12 December 2018
Work Is Essential To Alleviating Poverty And Providing Dignity
“The ultimate goal of the welfare system should be to get Australians into work, which provides a path to self-sufficiency, stable income, and dignity”, said Daniel Wild, Director of Economics at the free market think tank the Institute of Public Affairs. This week, the Australian Council of Social Services (ACOSS) called for the Newstart Allowance to be increased by at
6 October 2015
UN Sustainable Development Goals Won’t Help The Poor
The UN ratified its Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) a month ago. $US2.5 trillion of foreign aid spending between 2015 and 2030 will be devoted to achieving them. UN Secretary-General Ban-Ki Moon says they are a plan “for ending poverty in all its dimensions, irreversibly, everywhere, and leaving no one behind”. He is wrong. The SDGs are inefficient, driven by politics
