Briefing - Inequality in Australia 2024: Who is affected and how

People in the highest 10% income group in Australia have six times the income of those in the lowest 20%. And those in the highest 10% wealth group hold 44% of all the wealth in Australia. 

Join report authors Dr Peter Davidson and Associate Professor Bruce Bradbury as they share the latest Poverty and Inequality Partnership research on who is most affected by inequality in Australia, the drivers of inequality and potential policy solutions, drawing from their latest report Inequality in Australia 2024: Who is affected and how. 

Hear from lived experience expert Angela Finch as she shares her experiences with unequal systems and her ideas for change. 

Speakers

MC Carla Treloar is Scientia Professor at the Centre for Social Research in Health and the Social Policy Research Centre at UNSW, Sydney. Her work brings to light the gaps, failures and harms of health and social systems and poses solutions to better meet the needs of people who experience social marginalisation.
Dr Peter Davidson is a recognised expert in social security, employment and tax policy, Peter’s research and policy interests include employment assistance, the labour market and unemployment, income support, poverty research, taxation and superannuation policy. He has served on a number of Government advisory bodies and contributed to major reform efforts in these areas.
Dr Bruce Bradbury is an Associate Professor at the Social Policy Research Centre (SPRC). Bruce undertakes research on poverty and inequality, the measurement of living standards, income support and labour market policies, consumer equivalence scales, and the geographic dimensions of social policies.
Angela Finch is a sole parent to three children aged 15, 11 and 6. She was plunged into poverty in 2020 escaping domestic violence. She has been working tirelessly to build a financially secure future for her family. Angela had to give up a Social Work degree due to inadequate support payments and the cost-of-living crisis. She is now working towards securing the future she and her children deserve by using her lived experience and advocacy skills.