Quote:The cost of living crisis is having a negative impact on the Christmas holiday getaway from my own experience.
Judging by the number of planes I see and hear every day going in and out of Perth Airport (I live fairly close) I find that hard to believe.
I know a lot of it is FIFO workers but I'm pretty sure they're not using a lot of the bigger planes I see going in and out all the time. And, Perth Airport is projected to increase its annual passenger numbers from approximately 17.5 million today to over 30 million by 2046.
So, when people keep complaining about the "cost of living" these days I strongly suspect a lot of them are actually worried that the increased "cost of living" might be affecting their plans to take their (mostly frivolous) overseas and interstate holdays.
Cry me a river.
And, the "Bali Bogan" brigade get zero sympathy from me. Less than zero, if that were possible.
Oh, and I have plans to stay home and do absolutely nothing on New Years Eve this year. Same as last year and the year before and the year before...