The Western Australian Council of Social Service has welcomed state budget investments to address cost of living pressures, build more social housing, expand family and domestic violence support, and for…
…the long-term interests of consumers. Rather than enabling a more expansive interpretation by considering the long-term interests of consumers of electricity in relation to ‘price’ rather than ‘affordability’, for instance,…
…beans, spaghetti up 10-20pc as inflation bites’, Australian Financial Review (2022). [11] Cheyanne Enciso, ‘Cost of living: The shock increase in total cost of a grocery shop since 2019 revealed.’…
…cost–of–living crisis intensifies. Inflation in Perth has hit 8.3%, a rise of 3.6 per cent in the last quarter and the highest in the nation, largely due to the WA…
…and others are getting significantly less. For example, a fixed concession of $241.63 a year would only cover 7% of the energy bill of a 4-person family in a 3-bedroom…
…factors are having on low income households. Each of the modelled household types saw a deterioration in their financial position on last year’s Cost of Living Report, at a time…