A former senior policy adviser in the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, a coalminer in the Latrobe Valley and a family farmer from New South Wales are among a disparate group of Australians who say a universal basic income could significantly improve their lives.
The Green Institute has released a new paper, Views of a UBI: Perspectives from Across Australia , that records the views of different Australians on universal basic income (UBI), a contentious policy idea that is slowly gaining international currency.
It comes a week after Chris Bowen, the shadow treasurer, argued forcefully against a UBI […]
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