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Tee Morris returns to the world's first podiobook, restoring lost scenes, adding in more production elements, and featuring guest voices from favorite podcasts. Set sail with Rafe and Askana again...for the first time.Morevi, a landlocked kingdom shrouded by jungles and mystery, falls under the rule of Askana Moldarin. In the dawn of this New Age, hidden traitors in her own regime threaten to destroy everything. The First Queen, independent of council, seeks help to reveal the conspiracy aga ...
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Icons/Idols: Irene

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The unlikely story of a child bride who ascends to the heart of Byzantine power. Harboring a treasonous secret that marks her as the enemy of her husband and son, Irene must finally choose her side in the iconoclastic wars. With a haunting score inspired by Byzantine Chant, and featuring the voices of ten women and non-binary performers, ICONS/IDOLS: IRENE is a sweeping story of ambition, sacrifice, and the struggle to make something new out of a shattered world. A twelve-episode musical aud ...
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Independent news and stories from SBS Audio, connecting you to life in Australia and Sinhala-speaking Australians. - ඕස්ට්‍රේලියාවේ ජීවිතයට ඔබව සම්බන්ධ කරන ස්වාධීන ප්‍රවෘත්ති සහ කථා ඔබගේ භාෂාවෙන් සිංහල
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More than 115,000 migrants became Australian citizens this year, as of 31 August. Here's a look at where some of Australia's newest citizens hail from. Listen to SBS Sinhala podcast for more information. - ඕස්ට්‍රේලියාවේ පුරවැසිභාවය ලබා ගැනීම ඔස්ට්‍රේලියාවට එන බොහෝ සංක්‍රමණිකයන්ගේ සිහිනයක් වෙලා තියෙනවා. අගෝස්තු මස 31වැනිදායින් අවසන් වූ වසර පුරාවට ඕ…
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There are calls to crack down on the sharing of misinformation online. But would this be an attack on free speech? - අන්තර්ජාලය හරහා සාවද්‍ය සහ වැරදි තොරතුරු හුවමාරු කිරීම මර්දනය කිරීමට ඉල්ලීම් තිබේ. නමුත් මෙය භාෂණයේ නිදහසට ප්‍රහාරයක් වේවිද යන ගැටලුව පවතී.
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listen to the world’s most prominent news highlights. Presented by Mr. Amal Jayasinghe, AFP Journalist, and the world news critic - මේ සතියේදී ලෝකය පුරා සිදුවුණු විශේෂිතම සිදුවීම් කිහිපය පිළිබඳව සාකච්චා කිරීමට 'ලොව වටා' විදෙස් විත්ති සමාලෝචනය සමඟින් අප සමඟ සම්බන්ද වුයේ AFP ප්‍රවෘති ජාලයේ මාධ්‍යවේදී, විදෙස් විත්ති වාර්තාකරු අමල් ජයසිංහ මහතා.…
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SBS Sinhala Sports Journalist Rangana Seneviratne is bringing you the latest information on the sports arenas in Australia and Sri Lanka - මේ සතියේ ඕස්ට්‍රේලියාවේ සහ ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ ක්‍රීඩා ක්ෂේස්ත්‍ර වල අලුත්ම තොරතුරු රැගෙන ඔබ හමුවට එන SBS සිංහල සේවයේ ක්‍රීඩා මාධ්‍යවේදී රංගන සෙනෙවිරත්න ගෙන එන 'සතියේ ක්‍රීඩා විග්‍රහයට සවන්දෙන්න…
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Here are the most prominent News Highlights of Sri Lanka. Manoj Udatiyawala reports - SBS සිංහල සේවය ගෙනෙන "මවුබිමෙන් පුවත්" - මාධ්‍යවේදී මනෝජ් උදටියාවල ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ සිට වාර්තා කරයි
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The federal government releases its draft advice for the latest National Suicide Prevention Policy. It shows there needs to be a change in the approach to suicide prevention, calling for social factors to be given the same importance as mental health issues. Listen to SBS Sinhala explainer for more information. - ඕස්ට්‍රේලියානු රජය අලුතින් "ජාතික ස…
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Australia's news in Sinhala. Listen to SBS Sinhala News Flash today. - ඕස්ට්‍රේලියාවේ පුවත් සිංහලෙන්, සවන්දෙන්න අද SBS සිංහල News Flash.
