Another official Australian report has been doctored to gloss over rising inequality
- Written by Peter Saunders, Research Professor in Social Policy, UNSW
First it was the Bureau of Statistics. It produced an notoriously bland press release headed “Inequality stable since 2013-14” when its own analysts had told it there had been a “significant increase” in wealth inequality since 2011–12, that wealth inequality was “at its peak” since it was first measured, and that there had been “a significant downward change” in the wealth share of the bottom fifth of Australian households.
Authors: Peter Saunders, Research Professor in Social Policy, UNSW