It’s no surprise to anyone that the cost of living is on the rise and it’s becoming harder and harder for us Australians to manage our expenses.

But for others, the need to make their budget stretch longer sometimes leads to desperation. And a recent incident in a Perth shopping centre, when a security guard clashed with a suspected thief, illustrated this struggle to make ends meet.

A tense confrontation filled with profanity between a security guard and a shopper over a trolley full of groceries was caught on camera.

It was reported that the incident occurred in Balcatta, ‘a primarily middle-class suburb’ in the city’s north. The footage showed the security guard and woman embroiled in a ‘fierce tug of war’ over a Coles shopping trolley filled with food and soft drinks.

The woman and security guard’s dramatic clash was caught on camera. Credit: 7News

The shopper, suspected of stealing the items in her trolley, argued that she paid for the groceries and insisted that she show it to the female shop attendant before leaving the supermarket’s premises.

However, the adamant security guard didn’t believe her story and demanded that she return with him to the shopping centre.

An edited transcript of their conversation is as follows:

Woman: ‘I f***in showed her mate, I paid for it.’

Security guard: ‘You stop that; let’s go back there.’

Then, the security guard held onto the trolley to stop the woman from going anywhere, and their struggle nearly spilled onto the road as the argument escalated further.

Woman: ‘I showed the lady.’

Security guard: ‘No, no, no!’

The video then cuts, and it is still unclear how the incident ended. A spokesperson told reporters that the incident wasn’t reported to Western Australia Police.

The full news report was posted on the social media platform Twitter, which you can find below:

​

Shop owners said that incidents of theft are on the rise, with brazen thieves hiding food in bags and clothes, and police reported that stealing increased by 21 per cent in 2022.

Charities also said that the rising cost of living is ‘pushing people to the brink’. Anglicare’s Emergency Relief and Food Access Service received more than 3,700 calls for assistance in January this year alone – the highest number they’ve recorded by far.

An IGA supermarket manager shared that her store is losing thousands of dollars each week due to thieves.

‘They are really brazen,’ she told reporters.

‘The costs of living and pressures aren't helping the problem,’ she added.

This isn’t the first time a security guard working was caught on camera having a heated confrontation with a suspected shoplifter. Earlier this year, an incident happened at a Coles branch in Melbourne.

Footage showed the security guard chasing after the suspected thief and throwing punches while trying to grab him just outside the shopping centre. In other versions of the story, it was reported that the suspected thief threw the first punch, and this is what led to the physical altercation. The security guard can be heard asking the man: ‘Why do you hit people?’ You can read more details about this story here.

In another incident, the CEO of Harris Farm Markets himself chased after an alleged thief who had filled a suitcase of quality steak and beef.

In the video, one of the brothers who leads the store chain (it wasn’t clear who, but reports stated that the CEO of the supermarket was the one who apprehended the thief) can be seen running after a man wearing a light grey hoodie and dragging a dark suitcase down a street.

Moments later, a man in a red cap caught the suspected thief and tackled him sideways to the pavement. More details about this incident can be read here.

This week, the Reserve Bank lifted the official cash rate by another 25 points, taking it to 3.6 per cent. This rate hike will add more pressure on mortgage holders, who are already feeling the pinch of increasing costs.

This increase will also add more than $1,000 to the average monthly mortgage compared to the rate of repayments in April 2022.

The Reserve Bank has been lifting interest rates aggressively to tackle inflation, which was reported to have increased to a staggering 7.8 per cent during the last quarter of 2022. At the time, Treasurer Jim Chalmers described the numbers as ‘unacceptably high’. More details about this story can be read here.

Key Takeaways

• Dramatic vision captured a heated exchange between a shopping centre security guard and a suspected grocery store thief in Perth.
• Shop owners say theft is on the rise in WA, with the soaring cost of living pushing people to the brink.
• The Reserve Bank has recently lifted the official cash rate by another 25 basis points, taking it to 3.6 per cent, adding more pressure on mortgage holders.
• The Reserve Bank's efforts to tackle inflation have resulted in a December quarter inflation rate of 7.8 per cent.

What are your thoughts about this incident, members? What steps have you taken to make ends meet during these uncertain times? Share your experiences with us in the comments below.

 

[kevinwoodtufftyke52@gmail]

It’s no surprise to anyone that the cost of living is on the rise and it’s becoming harder and harder for us Australians to manage our expenses.

