NAPLAN testing is underway across the country for students in years three, five, seven and nine... but some Islamic educators say Muslim students are at a disadvantage. They’re calling for greater consultation to avoid the exams being held during Ramadan.

SBS Finance Editor Ricardo Gonçalves speaks with CommSec Chief Economist Ryan Felsman about what investors can expect this dividend season. plus Michael Jenneke from UBS on where to now for the Australian sharemarket.

US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin are scheduled to speak today to negotiate a ceasefire in Ukraine. Although the White House claims that they have never been closer to a deal, other European leaders fear that Putin is not ready to compromise.

Millions of lives around the world hang in the balance as US aid around the world is cut by the Trump administration. Now global health agencies are warning that work done over decades to keep various diseases under control are at risk of being undone, plunging the world into another health crisis.

A High Court decision has cleared the way for "significant" compensation for the Gumatj people of the Northern Territory. The Court has upheld an earlier Federal Court ruling that a site at Gove in northeast Arnhem Land was not acquired in the 1960s for bauxite mining on just terms.

SBS Finance Editor Ricardo Gonçalves takes a look at the latest Chinese stimulus measures and economic data with HSBC Chief Economist Paul Bloxham, plus the day on the sharemarket with Elio D'Amato from Daylight Financial.

US President Donald Trump is attempting to use an eighteenth-century wartime law to deport alleged gang members to El Salvador. The same law was used to justify internment camps housing Japanese, German and Italian Americans during World War Two. Civil rights groups say the way it is being used by Donald Trump represents a "dangerous" example of executive overreach.

Car parking and airline fees are making Australian airports increasingly profitable - despite passenger numbers still tracking below pre-pandemic times. The ACCC says the nation's four biggest airports combined - that's Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Perth - made a one-billion dollar operating profit from aeronautical services... paid for, by airlines. Car parking made them $388-million - with Brisbane reporting the highest profit margin. But it was senior management of Australia's two biggest airlines who faced some turbulence today, as they faced questions about consumer compensation at a parliamentary inquiry.

A fire in a nightclub has left at least 59 dead and more than 150 injured in North Macedonia. The fire started during a concert on Sunday; the total number of victims and the official causes of the incident are still being assessed by the local authorities.

Multiple women’s health medications are set to become more affordable when they're added to the government-subsidised list of medications, the PBS. The federal government says the latest listings follow on from the $50 billion package of women's health measures announced in February.