澳大利亚的收入不平等达到20年来的最高点,单亲父母和妇女首当其冲。 Income inequality in Australia hits 20-year high, with single parents and women bearing the brunt.

澳大利亚的收入不平等达到20年来的最高点,吉尼系数为0.32,表明收入差距大幅上升。 Income inequality in Australia has hit a 20-year high, with the Gini coefficient at 0.32, showing a substantial rise in income disparity. 墨尔本研究所调查了自2001年以来的17 000名澳大利亚人,调查也发现单亲父母拥有最低的中位财富和最高的贫困率。 The survey by the Melbourne Institute tracking 17,000 Australians since 2001 also found that single parents have the lowest median wealth and highest rates of poverty. 此外,妇女从事的无酬工作和儿童保育仍然比男子多得多,32.4%的妇女认为她们从事的工作“远远多于她们应得的份额”。 Additionally, women continue to do significantly more unpaid work and childcare than men, with 32.4% of women feeling they do "much more than their fair share." 与天气有关的灾害造成的房屋损坏也有所增加,2022年有4.5%的受访者报告了此类事件,而2021年的这一比例为1.3%。 Home damage due to weather-related disasters also increased, with 4.5% of respondents reporting such incidents in 2022, up from 1.3% in 2021.