Climate Action
- Paul Hawken’s Drawdown a ‘must read’
- Energy storage using phase change materials
- US navy producing fuel from seawater
- The RET Needs Bipartisanship- Contract Based Alternatives Don’t
Climate Science
- The folly of two degrees
- Scoping long-term sea level rise
- CO2 is scrambling our brains, but will it kill us all?
- Science shows the need for urgent climate action
- Hansen got it right
- Climate change by the numbers
- Our beds are burning
Climate Policy and Planning
- Climate change: reconnecting politics with reality (2013)
- Reconnecting climate change politics with reality (2018)
- A failure of ambition: the UNEP Emissions Gap Report
- IPCC on 1.5°C: the target is wrong, but we have a strong wake-up call
- Climate emergency – the next (political) step
- Climate emergency – ecological sustainability within planetary boundaries, and a safe climate
The treatment of the unemployed is a scandal. Not only have both Labor and the LNP failed to increase the allowance in the last 8 yrs but the rules associated with Newstart could be politely described as nasty disincentives to work. Is Harassing the Unemployed Justified? was published in Aug 2016 but not much had been changed when I started writing something on the topic last year. (Imagine how much the rich would squark if they were taxed at the Newstart clawback rate of 60 cents per dollar earned.
Are you on the drink John ?
Jumpy
Do you understand what John is referring to as “clawback”?
Cheerio
Mr A
The treatment of the bludger is overly generous in this Country.
What exactly is clawed back ?
Jumpy: Back to dole bludger land again are we Jumpy? Never been on the dole in my life but did go through a stage once where it took me 12 months, contacts and luck to get back into the workforce . That was with good qualifications, good work experience and a good track record.
Clawback is what the government takes off someone on Newstart or part pension who earns a few extra dollars. In many cases the combination of clawback, income tax and the cost of working (such as transport costs) can leave the worker out of pocket. Particularly bad if what we are taking about is part time work.
Bludgers are well off people who think it is OK to pay the workers poorly so they get their cup of copy a bit cheaper.
John, I’m a bit astonished that Key Posts is open to comments. Normally posts shut comments down automatically after two months. Just now I can’t find the switch to turn them off, but could we continue this on Weekly salon pls?