But for others, the need to make their budget stretch longer sometimes leads to desperation. And a recent incident in a Perth shopping centre, when a security guard clashed with a suspected thief, illustrated this struggle to make ends meet.

A tense confrontation filled with profanity between a security guard and a shopper over a trolley full of groceries was caught on camera.

It was reported that the incident occurred in Balcatta, ‘a primarily middle-class suburb’ in the city’s north. The footage showed the security guard and woman embroiled in a ‘fierce tug of war’ over a Coles shopping trolley filled with food and soft drinks.

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The woman and security guard’s dramatic clash was caught on camera. Credit: 7News

The shopper, suspected of stealing the items in her trolley, argued that she paid for the groceries and insisted that she show it to the female shop attendant before leaving the supermarket’s premises.

However, the adamant security guard didn’t believe her story and demanded that she return with him to the shopping centre.

An edited transcript of their conversation is as follows:

Woman: ‘I f***in showed her mate, I paid for it.’

Security guard: ‘You stop that; let’s go back there.’

Then, the security guard held onto the trolley to stop the woman from going anywhere, and their struggle nearly spilled onto the road as the argument escalated further.

Woman: ‘I showed the lady.’

Security guard: ‘No, no, no!’

The video then cuts, and it is still unclear how the incident ended. A spokesperson told reporters that the incident wasn’t reported to Western Australia Police.

The full news report was posted on the social media platform Twitter, which you can find below:

​

Shop owners said that incidents of theft are on the rise, with brazen thieves hiding food in bags and clothes, and police reported that stealing increased by 21 per cent in 2022.

Charities also said that the rising cost of living is ‘pushing people to the brink’. Anglicare’s Emergency Relief and Food Access Service received more than 3,700 calls for assistance in January this year alone – the highest number they’ve recorded by far.

An IGA supermarket manager shared that her store is losing thousands of dollars each week due to thieves.

‘They are really brazen,’ she told reporters.

‘The costs of living and pressures aren't helping the problem,’ she added.

This isn’t the first time a security guard working was caught on camera having a heated confrontation with a suspected shoplifter. Earlier this year, an incident happened at a Coles branch in Melbourne.

Footage showed the security guard chasing after the suspected thief and throwing punches while trying to grab him just outside the shopping centre. In other versions of the story, it was reported that the suspected thief threw the first punch, and this is what led to the physical altercation. The security guard can be heard asking the man: ‘Why do you hit people?’ You can read more details about this story here.

In another incident, the CEO of Harris Farm Markets himself chased after an alleged thief who had filled a suitcase of quality steak and beef.

In the video, one of the brothers who leads the store chain (it wasn’t clear who, but reports stated that the CEO of the supermarket was the one who apprehended the thief) can be seen running after a man wearing a light grey hoodie and dragging a dark suitcase down a street.

Moments later, a man in a red cap caught the suspected thief and tackled him sideways to the pavement. More details about this incident can be read here.

This week, the Reserve Bank lifted the official cash rate by another 25 points, taking it to 3.6 per cent. This rate hike will add more pressure on mortgage holders, who are already feeling the pinch of increasing costs.

This increase will also add more than $1,000 to the average monthly mortgage compared to the rate of repayments in April 2022.

The Reserve Bank has been lifting interest rates aggressively to tackle inflation, which was reported to have increased to a staggering 7.8 per cent during the last quarter of 2022. At the time, Treasurer Jim Chalmers described the numbers as ‘unacceptably high’. More details about this story can be read here.

Key Takeaways

• Dramatic vision captured a heated exchange between a shopping centre security guard and a suspected grocery store thief in Perth.
• Shop owners say theft is on the rise in WA, with the soaring cost of living pushing people to the brink.
• The Reserve Bank has recently lifted the official cash rate by another 25 basis points, taking it to 3.6 per cent, adding more pressure on mortgage holders.
• The Reserve Bank's efforts to tackle inflation have resulted in a December quarter inflation rate of 7.8 per cent.

What are your thoughts about this incident, members? What steps have you taken to make ends meet during these uncertain times? Share your experiences with us in the comments below.

Shoplifting affects all of us with the supermarkets and others increasing their prices .

