The Greens leader, Richard Di Natale, will use a speech to the National Press Club on Wednesday to “kick off a conversation” about Australians working less, flagging a four-day week or a six-hour day as automation drives job shedding across the Australian economy. The Greens leader will also point to the imminent release of a new housing affordability policy as the Turnbull government continues to float various policy options in the lead-up to the May budget. Di Natale will say the new Greens policy will include a plan to get rid of stamp duty. The government has been floating options it could include in the May budget to boost housing affordability. The Greens leader will argue “a people’s bank, one that injects real competition into the banking system” would be able to pursue social objectives “like housing affordability, not just profit-driven ones”.

Source: The Guardian March 14, 2017 19:18 UTC