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Missing in the Amazon: the fightback, episode five
02 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Funerals are held for Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira and there is hope that the election of President Lula will mean new protections for the Amazon –...
Missing in the Amazon: the ambush, episode four
01 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
The Guardian’s Latin America correspondent, Tom Phillips, recalls the moment that he and others on the search team found Dom and Bruno’s belonging...
Missing in the Amazon: the protector and the poacher, episode three
31 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Bruno Pereira was considered one of the great Indigenous protectors of his generation. And this made him an enemy of a man called Amarildo da Costa de...
Missing in the Amazon: the journalist and the president, episode two
30 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What took British journalist Dom Phillips from the club nights of the UK dance scene as editor of MixMag to one of the most remote, and dangerous, cor...
Missing in the Amazon: the disappearance, episode one
29 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Three years ago, British journalist Dom Phillips and Brazilian indigenous defender Bruno Pereira vanished while on a reporting trip near Brazil’s re...
Ashes Weekly: England bounce back in madcap Melbourne Test
29 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
England came out on top in another two-day Test match as the tourists chased down 175 at the MCG. Max Rushden is joined by Geoff Lemon, Barney Ronay a...
Gina: What does she want? – episode 7
28 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
At 13 years old, a young Gina Rinehart read a book that would help shape her world view – Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged. The novel’s capitalist unde...
Gina: Mythmaking – episode 6
27 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Gina Rinehart’s father, Lang Hancock, is well known as a pioneer of the iron ore industry in Australia but few realise he started his mining career ...
Gina: The DNA request – update episode
26 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the last episode, we covered historical claims made over the years that Lang Hancock, Gina’s father, had two unacknowledged daughters with separa...
Gina: The portrait – episode 5
25 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It’s the portrait of Gina Rinehart that launched 1,000 memes, went viral globally and became Australia’s Mona Lisa. But it’s also a symbol of ho...
Gina: The first-born son – episode 4
24 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Twenty years ago, John Hancock had dinner with his mother, Gina Rinehart. He says it’s the last positive interaction he had with her. In an in-depth...
Gina: Love and money – episode 3
23 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Gina Rinehart has been Australia’s richest person for the last six years in a row. But where does her money come from? In the third episode of Gina,...
Ashes Weekly: how Australia won the Ashes in 11 days
23 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Max Rushden is joined by Geoff Lemon, Barney Ronay and Ali Martin to discuss Australia’s victory in the Adelaide Test, which has helped them retain ...
Gina: Like father, like daughter – episode 2
22 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
How does Gina Rinehart, like her father before her, use wealth and power to influence politics? Rinehart’s first major foray into the political spot...
Gina: Becoming Mrs Rinehart – episode 1
21 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Gina Rinehart is Australia’s richest person – and as her wealth continues to rise, so does her power and influence. But what does she want? In the...
Trump in the White House: is it time to call it corruption?
19 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The White House has consistently denied that Donald Trump has ever engaged in conflicts of interest while president. But experts have been tallying up...
The free birth influencers radicalising women around the world
18 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Free Birth Society (FBS) is a multimillion-dollar business that promotes the idea of women giving birth with no medical assistance. Now, a year-lo...
The Bondi attack suspects and what we know so far
17 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
As funerals commence for the 15 victims of the Bondi terror attack, one of the men allegedly responsible for the shooting, Naveed Akram, has regained ...
A moment of reckoning for Australia's gun laws
16 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
As the Jewish community continues to grieve after the Bondi beach terror attack, attention also turns to how another act of violent hate can be stoppe...
Ashes Weekly: Can Australia clinch the series in Adelaide?
16 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Max Rushden is joined by Geoff Lemon, Ali Martin and Taha Hashim to preview the third Test in Adelaide. Do England rip up their Bazball gameplan or do...
Shock, grief and political reaction: Bondi terror attack aftermath
15 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It’s been more than 24 hours since two gunmen fired into crowds at Bondi beach, and a clearer picture is emerging. Senior reporter Ben Doherty speak...
Terror in Bondi
14 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Just before 7pm on Sunday, two alleged gunmen, a father and son, attacked a Hanukah celebration on Bondi Beach in Sydney. At the time of recording, 16...
Was Ivan Milat responsible for more murders than we think?
14 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In 1994, Ivan Milat was jailed for life for the murder of seven backpackers, whose bodies were found in the remote Belanglo state forest in the New So...
The real reason behind Trump’s nasty breakup with Europe
13 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Donald Trump described Europe as ‘weak’ and ‘decaying’ and warned of ‘civilisational collapse’ on the continent due to immigrat...
Back to Back Barries and Niki Savva on a seismic year in politics
12 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What lessons from 2025 can Labor and the Coalition take into their summer break? After a landslide election win, will Albanese maintain his lead in th...
