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Electricity, insurance and eggs: see how life in Australia has got more expensive
Our inflation explorer tracks how prices have risen, or fallen, since 2022 Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast It has been nearly five years since inflation crashed on to Australia’s shores, as a rebounding post-Covid economy collided with a world of constrained supply. The global cost-of-living crisis, or affordability crisis, as the Americans call it, has shaped our world from 2022 onwards. Continue reading...
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