Inequality is back at the heart of politics

As 2025 draws to a close, we can look back on a year when economic inequality became firmly entrenched on the Australian political agenda, writesCarl Rhodes.

WHEN THE YEAR began,pollswere already showing that cost-of-living was the number one issue for Australian voters. No surprise there. Inflation had eroded the spending power of everyday Australians to such an extent that income inequality had