The PM & treasurer reckon that oil and banana price increases are behind Australia’s climbing inflation. That’s just bananas.
Austalians normally spend $14 million a week on bananas. Post cyclone Larry we’re spending $7 million per week. Whilst that is an impressively large number of the bendy yellow fruit – here’s a few other items on our weekly shopping list:
- Housing – $1.2 billion.
- Cars – $2.8 billion.
- Alcohol – $180 million.
- Cigarettes – $88 million.
Gee bananas don’t really rate do they? Adds new meaning to the term “Banana Republic.”
Based on 2003-04 ABS and 2006 NRMA figures and with thanks to crikey.com.