Australiaâs lure will last only as long as its reform Save Share Australiaâs economic outperformance and successful pandemic management has set the country up as a magnet for global talent and investment, but risks remain that this headstart in 2021 could be lost without a stronger reform agenda. Josh Frydenberg says skills reform is high on the list of priorities. Alex Ellinghausen Consumers are out shopping, business is investing again for the first time in years, confidence is back at record highs and more than 90 per cent of the 1.3 million Australians who either lost their jobs or saw their working hours reduced to zero at the start of the pandemic have returned to work.