welfare
I’m no fan of capitalism, but for so long as we have to live under it, we need a strong social welfare net to “catch” those people who the “free market” would prefer to leave destitute: those who cannot work (either because they cannot work or because they cannot find suitable employment) and those who are working but still not earning enough to make ends meet. Everyone deserves to live with digity. Sadly, Australia’s welfare system is currently very lacking, with those who have made it “into the system” facing constant harassment and mismanagement for a paltry fortnightly payment that is not truly liveable in modern Australia.
Links
- : 🇦🇺 Link: “I’d like apologies for robodebt, but I really want Australia to abandon punitive welfare”
- : 💵 Link: “‘Dole bludger’ narrative has always been destructive and that's why some people like using it”
- : 🇦🇺 Link: “The Greens’ liveable income guarantee is a serious idea the major parties won’t touch – yet”
- : 🇦🇺 Link: “To Rebuild a Universal Welfare State, We Need to Scrap Means-Testing”
- : 🇦🇺 Link: “People Share Their Worst Experiences With Centrelink On Twitter”
- : 💵 Link: “Why jobseeker is stuck ‘in the early 90s’ and leaving Australians behind”
- : 🇦🇺 Link: “Ask a policy expert: why is it so hard to get on the disability support pension?”
Jessica Smith is a socialist and a feminist who loves animals, books, gaming, and cooking; she’s also interested in linguistics, history, technology and society.