New cases have emerged in a number of Pacific countries, whilst the region's economic downturn has been labeled a 'humanitarian crisis' in the wake of COVID-19, Hugh McClure writes.

Discussion of education during the pandemic has focused almost solely on losses of funding at universities, but the economic and social role of international students outside universities has been relatively ignored, Angela Lehmann writes.

On this Democracy Sausage we take a look at tackling the climate crisis as Australia is still battling the coronavirus. Mark Kenny is joined by Kieran Gilbert, Frank Jotzo, and Marija Taflaga.

In part two of our special episode of Ask Policy Forum, the panel tackles your tough questions, from the struggling arts sector, to how health systems around the world are coping with the COVID-19 crisis, to the serious business of lockdown snacks.

This week on Policy Forum Pod, we bring you part one of our first-ever online live recording of Ask Policy Forum, the podcast where you ask the questions.

The ready-made garment industry in Bangladesh has been hard hit by COVID-19, and companies and government must do more to protect its four million workers from being left behind, Shahidur Rahman and Sifat Islam Ishty write.