Wages have not kept pace with inflation. Workers' pay packets have increased 6.6%, while the price of what households buy has climbed 7.0%, meaning purchasing power has gone backwards.
Supermarket staples have become more expensive. Beef prices have climbed 29 per cent, while the prices of lamb, vegetables, cereal, juice, pork, and cheese have also increased faster than wages over this period.
Price changes over the course of the Morrison government
Change in the wage price index and the consumer price index between September quarter 2018 and December quarter 2021
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