Kate Hawkesby: Be prepared for a bunch of cost increases over the next few weeks

Early Edition with Ryan Bridge · Jun 27, 2023 · 3m

We are in for a bunch of cost increases over the next few weeks. I know, more.

It’s not like we haven’t been facing a steady stream of rising costs for a while already, but a couple of things are coming up to bite us.

One, the Government’s petrol subsidy is coming to an end this Saturday, which’ll see petrol prices jump by 29 cents a litre. That’s a lot, and it’ll hit hard in a cost of living crisis.

Not just in our tanks, but it’ll be passed on across the board in terms of transport and logistics for pretty much everything we buy.

Two, fruit and veges. That’s been rising steadily too, in…