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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.
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.
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 ...
Encouraging greater social harmony within Australia in a range of areas such as race relations, gender equality and the treatment of children and young people; Enhancing the rights of Indigenous Australians; Promoting equal opportunity for people with a disability in Australia or countering discrimination on the basis of age or sexuality.
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 ...
December 13, 2024 at 10:41 AM (Tony’s Chocolonely) Tony’s Chocolonely’s advent calendar has left a day blank to increase awareness of the inequality faced by cocoa farmers in the chocolate ...
Human rights in Australia have largely been developed by the democratically elected Australian Parliament through laws in specific contexts (rather than a stand-alone, abstract bill of rights) and safeguarded by such institutions as the independent judiciary and the High Court, which implement common law, the Australian Constitution, and various other laws of Australia and its states and ...
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]