7News Just InBillions of dollars set aside to give Aussie families cost of living relief
With cost of living pressure on many Australian households at an all-time high, billions of dollars have been set aside to give families a little breathing room.
The government's answer to household power pain a one hundred and fifty dollars budget sweetener.
One hundred and fifty dollars. It's nothing. Our electricity bills are ridiculous.
I think power bills are way, way too high. I think that's going to be a really big help for the cost of living crisis. Another round of energy bill rebates for millions of households and small businesses. Ray Golf runs a deli and pays more than one thousand dollars a week to keep on the lights.
There's been significant increases since I negotiated my last contract, so we're talking thirty forty percent or more.
Bob prices have gone up a.
Lot over the past year. Two point nine million homes who've been hit with a higher than anticipated energy bill.
We need to see more to support families and households.
From farm to factory, cafe to corner store. When power bills rise, every step of the supply chain feels the extra pinch, and those costs are passed on to the customer.
The eggs have gone fifty in eighteen months, so with all these other costs, you've got to recoup them otherwise there's no way of continuing to trade, the.
Whole cost of electricity groceries could come down. I just spent thirty dollars on milk, bread and butter.
It's that cost of living pain that will shape how people vote.
Bring on the next election
Georgia Holland seven News
