Consumer inflation tipped to hit 4.5% in March as Australian cost of living soars
by Peter Hannam from World news | The Guardian on (#5YJWT)
Petrol, produce and mortgage costs are rising powered by pandemic shortages, flood damage and the war in Ukraine
As both a fruiter and builder, Anthony Todarello can reel off more goods that have soared in price in the past year than most people.
His family has run the Hampton Fruit Centre, an institution in Melbourne's Bayside suburb, for six decades. Todarello blames wild weather for pushing up the cost of produce at a pace rarely seen before.
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