The Australia Together Podcast

Bronwyn Kelly
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A podcast featuring ideas and strategies to secure a better future for Australia. bronwynkelly.substack.com

  1. 2D AGO

    Episode 72: The Public Interest Economy by Bronwyn Kelly (Chapter 5 - Parts 4 to 6)

    Episode 72: Bronwyn Kelly reads Parts 4 to 6 of Chapter 5 of her latest book, The Public Interest Economy: the path to wellbeing, security and sustainable consumption in a democratised Australian economy. Chapter 5 is about how to rearrange Australia’s welfare systems to transform welfare from being the privilege of a few to the permanent entitlement of all. It is about shifting from a targeted welfare system to a system of universal income security. And it’s about how this shift is essential to a flourishing and sustainable economy where no-one need live in poverty as millions of Australians do now. In Parts 4 to 6, Bronwyn discusses how universal welfare is essential to our equality in democracy and to our entitlement as equals to fair shares of the burden and benefits of the economy. This leads into a discussion of how Australians can embark on an efficient and democratic process of collaboration to decide what sort of economy they want. Is it an economy that secures their wellbeing? Is it an economy that is fair? What does a democratic economy look like? How can we build a democratic economy that supports the public interest? In answer to these questions, Bronwyn suggests that Australians will need to assess their economy from the point of view of whether it fits with principles that they have decided will work best to foster the sort of economy they want. These principles are likely to be about fairness. Principles of fairness can be established in a National Accord on Wealth, Welfare and Wellbeing. Find out more at https://austcfp.com.au/supporting-activities#national-accord This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit bronwynkelly.substack.com

    1h 8m

  2. MAR 28

    Episode 71: The Public Interest Economy by Bronwyn Kelly (Chapter 5 - Parts 1 to 3)

    Episode 71: Bronwyn Kelly reads Parts 1 to 3 of Chapter 5 of her latest book, The Public Interest Economy: the path to wellbeing, security and sustainable consumption in a democratised Australian economy. Chapter 5 is about how to rearrange Australia’s welfare system to transform welfare from being the privilege of a few to the permanent entitlement of all. It is about shifting from a targeted welfare system to a system of universal income security. It is also about how this shift is essential to a flourishing and sustainable economy where no-one need live in poverty as millions of Australians do now. In these first parts of the chapter, Bronwyn describes the history of our attitudes to welfare in Australia and how that has caused a growth in poverty. She also begins setting out how welfare can be rearranged to play a much more productive role in the economy, stimulating sustainable growth. In Australia, we have not structured our welfare system so that it can function as well as we need it to for the purpose of sustaining our wellbeing. We have relied instead on markets, which have totally failed us. So in Part 3, Bronwyn begins to describe the structural changes we need in the Australian economy to overcome the degradation of wellbeing and the growth in inequality caused by market dysfunction and the inherent and incessant tendencies of markets to fail. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit bronwynkelly.substack.com

    1h 2m

  3. MAR 24

    Episode 70: The Public Interest Economy by Bronwyn Kelly (Chapter 4 - Parts 11 and 12)

    Episode 70: Bronwyn Kelly reads Parts 11 and 12 of Chapter 4 of her latest book, The Public Interest Economy: the path to wellbeing, security and sustainable consumption in a democratised Australian economy. Chapter 4 is about how to arrange Australia’s economy in the public interest. More specifically, it’s about how Australians can take an influential role in this by using National Integrated Planning & Reporting – National IP&R – to build a long term plan for economic and resource sustainability. In Parts 1 to 5 of the chapter, Bronwyn spoke about how Australians can enter into orderly conversations in the National IP&R process that will allow them to help governments get public spending right. In Parts 6 to 8, she showed how they can do the same to get tax right. In Parts 9 and 10, she showed how we can use these conversations to establish full employment in a non-inflationary environment. This will involve building a national wellbeing industries full employment plan. In these final sections she shows how Australians can integrate long term national financial planning with the federal annual budget setting process so that we can escape economic recessions, including both those brought on by domestic and global market failures. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit bronwynkelly.substack.com

    33 min

  4. MAR 20

    Episode 69: The Public Interest Economy by Bronwyn Kelly (Chapter 4 - Parts 9 and 10)

