electricity yes, has definitely gone up, will be going up here again this june/july apparently.
public transport in brisbane has increased by 33% the last two years and a friend that used to work for qld rail said that the ticket prices will supposedly increase a further 60% this coming january. my water has gone from about $80/qtr to around $300/qtr. i use no more water, in fact i use less as i live by myself again, but they have increased the supply charges. petrol i suppose is obvious. increased 40c a litre in the last 12 months.
groceries are interesting with the price war thing, but items that are cheap, where do you find them? up the back of the store, so you have to walk past everything else to get your $1/litre milk.
obviously i don't keep track of the increases in grocery prices as much as the other big ticket items, but one thing i remember is buying a bottle of 1.25l coke for 89c 10yrs ago, its around $2.40 now. coca cola has a deal with sydney water that they only pay a fraction of the cost for water as the end user does, how much profit must they be making out of a bottle of coke?!
what i found interesting is that when i was in the usa, everything is so much cheaper than here. food, clothes, eating out, petrol, drinks, entertainment was the only thing that was really a similar cost to australia - i.e. movies, theatre and gigs.