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Jay Coonan
Co-coordinator of the Antipoverty Centre, an Australian welfare advocacy collective, researching social policy, social security and employment services.
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78:50PriyaHOST
Now, what would this look like in practice? And how does it compare to the sort of proxy indicators that we currently have for poverty in Australia?
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79:09Jay CoonanGUEST
If you, like, yeah, I mean, we're focusing on individuals who have no, ultimately, no control over their lives, and we're asking them to be better.
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79:26Jay CoonanGUEST
Like, the thing about a poverty measurement is, like, why don't we focus on wealth measurement.
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84:04PriyaHOST
Now, just to wrap up, on a hopeful note, what are some useful actions that our listeners can take to lend their support to this fight to really not just re-politicize, but center the question of poverty in Australia in their political actions?