    Episode 69: Bronwyn Kelly reads Parts 9 and 10 of Chapter 4 of her latest book, The Public Interest Economy: the path to wellbeing, security and sustainable consumption in a democratised Australian economy. Chapter 4 is about how to arrange Australia’s economy in the public interest. More specifically, it's about how Australians can take an influential role in this by using National Integrated Planning & Reporting – National IP&R – to build a long term plan for economic and resource sustainability. In Parts 1 to 5 of the chapter, Bronwyn spoke about how Australians can enter into orderly conversations in the National IP&R process that will allow them to help governments get public spending right. In Parts 6 to 8, she showed how they can do the same to get tax right. In Parts 9 and 10, she shows how we can use these conversations to establish full employment in a non-inflationary environment. This will involve building a national wellbeing industries full employment plan. A central theme in Parts 9 and 10 is that Australians need to establish full employment in the foundational wellbeing industries of our economy before they can expect to have a thriving and profitable private sector. Prosperity for all is not possible in any economy that has not already fully secured the wellbeing and safety of its human resources. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit bronwynkelly.substack.com

    1h 4m

  5. MAR 14

    Episode 68: The Public Interest Economy by Bronwyn Kelly (Chapter 4 - Parts 6 to 8)

    Episode 68: Bronwyn Kelly reads Parts 6 to 8 of Chapter 4 of her latest book, The Public Interest Economy: the path to wellbeing, security and sustainable consumption in a democratised Australian economy. Chapter 4 is about how to arrange Australia’s economy in the public interest. In parts 1 to 5, Bronwyn spoke about how Australians can take an influential role in this by using National Integrated Planning & Reporting – National IP&R – to build a long term plan for economic and resource sustainability. She showed how Australians can enter into orderly conversations in the National IP&R framework that will allow them to help governments get public spending right. In Parts 6 to 8, Bronwyn shows how they can do the same to get tax right. Australians can use conversations in National Integrated Planning & Reporting to compose the tax base so that it is fair and efficient, and so that it is likely to stabilise inflation without creating unemployment. These conversations will be essential to reduce poverty and inequality in Australia. Unless poverty and inequality are reduced, we will not be able to build an economy in which all Australians can participate and from which everyone can benefit. We will not be able to build an economy in the public interest. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit bronwynkelly.substack.com

    1h 7m

  6. MAR 11

    Episode 67: The Public Interest Economy by Bronwyn Kelly (Chapter 4 - Parts 1 to 5)

    Episode 67: Bronwyn Kelly reads Parts 1 to 5 of Chapter 4 of her latest book, The Public Interest Economy: the path to wellbeing, security and sustainable consumption in a democratised Australian economy. Chapter 4 is about how to arrange Australia’s economy in the public interest. Bronwyn starts with sections about how Australians can take an influential role in this by using National Inegrated Planning & Reporting – National IP&R – to build a long term plan for economic and resource sustainability. This activity of collaborative economic planning by the community is key to defeating neoliberalism. It is possibly the only way Australians can overcome the poverty, inequality, loss of wellbeing and unfair taxation caused by thirty years of the dominance of neoliberalism and neoclassical economics in Australia and many other advanced countries. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit bronwynkelly.substack.com

    57 min

  7. MAR 7

    Episode 66: The Public Interest Economy by Bronwyn Kelly (Chapter 3 - Parts 2 to 5)

    Episode 66: Bronwyn Kelly reads Parts 2 to 5 of Chapter 3 of her latest book, The Public Interest Economy: the path to wellbeing, security and sustainable consumption in a democratised Australian economy. Chapter 3 is called A framework for trust in a democratised Australian economy. It’s about how we can rebuild the trust that is essential for an economy that will deliver wellbeing and security for everyone. Australians can democratise their economy and increase their influence in decisions by using National Integrated Planning & Reporting (National IP&R) to design their preferred future as a nation and to strike an essential new agreement with their governments – a National Accord on Wealth, Welfare and Wellbeing. This is Accord is necessary for the restoration of trust in Australia’s governments and for the effective functioning of a democratic economy. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit bronwynkelly.substack.com

    1h 3m

  8. MAR 4

    Episode 65: The Public Interest Economy by Bronwyn Kelly (Chapter 3 - Introduction)

    Episode 65: In this episode of the Australia Together Podcast on Substack I read the Introduction to Chapter 3 of my latest book, The Public Interest Economy: the path to wellbeing, security and sustainable consumption in a democratised Australian economy. Chapter 3 is called A framework for trust in a democratised Australian economy. It’s about how we can rebuild the trust that is essential for an economy that will deliver wellbeing and security. The keys to a democratised economy are National Integrated Planning & Reporting (National IP&R) and the National Accord on Wealth, Welfare and Wellbeing. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit bronwynkelly.substack.com

    57 min
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