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At the heart of the defamation case Ben Roberts-Smith launched against three of Australia’s biggest newspapers were the articles published by Nick McKenzie and Chris Masters. In this episode Ben Doherty speaks to these journalists about what led them to start this investigation, how they overcame their doubts and fears to publish articles that accused Australia’s most decorated living soldier of war crimes, and what the results of the civil case mean for Australia’s military legacy

In recent weeks the US supreme court ended affirmative action, ruled in favour of a web designer who does not want to serve gay clients and blocked Joe Biden’s student debt forgiveness plan. Michael Safi speaks with Sam Levine, a voting rights reporter with Guardian US, to learn the stories behind these decisions, and what president Biden can do about them

The royal commission into the unlawful robodebt scheme has handed down its findings, and unnamed individuals will be referred for criminal and civil prosecution. Reporters Chris Knaus and Luke Henriques-Gomes on what we now know about what went wrong with robodebt – including the human harm it caused – and who was responsible

Australia and one of its closest allies were at loggerheads this week. It all kicked off during the second Test match of the Ashes series, when a controversial piece of play ignited heated debate about the ‘spirit of the game’. As far as the rules go, the Australians did nothing wrong – but according to the English captain and their prime minister, no one would want to win the way the Aussies did. Gabrielle Jackson speaks to editor-in-chief Lenore Taylor and deputy editor David Munk about the game of cricket which sparked diplomatic jostling

Semaglutide, known by its brand name Ozempic, is used to treat diabetes but the drug has had a meteoric rise as a weight-loss cure. Now scientists are looking at yet another unexpected side-effect – could Ozempic help in treating addictions? Science writer Donna Lu tells Gabrielle Jackson about the rapid and controversial rise of Ozempic and what we need to know about its long-term effects

Since a 17-year-old boy was shot during a traffic stop, protests have set France ablaze and exposed deep divisions. A week on from the teenager’s death, Angelique Chrisafis tells Nosheen Iqbal about the deep anger it has unleashed and what could be done to tackle it

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

The Albanese government has committed $1.5bn to Darwin harbour’s Middle Arm precinct – a project that has been sold as ‘sustainable’ and a contributor to ‘decarbonisation’. But some environmental and Indigenous groups are concerned that Middle Arm, far from promoting sustainability, is simply a vast fossil fuel project that will lock Australia into gas production for 50 more years and endanger priceless Indigenous rock art.Environment reporter Lisa Cox on what the expansion of the gas industry in the Northern Territory could mean for Australia’s emissions and traditional owners

Almost two years after Gladys Berejiklian took the stand at an Icac hearing, the commission’s 700-page report has finally been handed down. It finds that she engaged in serious corrupt conduct, that she was at times an ‘unsatisfactory witness’ and that she breached the public trust she held as premier. Gabrielle Jackson speaks to editor-in-chief Lenore Taylor and investigations editor Anne Davies about the report, criticism of Icac and the public’s right to know

The last refugee has now been evacuated from Nauru. Yet the Australian-run detention centre remains ‘ready to receive and process’ any new unauthorised maritime arrivals at an annual cost of $350m. Guardian Australia chief political correspondent Paul Karp and reporter Eden Gillespie tell Jane Lee about what refugees and asylum seekers detained for more than a decade make of the decision, and what it means for Australia’s deterrence policy