Stepping stones to an Australian Basic Income

Ben Spies-Butcher; Troy Henderson

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-14378-7_9

Stepping stones to an Australian Basic Income

Ben Spies-Butcher, Troy Henderson

Department of Sociology

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Abstract

This chapter explores a “stepping stones” approach to Basic Income in the Australian context. It identifies two policy changes that would mark a partial shift away from Australia’s highly means-tested transfer system towards a more universal model of income support.

Specifically, we propose a combination of unwinding means-testing for the age pension and gradually lowering the eligibility age with a Youth Basic Income paid to those aged 20–24 based on a modified negative income tax model.

We argue together these proposals allow for an alternative to the neoliberal politics of population ageing, addressing emerging intergenerational inequalities in Australia’s current dualised model.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Implementing a basic income in Australia
Subtitle of host publication	pathways forward
Editors	Elise Klein, Jennifer Mays, Tim Dunlop
Place of Publication	Cham, Switzerland
Publisher	Palgrave Macmillan
Chapter	9
Pages	163-178
Number of pages	16
ISBN (Electronic)	9783030143787
ISBN (Print)	9783030143770
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-14378-7_9
Publication status	Published - 2019

Publication series

Name	Exploring the Basic Income Guarantee
Publisher	Palgrave Macmillan

Keywords

Basic Income
social policy
inequality
Universal Basic Income
intergenerational inequality
taxation

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Stepping stones to an Australian Basic Income. / Spies-Butcher, Ben; Henderson, Troy.

Implementing a basic income in Australia: pathways forward. ed. / Elise Klein; Jennifer Mays; Tim Dunlop. Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, 2019. p. 163-178 (Exploring the Basic Income Guarantee).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

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