Chair of the House Economics Committee, Daniel Mulino joined Per Capita for our May John Cain Luncheon to unpack the 2024-25 federal budget.   We encourage you to watch full speech, which include Mulino's slides and Q&A session, on Per Capita's YouTube channel.   Recorded Wednesday 22 May 2024.   For more from Per Capita, visit percapita.org.au

For our first episode for 2024, Emma Dawson is joined by student advocates Ana, Mai, and Stevie to discuss Per Capita’s recent report, A Thousand Hours for Free? Ending Unpaid Placements in Social Work Education, a policy proposal Per Capita put together for the Australian Council of Heads of Social Work Education.    The requirement to undertake 1000 hours of unpaid field education – equivalent to six months’ full time work – is contributing to a low completion rate despite the demand for social workers increasing. Ana, Mai, and Stevie share their insights into the conditions social work students are enduring and how the system should change to benefit current and future students.     Read the full report, A Thousand Hours for Free? Ending Unpaid Placements in Social Work Education, here: https://percapita.org.au/blog/our_work/a-thousand-hours-for-free-ending-unpaid-placements-in-social-work-education/     Since recording this episode, the Albanese Government's announced that placements for social work, nursing, midwife, and teaching degrees will be paid! While it isn’t minimum wage, the payment will be in conjunction with any additional support payments students already receive, which is a big win for those studying in these important fields.

Australia's history is sprinkled with attempts at tax reform - some successful, some not. Mixed Fortunes explores these efforts at substantive change in our tax system.  Economic policy advisor, Paul Tilley, joins Per Capita for their April John Cain Lunch to discuss his latest book Mixed Fortunes.  Recorded Wednesday 24 April 2024 at Graduate House, Carlton.  Watch the full speech and Q&A on our YouTube channel.    For more from Per Capita, visit percapita.org.au

Who is Peter Dutton, and what happened to the Liberal Party? In Bad Cop, Lech Blaine traces the making of a hardman – from Queensland detective to leader of the Opposition, from property investor to minister for Home Affairs. This is a story of ambition, race and power, and a politician with a plan.   Join Lech Blaine in conversation with Per Capita’s Emma Dawson to discuss this Quarterly Essay.   Watch the full interview and Q&A on our YouTube channel.    For more from Per Capita, visit percapita.org.au

Leading economics commentator Cameron Murray reveals how property insiders shape the housing market and its policy setting at Per Capita's March John Cain Lunch.   Discussing his latest book,The Great Housing Hijack, Cameron Murray shows how Australia could create a genuinely affordable housing program without compromising the interests of existing property owners.   Watch the full speech and Q&A on our YouTube channel.    For more from Per Capita, visit percapita.org.au

The Select Committee on Workforce Australia Employment Services recommended large scale reform to fundamentally rebuild the Commonwealth Employment Services System. Julian Hill chaired the Committee, leading the first principles review of Australia’s employment services system, the first of its kind since services were privatised by the Howard Government nearly 25 years ago.      Julian addressed the February John Cain Lunch to discuss the findings of the review, and the implications for public services.      Watch the full speech and Q&A on our YouTube channel.    For more from Per Capita, visit percapita.org.au

The escalation in house prices is a pain that has altered Australian society; it has increased inequality and profoundly changed the relationship between generations – between those who have a house and those who don’t. It has caused a rental crisis, a dearth of public housing and a mortgage crunch.      Things went seriously wrong at the start of the twenty-first century, when there was a huge and permanent rise in the price of housing. In this crisp, clarifying and forward-looking essay, Alan Kohler tells the story of how we got into this mess – and how we might get out of it.    Listen to this Per Capita Webinar, recorded on the 15th of December 2023, hosted by Per Capita’s Emma Dawson and Matt Lloyd-Cape.     Watch the full interview and Q&A on our YouTube channel.    For more from Per Capita, visit percapita.org.au

