Abstract
Achieving a Basic Income requires an appreciation of the political context and a political strategy to shift the discourse and build power. This chapter outlines the existing political context in Australia, analysing the positions of the major political parties and civil society organisations, challenging the narratives of stigmatisation of the vulnerable and fetishisation of paid labour and proposing approaches to build support for Basic Income.
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NB: at time of writing, the governing Liberal Party has been once again wracked by internal divisions, replacing the Prime Minister and triggering a substantial ministerial reshuffle. Consequently, previous ministers are quoted, as new ministers have not yet spoken publicly on their issues.
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Disclosure: the author is a member of the Greens, Executive Director of the Greens’ think tank, TheGreen Institute, and a Greens candidate for election.
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Hollo, T. (2019). Finding a Political Strategy for a Basic Income in Australia. In: Klein, E., Mays, J., Dunlop, T. (eds) Implementing a Basic Income in Australia. Exploring the Basic Income Guarantee. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-14378-7_7
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