 

[RositaDiaz48]

Stealing is never ok the person that was stolen from is possibly doing it as hard as the thief . I have paid someone’s groceries for them because they’ve not had the money to pay ..

BUT please don’t steal

 

[Beauty28]

It’s no surprise to anyone that the cost of living is on the rise and it’s becoming harder and harder for us Australians to manage our expenses.

But for others, the need to make their budget stretch longer sometimes leads to desperation. And a recent incident in a Perth shopping centre, when a security guard clashed with a suspected thief, illustrated this struggle to make ends meet.

A tense confrontation filled with profanity between a security guard and a shopper over a trolley full of groceries was caught on camera.

It was reported that the incident occurred in Balcatta, ‘a primarily middle-class suburb’ in the city’s north. The footage showed the security guard and woman embroiled in a ‘fierce tug of war’ over a Coles shopping trolley filled with food and soft drinks.

View attachment 15417

The woman and security guard’s dramatic clash was caught on camera. Credit: 7News

The shopper, suspected of stealing the items in her trolley, argued that she paid for the groceries and insisted that she show it to the female shop attendant before leaving the supermarket’s premises.

However, the adamant security guard didn’t believe her story and demanded that she return with him to the shopping centre.

An edited transcript of their conversation is as follows:

Woman: ‘I f***in showed her mate, I paid for it.’

Security guard: ‘You stop that; let’s go back there.’

Then, the security guard held onto the trolley to stop the woman from going anywhere, and their struggle nearly spilled onto the road as the argument escalated further.

Woman: ‘I showed the lady.’

Security guard: ‘No, no, no!’

The video then cuts, and it is still unclear how the incident ended. A spokesperson told reporters that the incident wasn’t reported to Western Australia Police.

The full news report was posted on the social media platform Twitter, which you can find below:

​

Shop owners said that incidents of theft are on the rise, with brazen thieves hiding food in bags and clothes, and police reported that stealing increased by 21 per cent in 2022.

Charities also said that the rising cost of living is ‘pushing people to the brink’. Anglicare’s Emergency Relief and Food Access Service received more than 3,700 calls for assistance in January this year alone – the highest number they’ve recorded by far.

An IGA supermarket manager shared that her store is losing thousands of dollars each week due to thieves.

‘They are really brazen,’ she told reporters.

‘The costs of living and pressures aren't helping the problem,’ she added.

This isn’t the first time a security guard working was caught on camera having a heated confrontation with a suspected shoplifter. Earlier this year, an incident happened at a Coles branch in Melbourne.

Footage showed the security guard chasing after the suspected thief and throwing punches while trying to grab him just outside the shopping centre. In other versions of the story, it was reported that the suspected thief threw the first punch, and this is what led to the physical altercation. The security guard can be heard asking the man: ‘Why do you hit people?’ You can read more details about this story here.

In another incident, the CEO of Harris Farm Markets himself chased after an alleged thief who had filled a suitcase of quality steak and beef.

In the video, one of the brothers who leads the store chain (it wasn’t clear who, but reports stated that the CEO of the supermarket was the one who apprehended the thief) can be seen running after a man wearing a light grey hoodie and dragging a dark suitcase down a street.

Moments later, a man in a red cap caught the suspected thief and tackled him sideways to the pavement. More details about this incident can be read here.

This week, the Reserve Bank lifted the official cash rate by another 25 points, taking it to 3.6 per cent. This rate hike will add more pressure on mortgage holders, who are already feeling the pinch of increasing costs.

This increase will also add more than $1,000 to the average monthly mortgage compared to the rate of repayments in April 2022.

The Reserve Bank has been lifting interest rates aggressively to tackle inflation, which was reported to have increased to a staggering 7.8 per cent during the last quarter of 2022. At the time, Treasurer Jim Chalmers described the numbers as ‘unacceptably high’. More details about this story can be read here.

Key Takeaways

• Dramatic vision captured a heated exchange between a shopping centre security guard and a suspected grocery store thief in Perth.
• Shop owners say theft is on the rise in WA, with the soaring cost of living pushing people to the brink.
• The Reserve Bank has recently lifted the official cash rate by another 25 basis points, taking it to 3.6 per cent, adding more pressure on mortgage holders.
• The Reserve Bank's efforts to tackle inflation have resulted in a December quarter inflation rate of 7.8 per cent.

