Aussies back universal basic income after relying on income support during COVID

Aussies back universal basic income after relying on income support during COVID

The majority of Australians support the introduction of a universal basic income (UBI) according to a new poll.

It seems being forced to rely on income support payments like JobSeeker during COVID-19 has made Australians more sympathetic to the idea of a UBI, with the majority of Aussies backing the idea.

That’s according to a poll conducted by YouGov for the Green Institute, a public policy think tank of the Australian Greens.The survey question posed to 1,026 Australians was "Unconditional income support is sometimes called a Guaranteed Living Wage or a Universal Basic Income. This means that just as we […]

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