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Consumer prices surge 1.6 per cent over September quarter as free childcare policy ends – ABC News

Consumer prices bounce back from deflation, increasing by 1.6 per cent in the September quarter after the Federal Government’s free childcare policy comes to an…

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Consumer prices have risen by 1.6 per cent from the June quarter to the September quarter, driven by the end of temporary free childcare and higher petrol prices.

  • Childcare prices added 0.9 per cent to CPI over the September 2020 quarter
  • It was the largest quarterly CPI increase in 20 years after a record 1.9 per cent drop in the June quarter
  • Petrol prices rose 9.4 from the June to September quarter as world oil prices rebounded

The Australian Bureau of Statistics said the Consumer Price Index rose…

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