Posts tagged Wealth inequality
Break the Poverty Machine: the voices of Australia’s poor (part 1)
Break the Poverty Machine: the voices of Australia’s poor (part 1)

Marina is one of nearly 900 000 Australians who are either unemployed or underemployed and who receive either Jobseeker Payment or Youth Allowance. This open letter is to Amanda Rishworth, Minister for Social Services in preparation for an upcoming “raise the rate” protest hosted by the Anti-Poverty Centre and the Australian Unemployed Workers’ Union on International Day for the Eradication of Poverty.

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Advocacy, Lived experiencePower to Persuadewelfare-to-work, welfare conditionality, Wealth inequality, Poverty, NDIS, Disability, Disadvantage, employment, unemployment
Welfare cuts and growing charity aim to mould citizens to prevailing political ideals
Welfare cuts and growing charity aim to mould citizens to prevailing political ideals

This blog is based on the article “Poverty by Design: The Role of Charity and the Cultivated Ethical Citizen”, published in Social Policy and Society by Cameron Parsell (@cameronparsell), Andrew Clarke (@andrew_c4000) and Francisco Perales from the University of Queensland. It originally appeared on The Social Policy Blog.

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Policy and governancePower to PersuadeSocial Welfare, Poverty, Wealth inequality
Poverty in Australia 2020: What does a gendered analysis reveal?
Poverty in Australia 2020: What does a gendered analysis reveal?

Today marks the release of the second ACOSS and UNSW Poverty in Australia report, an important document to keep civil society and government accountable to those who are being left behind in one of the most prosperous countries on Earth. In today’s analysis, Policy Whisperer Susan Maury (@SusanMaury) of Good Shepherd Australia New Zealand (@GoodAdvocacy) provides a gendered analysis of the Poverty in Australia report.

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Womens Policy Action Tank, Social Policy WhispererDr Susan Maurysocial inequalities, Wealth inequality, Gender Inequity, gender pay gap, Single mothers, violence against women
Data (R)Evolution: Consumer welfare and innovation in the digital economy
Data (R)Evolution: Consumer welfare and innovation in the digital economy

Data-fuelled technologies and industries will deliver significant economic growth over the coming decade. How can we ensure that the benefits of that growth are shared fairly? The Consumer Policy Research Centre, an independent, for purpose consumer research think tank, is hosting a conference in Melbourne in November to explore consumer welfare and innovation in the digital economy. CEO Lauren Solomon explains who will be there and why it's important to examine the intersection between data, privacy regulation, competition policy and consumer protection.

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ConferencesPower to Persuadeeconomic policy, Wealth inequality, data, privacy, innovation