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A new report has calculated how much annual climate finance is needed to flow from rich nations to Pacific countries. The funds would help speed up the energy transition, address climate impacts, and deal with climate-related loss and damage. The report by Caritas Australia and the Jubilee Australia Research Centre finds that around US$1.5 billion is needed annually to meet the climate finance needs for Pacific nations. The current gap or shortfall is calculated to be two-thirds of that amount. Report co-author Damian Spruce from Caritas Australia spoke to Biwa Kwan about the report's findings as world leaders at COP29 negotiate a deal for a new climate finance target.

A new national survey has revealed more 51% of the migrant women workers interviewed have experienced workplace sexual harassment but most were afraid to report it. Unions New South Wales interviewed 3,388 women of migrant backgrounds - mostly women on temporary visas. Seventy-five per cent of those women say they didn't report the incidents, as they feared retribution. Experts are calling for significant reforms to make these workers safer.

Australia's unemployment rate has remained steady in October at 4.1% although there are signs of a slowdown in jobs growth. SBS Finance Editor Ricardo Gonçalves speaks with Harry Murphy Cruise from Moody's Analytics to find out what it says about the economy and for interest rates; CEDA Economist Melissa Wilson discusses why Australia's global digital competitiveness ranking has improved and what businesses need to do to become more agile; plus James Whelan from BPC Wealth Management on the day on the markets.