Hmmm

[darren_stranger]

(via Greylock)

'Australia no longer a 'classless society': researcher'

http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200411/s1239336.htm

"A meeting of local councils in Canberra has been told Australia is fast developing into a society focussed solely on income.."

Not much that wasn't already obvious, though i found this bit interesting:

Dr Mackay says Australians are feeling uncertain about their future and want a return to the old days.  "It's the same motivation that drives the rise of fundamentalism in religion and feminism and environmentalism and economic rationalism," he said.  "People are saying I want the comfort of simple certainty, I want black and white simplicity."

That would fit with a lot of what's going on in the world right now, not just Australia.