Governments haven’t always shirked responsibility for our low wages

30 November 2017. By Warwick Smith
It’s well past time for a 21st century update to the 1945 white paper on full employment.

Emma Dawson on The Drum, 22 February 2018

22 February 2018. ABC TV.
Per Capita Executive Director Emma Dawson joins Betsey Stevenson, Joe Williams, Judith Sloan and host Julia Baird to discuss the issues of the day on The Drum.

Privatisation has failed. We need a moratorium on all new proposals

23 October 2017. The Guardian.
The People's Inquiry into Privatisation travelled the country asking people how privatisation had affected their lives. Their stories paint a grim picture.

Penny-pinching on education leaves the nation lagging

20 September 2017. Crikey. By Stephen Koukoukas.
Discouraging students from higher-education doesn't just hinder their earning potential, it jeopardises our future economy.

Project aims to turn hobbies into cash businesses

21 September 2017: Your Life Choices.
We need more direct action to stop growing ageism and intergenerational wars, says Myfan Jordan.

Turnbull and Morrison don't talk about unemployment. It's a deliberate but dodgy cop-out

11 September 2017. The Guardian. By Stephen Koukoukas.
The government is imposing cuts to training, underfunding school education and ramping up university fees. This leads to a skills shortage and more unemployment.

Australia has given up on solving unemployment

16 august 2017. By Stephen Koukoukas.
It is a sad state of affairs to realise that the current crop of Australian policy-makers have effectively given up on reducing unemployment.

David Hetherington on The Drum, 15 August 2017

15 August 2017, The Drum on ABCTV.
Senior Fellow David Hetherington joins Research Director at McCrindle Eliane Miles, journalist and commentator Cate McGregor and in Melbourne, ABC Health Report presenter Norman Swan, and host Ellen Fanning.

Emma Dawson on The Drum, 8 August 2017.

8 August 2017.
Per Capita's Emma Dawson on The Drum on ABCTV, with Dai Le, Katharine Murphy and Aaron Patrick, with host Ellen Fanning.

Robots Don’t Dream Of Retirement, But People Do

7 August 2017. By Philip Taylor.
It's robots vs. retirees in the fourth Industrial Revolution, says Philip Taylor.

Women's super: David Hetherington talks to Wendy Harmer on Mornings Institute

3 August 2017; Mornings on ABC Radio 702.
David Hetherington talks to Wendy Harmer on "Mornings Institute" about Per Capita's report, Not So Super, for Women.

Not So Super, for Women: Emma Dawson on 3RRR

24 July 2017.
Emma Dawson talks to Kulija Coultson and Dylan Bird on 3RRR's The Grapevine about Not So Super, For Women.

The superannuation system doesn't work for women. It's time to do better

24 July 2017. By David Hetherington.
The superannuation system was designed for a male breadwinner in full-time work saving for his family. Government, employers, super funds and unions all have a role to play in addressing the imbalance.

Can Boomers and Millennials work together?

18 July 2017. By Philip Taylor.
There is a need to challenge those who would have us view current economic and social transformation through the lens of generational conflict, writes Philip Taylor.

Channel Ten taken hostage as Parliament held to ransom on media reform

20 June 2017. by Emma Dawson.
The Australian Government is currently being held to ransom by billionaire media moguls and the hostage is Channel Ten.

Australia is a high-tax country with a spending problem? Not so fast ...

14 June 2017. By Warwick Smith.
Memo to the Coalition: Australians want the government to spend more, not less, on social services.

Budget 2017: We need full employment, not victim blaming

12 May 2017. by Warwick Smith.
Unemployment benefits are kept intentionally low to motivate the unemployed to get jobs. Again, never mentioned is that there are far more job seekers than jobs; meaning hundreds of thousands of Australians are kept in poverty in order to motivate them to get jobs that don’t exist.

Warm words in budget barely disguise a story of fiscal failure

10 May 2017, The Guardian. By Stephen Koukoukas.
Judged by the promise set out in 2014 to balance the books, the Coalition has been a disaster. Australia’s triple-A rating must be in jeopardy.

There is a fix for house prices - but Victoria has missed its opportunity again

3 May 2017. By Warwick Smith.
The Victorian 2017/18 budget contains a handful of measures aimed at improving housing affordability, but they do nothing to address the broader problem

The great moral hazards at the heart of Victorian budget

2 May 2017, The New Daily. By Warwick Smith.
This year's budget is a commendable effort with measures to tackle domestic violence, increases in health, education and transport spending, but impressive spending programs are undermined by how the revenue is raised.