Home › News › Universal Basic income

Tag : Universal Basic income

Is now the time for a universal basic income?

Wendy Williams, Tuesday, 9th March 2021 - New documentary, Inherent Good, explores the power of unconditional cash and an economy in which no one’s income starts at zero. When Steve Borst and Rennie Soga first set out to make…

Greens Call for Universal Basic Income

Luke Michael, Thursday, 5th April 2018 - Greens leader Richard Di Natale has proposed a radical overhaul of Australia’s welfare system through the introduction of a universal basic income scheme, but critics believe this…

Calls For Overhaul of Welfare System as Talk Turns to UBI

Wendy Williams, Friday, 25th August 2017 - Australia’s social security system has come under scrutiny in a number of talks held this month exploring the future of work and basic income options. Unions NSW, the Australian Unemployed…

Could the Idea of a Universal Basic Income Work in Australia?

Mark Liddiard, Monday, 6th June 2016 - With Finland set to become the world’s first country to introduce a universal basic income, Mark Liddiard, senior lecturer in social policy at Curtin University, asks whether a politician…