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Well, grab a champagne flute and a slice of avocado toast, because the Australian Taxation Office has graced us with its annual Taxation Statistics report for the 2022–23 year.
And what a delightful read it is for anyone living in a post-code that isn't 2027 (Darling Point, Sydney).
The headline, of course, is that the economy is "bouncing back" to "pre-COVID conditions."
Excellent.
For whom, you ask?
Why, for the 4,247 surgeons who, once again, heroically held the line as the highest-paid occupation in the country, pulling in an average taxable income of nearly half a million dollars.
It's a truly heartwarming tale of consistency, with surgeons bravely maintaining their top spot since 2010.
Then we have the average taxable income in postcode 2027, the hallowed grounds of Sydney's eastern suburbs, clocking in at a cool $279,712.
It's just a bit more than the national average, you see.
So much for the great Australian dream of a fair go.
Apparently, the dream now comes with a postcode lottery, and if you didn't win, you're just not trying hard enough.
Perhaps if we all moved to Darling Point, we'd magically become surgeons.
The report also highlights the magnificent generosity of Australia's largest companies, particularly the mining industry.
They were responsible for a staggering 39% of all company net tax, with their contribution soaring from $42.3 billion to $54.4 billion.
It's a powerful reminder that while the rest of us are busy contributing to a massive 51.6% of the nation's total tax revenue through our individual incomes, the real heavy lifting is done by digging things out of the ground.
Truly, the backbone of our society is made of iron ore and coal. Bless their profitable hearts.
But let's not overlook the plucky individuals among us, the 10.3 million who, in a bold display of fiscal responsibility, claimed an average of $2,739 in work-related expenses.
That's a total of $28.3 billion in deductions, or, as I like to call it, the collective national sigh of every Australian trying to buy a work uniform or claim a bit of their phone bill back.
We are, it seems, a nation of meticulous receipt-keepers, clawing back every dollar we can while the top 1% get to enjoy a whole different tax bracket.