Regional areas will be hit hardest by the price rises, as more fuel is required to transport goods further distances from metropolitan distribution centres.
“The cost of fuel and fertiliser is flowing through the supply chain, and we’re going to see in metro areas probably a 2 or 3 per cent increase across the board,” market analyst and director of Episode 3, Matt Dalgleish, said.
"We’re seeing record prices for diesel, and that’s what most of Australia’s freight runs on.
“In regional areas it could get higher, maybe 10 per cent, depending on how remote the area is and how stretched the supply chain is.”
No.
That might be the case for say the covid TP shortage where the issue was entirely created by misplaced panic.
This is quite different though. An increase in pricing on staples because of pedo-in-chief absolutely satisfies the public interest requirement.
No one is going to hoard bread and milk anyway.