Australia’s annual inflation rises to 4.3% in September

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Annual inflation accelerates; August underlying measure revised

Australia’s annual consumer-price inflation rose to 4.3% in September from August’s 4.0%, the Australian Bureau of Statistics announced on October 28. Prices increased 0.8% during September. These measure different changes: annual inflation accelerated by 0.3 percentage points, while prices rose 0.8% over the month. Annual trimmed-mean inflation reached 3.6%, compared with August’s revised 3.5%. Updated seasonal factors lowered August’s previously published 3.6%, making September 0.1 percentage points higher on the revised comparison. Housing was the largest contributor to annual inflation.

Australian Bureau of Statistics: CPI rose 4.3% in the year to September 2026