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Andrew Podger and Peter Whiteford. Inequality and Australia’s Welfare System
Policy Series Inequality is a complex issue. It is affected by many factors, so that it can increase as a result of beneficial changes as well as socially undesirable ones, and can decrease because of changes that reduce overall social … Continue reading
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Tagged Andrew Podger, Fairness Opportunity and Security, indexing social security payments, Newstart, Pearls and Irritations policy series, Peter Whiteford, poverty alleviation, recent OECD comparisons, tax thresholds
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