"Pandemic disproportionately impacting women, who are more likely to lose work or have caring responsibilities"

"Protections ‘offers little insurance for workers who jobs are affected by economic change’"

"The loss of the ‘uplift’will have awful results. But with even Tories supporting the backlash, could _...Read More_

Thanks for posting [@duankong7](/user/profile/duankong7) This resonates with me as doctor. I see so many patients where clinicians simply follow an algorithm and the patient ends up on statins, antihypertensives or diabetes medication, when really most just need to _...Read More_

"It’s potentially the biggest change to welfare since ACC and would favour those on higher pay – so why does the public know so little about it?"

The Wall Street Journal: ‘Free’ Money Can Make Life Worse.

"Worker welfare is seen an afterthought of what happens with the enterprises. Instead, the endeavour should be to create a situation where worker welfare co-exists and drives enterprise growth and not necessarily remain its outcome. _...Read More_

"The last year has seen the largest increase in billionaire wealth in history, but it has little to do with innovation — states across the world are pursuing policies which guarantee that the rich get richer."

"The welfare state wasn’t created by enlightened dialogue or “sensible” moderate politics. It was a concession won by workers against bosses through decades of struggle."

Increasing the minimum wage is essential to improve the living standards of the working poor. "The claim that wages provide a defensible equivalence relative to what workers bring to the wage relation isn’t prima facie evident."

"The coronavirus pandemic has sparked a rebirth of Keynesianism and the welfare state in Western Europe, Japan, Canada, and parts of Latin America, and changed the terms of US debate in ways that previously seemed almost unthinkable. Three _...Read More_

>"Aside from some areas in Melbourne and Sydney, Cairns had more businesses still accessing jobkeeper than any other area in the nation"

"Scott Morrison’s suggestion might play well on talkback radio but it ignores the fact there is just not enough well-paid work"