Indigenous man David Dungay Jr died in Sydney’s Long Bay jail after a disagreement about a packet of biscuits. Our new podcast explores the questions his death raises about the use of medical restraint and tranquillisers

Lenore Taylor talks to Katharine Viner and Ian McClelland about the media startup’s first five years

The Australian author explains how writing The Shepherd’s Hut got him thinking about the boys that get left behind

Gabrielle Jackson introduces you to our latest Guardian Australia podcast: Common Ground. Lenore Taylor and Rebecca Huntley bring four very different Australians together to find out where their views come from

The Guardian columnist Brigid Delaney talks with Gabrielle Jackson and Bonnie Malkin about the highs and lows of the years she spent researching her new book Wellmania

Gabrielle Jackson talks to The Hunting Ground’s producer, Amy Ziering, and five other women to establish whether the film is relevant to Australia

With action in countries around the world and on the ground at a state level in the US, is Donald Trump’s position on climate change irrelevant? Martijn Wilder and Greg Bourne join Lenore Taylor

Calla Wahlquist talks to Patrisse Cullors, co-founder of Black Lives Matter co-founder and Aboriginal activist Latoya Rule

The ABC’s Mark Colvin joins Guardian’s editor-in-chief Katharine Viner and Guardian Australia’s editor Lenore Taylor to discuss the changing face of journalism. They examine Donald Trump’s presidency and the difficulty the media has in holding him to account, as well as the rise of social media networks that provide mass audiences to media organisations while taking increasingly large amounts of advertising revenue. What will the future of the Guardian and journalism be?

After the US president’s wooing of the working class, have the Democrats lost their relevance? And did Obama miss the chance to create true change?

Guardian columnist Jason Wilson explores the rise of the ‘alt-right’. In conversation with Bridie Jabour and Gabrielle Jackson he describes how Richard Spencer coined the term to represent a ‘big tent’ for dissident rightwing thinkers. Wilson argues that the line between the far-right and mainstream conservatives has since become blurred in Australia

We look at the biggest news stories of 2016 that were ‘not really news’. From Harambe’s rise to meme stardom to Pokémon Go and Taylor Swift, Guardian staff discuss some of the year’s cultural phenomena

Calla Wahlquist explores the timeline of Ms Dhu’s detainment and how she was misdiagnosed. We also hear from Ms Dhu’s grandmother and uncle

We talk to teenagers about how they used the internet in secret after their parents tried to protect them from the online world

On a Sydney Peace Prize panel moderated by Guardian Australia editor Lenore Taylor, Naomi Klein, Murrawah Johnson, Maria Tiimon Chi- Fang, Nadine Flood and Shen Narayanasamy discuss the need for transition to a post-carbon Australia

Lucy Clark spoke to Dr Christina Ho from UTS about her research into rising pressure in education and the elephant in the room – the prevalence of children of Asian background working overtime for excellent academic outcomes

There has been plenty of speculation about what drives One Nation supporters. Bridie Jabour asks the voters themselves and the answers are complicated – and surprising

Could a simple change to the law make a difference for asylum seekers in Australia? David Marr, Shukufa Tahiri, Jane McAdam, Daniel Webb and Geoff Gilbert explore solutions

Dr Munjed Al Muderis lived very comfortably in Iraq but what led him to leave as a traitor? Today he is an inspiring doctor who specialises in crafting new limbs for amputees but to get here he risked a dangerous journey by boat and a long stay in detention