What are your thoughts about this incident, members? What steps have you taken to make ends meet during these uncertain times? Share your experiences with us in the comments below.

It is never ok to steal. I have been doing surveys on Askable and getting vouchers to do my shopping freeing up my cash for bills.

 

[JeyaR]

Stealing is never ok the person that was stolen from is possibly doing it as hard as the thief . I have paid someone’s groceries for them because they’ve not had the money to pay ..

BUT please don’t steal

Agree. Hardship does not justify theft.

 

[Ricci]

I know the phrase desperate times call for desperate measures but those desperate measures should never under any circumstances include theft. There are more than enough charities to go to for help if needed.

 

[wildlife.rescue.care]

It’s no surprise to anyone that the cost of living is on the rise and it’s becoming harder and harder for us Australians to manage our expenses.

But for others, the need to make their budget stretch longer sometimes leads to desperation. And a recent incident in a Perth shopping centre, when a security guard clashed with a suspected thief, illustrated this struggle to make ends meet.

A tense confrontation filled with profanity between a security guard and a shopper over a trolley full of groceries was caught on camera.

It was reported that the incident occurred in Balcatta, ‘a primarily middle-class suburb’ in the city’s north. The footage showed the security guard and woman embroiled in a ‘fierce tug of war’ over a Coles shopping trolley filled with food and soft drinks.

View attachment 15417

The woman and security guard’s dramatic clash was caught on camera. Credit: 7News

The shopper, suspected of stealing the items in her trolley, argued that she paid for the groceries and insisted that she show it to the female shop attendant before leaving the supermarket’s premises.

However, the adamant security guard didn’t believe her story and demanded that she return with him to the shopping centre.

An edited transcript of their conversation is as follows:

Woman: ‘I f***in showed her mate, I paid for it.’

Security guard: ‘You stop that; let’s go back there.’

Then, the security guard held onto the trolley to stop the woman from going anywhere, and their struggle nearly spilled onto the road as the argument escalated further.

Woman: ‘I showed the lady.’

Security guard: ‘No, no, no!’

The video then cuts, and it is still unclear how the incident ended. A spokesperson told reporters that the incident wasn’t reported to Western Australia Police.

The full news report was posted on the social media platform Twitter, which you can find below:

​

Shop owners said that incidents of theft are on the rise, with brazen thieves hiding food in bags and clothes, and police reported that stealing increased by 21 per cent in 2022.

Charities also said that the rising cost of living is ‘pushing people to the brink’. Anglicare’s Emergency Relief and Food Access Service received more than 3,700 calls for assistance in January this year alone – the highest number they’ve recorded by far.

An IGA supermarket manager shared that her store is losing thousands of dollars each week due to thieves.

‘They are really brazen,’ she told reporters.

‘The costs of living and pressures aren't helping the problem,’ she added.

This isn’t the first time a security guard working was caught on camera having a heated confrontation with a suspected shoplifter. Earlier this year, an incident happened at a Coles branch in Melbourne.

Footage showed the security guard chasing after the suspected thief and throwing punches while trying to grab him just outside the shopping centre. In other versions of the story, it was reported that the suspected thief threw the first punch, and this is what led to the physical altercation. The security guard can be heard asking the man: ‘Why do you hit people?’ You can read more details about this story here.

In another incident, the CEO of Harris Farm Markets himself chased after an alleged thief who had filled a suitcase of quality steak and beef.

In the video, one of the brothers who leads the store chain (it wasn’t clear who, but reports stated that the CEO of the supermarket was the one who apprehended the thief) can be seen running after a man wearing a light grey hoodie and dragging a dark suitcase down a street.

Moments later, a man in a red cap caught the suspected thief and tackled him sideways to the pavement. More details about this incident can be read here.

This week, the Reserve Bank lifted the official cash rate by another 25 points, taking it to 3.6 per cent. This rate hike will add more pressure on mortgage holders, who are already feeling the pinch of increasing costs.

This increase will also add more than $1,000 to the average monthly mortgage compared to the rate of repayments in April 2022.

The Reserve Bank has been lifting interest rates aggressively to tackle inflation, which was reported to have increased to a staggering 7.8 per cent during the last quarter of 2022. At the time, Treasurer Jim Chalmers described the numbers as ‘unacceptably high’. More details about this story can be read here.

