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"This first report in the Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre's 'Focus on Western Australia Report Series' explores the distribution of income and wealth over the course of the latest resource boom, and questions the extent to which the wealth of WA has been enjoyed by all who live here. Using the latest data available, we investigate which Western Australian households have experienced the greatest improvement in their economic circumstances, and those that may have been left behind. We also look at whether particular households that have prospered are unlikely to do so in other environments; which regions throughout the state are more affluent; and how much and what type of wealth Western Australian households hold on average, compared with the rest of Australia."--Page 1.