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When the investigative reporter who broke the allegations against Alan Jones took the witness stand, the courtroom gallery was packed. Under cross-examination over interview recordings, headline phrases and text messages with police, what did Kate McClymont’s evidence reveal about how the story unfolded? Media correspondent Amanda Meade joins Nour Haydar to unpack McClymont’s testimony.

The UN’s climate summit begins in Turkey on Monday, with Australia leading the negotiations for the first time. The challenge of bringing nearly 190 countries to consensus on climate action, when global heating is already falling short of the Paris agreement goal of 1.5C, will be a pivotal test for climate change and energy minister Chris Bowen. Speaking with Guardian Australia’s climate and environment editor Adam Morton, Bowen responds to criticisms about Labor’s credibility – owing to the country’s huge fossil fuel export industries – and explains the government’s commitment to advocate for our Pacific neighbours at Cop31

The Democrats have had a resounding win, taking control of the Senate and the House of Representatives in a historic midterms result. Hosts Reged Ahmad and Jonathan Yerushalmy examine what went wrong for the Republicans and why voters turned out in droves to deliver the blue wave so many predicted. But perhaps the biggest surprise of the night was Donald Trump accepting the result and vowing to work with the Democrats. So will he? Or could this make him more dangerous?

When One Nation’s political cartoon Please Explain first launched in 2021, the general consensus – even from the left side of the political spectrum – was that it was surprisingly well-made. But back then, Pauline Hanson was still on the fringes of political discussions. Now, four seasons and a movie later, polls have One Nation as the second-most popular political party in the country, and its cartoons are coming under increasing scrutiny. Matilda Boseley talks to marketing expert Toby Ralph about whether there’s a place for the show in a political climate where politicians are begging to ‘turn the temperature down’

With the Reserve Bank poised to increase interest rates today, voters are increasingly pointing the finger at government spending rather than global headwinds. But with household budgets already stretched to breaking point, can Jim Chalmers tame inflation without triggering a recession? Guardian Australia’s economics editor, Patrick Commins, joins Reged Ahmad to unpack whether Labor is losing control of the economic narrative