Poorer Australians have shorter life expectancies and are more likely to live with long-term health conditions than their wealthier peers.
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Senior Research Fellow, The University of Melbourne
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Honorary Associate Professor, The University of Queensland
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Associate Professor in Criminal Justice and Criminology, Bond University
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John Goss is a Friend of The Conversation.
Adjunct Associate Professor, Health Research Institute, University of Canberra
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Distinguished Professor, Division of Family Medicine and Primary Care, Stellenbosch University
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General practitioner; Associate Professor, ANU Medical School, Australian National University
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Lecturer, School of Public Health, University of Sydney
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Professor and Director of Research Unit in Bioinformatics (RUBi), Rhodes University
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Senior Lecturer, Global Health, University of Sydney
