The useless bunny, Jimbo Chalmers is now ‘pleading’ with Australians to be optimistic, because things will be ‘better next year’. Sure! As Albanese promised, things will be cheaper under him - next year, perhaps. Enough of the bullsh.t and lies.

The Old Fart "Cherry Picks" certain items to highlight their rate of inflation, of course if you're a smart shopper, you cam lessen the impact of price rises, but this bloke wouldn't be a smart shopper. Why would you be buying expensive items like cakes, biscuits and take-away meals when you can cook such things much cheaper at home. Does he mention that is aged welfare has gone up 21% or $200/fortnight for a single under Albanese, no he does not, he'd much prefer the Noalition and a pittance. His power bills, they have been heavily subsidised at the same time. Not to mention how much us taxpayer are shelling out for his 24/7 aged care, down at "The Shady Pines Rest Home for Old Farts", or his free meds of 'Doz Ezy' Nursey gives him each night for sleepy time, no he does not!

Thanks ttbn for the inflation figures.

The Woke Marxist actions against "cage eggs" seems to have created an additional inflation effect on egg prices. As others have said Woke Marxist's don't love the poor they hate the rich. In Soviet Russia they created artificial scarcity. Scarcity is power and Marxist's know it. Orwell talks about the social effects of scarcity in 1984. As Bob Whittacker said Marxism is about the workers being ruled by enlightened principles created by the academic professors.

The Marxist's don't really care about the chickens, but they do care about power gained by red tape- in this case it seems to be about blackmailing the supermarket aristocracy.

"Does he mention that is aged welfare has gone up 21% or $200/fortnight for a single under Albanese"

I'm pretty sure that number is wrong. But it is Paul after all.

But even so, any increases in the pension were primarily due to increases in inflation. So what Paul is really admitting here is that inflation and cost of living has exploded under Albo. (Note: the pension goes up each 6 months in line with the inflation rate. So an increase in pensions doesn't make pensioners better off. It just helps them to keep up with the cost of living. Albo didn't introduce that process. Its been around for over a decade

Even before the last election I was saying that the government, whoever it was, would eventually get the blame for the increases in cost of living. In truth this government didn't cause the increases which were primarily the result of the lockdown spend-feast. (Although it should be noted that the ALP didn't oppose that spending and indeed criticised Morrison for not spending more).

While Albo and Co. didn't cause the inflation, they've done bugger all to try to reduce it and for that they can and should carry the can.

But strap in folks...its only going to get worse. (eg Aussie dollar fell again today).

Hi mhaze,
"Even before the last election I was saying that the government, whoever it was, would eventually get the blame for the increases in cost of living."
- Yes you did say that.
The whole worlds gone a little nutty.
Trumps threatening tariffs against everyone, even the EU for not buying enough oil and gas, as China has reduced it's imports by half over the last year, attacking Russian supply, wants to take back Panama Canal, and ownership of Greenland as national security.
Somehow he thinks he can re-industrialise America, which in my opinion is pretty doubtful, meanwhile everyone is paying more because of their wars and sanctions. US is circling the drain, new government shutdown looming, as nations are offloading their US bonds.

Even Australia is pretty stupid, it's imported so many people, building new houses can't keep up, meanwhile they are paying $300 a night to put any woman and their kids who claim DV or homeless people up in hotels and private rentals on booking.com and airbnb.
Seems like a grift to the ALP pollies themselves many of whom own numerous properties.

Germany is having ab economic decline due partly to high electicity prices.
They had closed their nuclear stations and went for wind and solar.
They have discovered what they call Dunkalfruche which means wind
droughts, They have been buying electricity from other countries but
they are starting to jackup on supplying Germany.
So now they are restarting their nukes.
Also restarting some brown coal stations.
We should keep an eye on Germany they may draw our path for us.