Listen to interviews, features and community stories from the SBS Radio Samoan program, including news from Australia and around the world. - Faafofoga i faatalanoaga, tala faalautele, ma tala o vaifanua i le polokalame Samoa a le SBS Radio – e aofia ai talafou mai Ausetalia ma le lalolagi.

I le fa'amanatuina o le aso o le atunuu i le Aso Gafua na te'a nei (Aso 26 o Ianuari), na fa'ailoa mai ai fo'i ma le Tagatanu'u o Ausetalia, le Australian of the Year.

Na saunoa Associate Professor Bassina Farbenblum, e tele aogā o le polokalame mo tagata Pasefika o loo faigaluega i le PALM Scheme, fa'apena fo'i mo le ‘aufaifa'ato'aga ma Kamupani o loo ofoina galuega.

Na tapunia uma nuclear reactors i Iapani i le 15 tausaga ua tuana'i ina ua fa'atama'ia e le sunami ma liki ai le otaota niukilia; o se fa'alavelave sili ona mata'utia e fa'atusa i le liki o le otaota niukilia i Chernobyl i Ukraine i le 1986.

Ua fa'atusaina e nisi le so'ofaatasiga le Coalition a le Liberals ma le Nationals i le palemene tele i se fale ua mū i le ‘ele'ele, ua na o le 'aloiafi, le efuefu ma le asu o loo totoe – se ‘Smoking Ruin'.

O ananafi Aso 22 o Ianuari, na fa'amanatuina ai le Aso Fa'avauvau o le Atunu'u - le National Day of Mourning - mo tagata e to'a 15 na maliliu i le osofa'iga terorisi i le Aso 14 o le masina na te'a nei i Bondi Beach.

E lē faigofie ona tu'ua ‘āiga ma uō ae sifi i seisi nofoaga. Ae fa'apefea pe a o le nofoaga o le a sifi iai, o se nu'u o Tagata Muamua i se nofoaga maotua i le Northern Territory?

O le maketi o i'a i Sini, o se tasi o vaega mata'aga e fiafia tagata e asiasi iai mo fa'atauga o soo se itu'aiga i'a ma figota o le sami e maua ai.

O le asō, Aso 20 o Ianuari ua atoa tonu iai le tausaga talu ona toe tula'i mai Donald Trump mo le taimi lona lua i le tofi peresitene o Amerika.

January 26 is one of the most debated dates in Australia's history. Often described as the nation's birthday, the day marks neither the formal founding of the colony nor the creation of the Commonwealth. Instead, it reflects a layered history shaped by colonisation, political decisions, and ongoing First Nations resistance. Understanding what actually happened on January 26 reveals why the date is experienced so differently across the country. - O le Aso 26 o Ianuari o loo molimauina pea le malolosi ma 'ese'ese iai o finagalo fa'aalia o tagata i Ausetalia. E fa'aigoaina e nisi o le aso fanau o le atunu'u, ae le o le aso lea na fa'avaeina ai le Malo Taupulega o Ausetalia. Peita'i o se aso i le tala fa'asolopito o loo fa'ailogaina i le te'ena o faigamalo kolone ma o loo fa'aauau ona tete'e iai tagata muamua i Ausetalia.

Ua fa'ataututū le faigāmālō i Amerika ma atunu'u o Europa o loo i le Feagaiga le NATO, i le fia pulea e Amerika o le motu o Greenland.

O se osofa'iga a leoleo i le maketi i Savalalo i le amataga o le vaiaso nei na saisaia ai ni tagata se to'a 7 i tu'ua'iga o le faatauina o le vaila'au fa'asaina le 'aisa (methamphetamine) mai i ni fale'aiga e fa'atau ai keke pua'a.

Ua folafola e Donald Trump lona fa'atonuina o le militari e taofia tete'e i Minneapolis talu ona fanaina i le oti e se tasi o tagata le ICE se fafine i le taulaga o Minnesota.

Ua fa'atulagaina e le mālō tele se aso fa'avauvau o le atunu'u se National Day of Mourning i le Aso 22 o Ianuari mo i latou na maliliu i le osofa'iga terorisi i Bondi Beach.

Ua fa'amavae Kevin Rudd mai lona tofiga o le sui o Ausetalia i Amerika, e ui toe tasi le tausaga o loo totoe i lona tofiga ambassador.

Talu mai le osofaiga terorisi i Bondi Beach i le masina na te'a nei, o loo malosi le valaau i le malo tele i ni tulafono e puipuia ai le atunu'u mai lafoga fa'atauemu atoa ai le fa'atulafonoina o le umia e tagata sivili o fana.

