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This week marks a year since Anthony Albanese and the Labor party swept into power, promising a new chapter of Australian politics. Guardian Australia political reporter Amy Remeikis joins Laura Murphy-Oates to discuss the defining moments of Labor’s first year in office, and whether it’s living up to a promise to ‘leave no one behind’

Australian airlines could soon be forced to pay cash compensation to passengers whose flights are delayed or cancelled as part of a broader push to change local aviation laws that some believe are ‘lagging behind the rest of the world’. Laura Murphy-Oates speaks to transport and urban affairs reporter Elias Visontay about how airlines are letting down consumers and what the government could do about it

On Tuesday, a jury in New York found that the former US president Donald Trump sexually abused magazine writer E Jean Carroll in the 1990s and then defamed her by branding her a liar. On Wednesday, Trump made the same baseless claims about Carroll that led to him losing the case – this time, live on CNN to millions of viewers. This week, Jonathan Freedland talks to Guardian US columnist Margaret Sullivan about the fallout from the E Jean Carroll case. The pair discuss how the media should cover a 2024 presidential candidate who has been impeached twice, indicted by a federal court and who is now legally defined as a sexual predator

The federal budget has predicted a surge in net overseas migration this year, before a return to pre-pandemic forecasts. But the Coalition has accused the Albanese government of allowing the number of immigrants to balloon, which it says will further entrench a nationwide housing crisis.Gabrielle Jackson talks to Guardian Australia’s editor-in-chief Lenore Taylor and head of news Mike Ticher about getting the facts straight on immigration

As the online gambling industry grows, at least one Australian football league is taking a greater share of its revenue. Reporter Henry Belot tells Jane Lee why this is a problem for fans, punters and even some players

In its first full-year budget Labor has provided much-needed cost-of-living relief to people doing it tough, including a huge spend on Medicare to help more people see the GP for free. However, as editor-in-chief Lenore Taylor writes, this help is ‘spread widely and a little bit thin’.Guardian Australia reporters break down the budget’s key features, plus chief political correspondent Paul Karp and Lenore Taylor explain whether the relief in this budget is enough for voters to keep the faith

Kathleen Folbigg has spent almost 20 years in a NSW prison since she was found guilty of killing her four children. But was she convicted of crimes she didn’t commit? Donna Lu discusses with Jane Lee how science is shedding new light on the Folbigg case

The federal and New South Wales governments have wielded extraordinary powers to detain or control individuals for potential future crimes. These powers are designed to prevent terrorist attacks, but Guardian Australia has revealed that a terror risk assessment tool used by the government is flawed, and this flaw was kept secret for years. Christopher Knaus and Nino Bucci on Australia’s powerful anti-terror laws, and why legal bodies and the national security law watchdog want them to change

Today’s young Australians will be the first generation to have lower living standards than their parents. With a housing system designed to generate wealth for older investors, a student debt avalanche spiralling out of control, and a welfare system pushing down wages, it is clear young Australians are struggling to make ends meet. Gabrielle Jackson talks to Guardian Australia’s editor-in-chief, Lenore Taylor, and deputy live news editor, Jo Tovey, about the generational divide in the cost-of-living crisis

The Albanese government has announced the biggest smoking reforms in a decade – banning non-prescription vapes and hiking the tax on tobacco. Health minister Mark Butler says these reforms will close ‘the biggest loophole in Australian health care history’ that saw nicotine vapes marketed and sold to children. Medical editor Melissa Davey explains why the government has chosen this approach, and what these reforms means for vape users and sellers