Wages are so high in one part of Australia someone is considered poor if they are earning a six-figure salary. Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics median salaries based on local government areas. The Australian Capital Territory is counted as one area.
They are earning good money, as wages growth stagnates in the rest of Australia, thanks to soaring prices for iron ore, a material used to make steel in China. In fact, people there earn more than the white collar professionals on Sydney's lower North Shore near the harbour, which are the next richest places to earn a living. Canberra, a city of federal public servants, is Australia's ninth richest area, based on rubbish collection boundaries. Residents of rural Darwin typically earn more money than workers living on Sydney's middle-distance suburbs on the North Shore train line.
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