The price of a popular fast food item has driven outrage among Australians left furious amid the country’s cost-of-living crisis.
Labor MPs are being told to keep cost of living front of mind over the winter break.
According to The Australian, the direction follows backlash from within ALP ranks over images shared of mutant animals in response to the Coalition’s nuclear energy announcement.
Anthony Albanese, Jim Chalmers and Chris Bowen are understood to be the only members within the party who will spearhead the nuclear debate.
Opposition Leader Peter Dutton is likely to spend some of the winter break in Perth as he attempts to win back support lost during the 2022 election campaign.
One Aussie shared an image of a serving of hot chips from an unnamed café in NSW’s Mid North Coast to a local Facebook group, describing it “disgraceful”, Kidspot reported.
The woman said the serving, which appeared small in the picture she uploaded, cost her $10.
She said when she called the cafe to complain, they explained serving sizes had to be reduced due to cost-cutting measures.
The price of hot chips at a local takeaway store has caused outrage amongst Australians amid the cost-of-living crisis. Picture: Facebook
“I have been speaking to a few people who have said they have complained about the same thing. Why is nothing being done?” the woman asked in her post.
Others in the group were outraged over the price for the underwhelming serving, with one suggesting it “looks like $1.”
“Wow that’s disgraceful,” one commented.
“Don’t go back… it’s ridiculous!” another said.
Another commenter said the simple pleasure of buying hot chips from the local takeaway was “no longer a tradition that is affordable for families.”
Liberal MP Aaron Violi discusses how the Labor government has been too focused on internal party matters.
“We’ve seen consistently with this government that they haven’t been focused on the cost of living and the economy,” Mr Violi told Sky News Australia.
“We’ve seen for the last two weeks, and realistically since the budget, the Prime Minister and other senior ministers have been focused on internal matters, internal Labor Party matters, and Senator Payman is at the front of that, and that’s what their focus has been on.”
With the combination of rising interest rates and inflation, Australians are often having to be more careful of what they spend money on – big or small.
As the cost-of-living continues to trouble millions across the country, the exorbitant prices of previously cheap or safe options at local stores don’t go unnoticed.
Last year diners spoke out on the impacts of inflation when a Reddit user shared an image of a sausage roll they paid a whopping $9 for, blaming it on “shrinkflation.”
“Seriously though, nine bucks is ridiculous,” one said in response.
“$8 + $1 for sauce. As un-Aussie as it gets,” another said.
Money Expert and Finder’s Rebecca Pike says Australians are now “really struggling” to repay their mortgages.
“We’ve seen the cost of living increase in the last few years,” she told Sky News host Steve Price.
“It’s now just really hitting Australian’s pockets.”
Speaking to Sky News host Steve Price on Wednesday night, money expert and Finder’s Rebecca Pike said the cost-of-living increase was really starting to come down hard on everyday Aussies.
“We’ve seen the cost of living increase in the last few years and obviously these 13 interest rate rises and it’s now just really hitting Australians’ pockets,” Ms Pike said.
“They’re just really struggling to repay their mortgages and kind of doing everything they can to reduce their repayments and get a bit more cash over the month.”