To avoid further delays, cancellations, and costs partly attributable to public backlash, Australia must adopt an evidence-based approach to managing community relationships when it comes to infrastructure projects, Sara Bice and Kirsty O’Connell write.

With much to lose and little to gain from military intervention, Beijing needs to chart a course to return Hong Kong to normality, Stephen Nagy writes.

The China-US trade war, Trump’s reckless use of Twitter, and now the new currency war will only lead to increased uncertainty, less private investment, and further slowdown in economic growth, Warwick McKibbin writes.

Blockchain technology offers several benefits for the world’s industries and supply chains, but as investment grows, there must be a simultaneous increase in robust international policy coordination, Darcy Allen writes.

With a recent return to big investment in sport beginning to take its hold in China, a new dawn is breaking in the east, Simon Chadwick writes.

This week on Policy Forum Pod we chat to the Secretary-General of the International Chamber of Commerce John Denton AO, to find out how the business world is implementing the Sustainable Development Goals. We also hear from Quentin Grafton about the Murray-Darling Basin Plan and the recent Four Corners show.