ADELAIDE’S MONTHLY INFLATION HIGHEST IN THE COUNTRY AS SOUTH AUSTRALIA LEFT BEHIND

Today’s inflation data confirms what South Australians already know — our state is being left behind by state and federal Labor Governments as the cost-of-living accelerates.

CPI data released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics reveals that of the eight capital cities, Adelaide has recorded the highest monthly increase in inflation at 0.7 per cent. This comes as Adelaide continues to hold the highest annual inflation on mainland Australia at 4.6 per cent.

Senator Kerrynne Liddle said the data painted a damning picture for South Australian households.

“South Australians are doing it tougher than anyone else in the country right now, and the data proves it,” Senator Liddle said.

Housing costs in Adelaide are up 7 per cent year on year, the biggest increase on mainland Australia, while Demographia Australia data shows Adelaide is the sixth most unaffordable housing market in the world.

Meanwhile, health costs in Adelaide are up 4.1 per cent, second only to Sydney. With costs already rising, the Albanese Labor Government’s decision to strip back the private health insurance rebate for Australians aged 65 and over is a blow older South Australians simply cannot afford.

State and federal Labor continue to spruik their economic record, but South Australian households have endured a 36 per cent increase in energy prices under the Australian Energy Regulator’s Default Market Offer since 2022. More than 18,000 South Australian households are currently experiencing energy hardship, a figure that is up 50 per cent across the country under the Albanese Labor Government.

“South Australia has four senior Labor Ministers sitting around the federal Cabinet table. The question South Australians deserve answered is what are they delivering, because the data shows a collapse in living standards and an ever-increasing cost of living,” Senator Liddle said.

“The Prime Minister must stop focusing on punitive tax hikes and start focusing on the cost-of-living crisis being felt most acutely right here in South Australia.”