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In Australia, the principle of "equal pay for equal work" was introduced in 1969. Anti-discrimination on the basis of sex was legislated in 1984. [1] 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.
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 ...
Two 16-year-old boys are charged with murder following the death of a 33-year-old doctor in the Melbourne suburb of Doncaster after an alleged aggravate burglary on 13 January 2024. [ 49 ] 19 January – Queensland premier Steven Miles officially announces a state parliamentary inquiry into grocery prices at the major supermarkets after meeting ...
First introduced in 1990, the “dollar-a-day” poverty line measured absolute poverty according to the standards of the world's poorest countries. The World Bank defined the new international poverty line as $1.27 a day for 2005 (equivalent to $1.00 a day in 1996 US prices) [4] but it was later updated to $1.25 and $2.50 per day. [5]
Inequality-adjusted healthy life expectancy index; Pillar 2: Education Access [1] Pre-primary enrollment (as a percentage) Quality of vocational training; NEET ratio (the percentage of 15-24 year olds not in employment, education, or training) Percentage of school-age children that lack access to education; Inequality-adjusted education index
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]
The Australian Council of Social Service (ACOSS) is an Australian organisation that advocates for action to reduce poverty and inequality, and is the peak body for the community services sector in Australia. It was formed in 1956.
[6] The principle holds particularly for women, who can expect a 1.2% higher return than men on the resources they invest in education. [5] Providing one extra year of education to girls increases their wages by 10-20%. [8] This increase is 5% more than the corresponding returns on providing a boy with an extra year of schooling. [8]