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Top 10% of households home to 15 times more wealth

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 19 APR 2024
... 10% increased by 84% in 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 ...

Australia's wealth gap deepens: Report

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 SEP 2023
... growing at four times the rate of the lowest, new research suggests. A new report by the Australian Council of Social Service (ACOSS) and the University of New South Wales (UNSW) shows from 2003 to 2022, the average wealth of the highest 20% rose by ...

Fair Work Commission raises minimum wage 5.2%

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUN 2022
... to make will not have a significant adverse effect on 'the performance and competitiveness of the national economy" ACOSS acting chief executive Edwina MacDonald said it's a welcome change. "This approach recognises the particular challenges ...

FSC, Deloitte name Future Leader Award winner

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 2 NOV 2015
... international comparisons for Australia when it comes to old-age poverty, Laura determined to find ways to improve the current ACOSS statistics that places 35% of Australians over 65 as living in poverty," he said. Bielinko considered the growing gap ...

Seniors weigh in on super tax discussion

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2015
... and what won't, and develop a retirement incomes system that is fair and sustainable for the long term. "Some of the ideas ACOSS has put forward have merit and we welcome their input in the discussion, especially their call to government to take off ...

Coalition against commissions

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 NOV 2009
... fees for financial planners, noted a joint press release. Members of the coalition include ISN, ACTU, Choice, welfare group ACOSS, and the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST). In a full page open letter in a daily newspaper addressed ...

Report reveals $8.2 billion tax breaks for rich

... at the expense of programs for families, a new report has found. Compiled by the Australian Council of Social Services (ACOSS), the report found company cars given to high-flying staff as part salary sacrifice packages cost $1 billion in lost tax a year ...
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