Consumer prices (CPI) during each premier or chief minister's tenure
8 premiers and chief ministers, ranked by how consumer prices (CPI) changed from their first day in office, next to Australia over the same months. Politare shows what happened during a tenure; it does not claim the office-holder caused it.
| # | Premier or chief minister | State | In office | Total | vs AU | Per year | Chart |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ALP Andrew Barr | Australian Capital Territory | 11 Dec 2014 – now | +37.4% Q3 2014 → Q2 2026 | −1.0 pts AU +38.5% | +2.7%/yr | |
| 2 | ALP Mike Rann | South Australia | 5 Mar 2002 – 21 Oct 2011 | +34.4% Q4 2001 → Q3 2011 | +1.9 pts AU +32.5% | +3.1%/yr | |
| 3 | ALP Jon Stanhope | Australian Capital Territory | 12 Nov 2001 – 16 May 2011 | +32.7% Q3 2001 → Q1 2011 | +1.0 pts AU +31.7% | +3.0%/yr | |
| 4 | ALP Peter Beattie | Queensland | 20 Jun 1998 – 13 Sep 2007 | +31.4% Q1 1998 → Q2 2007 | +0.5 pts AU +30.9% | +3.0%/yr | |
| 5 | ALP Bob Carr | New South Wales | 4 Apr 1995 – 3 Aug 2005 | +31.1% Q1 1995 → Q2 2005 | +1.7 pts AU +29.3% | +2.7%/yr | |
| 6 | ALP Annastacia Palaszczuk | Queensland | 14 Feb 2015 – 15 Dec 2023 | +28.3% Q4 2014 → Q3 2023 | +1.4 pts AU +26.9% | +2.9%/yr | |
| 7 | ALP Steve Bracks | Victoria | 19 Oct 1999 – 30 Jul 2007 | +26.8% Q3 1999 → Q2 2007 | −0.8 pts AU +27.6% | +3.1%/yr | |
| 8 | ALP Daniel Andrews | Victoria | 4 Dec 2014 – 27 Sep 2023 | +25.9% Q3 2014 → Q2 2023 | +0.2 pts AU +25.7% | +2.7%/yr | |
| 9 | ALP Peter Malinauskas | South Australia | 21 Mar 2022 – now | +23.4% Q4 2021 → Q2 2026 | +1.9 pts AU +21.5% | +4.8%/yr | |
| 10 | LIB Richard Court | Western Australia | 16 Feb 1993 – 10 Feb 2001 | +21.4% Q4 1992 → Q4 2000 | −0.3 pts AU +21.7% | +2.5%/yr |
Showing 10 of 60 tenures.
Sorted by total, highest first. Every row is indexed to the last quarter complete before the first day in office ("from" marks a start that had to move because that period had no data, or because the period cut it); Australia is measured over the same months. Levels are per cent changes, rates are differences in %; "per year" compounds levels and divides rates. Tenures with under 12 months, or under three observations, are left out. index, September 2025 = 100 · ABS, Consumer Price Index (CPI), all groups, the capital city (quarterly to 2025, then the monthly CPI's quarterly averages) · capital city data · as of Sep 2026.