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‘Coming to the Party’ raises some difficult questions for Labor : Comments
By Tristan Ewins, published 1/11/2006This is a book for those wanting to keep up-to-date with the positions and perspectives of some of Labor’s most prominent thinkers.
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re: 'Affluenza' - post-materialist politics are getting quite a foothold on the Left these days - but as Kim Carr reminds us in his article - appearing on the same day as this article - housing has never been so inaffordable as now. This is compounded by the rise of insecure work, and the casualisation of the workforce. Not that some flexibility isn't a good thing - but it is to be bemoaned that many workers have to work several casual jobs to survive - and have trouble meeting rent let alone affording their own home. Many Australians still live in poverty - and many others will have trouble providing for their own retirement at a time when the prevalence of superannuation may marginalise the public pension system, with pensions being driven down.
more to come..........