Introduction

It’s budget week, which means crunch time for the leaders tasked with tackling how expensive Australia is right now.

And the thing we’re all talking about is our grocery bills, why food seems to cost more each time we visit the supermarket.

Today, national affairs correspondent for The Saturday Paper Mike Seccombe on what some call the great price gouge and whether the government is doing enough to address the rising cost of putting food on our plates.

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Guest: National affairs correspondent for The Saturday Paper Mike Seccombe

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