Employment and Workplace Relations Minister Tony Burke has attributed some of the burden of the high inflation rate to the previous government’s “neglect”.
Reserve Bank Governor Philip Lowe warned during the week that inflation could hit seven per cent by Christmas and it would not begin to fall until the first quarter of 2023.
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But Mr Burke said domestic factors coupled with international drivers are to blame for the high figure. “We don’t have high wage growth. The wage price index has been running at 2.4 at the same time that inflation was coming in at 5.1.
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