Ua fa'asalaina i le oti se tasi o tagata na auai i savali tete'e ia ua faitau vaiaso o faia e fa'asaga i le faigamalo Iran.

E ono taofia e le mālō Samoa fesoasoani tupe o loo fa'agaioi ai le iuni lakapī a le atunu'u le Lakapī Samoa.

Ua sili atu ona to'atele tagata e feagai ma fa'afitauli mai le 'aisa nai lo le 'ava malosi ma le mariuana i Samoa.

Ua aumaia se lapata'iga i le ono molimauina i Ausetalia nei o ni mū tetele i pitonu'u i fafo atu o taulaga tetele, ma o loo fa'atusaina i mū e pei ona sa aafia ai le taulaga o Los Angeles i Amerika.

Ua teena e Nicolás Maduro, le sa avea ma peresitene o Venezuela ona moliaga i se fale fa'amasino i New York.

Ua fautuaina tagata lautele i Ausetalia nei e amana'ia lapata'iga i puipuiga mai le tetele o le vavela ma ni mu e le'i molimauina talu mai le Black Summer Bushfires i le 6 tausaga ua mavae.

O le nunu (gout) e mafua mai i le tele o le uric acid i le tino o se tagata. Na saunoa Dr Samuela ‘Ofanoa, o tagata Polenisia e sili atu ona a'afia i āuga o le nunu ona o le faigatā i le tino ona fa'amamā le uric acid.

Na maua se avanoa e talanoa ai ma se tasi o tama'ita'i Samoa, le tinā ia Tua Manase-Ale mai alaalafaga o Sale'aula ma Safune i Savai'i, ae o loo aumau nei ma galue i Melbourne. O Tua Manase-Ale na ‘auai i le Fono a Samoa i Vitoria, ae o loo galue nei i le fa'alapotopotoga le Women's Federation for World Peace (WFWP) o loo fesoasoani i le itupā o tinā ma tama'ita'i i le Pasefika.

Masalo ua silasila nisi o le ‘aufa'afofoga i fa'asalalauga i luga o le social media mai le matagaluega o leoleo ma falepuipui i Samoa, o loo fa'ailoa ai ata, suafa ma alaalafaga o tagata na saisaia ma o loo molia i le fe'aveaia, umia ma fa'atauina o vaila'au faasāina.

Ua fa'ailoa mai e leoleo a le mālō tele le Australian Federal Police (AFP), nisi o fa'amatalaga e fa'asino i tagata e to'a 2 ia na faia le osofa'iga terorisi i Bondi Beach i le Aso 14 o le masina na te'a nei.

Ua toe amata le sa'iliga o le va'alele a le Malaysian Airlines lea na leiloa mai lana malaga Flight MH370 i le 'ova i le 10 tausaga ua mavae.

Ua aumaia le fe'au fa'amanuia a le palemia, Anthony Albanese, mo le Tausaga Fou, na ia toe tepa ai i le osofa'iga terorisi i Bondi Beach i le Aso 14 o le masina nei.

O loo faitioina e nisi o fa'alapotopotoga tulafono a le malo setete i New South Wales e fa'atapula'aina ai sa'olotoga i le faia o savali tete'e talu mai le osofa'iga terorisi i Bondi Beach.

Na saunoa le palemia, Anthony Albanese, i lana fe'au fa'amanuia o le Kerisimasi o le nei tausaga.

Ua fa'aalia e le palemia Anthony Albanese se fuafuaga a lana faigamālō e fa'atauina ai e le mālō fana o loo umia e tagata sivili, se national gun buyback scheme.

Ua aumaia se lapata'iga mai fa'alapotopotoga o loo gafa ma puipuiga i le tatau i tagata uma ona nofouta i faiga tau fa'asesē, poo scams, i le vaitaimi lenei o aso malōlō o le Kerisimasi ma le Tausaga Fou.

O se va'aiga āotelega lenei i ta'aloga e pei ona lipotia e talafou a le SBS i lenei tausaga 2025.

Na toe fa'atagaina e le matagaluega o leoleo, le New South Wales Police, ona toe uia ma fa'aaogāina e tagata lautele le matafaga o Bondi Beach i le mae'a ai ona faia a latou su'esu'ega i le osofa'iga terorisi lea na maliliu ai tagata e to'a 15 i le Aso Sa ua mavae.

Ua fa'aalia e le peresitene o Amerika, Donald Trump, o le a fa'aulu sana tagi i le fa'amasinoga e fa'asaga i le fa'alapotopotoga fa'asalalau le BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) i Egelani ona o sana ripoti o le osofa'iga o le maota faitulafono le Capitol Building i Washington ia Ianuari o le 2021.

