REQUIRED VIEWING/LISTENING/READING
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Decolonisation
Yin Paradies
- Download the PowerPoint presentation [PDF, 6.2MB]: Social justice, equity and decolonising the economy (November 2020)
Towards a Just Economy
Ingrid Burkett
Equity and the Law
- Bronwen Morgan – 13 minute presentation about the below report – video will be embedded in this page soon! Currently accessible via this shared dropbox link:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/l8hnwg07dcaqste/Bronwen%20Morgan%20NENA%20course%20recording%201.mov?dl=0
- Morgan, McNeill and Blomfeld – Where are the community enterprise lawyers – Discussion Paper (2016)
ADDITIONAL MATERIAL
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DECOLONISATION
- Yin Paradies (2020), Unsettling truths: modernity, (de-)coloniality and Indigenous futures [PDF, 1MB]
SOCIAL JUSTICE
- UNSW and ACOSS 2020 Report shows 3m Australians living in poverty
- Poverty in Australia 2020 (Report by UNSW and ACOSS)
- Jason Burne, The Conversation, Nov 2012 – A healthy environment shouldn’t just be for the rich
EQUITY AND THE LAW
Read here about the work and philosophy of the Sustainable Economies Law Center (California) and be inspired about the role law can play in supporting socially just, community economies
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
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1. What actions can be taken to ‘decolonise’ the Australian economic system?
2. In his presentation, Yin Paradies says that modern societies are structured to ‘squander’ human potential – do you agree or disagree? Why?
3. In her presentation, Ingrid Burkett proposes that we need to move towards regenerative systems to support socially just economies – why?
4. What role can law and regulation play, in building a wellbeing economy? Can the legal system be used to incentivise positive actions?