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Russia accuses Australia of inciting "anti-Russian paranoia" after Australia charged a Russian-born Australian couple with espionage. [440] The remains of Matthew Flinders, the first person to circumnavigate Australia were buried at Donington, Lincolnshire after they were discovered in 2019 during excavation work at London's Euston railway station.
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 ...
Australia: Australia and New Zealand: High income 34.3 2018 34.33 2018 Austria: Western Europe: High income 30.7 2021 30.70 2022 28.1 2021 Azerbaijan: Western Asia: Upper middle income 26.6 2005 26.55 2005 Burundi: Eastern Africa: Low income 37.5 2020 38.62 2014 Belgium: Western Europe: High income 26.6 2021 26.70 2022 25.6 2021
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]
Australia has the world's eighth-largest immigrant population, with immigrants accounting for 30% of the population, a higher proportion than in any other nation with a population of over 10 million. [ 63 ] [ 65 ] Most immigrants are skilled, [ 66 ] but the immigration quota includes categories for family members and refugees .
Racism in Australia comprises negative attitudes and views on race or ethnicity which are held by various people and groups in Australia, and have been reflected in discriminatory laws, practices and actions (including violence) at various times in the history of Australia against racial or ethnic groups.
The Australian Capital Territory and Western Australia have a higher HDI value than Switzerland (0.967), the highest-ranked country in the world. As of 2022, the Australian Capital Territory has the equal fourth highest HDI rating of any sub-national region in the world, behind only the Canton of Zurich and the Akershus and Oslo region in ...