The Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 0.5 per cent in the June quarter 2012, compared with a rise of 0.1per cent in the March quarter 2012.
The most significant price rises in the June quarter 2012 were for medical and hospital services (+2.8 per cent), rents (+1.1 per cent), vegetables (+5.2 per cent) and furniture (+4.5 per cent). The most significant offsetting price falls were for domestic holiday travel and accommodation (-4.0 per cent), audio, visual and computing equipment (-3.8 per cent) and cakes and biscuits (-2.8 per cent).
The CPI rose 1.2 per cent through the year to the June quarter 2012, compared with a rise of 1.6 per cent through the year to the March quarter 2012.
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics