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The study found that in order to pay for insurance people were cutting down on heating, food and outings. Dan Peled/AAP

December 20, 2017

People on low incomes are sacrificing basic goods to take out insurance

Dina Bowman, University of Melbourne and Marcus Banks, RMIT University

People on low incomes put insurance cover first – even if it means doing without basic goods.

Governments face disruption by the private sector and social unrest unless they embrace new technology. Here, Prime Minster Justin Trudeau meets a robot in Edmonton last May as others look on. ( THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson)

November 29, 2017

Technology will make today’s government obsolete and that’s good

Sunil Johal, University of Toronto

Government is about to be disrupted by technology in the same manner as major industries. It's about time.

Is the sky really the limit when you’re from a poorer background? Pexels

June 6, 2017

Poorer students aren’t applying to university because of fears of high debts

Claire Callender, Birkbeck, University of London

The current system disproportionately limits opportunities for young people from low-income backgrounds.

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Dina Bowman
Principal Research Fellow, Research & Policy Centre, Brotherhood of St Laurence, and Honorary Principal Fellow, University of Melbourne
Marcus Banks
Senior Research Fellow, Work & Economic Security, Research & Policy Centre, Brotherhood of St Laurence. Social policy and consumer finance researcher, School of Economics, Finance and Marketing, RMIT University
Claire Callender
Professor of Higher Education Policy, Birkbeck, University of London
Sunil Johal
Policy Director, The Mowat Centre, University of Toronto

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