India’s national government is moving the right direction on manufacturing, but more reform is needed to skills, innovation, infrastructure, and gender policies to take full advantage of the sector’s potential, Rahul Singh Bais and Cornelius Kalenzi write.

The summer holidays are over and people are logging back on - but is it time that we had a rethink about the world of work? To welcome the new working year, the Policy Forum team looks back on what we learned from our incredible 2021 Policy Forum Pod mini-series on work.

Kickstart the new year by reading through some of our favourite articles from 2021, chosen by Policy Forum Deputy Editor Patrick Cooney.

What conversations mattered most to you in 2021? To get rolling in 2022, we look back at your favourite Policy Forum Pod episodes from the last 12 months.

Don’t fret about election day queues - jump to the front of the line for a serving of our five most popular episodes of Democracy Sausage with Mark Kenny in 2021.

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.