interesting - Marshall Islands introduces universal income funded by dividends from national investment fund

Big news for #UniversalBasicIncome The Marshall Islands has become the first country to implement a genuinely universal basic income payment at a national level. You can read more in this great overview from @scottsantens.com scottsantens.substack.com/p/marshall-i...

Our co-director @bspiesbutcher.bsky.social will be speaking to the Economic Society of Australia tomorrow in Sydney (and online). He'll be discussing AI, #BasicIncome and much more. Registration details below.

The Australian Basic Income Lab is proud to endorse Basic Income for a Just Transition, a bold proposal from @equalrightorg.bsky.social @give-directly.bsky.social BIEN and Project Deep. bsky.app/profile/did:...

Check out our co-director @bspiesbutcher.bsky.social discussing #BasicIncome #AI and #Inequality in The Conversation this morning.

Minister for the Arts Patrick O'Donovan has publicly backed the retention of the Basic Income for the Arts scheme today saying that its impact is 'far-ranging and affects all aspects of recipients' lives'

Our co-director @bspiesbutcher.bsky.social talking #BasicIncome on Radio National.

"In 2020 the suicide rate fell for people on unemployment payments. It has since climbed again, and Australian Institute of Health and Welfare data shows that one in five suicide deaths for working-age adults are people on Jobseeker. 14% are on the disability support pension." #raisetherate #AusPol

ICYMI - Lab Co-Director Elise Klein in the Canberra Times with @kristin8x.antipovertycentre.org explaining how the government showed how it could end poverty during the pandemic, and how it might again. archive.is/cYBN8

Tonight! It's 5 yrs since Australia partially ended poverty (and then reintroduced it!) Our Co-Director Elise Klein will join folks from the @antipovertycentre.org reflecting on the 'natural experiment' that showed Australia could end poverty if it chose to. Online event, link in APC tweet below

Climate change means there is a strong case for a form of emergency #BasicIncome, which automatically allows everyone in an impacted area to received a payment quickly (and we can tax it back from high income earners later)

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