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For some people, coming off antidepressants is a real battle, and one they feel unprepared for. A growing number of advocates, patients and health experts say Australia needs to change the way we think about withdrawal. Reporter Beth Gibson speaks to Laura Murphy-Oates about why some people struggle to get off antidepressants and what’s being done in Australia to help them

The story of how Guardian Australia launched in 2013 is one of strength, determination, a chance encounter, a spying scandal and a lot of coffee. At a time when Julia Gillard was prime minister, newspapers were laying off thousands of staff and Gina Rinehart was vying to take control of Fairfax, the Guardian arrived in a dire period for public interest journalism. But since May 2013 the once-tiny news site has achieved what some thought impossible. In this special edition of Full Story, Bridie Jabour speaks with the key players in Guardian Australia’s launch

This week one of Australia’s most prominent Indigenous journalists, Stan Grant, stood down from his ABC TV Q+A hosting job saying that the national broadcaster’s management failed to support him against ‘relentless’ racial abuse stoked by rightwing media. It has been called a moment of reckoning for the Australian media industry. Freelance journalist Rhianna Patrick and chief executive of Media Diversity Australia Mariam Veiszadeh speak to Jane Lee about how media organisations are failing their staff and what needs to change

An alternative therapy and poison called kambo is linked to the deaths of two Australians. The deaths, subject to coronial inquiries, have raised questions about how kambo is used and why people are seeking it out. Reporter Joe Hinchliffe speaks to Jane Lee about the origin of this alternative therapy and concerns about its use

After falsely claiming the grandson of the land rights activist Vincent Lingiari is voting no to Australia’s Indigenous voice to parliament, the no campaign has been accused of spreading misinformation. Elsewhere, concerns have been raised that some community consultations on the voice lack Aboriginal representation.Indigenous affairs editor Lorena Allam on the misinformation surrounding the voice, and the Aboriginal people raising the alarm

Consultants at PricewaterhouseCoopers used government secrets to help clients in Australia and the US avoid tax – a scandal that has forced resignations and threatens contracts worth hundreds of millions. The federal government has been warned to reconsider its relationship with the consulting industry, which rakes in billions from the government each year. Reporter Henry Belot on how a series of secretive emails marked “for your eyes only” exposed this scandal, and the government’s overreliance on consulting firms that some call a “shadow public service”