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Record-breaking floods across Queensland and New South Wales have seen communities cut off, homes and businesses inundated and lives lost. Guardian Australia’s Queensland correspondent Ben Smee and reporter Christine Tondorf explain how the flooding has played out on each side of the border – including a series of heroic rescues and sudden escapes

When comic and actor Volodymyr Zelenskiy ran for the Ukrainian presidency in 2019 he was treated as a joke. Now, as Luke Harding reports from Lviv, he personifies the defiance and dignity of Ukraine’s embattled population

Thousands of Ukrainians are streaming out of the capital. As the Russian attack continues, the residents who remain are taking cover and taking up arms, Emma Graham-Harrison reports

The chairman of the United Australia party, Clive Palmer, says he’ll spend more than $80m on his party’s campaign in the upcoming election, making it the most expensive campaign in Australian history. This has reignited calls to reform the huge amounts of money poured into political campaigns and advertising.Reporter Christopher Knaus talks to Laura Murphy-Oates about the influence of money in federal politics and how calls for reform continue to go ignored

Michael Sun is flying solo this week on Guardian Australia’s online culture podcast but he has two special guests. Matilda Boseley joins to mourn our fading relevance as we become victims of the vibe shift and ‘terminal trend velocity’. Then TikTok star Tom Cardy tells us about his overnight success and the struggles of making money on the platform – even with 1m followers

Russia has launched an invasion of Ukraine on several fronts, raising fears it could escalate into the most serious conflict Europe has seen since the second world war

A political wedge is a tactic usually used to stir up controversy and debate with an opposing party. Over the last few weeks, the Coalition has attempted to ‘wedge’ Labor on various policies. So why have we seen so much of it lately, and what are the risks involved in playing into this kind of cynical politics? Gabrielle Jackson speaks to editor in chief Lenore Taylor and deputy news editor Jo Tovey about how the media covers wedge politics.

Australian tech billionaire Mike Cannon-Brookes has made a multibillion-dollar bid to buy energy company AGL – Australia’s biggest greenhouse gas emitter – and speed up its exit from coal. In response, prime minister Scott Morrison and AGL executives have warned this plan could raise electricity prices and cost jobs. Laura Murphy-Oates speaks to Guardian Australia’s climate and environment editor Adam Morton about this historic bid and what it says about Australia’s lack of planning for a cleaner future

After weeks of threats, Putin has ordered troops into eastern Ukraine. Shaun Walker and Patrick Wintour explain what the new stage of the crisis means for the country and its allies.

As debate over the religious discrimination bill – and the right for religious schools to expel transgender kids – reaches fever pitch, the Rev Josephine Inkpin carries on with the business of providing solace to those in need. Laura Murphy-Oates speaks to the first transgender minister appointed in a mainstream church about breaking ground, hope and why the battle for inclusion isn’t over