Key Takeaways

• Dramatic vision captured a heated exchange between a shopping centre security guard and a suspected grocery store thief in Perth.
• Shop owners say theft is on the rise in WA, with the soaring cost of living pushing people to the brink.
• The Reserve Bank has recently lifted the official cash rate by another 25 basis points, taking it to 3.6 per cent, adding more pressure on mortgage holders.
• The Reserve Bank's efforts to tackle inflation have resulted in a December quarter inflation rate of 7.8 per cent.

What are your thoughts about this incident, members? What steps have you taken to make ends meet during these uncertain times? Share your experiences with us in the comments below.

 

[Vet543]

Theft of groceries is a crime and punishable ... A person doesnt have to steal when there are so many outlets for needy people ... Second-bite provides outlets with huge amounts of food and a person only needs to apply to get free food anytime they are in need. So DON'T STEAL .. think about the person who is the victim of your actions .. He/she may have hungry kids and elderly people to feed ... JUST DON'T DO IT...
One time stealing just a loaf of bread could have got you sent to a convict settlement ...

 

[Rosie]

No excuse for stealing.

 

[Suzanne rose]

No one should steal. What I don't understand if she was hungry why was she stealing boxes of soft drink .

There are charities to help .

My daughter picked up our scripts from priceline while I went and grabbed some bread , when I came back she handed me my key card and receipt and said she didn't think he charged for one of the scripts, I saw he hadn't and went back in to pay , it was actually the pharmist helping on the counter and he said it was him that served my daughter and someone was calling out at the time. He was shocked that I went back in to pay. He said I was one of the rare ones and it was good to see this rather than chance someone who was stealing . He pointed to the wall behind with awhole lot of photos of so called thief's.

It breaks my heart thinking how so many people are having it so tuff

 

[MHM]

It’s no surprise to anyone that the cost of living is on the rise and it’s becoming harder and harder for us Australians to manage our expenses.

But for others, the need to make their budget stretch longer sometimes leads to desperation. And a recent incident in a Perth shopping centre, when a security guard clashed with a suspected thief, illustrated this struggle to make ends meet.

A tense confrontation filled with profanity between a security guard and a shopper over a trolley full of groceries was caught on camera.

It was reported that the incident occurred in Balcatta, ‘a primarily middle-class suburb’ in the city’s north. The footage showed the security guard and woman embroiled in a ‘fierce tug of war’ over a Coles shopping trolley filled with food and soft drinks.

View attachment 15417

The woman and security guard’s dramatic clash was caught on camera. Credit: 7News

The shopper, suspected of stealing the items in her trolley, argued that she paid for the groceries and insisted that she show it to the female shop attendant before leaving the supermarket’s premises.

However, the adamant security guard didn’t believe her story and demanded that she return with him to the shopping centre.

An edited transcript of their conversation is as follows:

Woman: ‘I f***in showed her mate, I paid for it.’

Security guard: ‘You stop that; let’s go back there.’

Then, the security guard held onto the trolley to stop the woman from going anywhere, and their struggle nearly spilled onto the road as the argument escalated further.

Woman: ‘I showed the lady.’

Security guard: ‘No, no, no!’

The video then cuts, and it is still unclear how the incident ended. A spokesperson told reporters that the incident wasn’t reported to Western Australia Police.

The full news report was posted on the social media platform Twitter, which you can find below:

​

Shop owners said that incidents of theft are on the rise, with brazen thieves hiding food in bags and clothes, and police reported that stealing increased by 21 per cent in 2022.

Charities also said that the rising cost of living is ‘pushing people to the brink’. Anglicare’s Emergency Relief and Food Access Service received more than 3,700 calls for assistance in January this year alone – the highest number they’ve recorded by far.

An IGA supermarket manager shared that her store is losing thousands of dollars each week due to thieves.

‘They are really brazen,’ she told reporters.

‘The costs of living and pressures aren't helping the problem,’ she added.

This isn’t the first time a security guard working was caught on camera having a heated confrontation with a suspected shoplifter. Earlier this year, an incident happened at a Coles branch in Melbourne.

Footage showed the security guard chasing after the suspected thief and throwing punches while trying to grab him just outside the shopping centre. In other versions of the story, it was reported that the suspected thief threw the first punch, and this is what led to the physical altercation. The security guard can be heard asking the man: ‘Why do you hit people?’ You can read more details about this story here.