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Former Harrods owner Mohamed al-Fayed has been accused of raping and sexually assaulting a string of women employed by the department store. Five women have accused him of rape and an additional 20 have claimed he sexually assaulted them. UK correspondent Gavin Grey says al-Fayed would identify and target young, female assistants before isolating a…
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The US Federal Reserve surprised economists with its first interest rate cut in four years. Rates have gone down by 0.5 percent to about 4.8 percent - a significant shift after two years of high rates designed to tame inflation. Fisher Funds expert Sam Dickie says the markets responded well to this move after pricing in potential cuts. LISTEN ABOVE…
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Two key players looking to help Kiwi farmers reduce their emissions have given a new company some additional funding to craft a methane vaccine. AgriZeroNZ and the New Zealand Agricultural Greenhouse Gas Research Centre are providing $13.5 million ($8.5M and $5M respectively) to Lucidome Bio to fund their research. The Country's Jamie Mackay explai…
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There has been a major uptick in scammers targeting underage victims, new data has revealed. Listen to SBS Sinhala podcast for more information. - සමාජ මාධ්‍ය හරහා ඕස්ට්‍රේලියාවේ තරුණ ළමයින් ඉලක්ක කර සිදුවන වංචා කටයුතු හතර ගුනයකින් පමණ ඉහල ගොස් ඇති බව නවතම වාර්තා වකින් හෙළිවී තිබෙනවා. සෑම තරුණ ළමුන් 4 දෙනෙකුගෙන් එක අයෙක්ම මෙම වංචාකරුවන්ට ගොදුරු වන …
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Experts say today's GDP figures paint a dire picture of our economy - and it's unlikely things will recover right away. New data shows GDP dropped 0.2 percent in the second quarter of 2024. NZ Herald business editor at large Liam Dann explains why the economy is unlikely to recover in the coming months. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for …
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Tonight on The Huddle, Ali Jones from Red PR and Early Edition host Ryan Bridge joined in on a discussion about the following issues of the day - and more! A group of Wellington taxi drivers have been suspended from the airport ranks after they used the parents' room to heat up food on their late night shifts. Is this unfair? The GDP dropped 0.2 pe…
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Listen to this special discussion conducted by SBS Sinhala radio with Mr. Amal Jayasinghe, a senior media personality from AFP News, about the credibility of the survey reports for this year's Sri Lankan presidential election. The interview also focused on what kind of president will emerge if no candidate receives 50% of the votes. - මෙවර ශ්‍රී ලං…
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On the Heather du Plessis-Allan Drive Full Show Podcast for Thursday, 19 September 2024, how can we cure our sick economy? Kiwibank Chief Economist Jarrod Kerr spoke to Heather after our economy contracted 0.2 percent in Q2. Justice Minister Paul Goldsmith wants to reduce the number of jury trials to deal with the backlog of cases waiting to get to…
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Wellington Airport has suspended five taxi drivers from using its taxi rank after they used the parents’ room to heat their dinners. The airport contacted the taxi companies two months ago to warn against drivers using the parents’ room for privacy and hygiene reasons - but this was not passed on to all taxi staff. One anonymous driver who avoided …
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All Blacks coach Scott Robertson has made some line-up changes ahead of this weekend's Bledisloe Cup opener in Sydney. Beauden Barrett returns to fullback, Will Jordan moves to the right wing, and Ethan de Groot and Caleb Clarke make their return after recovering from injuries. All Blacks prop Tyrel Lomax hopes the team can turn their luck around a…
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One expert says today's GDP figures paint a bleak picture of the economy - but there's light at the end of the tunnel. Stats NZ revealed this morning a 0.2 percent contraction for the three months to June, following 0.1 percent growth in the March quarter. Kiwibank economist Jarrod Kerr says it's likely the economy won't start growing again until l…
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Philip Polkinghorne must wait at least three more days before a jury rules him innocent or guilty of killing Pauline Hanna. The jury has gone home after telling the judge they couldn't reach a decision today - having deliberated since 11am. They won't sit tomorrow because of a juror's prior commitment and will recommence 11am on Monday. The Herald'…
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The Government's new bill banning gang patches in public and giving police more power to disperse gangs and bring in non-consorting court orders has passed. Last-minute changes extended the insignia ban to being visible in cars - and inside homes of repeat ban offenders. ZB senior political correspondent Barry Soper says critics of the bill have la…
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Australia's national unemployment rate held steady at 4.2 percent in August. The number of employed people grew by 47,500, and the number of unemployed people declined by 10,500, according to reports. Australian correspondent Murray Olds says this will encourage the Reserve Bank to hold off on cutting interest rates when they next meet. LISTEN ABOV…
