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Top 10% of households home to 15 times more wealth

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 19 APR 2024
... the past 20 years, while that of the lowest 60% increased significantly less. A new report from ACOSS and UNSW Sydney's Poverty and Inequality Partnership - titled Inequality in Australia 2024: Who is affected and how? - shows the average household wealth ...

Income inequality elevated, spikes: Oxfam

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 16 APR 2024
... 70.5% or US$120 billion in the same period. "Meanwhile, people worldwide are working harder and longer hours, often for poverty wages in precarious and unsafe jobs. The wages of nearly 800 million workers have failed to keep up with inflation and they ...

'About bloody time': Industry responds to PPL super reform

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2024
... gap, super on paid parental leave is a critical element to ensure we do not condemn future generations to a retirement in poverty," she said. Meantime, the nation's largest super fund AustralianSuper said this marks a major milestone for the women ...

First trillionaire to emerge in next decade: Report

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 15 JAN 2024
It will likely take 230 years to eradicate poverty, as the wealth of Australia's three richest people more than doubles and the first trillionaire is expected to be minted in the coming years. Those are some key findings from a new Oxfam report, which ...

ASFA, Super Consumers Australia revise retirement standards

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 28 AUG 2023
... year, helping to make up this shortfall and cover the increased cost of living." Retired renters have higher levels of poverty and financial stress than homeowners, it added. "As we've previously highlighted, public support like Commonwealth rental ...

US debt ceiling agreement reached

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 29 MAY 2023
... people," McCarthy commented. "It has historic reductions in spending, consequential reforms that will lift people out of poverty into the workforce, rein in government overreach. There are no new taxes, no new government programs. There's a lot more ...

HESTA pushes for gig worker super entitlements

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 29 MAY 2023
... Superannuation Guarantee (SG) benefits to workers in the gig economy, amid concerns these workers will be "vulnerable to poverty" later in life. HESTA chief executive Debby Blakey stressed the importance of legislative reform in a submission to the Department ...

Wealth inequality divides Australia: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAY 2023
... between the richest and poorest households. "Not owning a home has large implications - particularly as a driver of income poverty in older age and on stability of housing and associated social outcomes," the research found. Furthermore, declining home ...

Super funds have the power to make change: Advocates

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAR 2023
... housing would be a benefit to members," she said. Colvin said homelessness is occurring in people who are 55 and over due to poverty and housing prices. She added there will also be a significant number of people who hit retirement age with mortgage ...

Janus Henderson launches new credit ETF

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAR 2023
... in credit securities which aim to promote decarbonisation, aid the circular economy, support social equality, alleviate poverty and encourage inclusion and social diversity. GOOD will also be overseen by Janus Henderson's wider Australian fixed interest ...
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