Newsroom edition: Labor’s ambition and the Coalition’s existential crisis in 2025
11 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
As the year rounds to a close, Anthony Albanese has been on a victory lap, while the Coalition continues to pick up the pieces after a bruising electi...
Greg Lynn’s murder conviction quashed
11 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Former pilot Greg Lynn has had his conviction for murdering an elderly camper in the Victorian high country overturned in a stunning decision made by ...
The expensive expenses of Anika Wells
10 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The communications and sport minister, Anika Wells, should be flying high this week spruiking Australia’s world-first social media ban – instead s...
'No playbook for this': the eSafety commissioner on her world-first social media ban
09 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today more than a million teenagers will wake up to find they have been locked out of social media sites such as Instagram and TikTok as Australia’s...
Ashes Weekly: Starc shines for Australia as England slump again
09 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Max Rushden is joined by Geoff Lemon, Ali Martin and James Wallace to discuss another humbling defeat for England as Australia took full control of th...
Who is behind Australia’s new rightwing political group?
08 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
At an anti-immigration rally in Sydney late last month, pamphlets for a new populist political venture were being handed out to the crowd bearing the ...
Where is four-year-old Gus Lamont?
07 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Gus Lamont went missing in the Australian outback on 27 September. Despite one of the largest and most intensive searches for a missing person in Sout...
“This is war”: is Trump about to invade Venezuela?
06 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Donald Trump has in recent months turned his attention to ousting Venezuela’s leader, Nicolás Maduro. But the US president and his secretary of war...
Back to Back Barries: why gen z and millennials will decide the Coalition’s fate
05 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Barrie Cassidy and Tony Barry are back and there’s a lot that’s happened since they last sat down together. In this week’s episode they examine ...
Newsroom edition: the dangers of automated governance
04 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A Guardian exclusive this week revealed the national disability insurance scheme is set to be dramatically overhauled, with participants’ plans now ...
The 27-year-old white supremacist radicalising Maga
04 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Where is Nick Fuentes trying to lead the Republican party? J Oliver Conroy reports
Why NDIS plans will soon be computer-generated
03 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A Guardian Australia exclusive report has revealed details of a planned major overhaul to the national disability insurance scheme. Under the new mode...
Ashes Weekly: will Australia strike again in Brisbane?
03 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Max Rushden is joined by Geoff Lemon, Emma John and Sam Perry to preview the second Test, a day-night affair at the Gabba, with Australia aiming to co...
Larissa Waters on how the environment deal was done
02 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Larissa Waters has been at the helm of the Greens since the federal election saw former leader Adam Bandt unexpectedly lose his seat. Last week, her p...
Is 2026 the year Albanese’s political honeymoon ends?
01 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Prime minister Anthony Albanese has ended the parliamentary year on a high – passing the long promised nature laws and celebrating a wedding. But in...
Bringing Indigenous languages back from the brink
30 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
More than 250 languages were spoken across Australia before British colonisation. Now only half are still in use as a result of policies that suppress...
Sussan Ley says ‘still up for the job’ of opposition leader
29 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Ever since she was elected opposition leader, Sussan Ley has faced strong criticism from within her party and across the parliament. Some commentators...
Maga moms, Trump babies and Erika Kirk: Republicans woo women in run-up to midterms
28 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Erika Kirk – the widow of Charlie Kirk, the rightwing activist killed in Utah in September – has indicated she would be willing to support JD Vanc...
Newsroom edition: unpacking Pauline Hanson’s burqa stunt
27 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Senator Pauline Hanson donned a burqa in parliament and refused to remove it, attracting significant attention. Bridie Jabour talks to edit...
Australia’s most notorious fugitive: where is Dezi Freeman?
26 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Porepunkah shooting suspect Dezi Freeman remains missing three months after he allegedly shot and killed two police officers, and wounded a third. Jus...
The frantic push to bring peace to Ukraine
26 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
First there was a 28-point plan pushed by Trump last Wednesday, as a solution to end almost four years of a war that has devastated Ukraine and killed...
Is Lebanon the new flashpoint for Israel?
25 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Israel’s latest strike in Beirut on Sunday, which killed at least five people and wounded 28, has dramatically escalated existing tensions in the re...
Why did the BoM website cost a bomb?
24 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
New figures released over the weekend show the cost of the Bureau of Meteorology’s website redesign has ballooned to $96.5m. Technology reporter Jos...
Ashes Weekly: Australia wins and England collapses in the first Test
24 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Max Rushden is joined by Geoff Lemon, Ali Martin and Jim Wallace to discuss Australia’s humbling defeat of England in the first Test in Perth that e...
What went wrong at Wieambilla
23 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A Queensland coroner has found that the three members of the Train family behind the 2022 Wieambilla shootings were not terrorists, but instead killed...
