The Cost of Living Iceberg
An overpriced lettuce became the totem for Australia’s economic concerns in June, when a perfect storm of factors – flood-destroyed crops, supply chain interruptions, inflation, COVID-19 outbreaks – saw the leafy vegetable hit $11. Matt Golding’s visual pun played with the imminent threat to the ‘good ship’ Cost of Living posed by the humble ‘iceberg’.
![Cartoon called The Cost of Living Iceberg by Matt Golding](/sites/default/files/styles/cartoon_large/public/cartoons/6.01%20Cost%20of%20Living_Matt%20Golding_Nine%20Papers_9th%20June%202022.jpg?itok=XIkseCkE)