I welcome the Rudd Government’s direction to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) to commence a formal inquiry into grocery prices. Last year I conducted a local Grocery Price Watch over two months finding that prices of a basic basket of goods, including milk, bread, meat and fruit, at local supermarkets fluctuated regularly. The [...]
Monthly Archives: January 2008
Quality and Affordable Child Care to Help Fight Inflation
Ensuring access to quality and affordable child care will be a key pillar in fighting inflation under the Labor Government. In an address to a Lord Mayor’s Breakfast in Perth today Prime Minister Kevin Rudd outlined Labor’s plan to implement practical measures to help people re-enter the workforce, such as providing more accessible child care. [...]
