SBS News in Easy English 26 May 2026

A daily five minute news wrap for English learners and people with disability.Listen to Australian and world news and follow trending topics with SBS News Podcasts.TRANSCRIPTWelcome to SBS News in Easy English.+++Australian households in eastern states will pay up to 10 per cent less on their future electricity bills.Energy Minister Chris Bowen says cheaper power is a result of more people using renewable energy sources."It is no coincidence that 50% renewables and 414,396 home batteries installed under the cheaper home batter policy, which are reducing prices for them but for everyone, by reducing reliance on expensive coal and gas in the evening. And one of the biggest impacts on energy prices is those night time peaks."+++There are now 163 cases of diptheria recorded across the Northern Territory.The federal government has provided $7.2 million to fund treatment and vaccinations for diptheria for Territorians.Northern Territory Health Minister Steve Edgington says there has already been a reduction in the total number of cases."Since the first report of diptheria in Alice Springs, a pop up clinic was stood up in Alice Springs. And we have had teams through congress down in Alice Springs, working through the town camps of Alice Springs to ensure they are getting on top of diptheria in Alice Springs."+++The Federal Government has announced an additional $2.6 million in funding to support survivors of the Stolen Generations.Gunnai, Gunditjmara and Djab Wurrung Senator, Lidia Thorpe, says the government needs to implement the recommendations of the Bringing Them Home report, which was made 30 years ago."Sorry means you don't do it again, but what do you know? We have 24,000 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in out of home care in 2026 It is still happening. It is still real, and babies are still being ripped out of their mother's arms."+++The World Health Organisation says countries next to the Democratic Republic of Congo are at great danger from Ebola.220 people are believed to have died of ebola in Congo in the past two weeks.Olivier Nkakudulu at the World Food Programme says it is difficult to stop the virus spread."There are health measures that suggest that people be contained in areas, but if these people are not receiving food assistance, they are not going to stay in the areas of containment, they are going to leave these areas and they are going to look for food. They will have to go in the markets and by passing through the markets, they can infect other people."+++That's the latest SBS News in Easy English.