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In middle Australia, rosy wealth data can hide a world of pain

Boosted incomes pre-pandemic haven’t been able to dent the effects of inequality, poverty and casualisation

The latest Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (Hilda) survey, released on Tuesday, shows that while incomes received a boost prior to the pandemic, inequality remains little changed, poverty is on the rise and the casualisation of work is becoming endemic.

  • The Guardian

The Hilda survey tracks more than 17,500 people in 9,500 households and has been running since 2001. It provides a unique insight into how lives have changed over the course of this century across a…

The survey, importantly, gives us an annual figure for median household income (as…

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