Worldwide, workers’ rights are taking a battering - Weekly Roundup
July 15, 2023
The Public service grapples with Commissioner Holmes’ Robodebt report; Capitalism is at war with democracy; and why are our hospitals overstressed? Read on for the Weekly Roundup of links to articles, reports, podcasts and other media on current political and economic issues in public policy.
Robodebt: mainstream media covers the politics but there is much more in Commissioner Holmes’ report – about the public service, social security policy and government secrecy. Labor’s honeymoon is over, but that doesn’t mean we have turned to the Coalition. Why are the French revolting? – maybe it’s because politics is failing France and other democracies.
Australians would like the government to be more bolshie in dealing with the cost of living. There has to be a better solution than competition to keep a lid on child care costs. Worldwide, workers’ rights are taking a battering. Capitalism is at war with democracy.
We have plenty of hospital beds, and plenty of doctors: so why are our hospitals overstressed? After 50 years surely it’s time to include dentistry in Medicare. Covid-19 is still hanging around, but let’s not forget other respiratory pestilences. A growing opioid problem. Stephen Duckett on the ethics of health policy.
The university in a distant land where prime ministers are made. How conspiracy theories infect politics. The young don’t have a monopoly on demonstrations.
