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07 Sep 01:30pm

Filed under: Cost Of Living, Households, Mortgage, Politics, Society

In breaking news from the Australian Bureau of Statistics, apparently the rich are getting richer while the poor are getting poorer. On a cheerier note, there’s a bunch of us in the middle who are doing better than we were five years ago.

Only ONE packet of Tim Tams? Un-Australian.

The ABS has released the results of its Household Expenditure Survey, a huge project it undertakes every six years. Read all the important guff here, and the news story from news.com.au here.

And here are five of the more interesting findings:

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NESLIHAN KUROSAWA says:

10:39pm | 08/09/11

Hi Tory, It is all very interesting, but does the contents of our shopping trolley always reflect on our living standards & income? For me personally, our living standards should be a good guide, especially when it comes to our education levels, our recreational activities & sense of fulfillment as… Read more »
RyaN says:

02:43pm | 08/09/11

I wish I had a 4 bedroom house, payed for, and the spare cash to make it self sufficient. Read more »

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