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  2. Poverty in Australia - Wikipedia

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    Australia ranks very high on these global indexes. A relative poverty line was calculated in Australia for the Henderson poverty inquiry in 1973. It was $62.70 a week, which was the disposable income required to support the basic needs of a family of two adults and two dependent children at the time.

  3. List of countries by inequality-adjusted Human Development ...

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    This is a list of countries by inequality-adjusted Human Development Index (IHDI), as published by the UNDP in its 2024 Human Development Report.According to the 2016 Report, "The IHDI can be interpreted as the level of human development when inequality is accounted for", whereas the Human Development Index itself, from which the IHDI is derived, is "an index of potential human development (or ...

  4. List of countries by income inequality - Wikipedia

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    List of countries by income inequality based on Pre-tax national income share held by top 10% of the population, Income Decile 1 and Interdecile P90/P10; Country/Territory UN Region World Bank Income group (2024) Pre-tax national income Top 10% share [a] Income Decile 1 [b] Interdecile P90/P10 [c] World Inequality Database [9] Year UNU-WIDER [3 ...

  5. Economic inequality - Wikipedia

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    Economic inequality is an umbrella term for a) income inequality or distribution of income (how the total sum of money paid to people is distributed among them), b) wealth inequality or distribution of wealth (how the total sum of wealth owned by people is distributed among the owners), and c) consumption inequality (how the total sum of money spent by people is distributed among the spenders).

  6. 2024 in Australia - Wikipedia

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    The 2024 Dunstan state by-election is held in South Australia which is triggered by the resignation of Steven Marshall. [172] The result sees Labor candidate Cressida O'Hanlon become the new member, defeating Liberal candidate Anna Finizio.

  7. Gender pay gap in Australia - Wikipedia

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    Despite this legislation, the difference between weekly average full-time earnings rose over the last two decades, going from a low of 14.9% in 2004 to a high of 18.9% in 2015. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The pay gap has since returned to 14.1%, potentially the result of two newer pieces of legislation, the Workplace Gender Equality Act of 2012 and the Fair ...

  8. Gender inequality in Australia - Wikipedia

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    In 2018, it was reported that Australia’s full-time gender pay gap was 14.6% and women earnt on average A$244.80 per week less than men. [6] It was also reported that Western Australia had the highest pay gap by state and territory (22.4%), while the lowest pay gap was reported in Tasmania (9.7%). [6]

  9. Income distribution - Wikipedia

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    The concept of inequality is distinct from that of poverty [5] and fairness. Income inequality metrics (or income distribution metrics) are used by social scientists to measure the distribution of income, and economic inequality among the participants in a particular economy, such as that of a specific country or of the world in general.