While some proclaim, “rich aussies have nothing to complain about”, a recent Essential Report shows 69% of Australians support the concerns of the Occupy Protests. The actual protests are supported by almost a third. 

As one journo puts it: 

You’d have to have your head in The Australian not to realise that our fairer income distribution and superior social safety net didn’t come about by accident. We’ve got a more equal society because people have been willing to fight for it, strike for it, and to demonstrate in public.