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With most of the attention on her management of the Covid crisis, an Icac investigation has led to the popular leader’s demise. In this episode of Full Story, we revisit Christopher Knaus’s original reporting on where her downfall started: an Icac hearing in 2020

As pressure to reduce Australia’s emissions to net zero by 2050 increases, there has been a slight shift in language from the Morrison government on its climate targets. But as the PM points to a roadmap for reduced emissions, Morrison must appease his Coalition counterparts. Lenore Taylor and Adam Morton speak to Gabrielle Jackson about the shifting politics of climate action

This week Victoria’s daily case numbers overtook NSW, and with cases rising rapidly, so are hospitalisations and deaths. Some Melbourne hospitals are already feeling the strain, with reports of delays in admitting some patients to emergency and an increase in emergency staff taking sick leave due to burnout. Medical editor Melissa Davey examines how the Victorian health system is coping right now, and whether it could get overwhelmed in the coming months.

Labor’s latest hand-picked federal candidate – Olympic shooter and former coalminer Daniel Repacholi – is raising eyebrows, and the ire of some rank and file ALP members, in the NSW seat of Hunter. Laura Murphy-Oates speaks to chief political correspondent Sarah Martin about Labor’s infighting over the blue-collar seat and what it says about the party’s future

A Senate inquiry has been told Australia’s disability payment rules need to be ‘rewritten’ as people struggle for months, or even years, before receiving support – with some draining their super, relying on charity or accruing thousands of dollars of credit card debt to get by. Many are also forced onto the lower jobseeker payment, with government data showing that 36% of jobseeker recipients are sick or have a disability. Laura Murphy-Oates speaks to 28-year-old Natasha Thomson, whose two-year battle to access the payment ended up at the top level of the administrative appeal tribunal, and inequality editor Luke Henriques-Gomes, about the barriers to accessing the disability support pension and the push for reform

Jonathan Freedland hosted a special Guardian Live event where he spoke to the former secretary of state Hillary Clinton. As the US commemorated the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, the pair talked about her memories of the day, given she was the senator for New York at the time; how US politics has changed since then; and whether or not retaliation by American forces has made the US and the world a safer or more dangerous place

Laura Murphy-Oates introduces a bonus episode of our new podcast Guardian Australia Reads. Guardian Australia’s culture editor, Steph Harmon, recommends a piece by Clem Bastow about an unfair double standard on autism

Last week, Australia entered into a new defence pact with the United States and the United Kingdom. The pact, dubbed Aukus, will see Australia acquire nuclear-powered submarines from the US and the UK, effectively ending a $90bn contract Australia had previously signed with France. Lenore Taylor and Mike Ticher speak to Gabrielle Jackson about the immediate fallout from Australia’s new partnership and the ramifications of the Aukus alliance

After the Victorian government announced restrictions on the construction industry to curb the spread of Covid-19, a series of protests have taken place in Melbourne resulting in violent clashes and dozens of arrests. However, some politicians and union leaders claim that many protesters are not construction workers, but rather far-right extremists. Guardian reporter Josh Taylor speaks to Laura Murphy-Oates about the role that anti-lockdown and anti-vaccination groups on social media have played and whether the far right has infiltrated these protests

Australian wheelchair racer Madison de Rozario’s Paralympic career started when she competed at the Beijing Paralympics at the age of 14. Now, the 27-year-old has cemented her place in the history books – breaking multiple records and winning three medals, including two gold, at the Tokyo Paralympics. De Rozario speaks to reporter Kieran Pender about her sometimes bumpy rise to wheelchair-racing fame and the power of the Paralympics as a vehicle for change