Wednesday, 10th July 2024
New Norcia Price Increases
Like all businesses and individuals, New Norcia has not been immune from the recent cost of living price increases impacting all Australians following the slow economic recovery post the COVID-19 pandemic.
Following the pandemic and the end of the Government's Job-Keeper support, New Norcia held its fees and charges stable for a number of years, absorbing a large range of supplier price increases.
Unfortunately, The Community is no longer able to fully absorb the continuing cost of operating the New Norcia site without passing on some of these cost increases by way of guest price rises.
Whilst some guests have complained about the price increases, other guests and visitors have understood that the New Norcia prices have been unchanged for many years and accept that price increases in the current inflationary environment are necessary.
As New Norcia receives no regular or recurring funding from any other parties, the recent CPI wage increase along with increases in power, fuel, catering and other operational expenses has resulted in the recent modest price increases that have been experienced by recent guests staying at New Norcia.