As the second year of the pandemic comes to an end, Policy Forum Editor-in-Chief Quentin Grafton asks Australia’s leaders to put the public interest first, show integrity in leadership, and support transparency and accountability.

Eliminating stamp duty and introducing a broad-based property tax are among the key reforms required to make housing more affordable for many Australians, Kristen Sobeck and Robert Breunig write.

Restoring trust between young people and Australia’s political class will require concerted effort across Australian society, Intifar Chowdhury writes.

It’s been a challenging year, but the Pacific is stronger for it, Meg Keen writes.

Although COVID-19 will remain a major challenge for governments in the Pacific, there is hope that 2022 will see the region reconnecting with the rest of the world.

As the curtain comes down on Democracy Sausage for another year, Frank Bongiorno, Chris Wallace, Marija Taflaga and Mark Kenny look back at the best and worst of 2021.