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In 2019, after the world was told that the Uluru climb would close, waves of tourists flocked to the rock as media commentators insisted that the broader public was being robbed of their rights. Indigenous affairs editor Lorena Allam went to Uluru to speak to the Anangu people about the complex relationship between their community, tourists and their sacred sites

In February 2023 the floating sea ice around Antarctica hit a record low for the second year running. But the moderate alarm from scientists at that record low is now being overlaid by astonishment – with some worried they could be witnessing the start of a slow collapse of the delicate southernmost ecosystem. Guardian Australia environment reporter Graham Readfearn and oceanographer Dr Will Hobbs tell Laura Murphy-Oates about why this melting is happening, and the major knock-on effects for the rest of the planet

Wifedom: Mrs Orwell’s Invisible Life sheds new light on how George Orwell’s wife Eileen O’Shaughnessy helped write some of his most famous works. The author, Anna Funder, speaks to Jane Lee about what the Orwells’ marriage can teach us about power, wives and the patriarchy

Over the past 30 years many of Australia’s biggest fashion brands have shut their doors under pressure from the global luxury market, fast fashion competitors and rising manufacturing costs. Lifestyle editor Alyx Gorman and fashion journalist and author Lucianne Tonti explain to Jane Lee why Australia’s golden era of fashion ended and what the future holds for up-and-coming designers

US rock band Steely Dan’s song The Second Arrangement has developed a cult following since it was accidentally wiped in the studio in 1979. Now the family of recording engineer Roger Nichols have found a never-before-heard version – and the community is ‘freaking out’. Guardian Australia audio producer Joe Koning navigates the long journey the Nichols family went through, from finding the recording to sharing it with the world

The Guardian’s editor-in-chief, Katharine Viner, talks about how the newspaper covered a year that witnessed the Israel-Gaza war, the coronation of King Charles, the rise of AI and record high temperatures

The Cop28 climate summit concluded in Dubai last week with a deal that some have described as ‘historic’ and others merely ‘incremental’. This caps off a year when the Albanese government pushed ahead with significant climate and environmental reforms, all while remaining the world’s third-biggest fossil fuel exporter. Climate and environment editor Adam Morton speaks to Laura Murphy-Oates about the biggest environment and climate stories of the year and why Australia is a country at odds with itself on the climate crisis. You can support the Guardian at theguardian.com/fullstorysupport

In 2023 the Matildas won the heart of a nation with a penalty shootout for the ages and a home soil Fifa World Cup drawing record audiences. Across Australian sport it was a year littered with seismic shifts – on pay, funding and followers. Assistant sport editor Jo Khan and sport reporter Jack Snape discuss the moments that defined 2023 in sport and what 2024 has in store

It’s been a huge year for Australian literature, with new work from some of our best-known authors, including Anna Funder, Richard Flanagan and Christos Tsiolkas. Culture editor Steph Harmon and deputy culture editor Sian Cain speak to Jane Lee about the best books of the year

Guardian Australia’s politics team sits down to answer your questions. Hear from Katharine Murphy, Paul Karp, Amy Remeikis, Daniel Hurst and Josh Butler as they cover dream parliament procedural reforms, the waning moderate pool in the Coalition, how misinformation has affected political reporting and fairness in reporting on the humanitarian crisis in the Middle East