Basic Income



Australia’s social security system has long been characterised by suspicion, surveillance, and punishment, though it reached a low watermark during the devastating Robodebt scandal. In… Read More ›

Beyond Robodebt: Could Universal Basic Income Restore Trust for Australian Women?

Homelessness is an entrenched problem across the developed world. In Australia, the problem has increased significantly over the last decade, and has been exacerbated by… Read More ›

Can Basic Income Help Address Homelessness?

With all the talk of restraint and fiscal responsibility, you may have missed that this was also Australia’s first wellbeing budget. Measuring wellbeing reflects a… Read More ›

[October Budget 2022] Australia’s First Wellbeing Budget Leaves People Behind

Prior to the pandemic, the Australian Government’s policy approach to unemployment was to keep people attached to the labour market. The focus was on changing… Read More ›

Rethinking the Welfare-Work Nexus in Light of Australia’s COVID-19 Response

For a brief period when the JobSeeker unemployment benefit was increased to $550 per week and conditionality was relaxed, Australians had access to a type… Read More ›

Has COVID-19 Opened the Door to an Australian Basic Income?

The economic crises that have punctuated the 21st century, most notably the global financial crisis and the COVID-19 crisis, have led to a growing realisation… Read More ›

[Budget Forum 2020] Meet the Liveable Income Guarantee, a Budget-Ready Proposal That Would Prevent Unemployment Benefits Falling off a Cliff

In an emergency, governments improvise. Two new systems of income support have been announced in just over a week to keep us going as much… Read More ›

A Basic Income for Hard Times

Universal Basic Income (UBI) and other guaranteed income schemes are shaping as the welfare policies of the future. While there is no single rationale for… Read More ›

The Tax System Implications of Universal Basic Income

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