Cars, TVs cheaper, but living costs higher

By Angus Livingston
Updated July 18 2019 - 10:53am, first published 10:49am
Child care costs double what it did in the year 2000 while wages have only gone up 78 per cent.
Child care costs double what it did in the year 2000 while wages have only gone up 78 per cent.

Cars, TVs and computer games are all cheaper than they were 20 years ago, but the cost of things Australians actually need have spiked to double and triple what they were.

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