[LINK] Cost Of Living

[Kim Holburn]

On 2013/Feb/10, at 5:24 PM, stephen at melbpc.org.au wrote:

> Jan writes,
> 
>> .. I've avoided Centrelink contact in all the nearly 20 years
>> I've lived here, but soon I won't be able to avoid it, merely
>> because of my age and the benefits I won't go without ..
> 
> 
> Yes, and increasingly unavoidable. Apparently our Cost of Living
> in Australia is the third highest in the world.

It depends how you compare currencies.  One way economists do it is the Big Mac index.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Mac_Index Australia is not in the top 5.

> THIRD highest is TRULY pathetic

You think Australia should be number 1?

> http://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/rankings.jsp
> 
> Cheers,
> Stephen
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