How the record profits major Australian companies are making are driving up prices
Australian workers are struggling to keep up with rising prices and interest rates.
Some of the causes are global, including the war in Ukraine disrupting energy supplies and China’s previous tough lockdowns affecting the production and export of the goods that we consume. Others are local, such as last year’s floods knocking out our food production.
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