Entries by Mark Douglas

A perfect storm

The latest inflation figures were shocking, but really just told us what we all know, that costs are going through the roof. The Australian Bureau of Statistics recently released the March 2022 CPI figures. The headline was that inflation for the twelve months is at 5.1% across Australia, but in Western Australia it’s far worse […]

Wages during lockdown

Well it was inevitable I guess. After 10 months without community transmission, Perth, Peel and the South West were forced into an abrupt lockdown last week after a security guard tested positive for the highly infectious UK variant of COVID. The announcement by Mark McGowan sent shoppers into a foolish frenzy and forced business owners […]