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Steve Killelea

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
257 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

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Australian Finance Podcast
Is Universal Basic Income (UBI) possible in Australia?

We certainly know that there's more crime associated with poverty.

Australian Finance Podcast
Is Universal Basic Income (UBI) possible in Australia?

So you increase the levels of poverty, you increase the levels of crime, you also increase the levels of drug taking, a whole lot of other antisocial behaviour as well.

Australian Finance Podcast
Is Universal Basic Income (UBI) possible in Australia?

Was that the one?

Australian Finance Podcast
Is Universal Basic Income (UBI) possible in Australia?

I can't remember that incident, but it does sound like it could have happened in

Australian Finance Podcast
Is Universal Basic Income (UBI) possible in Australia?

Excellent.

Australian Finance Podcast
Is Universal Basic Income (UBI) possible in Australia?

But I'm sure they didn't tip out too many gold coins.

Australian Finance Podcast
Is Universal Basic Income (UBI) possible in Australia?

And I'd be even probably more sure that they were fake gold coins.

Australian Finance Podcast
Is Universal Basic Income (UBI) possible in Australia?

I think there are other countries which are much more likely to pick up on it before Australia does.

Australian Finance Podcast
Is Universal Basic Income (UBI) possible in Australia?

I think we'd, and Australian government, I think, because it's a fairly conservative government, really want to, and that's

Australian Finance Podcast
Is Universal Basic Income (UBI) possible in Australia?

regardless of whether it's Labor or Liberal, would want to see it implemented in other countries.

Australian Finance Podcast
Is Universal Basic Income (UBI) possible in Australia?

So as I mentioned, there are pilots being running in countries like Finland, although Finland said once it finishes its pilots, it's not going to go any further.

Australian Finance Podcast
Is Universal Basic Income (UBI) possible in Australia?

Canada, Netherlands, and you believe Iran experiment, but Iran pulled back and that was after they had the sanctions put in and the drop on oil prices that made the whole thing economically unviable there.

Australian Finance Podcast
Is Universal Basic Income (UBI) possible in Australia?

Well, Kate, absolutely by accident, would you believe?

Australian Finance Podcast
Is Universal Basic Income (UBI) possible in Australia?

So what's happened, as you mentioned earlier, I've set up a couple of international IT companies.

Australian Finance Podcast
Is Universal Basic Income (UBI) possible in Australia?

One ended up publicly listed on NASDAQ, the other on the Australian Stock Exchange Integrated Research.

Australian Finance Podcast
Is Universal Basic Income (UBI) possible in Australia?

And so I made good money out of all of that.

Australian Finance Podcast
Is Universal Basic Income (UBI) possible in Australia?

So I set up a family foundation, which is active in the developing world.

Australian Finance Podcast
Is Universal Basic Income (UBI) possible in Australia?

So it works with the poorest of the poor.

Australian Finance Podcast
Is Universal Basic Income (UBI) possible in Australia?

We've done about 200 projects now globally out of that and with direct beneficiaries of about 3.6 million people.

Australian Finance Podcast
Is Universal Basic Income (UBI) possible in Australia?

So it's done a lot.