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As the Victorian election approaches it seems almost inevitable that the most progressive state in the country will soon fall out of Labor’s grasp. And now, with a royal commission into allegations of corruption and criminal infiltration of government projects starting just two weeks out from the vote, things may be going from bad to worse for the premier, Ben Carroll. But, Labor’s defeat doesn’t automatically mean an easy Coalition victory. Victorian state correspondent, Bentia Kolovos, speaks to Matilda Boseley on the end of Labor’s dominance and the One Nation-sized elephant in the room. You can subscribe for free to Guardian Australia’s daily news podcast Full Story on Apple Podcasts and Spotify

Once the gleaming crown jewel of Australian retail, David Jones has collapsed into administration, leaving thousands of workers and unpaid suppliers in limbo. How did the 188-year-old business that tried to be everywhere end up losing its identity entirely? Guardian Australia’s business editor, Jonathan Barrett, joins Reged Ahmad to unpack what went wrong

With midnight book launches, record-breaking sales and billions of TikTok views, romantasy has turned into one of the biggest commercial juggernauts propping up modern publishing. But why are stories combining high fantasy and female-centric erotic romance still dismissed by mainstream culture? Guardian Australia’s lifestyle editor, Alyx Gorman, joins Taylah Strano to unpack the global phenomenon of romantasy and the divisive release of Sarah J Maas’s latest novel

Tony Barry and Shaun Ratcliff (filling in for Barrie Cassidy) break down the One Nation vote into four categories: ‘Red Meat’, ‘Precariats’, ‘Triple Haters’, and ‘Hanson Enthusiasts’. But what do these swathes of supporters tell us about One Nation – and what must the major parties do to win back the disengaged and undecided?

In the decades he’s spent on screens, Russell Brand’s been a comedian, an actor, a presenter and a political anarchist. Now he has been convicted of rape and sexual assaults. Emine Sinmaz reports