Australia: Will Basic Income Have a Second Coming?

John Tomlinson

Chapter Chapter 10 in Basic Income Guarantee and Politics, 2012, pp 153-175 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract Australia has had a federal social security system since the inception of the 1908 age and disability pensions legislation in 1910. From then until the late 1980s, the system became more comprehensive and generous. It was and still is a categorical and means-tested system paid from the Commonwealth government’s general tax revenue. It provides assistance to older Australians; to families with children; to people when they are sick, unemployed, experiencing a disability or illness; and to those enrolled in some education programs. The Commonwealth system runs alongside private superannuation, commercial unemployed and sickness insurance, and a war veteran’s benefit system.

Keywords: Asylum Seeker; Sickness Benefit; Labor Party; Basic Income; Poverty Inquiry (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1057/9781137045300_10

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