(Note: Quarterly change, followed by annual change)

CPI - up 1.6 per cent in quarter, up 0.7 per cent annually

Food and non-alcoholic beverages - down 0.4 per cent, up 3.4 per cent

Alcohol and tobacco - up 1.6 per cent, up 8.1 per cent

Clothing and footwear - up 0.4 per cent, down 0.5 per cent

Housing - unchanged, down 0.2 per cent

Furnishings, household equipment and services - up 12.0 per cent, down 0.1 per cent.

Health - down 0.1, up 1.0 per cent

Transport - up 3.4 per cent, down 4.0 per cent

Communication - down 0.8 per cent, down 3.3 per cent

Recreation and culture - up 1.1 per cent, down 0.7 per cent

Education - up 2.1 per cent, up 1.0 per cent

Insurance and financial services - up 0.1 per cent, up 1.6 per cent

(Includes 1381.6 per cent increase in child care following the end of the COVID-19 free child care package.)

Australian Associated Press