Exclusive: COVID-19 and rising house prices are widening divisions in society, as a survey finds Australians are worried about rising inequality | smh_andrew
Australia is edging towards British and American levels of inequality, with the COVID-19 crisis widening the gap based on wealth and where people live.
“Extended periods of time stuck at home has made people in lower-socio economic areas feel they had less access to parkland and open space,” he said.after the state government imposed a harsher lockdown across western Sydney during the COVID-19 crisis – an opinion shared with David Borger, executive director of Business Western Sydney.
“The other great divide is the length of commute,” he said. “A life spent on the motorways can be very frustrating.”Dr McMillan said the spread of COVID-19 in south-western Sydney showed how much harder it impacted people on lower wages and in service-based industries where they couldn’t work from home.
“Since the start of the pandemic, we’ve seen property prices soar to the point that future generations will only be able to enter the property market based on the assets held by their parents,” he said. Professor Randolph said the housing market was widening wealth and income differences and “this has simply got out of control”.
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