:29am

In pictures: Massive earthquake hits central Italy

A 6.2-magnitude hit central Italy on Wednesday, leaving more than 150 dead and reducing towns across the region to rubble.
16 Aug 2016 - 1:44pm

In pictures: Deadly Louisiana floods force thousands to evacuate

Louisiana has faced epic flooding, with at least seven people killed and thousands evacuated to emergency shelters after waterways in the southern part of the state overflowed their banks.
9 Aug 2016 - 1:35pm

Who's Who in the Hip Op Crew?

Meet Mi$$y Ro Yo, Kara Bang Bang, Big Deal and the rest of the world's oldest hip-hop crew.
19 Jul 2016 - 2:56pm

On Location in Sicily

Aela Callan and the Dateline crew captured not only the story of the anti-mafia fight in Sicily, but also the sights and sounds of this Mediterranean island.
19 Jul 2016 - 11:33am

In pictures: Protesters mark the start of the Republican convention

Dozens of protesters both for and against presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump have faced off at the opening of the Republican National Convention in the state of Ohio.
15 Jul 2016 - 10:52am

Bastille Day attack

At least 60 people are dead and 100 injured in the French city of Nice after a truck ploughed into a crowd in what officials and witnesses say was a deliberate attack.
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