On this special episode of Democracy Sausage, former Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull discusses the treatment of former Australia Post CEO Christine Holgate, the abandonment of the National Energy Guarantee, and special interests in Australian politics.

As Pacific governments seek to integrate their development and security strategies, it is important to consider local contexts, Maualaivao Maima Koro writes.

The world is emerging from the biggest social and economic shock in living memory, but it will be a long time before the deep scars of the COVID-19 pandemic on human wellbeing fully heal, Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana writes.

The unfolding failures in Australia’s vaccination rollout means a change of course is urgently needed – before the international border is fully opened, all Australians must have had the opportunity to be vaccinated with as efficacious a vaccine as possible, Quentin Grafton and Tom Kompas write.

In this episode of the National Security Podcast — part of our Security Summit Series — Chair of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security Senator James Paterson chats to Head of the ANU National Security College Professor Rory Medcalf.

Taiwan’s control of COVID-19 and robust investment policies have helped its economy grow, but many potential challenges remain for its government, Huynh Tam Sang writes.