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The reality TV show RuPaul’s Drag Race is an international sensation with multiple Emmy awards and spin-offs around the world. Australia’s first season – RuPaul’s Drag Race Down Under – has been marred by controversies around race and a lack of diversity, but it also saw the debut of the show’s first Aboriginal drag queen: Biripi and Worimi queen JoJo Zaho.JoJo talks to Laura Murphy-Oates about the power of First Nations drag and the journey to Drag Race fame

The reality TV show RuPaul’s Drag Race is an international sensation with multiple Emmy awards and spin-offs around the world. Australia’s first season – RuPaul’s Drag Race Down Under – has been marred by controversies around race and a lack of diversity, but it also saw the debut of the show’s first Aboriginal drag queen: Biripi and Worimi queen JoJo Zaho.JoJo talks to Laura Murphy-Oates about the power of First Nations drag and the journey to Drag Race fame

A hotly anticipated US government report on decades of mysterious sightings of UFOs is due for release this month. The Guardian’s Adam Gabbatt and former UK Ministry of Defence employee Nick Pope investigate

A hotly anticipated US government report on decades of mysterious sightings of UFOs is due for release this month. The Guardian’s Adam Gabbatt and former UK Ministry of Defence employee Nick Pope investigate

For three years the #hometobilo campaign has lobbied for a family of Tamil asylum seekers to be released from immigration detention, and returned to the Queensland community of Biloela where they lived. Last week the family’s youngest daughter Tharnicaa was flown from Christmas Island detention centre to a Perth hospital for emergency medical treatment – and the public pressure around the campaign has only grown. Queensland correspondent Ben Smee went to Biloela to talk to residents about the enduring bond between the family and their community, and ongoing efforts to bring them home

For three years the #hometobilo campaign has lobbied for a family of Tamil asylum seekers to be released from immigration detention, and returned to the Queensland community of Biloela where they lived. Last week the family’s youngest daughter Tharnicaa was flown from Christmas Island detention centre to a Perth hospital for emergency medical treatment – and the public pressure around the campaign has only grown. Queensland correspondent Ben Smee went to Biloela to talk to residents about the enduring bond between the family and their community, and ongoing efforts to bring them home

Woodside Petroleum is planning to expand a liquefied natural gas project in a plan it claims will reduce emissions by 30% by 2030. But analysts say the project will cause emissions to skyrocket. Environment editor Adam Morton explains why the project is being approved and what could it mean for Australia’s emission targets

Woodside Petroleum is planning to expand a liquefied natural gas project in a plan it claims will reduce emissions by 30% by 2030. But analysts say the project will cause emissions to skyrocket. Environment editor Adam Morton explains why the project is being approved and what could it mean for Australia’s emission targets

David Dungay Jr’s name has become a frequent rallying cry at Black Lives Matter protests across Australia. Now the family of the Dunghutti man, who died in custody in 2015, is teaming up with the barrister Geoffrey Robertson QC to take their case to the UN human rights commission, arguing Australia has breached its international human rights obligations. Indigenous affairs editor Lorena Allam explains the legal reasoning behind the case and what it could mean for the Dungay family and all families affected by a death in custody

David Dungay Jr’s name has become a frequent rallying cry at Black Lives Matter protests across Australia. Now the family of the Dunghutti man, who died in custody in 2015, is teaming up with the barrister Geoffrey Robertson QC to take their case to the UN human rights commission, arguing Australia has breached its international human rights obligations. Indigenous affairs editor Lorena Allam explains the legal reasoning behind the case and what it could mean for the Dungay family and all families affected by a death in custody