SBS Finance Editor Ricardo Gonçalves speaks with Flight Centre Travel Group CEO Graham Turner about the company's latest market update including why airfares to the US may be cut soon; ACCC Deputy Chair Mick Keogh warns businesses to be aware of rules around card surcharges; plus the day on the sharemarket with Luke McMillan from Ophir Asset Management.

During the election campaign, both major parties have announced plans to boost tradie numbers in Australia to help increase the supply of new homes. Builders welcome the move to fast-track tradie qualifications, but say there still won't be enough workers to build more than a million new homes that have been promised in the next five years without skilled labour from overseas.

A new drug for treatment-resistant depression will be listed on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme this week, making it more affordable for 30,000 Australians. The medication is a chemical cousin of the drug ketamine and is bringing hope to many who live with the chronic mental illness.

A Vancouver Filipino street festival has turned tragic when a man drove an SUV through a crowd, killing 11 and injuring dozens. Police, who ruled out terrorism, say the suspect who is in custody was known to them due to prior mental health interactions. As the city mourns, leaders have pledged support and the Filipino community has vowed to rebuild.

A panel of undecided voters handed Prime Minister Anthony Albanese a convincing win at the end of the fourth and final leaders debate. With one week of campaigning remaining, the verdict of voters across Australia will be sealed on May 3.

A funeral and procession for Pope Francis has been attended by 400,000 - bringing together royals, world leaders, pilgrims and refugees. The first Latin American pope has been remembered as a champion for peace, inclusion, and mercy.

An elected Dutton Coalition Government would establish a Special Envoy for Hostage Affairs to provide greater support for Australians being held in arbitrary detention overseas. The need for a Special Envoy has been identified by the Australian Wrongful and Arbitrary Detention Alliance as a key strategy to provide a stronger focus on efforts to free Australians being detained by certain countries or in high-risk parts of the world in what is often referred to as ‘hostage diplomacy’.Shadow Foreign Affairs spokesman David Coleman said it was clear that more needed to be done in cases where Australians are detained overseas on spurious or false charges by foreign regimes. He's been talking about that and the rest of the Coalition's foreign affairs policy to SBS Chief Political Correspondent Anna Henderson.

The Federation of Ethnic Communities Councils of Australia says they are concerned multiculturalism isn't a key election issue in this federal election campaign. They've released a policy platform criticising proposals to change the citizenship 'values' test, ban refugees from Gaza, and deport dual nationals convicted of crimes. Chairperson Peter Doukas says he's also concerned migrants have become scapegoats for the cost of living and housing crisis. In this episode of Weekend One on One he's speaking to SBS's Stephanie Youssef.

The climate is changing and so is the way people are talking about it – with science communicators around the world using laughs over lectures to drive the climate conversation.

Imagine voting without the hallmarks of election day – a sausage sizzle, how-to-vote cards, or information about the candidates. What is unthinkable for many Australians is a reality for people who are in prison. ⁠ Just 274 prisoners voted in the last Federal Election, and former inmates say the barriers to voting can feel dehumanising.