In another incident, the CEO of Harris Farm Markets himself chased after an alleged thief who had filled a suitcase of quality steak and beef.

In the video, one of the brothers who leads the store chain (it wasn’t clear who, but reports stated that the CEO of the supermarket was the one who apprehended the thief) can be seen running after a man wearing a light grey hoodie and dragging a dark suitcase down a street.

Moments later, a man in a red cap caught the suspected thief and tackled him sideways to the pavement. More details about this incident can be read here.

This week, the Reserve Bank lifted the official cash rate by another 25 points, taking it to 3.6 per cent. This rate hike will add more pressure on mortgage holders, who are already feeling the pinch of increasing costs.

This increase will also add more than $1,000 to the average monthly mortgage compared to the rate of repayments in April 2022.

The Reserve Bank has been lifting interest rates aggressively to tackle inflation, which was reported to have increased to a staggering 7.8 per cent during the last quarter of 2022. At the time, Treasurer Jim Chalmers described the numbers as ‘unacceptably high’. More details about this story can be read here.

Key Takeaways

• Dramatic vision captured a heated exchange between a shopping centre security guard and a suspected grocery store thief in Perth.
• Shop owners say theft is on the rise in WA, with the soaring cost of living pushing people to the brink.
• The Reserve Bank has recently lifted the official cash rate by another 25 basis points, taking it to 3.6 per cent, adding more pressure on mortgage holders.
• The Reserve Bank's efforts to tackle inflation have resulted in a December quarter inflation rate of 7.8 per cent.

What are your thoughts about this incident, members? What steps have you taken to make ends meet during these uncertain times? Share your experiences with us in the comments below.

Store owners and operators, cashiers and security guards need to be very careful about how they deal with suspected thieves, no matter how soundly their suspicions are based. Criminal charges and civil lawsuits can easily follow personal action by such persons in their endeavours to prevent thefts. There is not an absolute right to attack or detain persons thought to be committing such offences. The appropriate action is to contact Police.

 

[Cheezil]

It’s no surprise to anyone that the cost of living is on the rise and it’s becoming harder and harder for us Australians to manage our expenses.

But for others, the need to make their budget stretch longer sometimes leads to desperation. And a recent incident in a Perth shopping centre, when a security guard clashed with a suspected thief, illustrated this struggle to make ends meet.

A tense confrontation filled with profanity between a security guard and a shopper over a trolley full of groceries was caught on camera.

It was reported that the incident occurred in Balcatta, ‘a primarily middle-class suburb’ in the city’s north. The footage showed the security guard and woman embroiled in a ‘fierce tug of war’ over a Coles shopping trolley filled with food and soft drinks.

View attachment 15417

The woman and security guard’s dramatic clash was caught on camera. Credit: 7News

The shopper, suspected of stealing the items in her trolley, argued that she paid for the groceries and insisted that she show it to the female shop attendant before leaving the supermarket’s premises.

However, the adamant security guard didn’t believe her story and demanded that she return with him to the shopping centre.

An edited transcript of their conversation is as follows:

Woman: ‘I f***in showed her mate, I paid for it.’

Security guard: ‘You stop that; let’s go back there.’

Then, the security guard held onto the trolley to stop the woman from going anywhere, and their struggle nearly spilled onto the road as the argument escalated further.

Woman: ‘I showed the lady.’

Security guard: ‘No, no, no!’

The video then cuts, and it is still unclear how the incident ended. A spokesperson told reporters that the incident wasn’t reported to Western Australia Police.

The full news report was posted on the social media platform Twitter, which you can find below:

​

Shop owners said that incidents of theft are on the rise, with brazen thieves hiding food in bags and clothes, and police reported that stealing increased by 21 per cent in 2022.

Charities also said that the rising cost of living is ‘pushing people to the brink’. Anglicare’s Emergency Relief and Food Access Service received more than 3,700 calls for assistance in January this year alone – the highest number they’ve recorded by far.

An IGA supermarket manager shared that her store is losing thousands of dollars each week due to thieves.

‘They are really brazen,’ she told reporters.

‘The costs of living and pressures aren't helping the problem,’ she added.

This isn’t the first time a security guard working was caught on camera having a heated confrontation with a suspected shoplifter. Earlier this year, an incident happened at a Coles branch in Melbourne.

