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What does the public really think about a capital gains tax?

Opinion by Max Rashbrooke on April 12, 2019

Many claims have been made recently that a capital gains tax is dead in the water because the public is firmly against it. This is not so, however. While the tax is not wildly popular, there is a strong support base for it. The precise level of support is not easy to gauge, as none…

Social Income costings

Opinion by Max Rashbrooke on February 27, 2019

This week I’ve proposed a Social Income, essentially a more generous though means-tested unemployment benefit set at the poverty line of 50% of average income (currently $19,000 a year approximately) and available for people doing a range of socially useful activities, including caring for sick relatives, raising children and volunteering for a registered charity. For…

2019: the prospects for fairness and openness

Opinion by Max Rashbrooke on January 15, 2019

The 2019 political year is now well and truly up and running. So what progress might we see on two key areas of interest for me, and I think for most New Zealanders as well – economic equality, and more deeply open and participatory government? In brief, I think the current government has better ambitions…

New book published: Government for the Public Good

Opinion by Max Rashbrooke on September 11, 2018

I’m delighted to announce the publication of my new book, Government for the Public Good: The Surprising Science of Large-Scale Collective Action. It is available from all good bookstores and online. The culmination of several years’ work, it goes right to the heart of one of the dominant ideas of the last few decades –…

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Work Disability in Australia

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Have Australia's policy makers failed to address a major public health problem? Alex Collie of Monash University presents a recent disability study. Professor Alex Collie is Director of the Insurance [...]

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Have Australia’s policy makers failed to address a major public health problem? Alex Collie of Monash University presents a recent disability study.

Professor Alex Collie is Director of the Insurance Work and Health Research Group in the School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia. Alex is an applied public health and social policy researcher, with a specific focus on injury, illness and disability benefit systems and their impact on work, social and health outcomes at an individual and population level.

Australia spends an estimated $37.2 billion on income support for work disability annually, through a complex system of private, state/territory and commonwealth government insurance schemes. Alex Collie of Monash University will present the findings of a recent study for the Australian government which mapped the nation’s income support systems for people with work disability, including prevalence and expenditure estimates, analysis of service provision, and identification of policy, practice and research opportunities. He will pose the question: “Have Australia’s policy makers failed to address a major public health problem?”

Time

(Tuesday) 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm

Location

Rutherford House LT3

Wellington