To those who have much, more will be given as handouts

By Matt Wade
Updated November 15 2012 - 11:08am, first published 3:00am
Photo: MICHEL O'SULLIVAN
Photo: MICHEL O'SULLIVAN

The richest fifth of households receive nearly half of all the wages paid in Australia but also get about 12 per cent of all government handouts, new research by the Bureau of Statistics shows.

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