Episode 101 - "Does The Federal Budget Allow For a Fair Go?" With Geoff Hutchison And Greg Jericho

We partnered with the Equity Project (https://www.equityproject.org.au) in Perth to bring you another live episode, this time looking at whether the recent federal budget allows for a “fair go”. To help answer this important question, at an event MC’d by lived experience advocate Charlie Octavia (https://www.linkedin.com/in/charlie-octavia-675b984a/), ABC Perth radio legend Geoff Hutchison (https://www.linkedin.com/in/geoff-hutchison-654b6053/) sat down with economist from the Australia Institute and the Centre for Future Work, and Guardian columnist Greg Jericho (https://australiainstitute.org.au/expert/greg-jericho/) in front of a live audience at the Refuge Small Bar (https://refugesmallbar.com.au) in Subiaco in late May 2024. Geoff and Greg talk through what a fair go means, and that fact that governments are not short of money to help those in society who are struggling the most, in spite of the claims that politicians make that would have us believe that this isn’t the case. Greg discusses how governments often make conscious decisions to direct funding towards people, companies and industries that need it the least, instead of trying to address the inequities that exist in almost all societies around the world. Greg discusses a recent successful campaign to have the Federal Government’s stage 3 tax cuts changed to be more fair and equitable, and how the case was successfully made for this to happen. Many thanks to Alex Hughes and Charlie Octavia from the Equity Project for inviting us to collaborate for this episode, Geoff Hutchison and Greg Jericho for generously giving their time, and the Refuge Small Bar for providing a wonderful venue. As always, if you want to get in touch with the podcast, you can contact us at: meaningofhealth@outlook.com or via twitter @healthmeanswhat or via FaceBook @MeaningofHealth or via Instagram @healthmeanswhat