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our continuing upward redistribution of wealth

  • Written by Christopher Sheil, Visiting Senior Fellow in History, UNSW

The results of the latest Australian Bureau of Statistics biennial survey of income and wealth met have met with an uneven response, perhaps in part due to a slipshod press release.

Released with the data on July 12, it was headed: “Inequality stable since 2013-14”.

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It began:

Income inequality has remained stable in Australia while...

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