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The All Blacks want to show New Zealand they can bounce back from adversity in Saturday's Bledisloe Cup opener in Sydney. Coach Scott Robertson has made four changes to his 23 from the side that lost in Cape Town, in the second of two defeats to the Springboks. Sportstalk host D'Arcy Waldegrave sums up the selection - and weighs up New Zealand's ch…
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The Government is proposing lifting the threshold for allowing defendants to elect a jury trial in an effort to reduce the number going through the courts. Currently, defendants can choose between a jury or judge-only trial in cases where their maximum sentence is two or more years in jail. Justice Minister Paul Goldsmith is proposing options of th…
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Listen to Sri Lanka’s weekly political highlights. Journalist - news, and current affairs, Mr. Manoj Udatiyawala reports from Sri Lanka - SBS සිංහල සේවය ගෙනෙන "මවුබිමෙන් පුවත්" මාධ්‍යවේදී මනෝජ් උදටියාවල ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ සිට
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A new set of protections for teenagers on Instagram has raised questions of whether tech companies can be trusted to self-regulate for the safety of children. Listen to SBS Sinhala explainer for more information. - Instagram සමාජමාධ්‍ය ජාලය විසින් තම සේවාවන් භාවිතාකරන තරුණ දරුවන් වෙනුවෙන් නව ආරක්ෂණ ක්‍රමවේද හඳුන්වාදීමට කටයුතු කර තිබෙනවා. කෙසේ උවත් …
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SBS Sinhala News Flash of today brings you the Australian news in Sinhala, foreign and sports news in brief. - ඕස්ට්‍රේලියාවේ පුවත් සිංහලෙන්, විදෙස් සහ ක්‍රීඩා පුවත් කෙටියෙන්. සවන්දෙන්න, අද SBS සිංහල News Flash
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Norway, one of the world's largest exporters of oil, now has more electric cars on its roads than petrol-powered models. Out of the 2.8 million private cars registered there, 754,303 are now all-electric - according to new reports from the Norwegian Road Federation. UK correspondent Gavin Grey says the country aims to be the first to end the sale o…
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New reports confirm at least 68 percent of small and medium Kiwi businesses currently have no plans to use AI. Data from NZIER's Quarterly Survey of Business Opinion says many of these businesses cited a lack of understanding and perceived absence of value as the barriers to AI adoption. Spark Head of Data Matt Bain says the required training to pr…
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Synlait's two biggest shareholders have brought it back from the brink. Shareholders today approved a $218 million capital injection from Bright Dairy and A2 Milk. NZ Shareholders Association CEO Oliver Mander says some shareholders were reluctant ahead of this vote - but plenty were on board. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy in…
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Tonight on The Huddle, Jack Tame from ZB's Saturday Mornings and Q&A and broadcaster Mark Sainsbury joined in on a discussion about the following issues of the day - and more! Are the Commonwealth Games done for good? Glasgow has offered to step in and host a scaled-down version of the games after Victoria pulled out of hosting. Is this a sign of t…
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Consumer confidence has picked up in recent months - but there's still concerns about the future from some. The Westpac McDermott Miller Consumer Confidence survey for the September quarter rose 9 points to 90.8 points. Westpac senior economist says households will be in a better mood as interest rates come down for 2025 - but it'll take a while be…
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On the Heather du Plessis-Allan Drive Full Show Podcast for Wednesday, 18 September 2024, 9 people have been killed and almost 3000 killed after pagers made for Hezbollah were manipulated and exploded in Lebanon. Terrorism expert Greg Barton says it's almost certain Israel is behind the attack. Where will all our paper be recycled now that the Oji …
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Scotland's come to the rescue and offered to host a scaled-down version of the 2026 Commonwealth Games. The event has been adrift after the Victorian Government pulled out of hosting, citing spiralling costs that blew the budget out to $6.6 billion. NZ Olympic Committee CEO Nicki Nicol says cutting down the Commonwealth Games will be a big change -…
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Instagram has made some widespread platform changes to make things safer for teen users. Accounts made by under-18s will be made private by default and notifications won't appear from 10pm to 7am. Instagram is also introducing more adult supervision tools - including letting parents see accounts their teen has recently messaged. Netsafe Chief Onlin…
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There's concerns about how the closure of a South Auckland paper mill will affect kerbside recycling. Oji Fibre Solutions will shut up just a week before Christmas - with the loss of 75 jobs. It's the latest manufacturing firm challenged by high electricity costs, following Winstone Pulp International closing two mills. Auckland Council waste solut…
