Not ‘leftie pinko nonsense’: Waleed Aly on the Greens idea of a universal basic income

Instead Aly explained the proposal during Thursday night’s The Project , telling audiences “up to 5 million Aussies are at risk of losing their jobs over the next decade or so. That’s 40 per cent of our work force” and “pretty soon we’re going to be living in a high-tech robotopia”.

Jobs such as farmers, tradies and truckies were going to be replaced by robots, with only creative industries faring better, as well as “the engineers that make and maintain our new robot overlords”. Waleed Aly (centre) explaining the Greens’ universal basic income idea to The Project panel. “This will […]

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Not ‘leftie pinko nonsense’: Waleed Aly on the Greens idea of a universal basic income

The Project ‘s Waleed Aly outlined an argument for why the Greens’ idea of creating a "universal basic income" for all Australians wasn’t "leftie pinko nonsense" after the show’s managing editor Tom Whitty took issue with Sunrise ‘s Hot Topics segment that attacked the idea.

Whitty, who has been known to help Aly script his editorials for The Project , jumped on Twitter on Thursday morning to condemn Seven’s breakfast segment as "commercial television at its worst". SHARE Share on Facebook SHARE Share on Twitter TWEET Link Waleed Aly (centre) explaining the Greens’ universal basic income idea to The Project […]

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