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News.com.au
15 hours ago
- Business
- News.com.au
ATO data reveals the top 10 richest professions in Australia
Surgeons are the highest paid professionals in Australia, according to new data from the Australian Taxation Office. On Friday, the Australian Taxation Office released data from 2022-23 financial year breaking down what the wealthiest Australians do for a living. 'Since reporting started in 2010–11, surgeons have remained the highest paid occupation with the 4,247 individuals reporting an average taxable income of $472,475 in 2022–23,' the report read. Anaesthetist and financial dealer were in second and third place with $447,193 and $355,233 respectively. This was followed by internal medicine specialist in fourth with $342,457 and psychiatrist with $288,146. Here are the top 10 highest paid jobs in Australia: 1. Surgeon – $472,475 2. Anaesthetist – $447,193 3. Financial dealer – $355,233 4. Internal medicine specialist – $342,457 5. Psychiatrist – $288,146. 6. Other medical practitioners – $259,802 7. Mining engineer – $206,408 8. Judicial or other legal professionals – $206,408 9. CEO or managing director – $194,987 10. Financial investment adviser – $191,986 The ATO has also revealed Australia's richest postcodes. NSW dominates the list, with seven from the top ten located in the state. The postcode '2027' takes out the number one spot with the areas of Point Piper, Darling Point, Edgecliff and HMAS Rushcutters in Sydney's east. The postcode boasted an average taxable income of $279,712 among 5,841 inhabitants. This was followed by Double Bay (postcode 2028) and Woollahra (postcode 2025) in second and third place with $255,901 and $242,267 respectively, both in Sydney's eastern suburbs. The only two Victorian postcodes to make the list were the Hawksburn/ Toorak area in fourth with $241,511 and Portsea in seventh with $222,254. Top 10 wealthiest postcodes in Australia: 1. '2027' NSW: Darling Point, Edgecliff, HMAS Rushcutters, Point Piper – $279,712 2. '2028' NSW: Double Bay – $255,901 3. '2025' NSW: Woollahra – $242,267 4. '3142' Vic: Hawksburn, Toorak – $241,511 5. '2030' NSW: Dover Heights, Rose Bay North, Vaucluse, Watsons Bay – $236,750 6. '2108' NSW: Coasters Retreat, Palm Beach, Currawong Beach – $233,344 7. '3844' Vic: Portsea – $222,254 8. '2023' NSW: Bellevue Hill – $216,383 9. '6011' WA: Cottesloe, Peppermint Grove – $213,621 10. '2110' NSW: Hunters Hills, Woolwich – $208,902
Times
10-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Times
Zoe Ball is back, but Radio 2 now has a brighter star
Zoe Ball returned to Radio 2 with her trademark sunniness. 'Me, Zoe, back on Saturdays and love, love, loving it.' She has taken over the lunchtime (1-3pm) slot that previously housed the nostalgic Pick of the Pops. When Ball stepped down from hosting radio's highest-profile spot, the Radio 2 Breakfast Show, last December, citing exhaustion after almost six years of 4am starts, she assured fans she would not be going far. Saturday lunchtime feels an altogether more relaxed proposition for the 54-year-old: just two hours a week of having to sound peppy instead of 15. Presumably, Ball has also stepped back from the £950,000 BBC salary that made her the corporation's highest female earner and second highest-paid presenter after Gary Lineker. Nonetheless, her
