City homelessness soars since 2001

A shortage of affordable rental housing and weak labour markets have led to rising numbers of homeless in big Australian cities, says Sharon Parkinson, Deb Batterham and Margaret Reynolds.

Cancer maps reveal complex picture of inequality

Public health experts traditionally expect to see a very strong pattern of health inequality – the poorer you are, the more likely you are to be unwell and die before your time. But newly available data on cancer incidence rates show that’s not always the case, writes John Glover from Torrens University Australia.

Gina Rinehart is part of the one per cent of Australians who own more than the bottom 70 per cent. Photo: AAP/Dave Hunt

Two rich Aussies worth more than the poorest 20 per cent

Australia’s two richest people, Gina Rinehart and Harry Triguboff, own more than the poorest 20 per cent of the country’s population, research shows.

Trumping inequality: increasing fairness without damaging the economy

Donald Trump’s ascension has been fulled by growing inequality – a problem that can only be solved by created higher-quality jobs, writes InDaily’s economics commentator Richard Blandy.