Politics Podcast: Brian Howe on Revisiting Henderson, Poverty and Basic Income
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Brian Howe says the targeted nature of Australia's social security system goes hand-in-hand with stigmatising welfare recipients.
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It’s widely accepted that young people living in children’s homes or foster care are vulnerable to mental illness, but new research shows that social media can actually help.
From a certain perspective, we’re already on the road to practicing a ‘progressive eugenics’ not a million miles away from what was imagined historically.
People on low incomes put insurance cover first – even if it means doing without basic goods.
That the Cashless Debit Card continues to be pursued exposes a dogged obsession with implementing punitive policy at the expense of vulnerable people.
The people most affected must be involved in designing the solutions.
Thousands queued to buy the report by William Beveridge that would lay the foundations for Britain’s modern welfare state.
What if governments paid everyone a certain amount of money to cover basic needs?
A new accounting system that goes beyond the capitalist understanding of value is bubbling under and could topple capitalism itself.
Isolated older people living in poverty are suffering from food insecurity.
New research on implicit attitudes to people who receive benefits shows how pervasive hostility towards them is.
Most of the evidence drawn on by critics of the trial comes from places that have implemented such programs. So, have they worked?
The minimum wage may be adequate for some low-paid workers – but this is clearly not the case for the woefully inadequate Newstart Allowance.
Trump’s rationale for cutting the Temporary Assistance to Needy Families program rests on a myth at odds with contemporary data.
Misleading stereotypes help explain why the share of families living in poverty who benefit from a core assistance program has plummeted – and why Trump wants new cuts.
Depending on where you live, having a disability can cost thousands of additional dollars per year. Government programs often don’t account for that.
Food assistance – like SNAP benefits – can have far-ranging impacts on a person’s health and well-being.
Christian Porter said Australia’s welfare system ‘was costing over 100% of all income tax raised’ under Labor after the GFC, and that it’s ‘around 80%’ under the Coalition. Is that true?
Social Services Minister Christian Porter told Q&A that ‘rates of drug use amongst unemployed are 2.5 times higher than amongst employed people’. Is that correct?
One policy above all others will haunt the Tory election campaign to the bitter end.
Top contributors
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Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Professorial Fellow, Jumbunna IHL, University of Technology Sydney
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Research Associate, School of Social Sciences, Monash University
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Professor, College of Business, Government & Law, Flinders University
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Associate Professor, POLIS@ANU Centre for Social Policy Research, Australian National University
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Visiting Academic, The Open University
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Professor in Social Policy, University of Glasgow
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Associate Professor of Public Policy, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Adjunct Research Fellow, School of Government, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
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Professor of Social Development Studies, University of Johannesburg
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Professor & Director, Jeff Bleich Centre for Democracy and Disruptive Technologies, Flinders University
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Professor of Economics, Queen's University Belfast
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Associate Professor in International Macroeconomics, Cambridge Judge Business School
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Professor of Social Policy, Loughborough University