New research analysing more than two decades of cost-of-living changes finds that inflation in Australia is significantly influenced by the privatisation of gas services and by education-related costs. Both outlets report that the study looks across roughly 20 years of price movements and identifies drivers that many Australians may not commonly associate with overall inflation.
According to the reports, the effect of gas privatisation is linked to changes in how gas is provided and priced over time, contributing to broader cost pressures faced by households. The research also points to education as a persistent factor, suggesting education prices and related expenses rise in ways that add to total inflation rather than remaining isolated to a specific sector.
The articles describe the findings as an analysis of long-term inflation patterns and emphasise that these specific policy and sector factors help explain why the cost of living increases over extended periods. The reports do not provide additional figures or methodological details in the excerpts provided, focusing instead on the identified drivers.
