Across 36 countries, a median of 54% say the gap between the rich and poor is a very big problem in their nation.

Income inequality gaps meanwhile have been closing ... Cassandra Goldie is the CEO of the Australian Council of Social Service. "This is not a normal situation. What we're facing here is an ...

Life has never felt harder for middle Australia, yet we are, on average, amongst the wealthiest people while inequality is on ...

Adults in 36 countries around the world, including the United States, hold a bleak view of what the future holds for their children economically, with more than half expecting that kids today will be ...

Suggestions for further reading: Steve Dowrick and Muhammad Akmal, 2001, "Explaining Contradictory Trends in Global Income Inequality: A Tale of Two Biases," Faculty of Economics and Commerce, ...

But since then, Australia has become more unequal, with the income share of the top 1 per ... So how should we go about reducing inequality? First, education. Equality of opportunity doesn ...

Political commentators, academics and others have been wringing their hands over threats to democracy in recent years. A new ...

But fewer than two-in-ten in Australia, Singapore ... People in some middle-income countries are particularly likely to view gender inequality as a very big problem. In Latin America, for example, six ...

The federal government last year announced a plan to end gender inequality ... and insecurity for Australian women. Fairer paternity leave schemes, tax incentives for two-income households ...