Basic Income Symposium

open to all, no registration required

May 7th, 2023

13:00 – 17:00

Room C G.03
St David Lecture Theatre Complex
University of Otago
Ōtepoti Dunedin

Video link:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88033316597?pwd=VlFRU1ExVldMNzFLMmV3RDRyQ24wdz09

– Programme –

13:00 Karakia & Welcome

13:10 Bella Moke & Te Rangikaheke Kiripatea (TUTHOIA-BINZ)
“Basic income in Aotearoa: a pending claim for the Waitangi Tribunal”
13:25 Peyton Bond (University of Otago)
“A feminist demand for basic income”
13:40 Martin Hohmann-Marriott (TUTHOIA-BINZ)
“Education, Innovation, and basic income”

13:45 Discussions / Break (10 min)

13:55 Torfrida Wainwright (Pathway for Survival) – via video link
“Introduction to Pathway for Survival”
14:00 Troy Henderson (Australian Basic Income Lab, University of Sydney) – via video link
“Insights from Australia’s natural experiment with Basic Income during COVID-19”
14:15 Gareth Hughes (Wellbeing Economy Alliance“Moving from Wellbeing “Budgets to a Wellbeing Economy – the role of basic income”

14:30 Discussions / Break (10 min)

14:40 Tim Hazledine (University of Auckland)
“Is it Time to Rethink the Welfare State? The Trust Dividend Alternative”
14:55 Iain Middleton (TUTHOIA-BINZ)
“Realising a Basic Income in New Zealand”

15:10 Discussions / Break (40 min)

15:50 Ben Peters (The Opportunities Party)
16:00 Scott Willis (Green Party)

16:10 Panel discussion – “Overcoming challenges to introducing Basic Income”

17:00 Farewell & Karakia