Jim Chalmers (Facebook) A universal basic income would be a "backward step" for Australian workers that could increase inequality and cost the budget billions says Labor MP Jim Chalmers, The Guardian reports.
His criticism of the concept puts him squarely alongside the shadow treasurer, Chris Bowen, who has been pushing back for months against internal and external calls to adopt the welfare policy.
Mr Chalmers has cemented his critique of universal basic income in a new book, co-written with the former chief executive of NBN Co Mike Quigley, on technological change, the labour force and inequality called Changing Jobs: The Fair […]
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