Per Capita works to build a new vision for Australia based on fairness, shared prosperity, and social justice. From housing to tax, employment services to industrial relations, poverty to evidence-based policy, these issues all have the potential to influence the lives of Australians either by distributing resources more equitably or by allocating them to the already wealthy few.     Per Capita challenges the dominant narrative that disadvantage arises from personal fault or failure by pointing out the policy choices that have deepened inequality and proposing alternative choices that will lessen it.     Join Emma Dawson and others from the Per Capita team for a tour through our recent work — including research reports, submissions to government inquiries, key stakeholder engagement, presentations to industry, podcasts and media engagement — and our next steps to further our advocacy in 2024.    Watch the full speech at Per Capita’s YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/@PerCapitaAUS    For more from Per Capita, visit percapita.org.au

Welcome back to Re:CAP - Per Capita's premier podcast where we unpack our latest research and examine the inequalities in Australian society.  This week, Matt Lloyd-Cape is joined by Per Capita’s Andrew Herington Fellow, Lucy Tonkin, to chat about the impact of short-term rental (STR) platforms such as AirBnB on the Australian rental market, and how they have become increasingly problematic, particularly since the end of the COVID-19 lockdowns, as long-term rental dwelling availability has shrunk, and prices increased.    Read “Light as Air: Regulating Short Term Rentals in Australia” here.   For more from Per Capita, visit percapita.org.au

A healthy legal system is fundamental to democracy. All Australians should be able to rely on the courts to keep the powers that be accountable, but what pernicious forces seek to undermine this?    In Courting Power, Isabelle Reinecke, founder of Grata Fund, Australia’s first strategic litigation funder and incubator, takes us through the trials and triumphs of some of the public interest cases she has helped bring about—from one launched by Torres Strait Islanders to establish the federal government’s duty of care regarding climate change, to a High Court case on remote housing rights in the Northern Territory, and Doctors for Refugees’ successful challenge to government gag laws, among others.    Listen to this Per Capita Webinar, recorded on the 1st of November 2023, hosted by Per Capita’s Emma Dawson.     Watch the full interview and Q&A on our YouTube channel.    For more from Per Capita, visit percapita.org.au

Welcome back to Re:CAP - Per Capita's premier podcast where we unpack our latest research and examine the inequalities in Australian society.    This week, Matt Lloyd-Cape is joined by Per Capita’s Andrew Herington Fellow, Lucy Tonkin, and Research Economist, Sam Ibrahim, to chat about the CEH’s Regulating Rentals paper.    With almost a third of households now renting, a spotlight has been thrown upon the poor conditions in many parts of Australia’s rental market and this paper seeks to shed some light on a heated debate.    Read “Regulating Rentals in Australia: What Works?”  here: https://percapita.org.au/blog/our_work/regulating-rentals-in-australia-what-works/    Subscribe to Parity Magazine, here: https://chp.org.au/sector-learning-and-development/parity-magazine/    For more from Per Capita, visit percapita.org.au

Trump (or a Trumpist) could well win the 2024 US presidential election, and if he does, American democracy as we have known it will probably come to an end. Australia's best-informed commentator on US politics sends a chilling warning about the implications for Australia.     What if Trump (or a Trump-like candidate) becomes US president in 2024?    Leading expert and US and Australian politics insider Bruce Wolpe reveals the many ways in which Australia was damaged by Donald Trump's presidency.    His speech Trump's Australia, How Trumpism changed Australia and the shocking consequences for us of a second term was recorded on the 18th of October 2023. Watch the full speech at Per Capita’s YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/@PerCapitaAUS    For more from Per Capita, visit percapita.org.au

Welcome back to Re:CAP - Per Capita's premier podcast where we unpack our latest research and examine the inequalities in Australian society.    This week, Emma Dawson is joined by Per Capita’s Andrew Herington Fellow, Lucy Tonkin, to chat about the Centre for Equitable Housing’s second paper from their Australian Housing Monitor: Glass Ceilings: Gendered Inequality in the Housing System.    This paper explores some of the gendered inequalities within the housing system, based on the Australian Housing Monitor, a recent survey of nearly 4000 people. Differences in how men and women experience affordability, security, and quality of housing are evident across nearly every metric.    Read the full report here: https://centreforequitablehousing.org.au/our_work/glass-ceilings-gendered-inequality-in-the-housing-system-the-australian-housing-monitor-report-2/      For more from Per Capita, visit percapita.org.au

