In this Policy Forum Rapid Round-up, experts give their thoughts on the policy of Australia's 2019 Federal Budget.

To fix their sanitation woes, governments must see the issue differently. Far from just a technological fix, the way we clean up our waste is a social problem requiring a campaign against stigma and inequality, writes Assa Doron in this extract from Perfection, a new publication from the ANU College of Asia & the Pacific. 

This week on the pod we take a look at regional cooperation amongst the Pacific Islands and the challenges they face in coordinating policy efforts.

Rising concerns in Assam over malaria reveal a struggling state medical system, Deepanshu Mohan, Ayona Bhattacharjee, and Shivkrit Rai write.

Policy Forum published more than 300 fantastic articles this year on a huge range of public policy issues from all around the world. We’ve loved the range of topics, and the passion and expertise of our authors. Our readers have too, and here are ten of our best-read from 2018 on the site.

This year Policy Forum produced more than 60 podcasts covering a huge range of issues, from LGBT rights in India, to Indigenous water rights in Northern Australia, and from the rise of populism around the world, to the mechanics of the Australian Public Service. In this post, we present you the top 10 of our policy podcasts from this year that you were listening to (and if you didn’t listen to them, well, what else do you have planned over the festive break?)