Will Albanese’s caution become his weakness?
22 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Author and columnist Sean Kelly says despite Labor’s overwhelming majority and an opposition largely consumed by its own infighting, there are signs...
Trump’s U-turn on the Epstein files and his bust-up with Marjorie Taylor Greene
21 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In an incredible U-turn, Donald Trump this week signed a bill directing the justice department to release more files from the investigation into the c...
Can the Liberals survive an existential crisis?
20 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Liberal party leaders around the country are facing challenges, from Sussan Ley in Canberra to Mark Speakman stepping down in New South Wales – all ...
Ashes preview: can Australia continue their dominant streak?
20 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Max Rushden and Geoff Lemon are joined by Ali Martin and Andy Bull to look ahead to the hotly anticipated first Ashes Test in Perth. Australia are bes...
The Coalition’s climate shift: what’s at risk for Australia?
19 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Coalition has abandoned net zero and announced its new energy policy, promising to strip emissions reductions from the objectives of the electrici...
Are Australian weapons destined to be used in Sudan atrocities?
18 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Australia exports more arms and ammunition to the United Arab Emirates than it does to any other country in the world. And just this week Team Defence...
Broken trust: why police are failing to learn from their own mistakes
17 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Ben Smee, Guardian Australia’s Queensland correspondent, has been reporting on the national crisis of domestic and family violence, as well as the c...
Broken trust: how police failed Hannah Clarke and her children
16 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Ben Smee, Guardian Australia’s Queensland correspondent, has been reporting on the national crisis of domestic and family violence, as well as the c...
Introducing Broken Trust: a two-year investigation into the domestic and family violence crisis
15 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Ben Smee, Guardian Australia’s Queensland correspondent, has been reporting on the national crisis of domestic and family violence, as well as the c...
The Epstein files are back to haunt Trump
14 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Just when Donald Trump thought he could celebrate the end of the longest government shutdown in US history, the Democrats had a trick up their sleeve....
Newsroom edition: is Labor doing enough to solve the housing crisis?
13 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The housing crisis is getting worse. Prices are going up at the fastest rate in almost four years and, as more Australians are being locked out of the...
Is Trump going to war with Venezuela?
13 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Who is pushing Trump to send the US navy to Venezuela? With Andrew Roth and Tom Phillips
Inside the Liberals marathon meeting to ditch net zero
12 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It took nearly five hours, but Liberal MPs emerged from today’s party meeting with a decision on whether to drop net zero. And while leader Sussan L...
Why a neo-Nazi rally was allowed to happen
11 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Over the weekend, a neo-Nazi rally overtly targeting Jewish people took place in front of New South Wales parliament. Reporter Jordyn Beazley speaks t...
Why Trump is threatening to sue the BBC for $1bn
11 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Complaints about the editing of a Donald Trump clip in a BBC documentary about the January 6 riots have led to the resignations of the broadcaster’s...
Is Roblox an ‘X-rated paedophile hellscape’?
10 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In a month’s time, the Albanese government’s under-16s social media ban will come into effect. But popular gaming platform Roblox, where children ...
The ban on puberty blockers risking harm to Queensland children
09 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Queensland health minister has issued a new order banning the prescription of puberty blockers for transgender patients, just hours after the stat...
One man’s story inside the siege of El Fasher, Sudan
08 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What does the fall of El Fasher mean for the future of Sudan? Kaamil Ahmed reports
Chris Bowen on why net zero is dividing parliament
07 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Speaking at Cop30 in Brazil, the British prime minister, Keir Starmer, said the ‘consensus is gone’ on tackling the climate crisis. An apt assessm...
Newsroom edition: does Australian politics need a Mamdani-style shake-up?
06 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Winning victory on the back of a campaign that preached a message of affordability, and never backing away from his principles, Zohran Mamdani will be...
Mamdani wins in New York
06 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This time last year, no one had really heard of him. Now, Zohran Mamdani is the first Muslim, millennial and person of south Asian heritage to run Ame...
What does it take for top bosses to lose their bonuses?
05 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
There’s been no shortage of big businesses making headlines for the wrong reasons. But how much does a company crisis really cost those at the top? ...
Trump builds a palace while Americans face going hungry
04 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Guardian Australia’s daily news podcast examines the US president’s moves to build a US$300m ballroom at the same time as a government shutdown le...
How Zohran Mamdani charmed New York
04 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Guardian US writer Adam Gabbatt and columnist Mehdi Hasan explore how Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani has come from nowhere to the brink of becoming...
The rising resistance to Pine Gap
03 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Protests on an outback road in the Northern Territory have refocused attention on Pine Gap, the secretive US satellite base near Alice Springs. The pr...
