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Australia: Will Basic Income Have a Second Coming?

In: Basic Income Guarantee and Politics

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  • John Tomlinson

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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.

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  • John Tomlinson, 2012. "Australia: Will Basic Income Have a Second Coming?," Exploring the Basic Income Guarantee, in: Richard K. Caputo (ed.), Basic Income Guarantee and Politics, chapter 0, pages 153-175, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:etbchp:978-1-137-04530-0_10
    DOI: 10.1057/9781137045300_10
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