What can Australians expect from the major parties in terms of tax policy? Should they worry about Scott Morrison’s claims that Labor’s $387 billion 'tax bomb' will plunge the country into recession?

In this special series from Policy Forum and The Australian National University, Mark Kenny leads a weekly discussion on the issues, policies, and politics of Australia’s election campaign. In the first episode, Mark and guests Shirley Leitch, Andrew Hughes, and Bob McMullan take a look at an opening week dominated by tax, personality politics, and social media campaigning.

This week on Policy Forum Pod, we celebrate a very special milestone – our 100th episode – by handing over the scriptwriting to you, our listeners, for our first Ask Us Anything episode. The panel tackle your questions that cover topics ranging from electric vehicle policy, to Australia’s water market, and a mysterious case of a missing wallet.

Though the recent National Disaster Risk Reduction Framework may allow Australia to improve its response to climate change-related natural disasters, without introducing more pre-emptive measures, increased funding means very little, Paul Barnes, Anthony Bergin, and Robert Glasser write.

With several anniversaries coming up this year that could spur social unrest, on top of the economic turbulence of a trade war with the US, China finds itself in a complicated position. Taiwan must work to diversify its portfolio should it wish to maintain its economic independence, Stephen Nagy writes.

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