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Change for change sake, its happened before, but I doubt it will happen in the current climate.
Change for change sake, its happened before, but I doubt it will happen in the current climate.I don't know if Labor would have done anything sooner but to me it's worth finding out if they are better than the current mob.
My feeling is as you have mentioned, the virus has highlighted the precarious position globalisation has put western countries in with regard supply of essential goods, I'm very sure wheels will be turning to rectify the situation.If someone wants retro well then dust off some old records, watch a few old movies or whatever but give it a miss when it comes to economic policies and so on, we really need to move into the 2020's.
And i am sure they will not.My feeling is as you have mentioned, the virus has highlighted the precarious position globalisation has put western countries in with regard supply of essential goods, I'm very sure wheels will be turning to rectify the situation.
Time will tell@qldfrog you may well be right and this may well be just a small speed bump.
A whole side of society unaffected financially,sometimes even better off after welfare, and unable to spend so saving and another part ruined by the covid "fight" measures ..and forced to sell.Interesting article that highlights what we have been saying for a long time, if people want to save they can, it just means they have to change their lifestyle.
Well covid did it for a lot of them.
'Some of the best times I've seen': The COVID-19 economy had big winners — but it might not last
Mickayla Downey and Matthew Hardiman saw an unexpected boost to their savings during the COVID pandemic, enabling them to buy their own home — and they are not alone.www.abc.net.au
with genius like that..The economy according to Ross Garnaut.
He is in favour of a UBI.
Australia plagued by 'voluntary unemployment', leading economist warns
Eminent economist Professor Ross Garnaut criticises Australia's policymakers for allowing hundreds of thousands of people to remain unemployed in recent years.www.abc.net.au
so I get money whether I work or not, but I will happily go and get a job..
no, you just vote labour and steal it from your neighbour directly or via taxes, as obviously the UBI will need more taxes on the working few or business.But you won't get enough money to buy a McMansion or a yacht, so if you want those you still have to work, or run a business.
been shouting that for 20y to people paid 120k a year to drive trucks, tradies thinking that a carpenter, plumber, etc can ask $120 an hour and this is normal and that a baristas and Mc Mansion society with PHDs in gender studies can be funded on mining royaltiesYou can't have a First World economy based on a Third World foundation of resource extraction and low value services. Simple as that really.
I'm sure you can find it, there is heaps of info, when competency standards were introduced in the late 1990's, there was a wage explosion.SirRumpole said:
Does this include government benefits, family tax allowances etc or just employer pay ?
It would also be interesting to see a breakdown between public and private sectors.
That is very true over my working career I worked for private and public, in the 1970/80's public sector wages were less that private sector, the justification by management was that public sector employment was much more secure, therefore wages reflected that.I'm sure you can find it, there is heaps of info, when competency standards were introduced in the late 1990's, there was a wage explosion.
Something to get your teeth into (if you like that sort of thing).
Public sector wages, benefits et al are well above private now trawler. Public sector gigs are now plum jobs given to people with power and/or connections, usually a parent that's already a high ranking public servant.That is very true over my working career I worked for private and public, in the 1970/80's public sector wages were less that private sector, the justification by management was that public sector employment was much more secure, therefore wages reflected that.
As privatisation took hold that argument no longer held water and at EBA discussions, of which i attended quite a few, management was told to get stuffed and wage rises were more forthcoming.
By the mid to late 1990's public sector wages were well and truly on par with the private sector and these days they have probably exceeded them in a lot of fields. I'm mainly referring to heavy industry and the power industry.
Wages and conditions in all fields have changed a lot, wages have gone up, but so have hours worked with the advent of 12 hour shifts. Also shift swings have changed, with the advent of more air travel, a lot of the work years ago entailed living in the remote Towns, now with fifo 8 days on 6 days off.
In the 1980's when we worked remotely, it was mainly drive in drive out and 5 weeks on 1 week off, so over the course of time lots change.
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