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Who is Yarbrough's sister? How blondes from rich families rose to the social stage

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One is the wife of Today presenter Karl Stefanovic, while the other is enjoying a new romance with Australian cricketer Michael Clarke. So it was no wonder Jasmine and Jade Yarbrough were the talk of the town. After a pair of unnamed Queensland sisters, the look-alike blondes have found fame in recent years thanks to their high-profile relationship, perhaps attesting to the old adage: ‘It’s not what you know, but who you know.’ How Jade Yarbrough (left) and Jasmine Stefanovic (right) rose to the top of the social scene by pairing up with world-famous TV stars and cricketers Amid reports of Jade and Michael’s new relationship, Daily Mail Australia looks at the Yarbrough sisters’ climb to the top of the social ladder. Jasmine, 38, and Jade, 30, have always had a close bond. The girls were born into a well-to-do family and grew up in Ascot, one of Brisbane’s wealthiest suburbs. Jade has made headlines for her new romance with cricketer Michael Clarke. The couple was spotted e

The wealth boom is closing the huge gap between rich and poor

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You may remember that at first it seemed that COVID-19 was going to cause massive wealth destruction. The stock market fell and some warned of a potential fall in house prices by a third. Average household wealth did fall 3 percent in the March 2020 quarter when COVID-19 first hit, but this was only a decline, and asset prices quickly rebounded as the central bank cut interest rates to near zero and the government pumped in massive amounts of stimulus. . In general, the fact remains that wealth is still very unequal in the country, despite a slight decline in wealth inequality during the pandemic years. The report shows that despite a stagnation in early 2020, median household wealth then jumped 12 percent through December 2020, and 26 percent through December 2021. There’s no prize for guessing the biggest cause of this spike: housing, which drove 69 percent of the overall increase in wealth over the past three years. Most came from owner-occupied housing, which accounted for 55 per