Secrets from top political chiefs of staff– podcast
02 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Former UK prime minister Tony Blair gave hand-me-down shirts to his chief of staff Jonathan Powell, Jacinda Ardern’s chief of staff reveals the form...
The great gen Z revolt
01 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Guardian talks to protesters in Nepal, Madagascar and Morocco – as well as Chatham House fellow Dr Nayana Prakash – about the gen Z movements ...
Why is Trump talking about nuclear weapons?
31 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Less than an hour before Donald Trump met the Chinese president, Xi Jinping, to discuss a deal that could end the trade war between the two superpower...
Newsroom edition: does the Albanese government have a transparency problem?
30 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A report by the Centre for Public Integrity has accused the Albanese government of ‘leaning into a culture of secrecy’. Labor’s record on transp...
Extra: Why Lily Allen has broken the internet
30 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the age of streaming and playlists, it’s rare for an album to make global headlines, but Lily Allen’s latest release has done just that. West E...
Australia’s growing cult crisis
29 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Guardian Australia’s daily news podcast examines why more people are falling prey to cults and whether the current laws are strong enough to help vu...
Can Labor finally get a deal for the environment?
28 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Parliament is back and the political fight over long-awaited legislation updating the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (EPBC) Act ...
What the new gold rush says about our uncertain economy
27 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
For weeks now, thousands of Sydneysiders have queued for up to hours at a time, hoping to cash in on the soaring price of gold. Investors view the pre...
How Centrelink illegally cancelled jobseeker payments
26 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Australia’s welfare system is often described as a safety net for the most vulnerable, so what happens when that safety net is yanked away? Analysis...
The heist of the decade
25 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The art detective Arthur Brand on why thieves may have targeted the Louvre jewellery and why time is of the essence if it is to be found in one piece
Is Trump preparing for civil war?
24 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Millions of people across the US attended No Kings protests against Donald Trump last weekend. The president publicly denied he wanted to be a king, b...
Newsroom edition: a win for Albanese, but when it rains it pours for Sussan Ley
23 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
After finally meeting with Donald Trump, the prime minister, Anthony Albanese passed another political test and returned home with a win. Domestically...
Gone in 40 days: can polarising Ange Postecoglou stage a comeback?
22 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
After just 40 days at the reins of Nottingham Forest FC, Australia’s much-celebrated English football manager Ange Postecoglou was sacked on Saturda...
Prince Andrew, Jeffrey Epstein and the scandal that won’t go away
22 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
After a storm of new allegations and headlines, Buckingham Palace has confirmed that Prince Andrew – King Charles’s younger brother – will no lo...
Will Barnaby Joyce jump to One Nation?
21 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The former deputy prime minister Barnaby Joyce has confirmed his intention to quit the Nationals, further fuelling suspicions he could join Pauline Ha...
Albanese meets Trump: a win for the PM, but Kevin Rudd? Not so much
21 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The long-awaited meeting between Anthony Albanese and Donald Trump has taken place at the White House. It’s being hailed as a success for the prime ...
Australian Gaza flotilla activist on his time in a notorious Israeli prison
20 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Earlier this month Australian Surya McEwen was among hundreds of humanitarians and activists onboard an aid flotilla bound for Gaza when the fleet was...
Arthur Sinodinos on how Albanese can tackle Trump
19 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Anthony Albanese is set to have his first face-to-face meeting with the US president at the White House. Reged Ahmad speaks to former ambassador to th...
Traitor or faithful: how to spot a liar
17 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The BBC hit series Traitors is a show that depends on being able to accurately spot a liar, but are any deception detection methods actually backed up...
Newsroom edition: Albanese prepares to meet Trump, SXSW Live
16 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Live from the South by Southwest festival in Sydney, Bridie Jabour talks to the editor, Lenore Taylor, the head of newsroom, Mike Ticher, and senior a...
After the ceasefire what next for Gaza?
15 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Gaza ceasefire has only just begun but fractures are already appearing. Middle East writer William Christou speaks to Reged Ahmad from Jerusalem o...
The dark underside of the NSW blueberry industry
14 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Australian blueberry industry has experienced rapid and unprecedented expansion in recent years. And while the increase in production means cheape...
Release of Israeli hostages and Palestinian detainees: how the day unfolded
14 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
As Israeli and Palestinian families waited for loved ones to be released, Trump met world leaders to continue ceasefire talks. Will Christou, Dan Boff...
What Pocock’s ban from parliament’s sport club says about lobbying
13 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Last week, independent senator and former elite athlete David Pocock was banned from the parliament’s social sports club after raising concerns abou...
Could Japan get its own Thatcher this week?
12 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A former heavy metal drummer who cites Margaret Thatcher as an influence, Sanae Takaichi could make history this week if chosen to become Japan’s fi...