00:01$10.80 for corned beef, $9.80 for hot dogs, $17 for canned pie.
00:09The prices are too high and we can't afford to pay all that.
00:16Many of Warawee's 500 locals think twice before they go shopping.
00:22The only community-owned shop uses its profits to subsidise fruit, vegetables and meat, but it's not enough.
00:29We don't want the baby to go hungry, the little one.
00:32Australia's competition watchdog found grocery prices soared 24% in the last five years.
00:39In remote areas, prices were already double those in the cities.
00:44Because of the freight, it cost a fortune to bring the groceries here.
00:49A federal government scheme which subsidises the cost of 60 essential groceries to match city prices
00:55has rolled out in 100 remote Indigenous communities.
00:59In Warawee, it's dropped canned stew to $4, shampoo to $2 and taken canned veg down to a few dollars.
01:08So it's really bringing down the prices of the base products, you know, things like your flour, meat.
01:15People here in Goulburn Island say the federal government's subsidies on some groceries are helping,
01:22but many families are still struggling to afford enough food.
01:26You know, there's a lot of young children out here that don't get to eat every day because of the
01:30affordability costs.
01:32In a region where a majority are reliant on federal government welfare benefits, local leaders want payments increased.
01:39The government have to start looking at people on Centrelink to increase their wages because it's not fair, you know.
01:46We want to feed our children to go to school healthy, strong, every day.
01:53It's something many find difficult to do now.
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