What can be done to build more homes sooner, drive down prices and make the Australian dream a reality for more people?     Peter Khalil MP joined Per Capita for their August John Cain Lunch to lead a discussion focused on tackling the current housing crisis.    Peter Khalil is the Federal Labor member for Wills. The son of migrant parents, Peter grew up in public housing in inner-city Melbourne. He worked night shifts at the local servo to get through university, later opening his own small business. Peter was elected to Federal Parliament in 2016. He is the current Chair of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security (PJCIS) and has previously served as the Deputy Chair of the Parliamentary Committee on Treaties (2019 – 2022), as well as a member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade.    His speech Building the Foundations of the Future - Solutions to the Housing Crisis was recorded on the 23rd of August 2023. Watch the full speech at Per Capita’s YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/@PerCapitaAUS    For more from Per Capita, visit percapita.org.au

Welcome back to Re:CAP - Per Capita's premier podcast where we unpack our latest research and examine the inequalities in Australian society.    This week, Emma Dawson is joined by Research Associate for the Centre for New Industry, Sarah Mackenzie to discuss their latest report: Towards Fairness and Security – Reforming Casual Employment in Australia    Per Capita is heading to Brisbane for the 2023 ALP National Conference Fringe. Register your interest at laborfringe.org.au   Read the full report here: https://percapita.org.au/blog/our_work/towards-fairness-and-security-reforming-casual-employment-in-australia/    For more from Per Capita, visit percapita.org.au

Although most members of the Labor Party are not in a faction, they dominate the party more than ever before. Factions provide stability, yet risk curtailing debate and reducing the scope for regular members to become involved.   For Australia’s oldest and greatest political party to thrive, it is important to consider the role that factions play today, and how they will evolve in the future.    Andrew Leigh is the Assistant Minister for Competition, Charities, Treasury and Employment, and Federal Member for Fenner in the ACT. Prior to being elected in 2010, Andrew was a professor of economics at the Australian National University.    Listen to his landmark speech on Labor Factions, recorded at the John Cain Lunch on the 19th of July 2023, hosted by Per Capita.     Watch the full speech and Q&A on the Per Capita YouTube channel.   For more from Per Capita, visit percapita.org.au

Welcome to Re:CAP - Per Capita's premier podcast where we unpack our latest research and examine the inequalities in Australian society.    This week, Emma Dawson is joined by Research Economist, Sam Ibrahim, to discuss their report on the Four Day Work trial: Sharing the Spoils: A Gender Lens Analysis of the Four Day Week Trial at Our Community    Read the full report here: https://bit.ly/3pZmXsQ    For more from Per Capita, visit percapita.org.au

Welcome to Re:CAP - Per Capita's premier podcast where we unpack our latest research and examine the inequalities in Australian society.    This week, Matthew Lloyd-Cape is joined by Emma Dawson and Sam Ibrahim, to discuss the launch of Per Capita’s latest initiative: The Australian Inequality Index.     Together they will detail what the index is, how it came about, and how it can be used as a tool to empower people and communities to understand the complex causes and effects of inequality in Australia.     To access the Australian Inequality Index, visit: https://percapita.org.au/our_work/the-australian-inequality-index/    For more from Per Capita, visit percapita.org.au

A powerful statement of how to fix Australia's failing social services. The lives of all Australians are profoundly affected by the quality of social services available, but a long list of royal commissions and public inquiries have revealed them to be failing. In The Careless State Mark Considine shows that the preferred model of reform has failed to adapt and improve.  Mark Considine is Redmond Barry Distinguished Professor of Political Science at the University of Melbourne and he spoke at Per Capita's monthly John Cain Lunch about his book, The Careless State. Learn more about Per Capita: percapita.org.au

Welcome back to Re:CAP - Per Capita's premier podcast where we unpack our latest research and examine the inequalities in Australian society.    On this week’s episode, CNI Director, Shirley Jackson, calls in from Washington D.C. to report on his USA Study Tour.     Shirley is joined by economist, Steve Hamilton, to discuss the AUKUS deal and how it can create new opportunities for both the US and Australia.     Learn more about CNI’s Blueprint for Better Cleaner Jobs, here: https://bit.ly/43q34dr    For more from Per Capita, visit percapita.org.au