The powers that be in the Australian Government and defence forces need to bring Australians into the fold in the decisions they make, John Coyne writes.

Despite record rice production, healthy public stock, and even the government controversially importing rice, rice prices in Bangladesh remain at their highest point ever, Md Roushon Jamal writes.

On the penultimate episode of our Policy Forum Pod mini-series on work, we speak to President of the Australian Council of Trade Unions Michele O’Neil about workers’ rights and how to build a fairer, more equitable world of work.

A demand-side federal policy akin to the Renewable Energy Target could accelerate the uptake of electric vehicles in Australia, Bennett Schneider writes.

Until there is more transparency in the Belt and Road Initiative’s operation, the democratic nations of Asia and the Pacific must be wary of its influence on the region’s norms, Adam Bartley writes.

A proposal to waive a range of intellectual property measures for COVID-19 vaccines and other health technologies will come before the WTO this week, and Australia must support it, Belinda Townsend writes.