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There's suggestions a sabotage of a delivery from Taiwan lead to exploding pagers injuring thousands in Lebanon. At least nine people are dead - including a child - and close to 3000 injured after Hezbollah-owned pagers blew up simultaneously. Hezbollah is blaming Israel. Deakin University terrorism expert Greg Barton says Hezbollah ordered 5000 pa…
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New Zealand First leader Winston Peters has claimed Parliament is in a 'state of decay', taking issue with what he believes is a sharp decline in standards. Peters and his colleague Shane Jones took issue with Te Pāti Māori MP Takuta Ferris after he alleged some in the House are 'masters' of lying. ZB senior political correspondent Barry Soper unpa…
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Music mogul Sean 'Diddy' Combs has been denied bail after pleading not guilty to sex trafficking. The 54-year-old was arrested in Manhattan yesterday, with several lawsuits accusing him of physical and sexual abuse. US correspondent Dan Mitchinson says Combs was also charged with narcotics offences, kidnapping, arson and bribery - and there's enoug…
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New Zealand has struck early after Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat in the first test against New Zealand at Galle. Will O'Rourke winning the race to partner captain Tim Southee as the side's two seamers, with New Zealand including four spinners. The Black Caps - who have never won in four attempts at the venue - currently have Sri Lanka 2…
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As the debate over a second Auckland harbour crossing continues, one architect has proposed an alternative solution. Reset co-director Garth Falconer has proposed a new six-lane ‘Waitematā Bridge’ positioned 500m from the Auckland Harbour Bridge, costing under $2.5 billion. Falconer says he's discussed this idea with Auckland mayor Wayne Brown - an…
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Listen to what members of the Sri Lankan community living in Melbourne have to say about the importance of Australian citizenship. - ඕස්ට්‍රේලියානු පුරවැසි භාවයේ ඇති වැදගත් කම පිළිබඳව අවධානය යොමු කෙරෙන Australian Citizenship Day සෑම වසරකම සැප්තැම්බර් 17වනදා සමරනු ලබනවා. ඕස්ට්‍රේලියානු පුරවසිභාවයේ ඇති වැදගත්කම ගැන මෙල්බර්න් ශ්‍රී ලාංකික ප්‍රජාවේ අදහ…
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Former BBC news anchor Huw Edwards has avoided jail after admitting to charges of making indecent images of children. Edwards has been handed a six month prison sentence suspended for two years, meaning he won't see jail as long as he doesn't re-offend. UK correspondent Enda Brady says his career and reputation are in tatters - as it's clear no one…
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Farmer confidence has risen and bounced back to net positive levels for the first time since 2021. Following a small dip in the June quarter, the latest Rabobank survey found it had increased to a net reading of +3% from -25%. The Country's Jamie Mackay unpacks these results further. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.…
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The soon-to-be-released GDP figures for Q2 will give experts an outline of the state of the economy. Economists predict the economy will have contracted again, as interest rates took their toll on consumer spending. Infometrics Principal Economist Brad Olsen outlines his picks for the quarter. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy in…
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The weight-loss industry is on track to bring in billions by 2030 - and one Kiwi company is taking advantage of the craze. Calocurb was developed with the help of Plant and Food Research and it's selling itself as a natural appetite suppressant. CEO Sarah Kennedy the company is growing every quarter - and has attracted significant interest in the U…
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Interest rates aren't expected to dip any time soon and the size of Australian home loans has now surpassed all records. Listen to SBS Sinhala podcast for more information. - ඔස්ට්‍රේලියාව තුල විශාල නිවාස අර්බුදයක් වර්තමානයේ පවතිනවා. පොලී අනුපාත කප්පාදුවක් ළඟදී බලාපොරොත්තු විය නොහැකි තත්වයක්ද වර්තමානයේ පවතිනවා. නිවාස සැපයුමේ ඇති අඩුපාඩු හේතුවෙන් නි…
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Tonight on The Huddle, Phil O'Reilly from Iron Duke Partners and AUT Chancellor Rob Campbell joined in on a discussion about the following issues of the day - and more! Teachers are concerned about implementing the new maths and literacy curriculum and have urged the Government to delay the changes. Is this a fair thing to ask? According to documen…
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On the Heather du Plessis-Allan Drive Full Show Podcast for Thursday, 17 September 2024, a massive win in the fight against gangs took place today. Detective Superintendent Greg Williams told Heather nearly every single member of the Comancheros gang has been hit with criminal charges. Three quarters of teachers and principals want the Government t…
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New research claims the costs of adding improved insulation onto Kiwi homes is far lower than initially reported. Earlier in the year, Minister Chris Penk wanted to roll back insulation standards, citing reports of overheating issues and standards adding extra costs to new homes. New Zealand Certified Builders Chief Executive Malcolm Fleming says t…
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