Australia's income growth has been some of the best in the world over the last couple of decades, and unlike our friends in the US, it's been experienced by working and upper class alike. There are issues, of course, but their presence doesn't belie Australia's relatively elevated position on the inequality-adjusted human development indices.

Figure 4 on page 10 of this pdf shows that the lowest income decile has seen real income growth of over 40% in just 20 years:

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