SBS News In Depth

A monumental cover-up is underway in Paris. Meanwhile in Canberra, politicians and officials get their story straight about the events on Norfolk Island as journalists start to dig. And global pressure beats down on Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific as nuclear-armed powers exert their influence.

Sean Szeps is a prominent figure in the online parenting space, yet you won't see his family in his posts. In a time, where social platforms are increasingly dominating the media landscape, Sean discusses how he makes a living online while protecting the privacy of his children.

A midnight raid is launched to capture the French spies. But Kiwi detectives get a shock when the Australian Government sets them an impossible deadline to gather evidence. Richard learns of Australia’s manipulation of nuclear policies in the Pacific and hears of the real physical and emotional fallout of the testing, direct from the Pacific Island community.

A small yacht moored off Norfolk Island and its crew of four mysterious, hard-partying Frenchmen suddenly become of interest to New Zealand police. The detectives are investigating the fatal bombing of Greenpeace’s flagship, the Rainbow Warrior, more than 1000 kilometres away in Auckland Harbour. 40 years on from the bombing, journalist Richard Baker flies to Norfolk Island to find out what really happened - because he’s got a hunch there’s more to this case than the public have ever known.

Five years on from the Black Summer bushfires, many people are still dealing with the loss and grief of what happened, and how they were left to pick up the pieces. This series focuses on one devastating summer, two communities, and the collective grief and determination they needed to get back up on their feet after disaster. This is Burnt, an SBS Podcast. In episode one, Sydney Lang revisits the people of Cobargo and Mallacoota to hear how they remember what happened that summer.

In this episode: China’s military parade and its guests of honour the US media has dubbed ‘the Axis of Upheaval’, protesters mobilise across Indonesia as parliamentary allowances trigger mass unrest. Plus, Thailand faces yet another political crisis while environmental concerns escalate across the border in Myanmar. And the holographic warning to all would-be criminals.

Car theft claims rose to a record $233m in Victoria last financial year, but fell in every other state so Stephanie Youssef speaks with Insuance Council of Australia CEO Andrew Hall to find out what can be done about it and what it means for premiums, plus SBS Finance Editor Ricardo Gonçalves takes a closer look at the sharemarket with Ben Clark from TMS Private.

The Indian community has urged Liberal senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price to apologise, after she made claims the government prioritises Indian migrants because many of them vote for Labor. While the Coalition leader has sought to distance herself from the remarks, experts say the Coalition has some mending to do with the community.

Lisbon is mourning a devastating tragedy after the historic Gloria funicular derailed, killing 15 people and injuring at least 18 others, in what officials describe as the capital’s worst transport disaster in decades.

20,000 more home care packages are to be available to vulnerable older Australians after the federal government was forced to make a deal with the Coalition. It was the first major test faced by Labor since it was re-elected, which was cornered in the senate to make changes to its aged care reform policy.

The Australian sharemarket has experienced its worst single-day drop since April, with all 11 sectors finishing in the red. For more, Rena Sarumpaet spoke with Perpetual’s Head of Investment Strategy, Matt Sherwood. Plus, Australia’s GDP expanded by a larger-than-expected 0.6% in the June quarter. SBS Finance Editor Ricardo Goncalves spoke with NAB Chief Economist Sally Auld about what that means for the economy.

Thousands of people living in Afghanistan's mountainous Nangarhar province have been left bereaved, homeless and traumatised after Sunday's earthquake. Then, amid ongoing and petrifying tremors, another earthquake came.

United States President Donald Trump’s plan to deploy federal troops to Democrat-led cities has sparked fierce and widespread opposition, raising legal, constitutional, and civil rights concerns across the nation. This comes as a California judge ruled that the Trump administration's deployment of troops to California to aid immigration agents and law enforcement was illegal.

Local communities say an environmental crisis is unfolding along the Thai-Myanmar border, where dangerously high levels of arsenic have been detected in several major rivers. There is now growing evidence a surge in unregulated rare earth mining in Myanmar's southern Shan State is to blame. And now, with the contamination reaching the Mekong River, environmentalists say the effects could be felt right through Southeast Asia.

Many regional towns across Australia struggle to attract essential workers - like doctors, teachers and aged-care staff – often due to lack of affordable housing and other factors. While similar equivalents exist in other states and territories, an initiative across regional areas in New South Wales is hoping to change this by offering essential workers support to find housing, schools and community groups to make them feel welcome and connected.