Category: welfare
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Where are we headed under a “new, values-based capitalism”?
When “well-being” got a mention in the October 2022 budget, I felt a bit more hopeful ..The treasurer says he wants to build “a new, values-based capitalism” to better address disadvantage and help make communities more resilient. The idea of a “new, values-based capitalism” perplexes me.
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Why Australia’s unemployment rate will get stuck on the way down (& how to grease the track)
Australia is experiencing a job’s boom – or so we’re told. The official unemployment rate is lower than it’s been in years. That’s good, right? The trouble is, the government is only telling the parts of the story that make them look good as we hurtle towards the next federal election. There’s some sleight of…
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How a Guaranteed Liveable Income could unleash the talents of People with Disability
What did you dream of becoming when you were a child? A teacher? A fireman? An astronaut? Reaching goals isn’t always easy. As we get older, we learn that not many people have what it takes to be an astronaut. Sometimes we have to adjust our dreams to be a bit more realistic. I was…
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Disability pride is going to be big in Australia in 2022 – how much progress can we make?
Dylan Alcott is Australian of the year for 2022. Dylan is a gold medalist in wheelchair tennis and wheelchair basketball. He just won a Golden Slam in tennis (all four tennis majors and a gold medal in the same year). He’s a television personality. He’s also a disability advocate. It’s hard to know what the…
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5 reasons Jobseekers can’t solve supply chain issues (& the government knows them already)
Australia has a labour shortage. The most recent unemployment figures were 4.2% , the lowest rate since 2008. Supply chain issues due to the Omicron wave are leaving supermarket shelves empty. Anne Ruston, Minister for Social Services suggested recently that unemployed people need to step up to fill the gaps. We saw headlines about…
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7 welfare realities for disabled people that SBS’s “Could you Survive on the Breadline?” skated over.
How does job-seeking work in Australia if you are disabled? That’s the elephant in the room of the latest reality TV offering from SBS, with a social conscience twist, “Could you Survive on the Breadline?”. The show invited three Australians with public profile to dip their toes into the world of living on welfare for…
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