O le Hannukah, o se sauniga a le tapua'iga Iutaia e fa'aigoaina o le 'festival of lights' e fa'ailogaina ai le manumālō o le malamalama i le pogisā, poo le lelei i le leaga.

O se aotelega lenei o talafou na lipotia i le polokalame SBS Samoan i lenei tausaga 2025.

Samoan comedian, Tofiga Fepulea'i, calls himself a 'Proud Samoan Made in New Zealand' when he spoke to us about his tour of Australia early in the new year.

Ua fa'aulu se tagi a le Kamupani social media a Reddit i le fa'amasinoga maualuga i Ausetalia, e tete'e ai i le tulafono a le mālō tele lea ua fa'asāina ai tamaiti i lalo o le 16 tausaga le matutua ona fa'aaogāina le social media.

Ua vala'au iuni a tagata faigaluega i le mālō tele e iloiloina le polokalame o galuega fa'avaitaimi mo tagata Pasefika i Ausetalia nei, le PALM, poo le Pacific Australia Labour Mobility Scheme.

Ua fautuaina e le palemia Anthony Albanese tupulaga ma fanau e sa'ili nisi fa'afiafiaga o aso malolo o lumana'i nei e aunoa ma le social media.

Connecting with Indigenous Australia can be daunting for a newcomer to the country. So, where do you start? We asked Yawuru woman Shannan Dodson, CEO of the Healing Foundation, about simple ways to engage with First Nations issues and people within your local community. - O feso'ota'iga muamua a tagata fa'ato'a taunu'u mai i Ausetalia ma tagata muamua o le atunu'u, e ono faigatā mo nisi. O fea e tatau ona amata ai? Na matou fesiligia le tinā ia Shannan Dodson, o se tama'ita'i Yawuru, ma o ia fo'i le fa'atonu o le Healing Foundation.

Australia is known around the world for its rich and diverse First Nations cultures. But when it comes to native title and land rights, you might still wonder what they actually mean. Discover what native title means in Australia, how it began with the Mabo Case, what the Native Title Act does, and why it matters for all Australians. - E lauiloa le atunu'u o Ausetalia i tu ma aganu'u a ona tagata muamua. O se va'aiga lenei i le mata'upu i le pule ma aia a tagata muamua i fanua. O le a le uiga o le native title e pei ona amata mai le mata'upu na finauina e Mabo e tau i le Tulafono le Native Title Act ma mafua'aga e taua ai i tagata Ausetalia.

E lata i le to'a 900 tagata sa'ili lafitaga poo asylum seekers na taunu'u mai i va'a i le 13 tausaga ua mavae o loo nonofo i Ausetalia nei i se tulaga le mautonu ona o le leai o se faaiuga ua faia io latou Visa.

Ua faia'ina le apili a Bruce Lehrmann, le alii lea na tuua'ia i le faia o feusua'iga fa'amalosi i se tama'ita'i na la galulue fa'atasi i le palemene tele i tausaga ua mavae.

Ua lagolagoina e fa'alapotopotoga fa'asalalau i Siamani ma Austria le faai'uga a le Iuni o Fa'asalalauga i Europa, le European Broadcasting Union, e lē fa'alavelave pe tete'e ai i le ‘auai o Isara'elu i le tauvaga pese le Eurovision Song Contest o le 2026.

Samoan actor Lawrence Ola stars in 'Strangers in a Carpark', one of the few films where the main character is a Samoan and played by a Samoan actor.

E fitu aso na fa'ate'aina ai le ta'ita'i o le vaega 'upufai a le One Nation, Pauline Hanson mai le Senate.

Ua aumaia se lapata'iga mai leoleo a le mālō tele i tagata, ae maise i tagata mai atunu'u i fafo o loo a'o'oga i Ausetalia nei, ia nofouta i faiga taufa'asesē e gaoia ai numera o a latou tusi tupe ma isi pepa faamaonia e fa'alapotopotoga solitulafono.

O le fa'alapotopotoga le PIMDAN (Pacific Islands Mt Druitt Action Network), na amata fa'avaeina i le pitonu'u o Mount Druitt i Sini i le 2003, ma le fa'amoemoe e fesoasoani e si'itia le soifuaga manuia o tagata Pasefika i pitonu'u i Sisifo o Sini.

O se taumafaiga e pei o le PolyFest i Aukilani, o loo fa'avae i le naunauta'iga e opogi ma a'oa'o siva ma nisi o vaega o tū ma aganu'u a le Pasefika i Sini.

Prominent Samoan lawyer and fa'afafine, Alex Su'a, debunks the myth that fa'afafine are Samoan males forced to become females.