This week on Policy Forum Pod, Mark Howden joins Arnagretta Hunter and Sharon Bessell to discuss the recent state of the environment report and the growing strain on the most important system of all - the planet.

Policymakers need a national drinking water quality database to inform investments in clean water for all Australians, Paul Wyrwoll, Ana Manero, Evie Rose, and Quentin Grafton write.

Climate change is worsening drought and water scarcity across the region and the world – the situation demands governments undertake ambitious reforms and Australia can lead the way, Md Roushon Jamal writes.

Every year, China invokes sustainability to unilaterally impose a ban on fishing in the contested waters of the South China Sea – but it’s not all about the fish, Mahbi Maulaya writes.

This week on Policy Forum Pod, Virginia Marshall joins us to discuss the Uluru Statement from the Heart and Australia’s pathway towards healing. 

Some parts of the Philippines have seen an average rise in incomes fail to affect severe poverty – better opportunities to grow seaweed that can be fixed by policy choices may be the key ingredient for these communities, Edo Andriesse writes.