Education and child care costs soar above general CPI increase

By Deborah Snow
Updated April 26 2015 - 1:23am, first published 12:15am
The ABS has revealed that consumer price index increases for childcare and schooling have outstripped price rises in other parts of the economy. Photo: Louie Douvis
The ABS has revealed that consumer price index increases for childcare and schooling have outstripped price rises in other parts of the economy. Photo: Louie Douvis

Parents worried that childcare and education costs are hitting their wallets far harder than most other areas of household spending have had their suspicions confirmed.