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'Whatever it takes' should now include a universal basic income

  • Written by Jeremy Baskin, Fellow, Melbourne School of Government and Melbourne Law School, University of Melbourne
'Whatever it takes' should now include a universal basic income

G20 leaders have pledged to do “whatever it takes” to minimise the impacts of COVID-19.

Most of these nations are lumbered with welfare safety nets unfit for purpose. They are designed for last century, with a binary way of thinking about employment that’s no longer the experience of casual, contract and gig workers.

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