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Other Australians earn nothing like what you think. If you're on $59,538, you're typical

  • Written by Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
Other Australians earn nothing like what you think. If you're on $59,538, you're typicalMattz90/Shutterstock

I’m guessing you earn less than A$200,000.

And I’m guessing you think you’re missing out. People keep telling you so.

On one side of politics Labor leader Anthony Albanese says anyone earning $200,000 dollars a year “can’t be described as being in the top end of town”.

On the other, Prime...

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