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Luxury is having time and money to debate

Luxury is having time and money to debate

Editor, Canberra Times: While Australia’s social & political elites bicker over whether the cost of providing paid domestic violence leave is economically bearable or unbearable, it is an entirely irrelevant issue to the increasing number of Australians who don’t enjoy the luxury of full or part-time employment (“Paid domestic violence leave would have ‘modest’ impact on the economy”, 22 Dec 2016).
While the likes of ACTU head Ged Kearney, director of the ironically named “Centre for Future Work” Dr Jim Stanford & federal Finance Minister Mathias Cormann can afford to debate such issues up hill & down dale from the safety of their secure & well paid positions, an increasing number of Australians in the real world don’t enjoy that basic privilege. The real value of this debate is how it acts to highlight the shameful economic divide that has arisen in our country as a result of the profound failure of all sides of politics to provide fundamental economic security for all Australians.
– John Richardson, CLA member, Wallagoot  NSW

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