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A new report by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has found fewer Australians are reporting scams in 2025, but more money has been lost. The report has found people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds are more likely to suffer loss. 

SBS Finance Editor Ricardo Gonçalves speaks with George Boubouras from K2 Asset Management about the day's sharemarket action, including why investors are increasingly confident of a September interest rate cut in the US. Plus Hannah Kwon finds out more about the way AI is being ... Show More

The government has already pledged to pause changes to the National Construction Code to accelerate housing supply - and now they are fast-tracking their expansion of the First Home Buyer Guarantee. While the expansion is being praised for widening access to the property market, ... Show More

Seven people have been killed and hundreds of thousands have evacuated their homes as wildfires raging across Los Angeles continue to spread, fueled by dry vegetation and howling winds. These conditions have highlighted the dangers of climate change and how it’s making life harde ... Show More

With so many confusing narratives unfolding around a fire that is still raging out of control, I wanted to talk to somebody I knew and trusted to get stories like this right. Robinson Meyer is the founder and editor of Heatmap News and a former staff writer at The Atlantic, where ... Show More

The Black Summer bushfires devastated Australia in 2019 and 2020. As wildfires become more frequent in the US, Europe, and around the globe, Bloomberg reporters Amy Bainbridge and Angus Whitley join this episode to discuss what doctors have learned from Australia’s fires about th ... Show More

At least 24 people have been killed and more than 10,000 properties destroyed in the Los Angeles wildfires.  Australia’s bushfire season puts the country on edge every year – especially across our regions - but could major cities here also be at risk?  In this episode of The Brie ... Show More

P.M. Edition for Jan. 8. Two people are dead and thousands ordered to evacuate as multiple blazes in Los Angeles County push firefighting resources to their limits. WSJ reporter Sara Randazzo reports from Pasadena. And a prominent Chinese economist made comments about his country ... Show More

We find out about the extreme weather events that are happening around the world. We speak to experts from the weather, climate, tech, and disinformation teams to ask how we can better predict and possibly prevent them.Image: A table and chair burns as a home catches fire from th ... Show More

By now, most Californians are aware that animals – pets and wildlife – are also suffering because of the fires raging in Los Angeles County. Whenever a natural disaster strikes, animal rescue operations have to kick into high gear. Reporter: Rachael Myrow, KQED California’s insur ... Show More

Los Angeles ravagée par les flammes. Depuis le 7 janvier, la ville connaît ce qui pourrait être la catastrophe naturelle la plus destructrice de son histoire. Sécheresse, canicules, feux... Ces phénomènes, intensifiés par le réchauffement climatique, menacent de plus en plus la C ... Show More