ABC Online | Rich getting richer while everybody else is getting poorer: survey ABC Online Nearly half of all Australian households earning less than $40,000 a year said they went backwards financially last year, and only a third of households reported income gains, according to a private survey released by ME Bank. Divide between rich and poor in Australia is growing One in four Australian households have less than $1000 in cash savings The divide between Australia's rich and poor is widening |