In last Friday’s Fairfax papers, Catherine Walsh called on Australians to “stop volunteering”.

Why? She believes volunteering is a faux help, not resolving societal issues but aggravating them. Walsh arrives at her conclusion by arguing that voluntarism is inefficient, is unvalued, and is exploited by organisations who are disinterested in solving problems.

Walsh’s solution seems to be, get rid of voluntarism and instead let’s create a bigger government and remunerate people for all their work.