Footage showed the security guard chasing after the suspected thief and throwing punches while trying to grab him just outside the shopping centre. In other versions of the story, it was reported that the suspected thief threw the first punch, and this is what led to the physical altercation. The security guard can be heard asking the man: ‘Why do you hit people?’ You can read more details about this story here.

In another incident, the CEO of Harris Farm Markets himself chased after an alleged thief who had filled a suitcase of quality steak and beef.

In the video, one of the brothers who leads the store chain (it wasn’t clear who, but reports stated that the CEO of the supermarket was the one who apprehended the thief) can be seen running after a man wearing a light grey hoodie and dragging a dark suitcase down a street.

Moments later, a man in a red cap caught the suspected thief and tackled him sideways to the pavement. More details about this incident can be read here.

This week, the Reserve Bank lifted the official cash rate by another 25 points, taking it to 3.6 per cent. This rate hike will add more pressure on mortgage holders, who are already feeling the pinch of increasing costs.

This increase will also add more than $1,000 to the average monthly mortgage compared to the rate of repayments in April 2022.

The Reserve Bank has been lifting interest rates aggressively to tackle inflation, which was reported to have increased to a staggering 7.8 per cent during the last quarter of 2022. At the time, Treasurer Jim Chalmers described the numbers as ‘unacceptably high’. More details about this story can be read here.

Key Takeaways

• Dramatic vision captured a heated exchange between a shopping centre security guard and a suspected grocery store thief in Perth.
• Shop owners say theft is on the rise in WA, with the soaring cost of living pushing people to the brink.
• The Reserve Bank has recently lifted the official cash rate by another 25 basis points, taking it to 3.6 per cent, adding more pressure on mortgage holders.
• The Reserve Bank's efforts to tackle inflation have resulted in a December quarter inflation rate of 7.8 per cent.

What are your thoughts about this incident, members? What steps have you taken to make ends meet during these uncertain times? Share your experiences with us in the comments below.

How can inflation rate be so high if most people are struggling & can't afford basics any more?
The wealthy minority cant be expected to curb their spending, so how are things ever going to improve for the rest of the population unless there are significant increases in low income earners wages & centrelink payments, i ask?

 

[terri]

Store owners and operators, cashiers and security guards need to be very careful about how they deal with suspected thieves, no matter how soundly their suspicions are based. Criminal charges and civil lawsuits can easily follow personal action by such persons in their endeavours to prevent thefts. There is not an absolute right to attack or detain persons thought to be committing such offences. The appropriate action is to contact Police.

And this is why theft is still happening. there are no consequences for their actions. I would say most of the experiences I had when I worked in a supermarket were people stealing to on sell, not becaue they were poor and trying to feed their families. One man would come in and take a trolley load of chocolate and then was known to sell in his milk bar. And we had a woman who would bring her baby pram in, with the blanket over the top and load up with meat. We would never check her pram and she was known to onsell to others to get cash. Stealing often on order. So those who are in need are generally not the ones stealing. They go and use the charities to help them. It is the lowlife thieves that are the problem.

 

[JeyaR]

How can inflation rate be so high if most people are struggling & can't afford basics any more?
The wealthy minority cant be expected to curb their spending, so how are things ever going to improve for the rest of the population unless there are significant increases in low income earners wages & centrelink payments, i ask?

The moment wages are increased, prices spiral again. Back to square ONE! We need to increase taxes marginally so that it doesn't hurt low income population. Sincre Covid pandemic, there is a shift in working hours. More and more are seeking part-time jobs. People are valuing the time with families and more are switching to lower paid jobs or less working hours, which is increasing that low-income population. I sit is a Hosuing Tribunal and i see the significant increase in people seeking public housing. Rental markets are booming.

I see alot of homelessness amongst women. They are at supermarkets, helping themselves with canned food, easy to open and eat. They sneak into the shopping centres and sleep on the benches in the mall, if they are not caught by the security staff of those centres. There is no immediate solution, the government just hasn't got the resouces to manage all these at the same time. It is the chicken & egg story! Australia is still the Lucky Country, that is why many are trying to seek refuge in Australia.

 

[MindyMac]

It is never ok to steal. I have been doing surveys on Askable and getting vouchers to do my shopping freeing up my cash for bills.

What's Askable? I bet it's in WA only.

 

[MindyMac]

No excuse for theft.