Related Policies
Policy
Better protect and support the most vulnerable Australians, while prioritising fairness and lowering levels of wealth inequality.
Policy Methods (Federal & State)
To help achieve this Sustainable Australia Party will:
- Provide an unconditional universal basic income - or citizen dividend - of $500+ per week ($26,000 per annum, indexed from 2021) to every Australian(1). This would:
- Provide adequate income to help prevent people from living below the poverty line
- Ensure no Australian welfare recipient would be worse off
- Be in addition to special needs payments required by some, such as pensioners and Australians with a disability
- Replace a range of welfare payments including Jobseeker, Austudy, etc
- Supercede the 'single versus couple' pension rates, with all pensioners to receive this 'single' rate, regardless of their relationship status
- Properly measure unemployment and underemployment (also see Job Guarantee policy)
- Provide universal healthcare, including free basic dental care (also see Health policy)
- Manage the NDIS with efficiency and priority for Australia’s high-needs individuals and families (also see Health policy)
- Increase investment in public housing (also see Housing Affordability policy)
- Develop better quality aged, community and home care facilities and standards (also see Ageing policy)
Footnotes
- A universal basic income for Australians (taxable at marginal tax rates)
- As of, and indexed from, 2021. Most relative poverty estimates would put the single adult poverty line at around $800 to $1,000 per fortnight.
