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Evatt Foundation

@evattaus

The Evatt Foundation is dedicated to upholding the ideals of the Australian labour movement: social justice, equality, democracy & human rights.

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Joined June 2015
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Helen Clark, former PM of NZ in conversation with Tanya Plibersek. #auspol evatt.org.au/events/jessie-s…
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Jim Snow details the extent of innovative public policy-making in all areas of life while also acknowledging shortcomings of the Keating Government in fields like mental health. #auspol evatt.org.au/news/keating-hi…
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John Menadue writes about calls for a Human Rights Act to protect all our rights and freedoms and not just freedom of religion. #auspol evatt.org.au/news/its-time-h…
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Designing a compassionate city. Jenny Donovan connects town planning with high levels of stress, the propensity to be active and social stigma. evatt.org.au/papers/compassi… #auspol
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How to deal with the past? Danielle Celermajer writes about the sins of a nation, the ritual of apology, the work of repentance. #auspol evatt.org.au/papers/how-deal…
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Designing a compassionate city. Jenny Donovan connects town planning with high levels of stress, the propensity to be active and social stigma. evatt.org.au/papers/compassi… #auspol
UBI may allow people to devote more time to pursuing social change. Frank Stilwell tells @evattaus lecture.
Free rider issue in #ausunions 60% of workers benefitting from others membership @SchofieldJo tells @evattaus lecture
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Land taxes are the best solution to vertical and horizontal imbalance between state and federal revenues @evattaus lecture
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Great to have @SchofieldJo & @frank_usyd talking inequality at the @evattaus lecture. #NSWPol
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Fix housing market, get rid of the tax rorts that reward speculators, better transport solutions, industry policy... policy making solutions suggested by Frank Stilwell at @evattaus lecture
A more equitable distribution of equality of opportunities vs equality of outcomes - the difference between small ‘l’ Liberals and social democrats. Frank Stilwell tells @evattaus lecture
The rise of inequality in Australia has gone hand in hand with the attacks on trade unions United Voice @SchofieldJo tells @evattaus #JobsWeCanCountOn #changetherules
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United Voice National President @SchofieldJo tells inaugural @evattaus lecture of slavery-like conditions of school cleaners in NSW. #modernslavery
Frank Stilwell addresses inaugural @evattaus lecture on the drivers of inequality in NSW - Living in a Two Speed Economy.
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As far as any State Govt can we will make sure that working people in NSW are treated fairly in Govt @Luke_FoleyNSW tells #evattagm
Regulation of labour hire a key policy of @NSWLabor going to 2019 state election @Luke_FoleyNSW tells #evattagm
Acknowledgement by @Luke_FoleyNSW of our Foundation’s work exposing the downsides of privatisation over many years #evattagm
No bigger job for @NSWLabor in government in 2019 than rebuilding TAFE @Luke_FoleyNSW tells #evattagm
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Hungry, poor, exploited: alarm over Australia's import of farm workers #auspol #ausunions #wagetheft theguardian.com/global-devel…

Hungry, poor, exploited: alarm over Australia's import of farm workers

Each year thousands of Pacific island workers come to Australia to work on farms. Allegations of mistreatment are worryingly reminiscent of the era of bonded labour ‘blackbirding’, campaigners say

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