David Smith: is the US descending into authoritarianism?
In just over 80 days of Donald Trump’s second administration, the world already seems to have been remade. Even before the tariffs brought economic turmoil, the world watched as legal US residents were deported, and others arbitrarily detained at the border. And now some Australians are questioning whether they should risk travelling to the US at all. The Guardian’s Washington DC bureau chief, David Smith, tells Reged Ahmad why experts fear the US is nearing ‘Defcon 1 for our democracy’ You can support the Guardian at theguardian.com/fullstorysupport
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Gina episode 3: Love and money
Gina Rinehart has been Australia’s richest person for the last six years in a row. But where does her money come from? In episode three we unpack the bitter rivalries, court battles and family conflicts behind the Hancock fortune – and consider a fundamental question: is Rinehart a mining heiress or is she a self-made mining magnate? We then look at her crowning achievement to date in her time at the helm of Hancock Prospecting – owning and operating her own iron mine at Roy Hill, something her father was never able to do Listen and subscribe to the Gina Podcast at theguardian.com/gina
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Back to back Barries: can Dutton save his campaign?
What happens when things go wrong in the middle of a campaign? Barrie Cassidy and Tony Barry examine Peter Dutton’s surprise backflip on his work-from-home policy, and ask: what can the Coalition do to recover from a bad week? And can they limit the damage quickly? They also discuss leader debates and Donald Trump’s global trade war
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How a phone footage exposed a massacre of Gaza paramedics
Israeli forces killed 15 Palestinian paramedics and civil defence workers in southern Gaza on 23 March. Bethan McKernan reports on the emerging evidence of what happened
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Newsroom edition: the climate crisis has disappeared from the election agenda
In past elections, debate about climate policy has been front and centre. Labor and independents campaigned hard on the environment back in 2022. But during the current campaign Labor and the Coalition have focused their messaging almost entirely on cost of living.Nour Haydar talks with deputy editor Patrick Keneally and climate and environment editor Adam Morton about the consequences of climate action fading from the campaign
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