A summary of cost of living changes in the March Quarter. There is no special feature in this Update.
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No.25, Dec Qtr 2015: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
4 February 2016
Summary of cost of living changes in the December Quarter 2015. The report also looks at cost of living pressures over the last decade, highlighting the goods and services that went up the least, and the most ("the good, the bad and the ugly"). The report contrasts these prices changes with changes in incomes and finds that those on Newstart have fallen further behind.
No.24, Sept Qtr 2015: Taxes
6 December 2015
A summary of cost of living changes in the September Quarter which shows that taxes were not a significant driver of cost of living pressures.
No.23, June Qtr 2015
29 July 2015
A summary of cost of living changes in the June Quarter with relatively low price increases and a generally better quarter for vulnerable and disadvantaged people. There is no feature article in this issue.
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No.22, March Qtr 2015: Telecommunications
20 May 2015
A summary of cost of living changes in the March Quarter with relatively low price increases and a generally better quarter for vulnerable and disadvantaged people. This issue contains a feature on telecommunications and argues that telecommunications expenditure is essential, significant and regressive and that a re-think of telecommunications concessions is required.
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No. 21, December Qtr 2014
10 February 2015
A summary of cost of living changes in the December Quarter with relatively low price increases and a generally better quarter for vulnerable and disadvantaged people. There is no feature article in this issue.
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No. 20, September Quarter 2014
6 November 2014
A summary of cost of living changes in the September Quarter with relatively low price increases and a generally better quarter for vulnerable and disadvantaged people. There is no feature article in this issue.
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No. 19, June Quarter 2014: Health
31 July 2014
Cost of living figures for the June Quarter with a special focuses on health. Health care prices have gone up at double the inflation rate over the last decade and represent a significant cost and hardship to a number of households. The report also analyses the cost of living impacts of Federal Budget health measures.
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No. 18 March Quarter 2014
29 May 2014
A summary of cost of living changes in the first three months of 2014, with electricity prices again hiking by 8.3% and Aged Pension and other welfare recipients' cost of living rising faster than the CPI. There is no feature issue in this Update.
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No. 17 December Quarter 2013: Concessions
3 February 2014
The latest Cost of Living Update shows that over the last 5 years key government concessions have failed to keep pace with rapidly rising prices.
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