We don’t just work quietly at our desks. We’re vocal. Engaging with the media is one of the best ways to get our message about inequality in Australia out there, and we’re not afraid to be opinionated. Browse our media pieces and appearances below.
Our
Media
Our Media
September 21, 2023
Probe on price gouging hears harrowing stories of struggles
A probe into price gouging has heard about the distressing experiences of a Melbourne nurse who has seen her budget squeezed by thousands in new costs while her wages stagnate. Danielle, who has worked as a nurse for 20 years, said she has been left struggling to pay for the doctor and medicines by the ... Read more
Our Media
September 21, 2023
Changing the housing story
First, when we talk about the HAFF we cannot ignore the adjacent legislation and reform agenda. Let’s return to the powerful words of the housing advocates at the time when the legislation was being obstructed:
The new institutions it will create, such as Housing Australia and the Housing Supply Affordability Council need to start their important work. We need a robust national response that has a significant expansion of social and affordable housing as its central pillar.
Media Releases
September 20, 2023
MEDIA RELEASE: Victoria’s Housing Statement – renter rights and higher density a major win, social housing still to be addressed at scale
The Andrews Government has released an ambitious package of housing measures, many in line with recommendations made by Per Capita’s Centre for Equitable Housing.
Our Media
September 20, 2023
Constitutional lawyer Shireen Morris supports Voice to Parliament
A Yes vote would correct a great historic wrong. Indigenous Australians have lived on this continent for over 60,000 years, but no Indigenous representatives were included in the Constitutional Conventions that founded that nation. They had no say. As a result, the Constitution of 1901 contained clauses explicitly excluding them. It created a top-down power relationship with Indigenous peoples, which flowed into laws and policies made about them.
Media Releases
September 19, 2023
MEDIA RELEASE: 231 new social houses a step in the right direction, but the road to enough social homes is long
Per Capita welcomes the news that the Victoria and Federal Governments have hammered out a deal to build 231 new social housing units in Carlton, replacing 191 social dwellings that were no longer fit for habitation.
Our Media
September 17, 2023
Why a job can be a fast track into poverty
A job can be a fast track into poverty, says the author of a new report, while mutual obligation requirements for young people on the dole often perversely make them less employable, not more.
The solution lies in the creation of new-generation, earn-while-you-learn qualifications that embed practical paid-on-the-job training with formal education, in the style of a traditional apprenticeship.
Our Media
September 5, 2023
John Falzon | The golden goose is workers not the businesses
There's a fear which underwrites big business's boastful claim to be society's golden goose.
YOU know the fable of the goose that laid the golden eggs: Goose lays golden eggs, goose-keeper gets greedy, reckons it might be quicker to kill the goose and slash it open to retrieve all the golden eggs at once.
Nothing doing. Nothing there! If you listen to big business, they should be treated with kid gloves because they are the faithful guardians of big capital, from which comes the golden eggs of jobs, incomes, goods, services, and stability. Any challenge to the neoliberal business model by working people is met with a frantic defence of the status quo, no matter how dangerous it is to the community.
Our Media
September 3, 2023
Industry experts say young people need family financial support to purchase a home
Many young Australians, desperate to get into their first home, say it would be an impossible dream without family support in the form of an early inheritance or ‘pledge’ loans.
A majority of young Australians are relying on an early inheritance to enter the property market and $3.5 trillion will be transferred between generations in the next two decades, industry experts say.
Media Releases
August 31, 2023
MEDIA RELEASE: Light As Air: Regulating Short Term Rentals in Australia
Landlords in key regional tourist areas can make more from just 25 nights on Airbnb than a full year’s income from residential rent, putting real pressure on the availability of long-term rentals for residents.
