The following is an excerpt of Per Capita’s research report “Coming of Age in a Crisis: Young Workers, Covid-19 and the Youth Guarantee”, which was published on 18 June 2020. Australian labour force data for May shows that, for the first time since the Great
The following is an excerpt of Per Capita’s research report “It’s Our ABC”, which was published on 4 May 2020 with funding from political activist group GetUp! The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), has, since its establishment in 1932, provided radio, later television, and, more recently,
As the federal government pumps unprecedented amounts of spending into the Australian economy to offset the damage from the worst economic shock in living memory, talk is starting to turn to the fear of the long-term debt this will create. This fear is largely misplaced,