Independent Australia's investigations editor and author of the acclaimed book 'Ashbygate: The plot to destroy Australia's speaker' spoke with The Guardian's Sarah Martin on the political ascent and parliamentary scandal of One Nation's James Ashby. This is an excerpt from the full podcast ('The Populist: episode 2 - Favourite Son').

Violence against women remains one of Australia’s most urgent social problems, and tackling it requires more than condemnation after tragedy strikes.

In a wide-ranging conversation with managing editor Michelle Pini, long-time anti-violence campaigner Phil Cleary discusses the recent Sydney Swans controversy and the responsibility of powerful institutions such as the AFL and the media to help drive cultural change.

Cleary argues that preventing violence against women requires action well beyond sporting organisations and governments. Lasting change begins within families and communities, through challenging harmful attitudes, holding people accountable and refusing to remain silent.

Jess Foster, patient advocate and founder of Surviving Scarred – a support group for former patients of the now-infamous Melbourne gynaecologist Simon Gordon – speaks with IA about how the systems that allowed Gordon’s alleged surgical abuse of endometriosis patients continue to fail them.