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- From a 'class divide' to 'intergenerational theft', Australia's real estate frenzy leaves many behind"An un-renovated semi-detached home in Bondi sold recently for more than $2.7 million. It had last traded back in the early 1950s, in the pre-decimal currency era, for about a thousand pounds ... "
- 'Postcode privilege': Australia edges towards UK and US levels of inequality - COVID-19 and rising house prices are widening divisions in society, as a survey finds Australians are worried about rising inequality."Australia is edging towards British and American levels of inequality, with the COVID-19 crisis widening the gap based on wealth and where people live ... "
- Oxfam report says Australian billionaires and world's richest men have doubled wealth during pandemic"With the world struggling with lockdowns, supply-chain problems and economic chaos, 99 per cent of humanity is worse off due to COVID-19, but "billionaires have had a terrific pandemic", according to a new report ... "
- Income inequality steady over two decades"Income inequality has remained steady for the past two decades, while single parents and young Australians are more likely to be worse off, a new household study shows ... "
- Income and wealth inequality in Australia was rising before COVID-19"A new report by UNSW Sydney and ACOSS provides a baseline to measure the pandemic’s impact on an already widening income and wealth gap ... "
- Are you suffering 'middle-class pandemic guilt'? Perhaps you should be - The absence of support for low-income Australians during this phase of the pandemic is accelerating wealth inequality"I'm calling it "middle-class pandemic guilt" and it's a very nice problem to have. It's that sense of unease you feel sometimes as you settle onto the couch, clutching a piping hot cup of tea, to watch the daily press conference from the comfort of a living room you own (albeit with a bit of help from the bank) on a welcome break from the permanent job you still have, modified to facilitate you working from home ... "
