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This chapter will begin with a brief history of income maintenance in Australia, concentrating upon the twentieth century before proceeding to compare the current income maintenance system with a basic income. It will then consider the ideological divide between these two forms of income support as it exists in this century. Robb Watts in Chapter 4 analyzes how the various aspect of income policies have evolved over the last hundred years. He pays particular attention to the period since the 1980s.
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Tomlinson, J. (2016). Australian Basic Income: Efficiency and Equity. In: Mays, J., Marston, G., Tomlinson, J. (eds) Basic Income in Australia and New Zealand. Exploring the Basic Income Guarantee. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137535320_3
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