We know government debt is around $1 trillion, we've heard it's bad for younger generations -- but we don't really know what any of it means. This week, Elfy and Rania chat with Professor Richard Holden from the University of New South Wales about government debt and why it matters.

The contributions of Asian-Australians across all levels of society have been recognised at the annual Asian-Australian Leadership Awards. This year's winners range from a year-12 graduate providing financial literacy education in developing countries, to an internationally acclaimed neurosurgeon. But the spotlight on their success has also highlighted a lack of diversity in leadership positions, known as the 'Bamboo Ceiling'.

The federal government has abruptly abandoned its bid to host the United Nations climate conference next year, conceding Turkiye will oversee the COP31. The Pacific countries and environmental activists have criticised the federal government's failure to bring the event to Adelaide.

SBS Finance Editor Ricardo Gonçalves speaks with Ben Clark from TMS Private Wealth to go through AI chip giant Nvidia's record results and whether this is the turning point the market was looking for.

Trump wipes the slate clean of murder for Mohammed bin Salman because ‘things happen’. The Epstein files move a big step closer to being released and what it’s like reporting on the ground in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Plus, the comment that sent China-Japan relations plummeting.

Indonesia is home to more than 17,000 islands, but its smallest are highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. The tiny community of Pari Island is facing multiple climate-induced threats, including to its entire existence.Four people on the island are now trying to launch a landmark legal case against a European cement giant over its historic carbon emissions.

State premiers have come together for an urgent meeting, as tensions rise over reaching a new public hospital funding deal with the federal government. A new report from the Grattan Institute also finds Australia's hospitals are wasting more than $1 billion a year on avoidable spending.

SBS Finance Editor Ricardo Gonçalves speaks with Matt Sherwood from Perpetual about the day's market action including why Nvidia's quarterly results tomorrow may be a turning point; plus Paula Gadsby from EY goes through the latest wages data and what it means for interest rates.

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, returning to the White House for the first time since the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, has met President Donald Trump at the Oval Office. The two leaders discussed a number of matters including Saudi Arabia investing a trillion US dollars in America for AI Chips, F-35 fighter jets, the Khashoggi assassination and Gaza's reconstruction.

The US Congress has voted overwhelmingly to release the Department of Justice files on disgraced financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. After months of political pressure to release the files, survivors of Epstein's abuse say they hope this can lead to some justice.