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***MEDIA ALERT*** New ACOSS, UNSW data shows widening wealth gap

ACOSS and UNSW Sydney < 1 mins read

Media alert | Thursday, 18 April 2024

ACOSS and UNSW Sydney will launch the latest research report from the Poverty and Inequality Partnership Inequality in Australia 2024: Who is affected and how?  that reveals the widening wealth gap between people with the most and least.

When: 10am Thursday, 18 April 2024

Where: Prince Alfred Park (near the corner of Cleveland Street and Chalmers Street), Redfern

Who: ACOSS CEO Cassandra Goldie AO and UNSW Sydney Social Policy Research Centre Scientia Professor Carla Treloar 

Media contact:
Georgie Moore 0477 779 928

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