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Consumer Price Index, Australia, Sep 2006 - ABS

26 October 2006

SEPTEMBER QTR KEY POINTS

THE ALL GROUPS CPI

• rose 0.9% in the September quarter 2006 compared with 1.6% in the June quarter.
• rose 3.9% through the year to September quarter 2006.

• Contributing most to the increase this quarter were fruit (+20.5%), property rates and charges (+5.6%), rents (+1.0%), water and sewerage (+4.7%), other household supplies (+2.9%), electricity (+2.1%), motor vehicles (+0.8%), insurance services (+2.2%), tobacco (+1.4%) and domestic holiday travel and accommodation (+1.2%).
• The increase in fruit contributed 0.3 percentage points to the September quarter CPI increase.
• The most significant offsetting price falls were vegetables (-5.3%), pharmaceuticals (-5.0%), automotive fuel (-1.1%) and tertiary education (-2.2%).