A talk on the passive welfare underclass and the urgent need for a universal Job Guarantee with Cape York Partnership founder Noel PearsonWith jobseekers outnumbering available jobs in many Cape York communities, many find themselves in the grips of passive welfare that strips them of their purpose and self-worth and places them at high risk of being left behind by the real economy.The benefits of employment go far beyond an earned income for one individual. A genuine, meaningful job restores...
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A talk on the passive welfare underclass and the urgent need for a universal Job Guarantee with Cape York Partnership founder Noel PearsonWith jobseekers outnumbering available jobs in many Cape York communities, many find themselves in the grips of passive welfare that strips them of their purpose and self-worth and places them at high risk of being left behind by the real economy.The benefits of employment go far beyond an earned income for one individual. A genuine, meaningful job restores...
The Most Immediate Need in Indigenous Affairs - with Prue Briggs
Time to Listen
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4 years ago
The Most Immediate Need in Indigenous Affairs - with Prue Briggs
"You can't rely on markets to deliver justice. The market is not necessarily going to give us a socially acceptable outcome, so it has to be political intervention." - Paul Krugman, 2008 Nobel laureate in economic sciences.A gap of 26 percentile points, and widening. That is what defines the difference in employment outcomes between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians. Addressing this issue, which ought to be impermissible in the first place, is not a dilemma, but an imperative.The Prim...
Time to Listen
A talk on the passive welfare underclass and the urgent need for a universal Job Guarantee with Cape York Partnership founder Noel PearsonWith jobseekers outnumbering available jobs in many Cape York communities, many find themselves in the grips of passive welfare that strips them of their purpose and self-worth and places them at high risk of being left behind by the real economy.The benefits of employment go far beyond an earned income for one individual. A genuine, meaningful job restores...
