A ban on price gouging and new powers to break up supermarkets are on the table this election. Would either work?
Neither course of action was recommended by the ACCC’s final report from its year-long inquiry into the supermarket sector.
Woolworths, Coles hit back over supermarket price gouging proposal: 'Tackle the real factors'
Coles and Woolworths want the government to focus on the "real factors" affecting Australian consumers after Anthony Albanese ...
Labor sets election promise to outlaw supermarket price gouging, after inquiry could not substantiate allegations
The government vows to set up a taskforce to investigate how to best make it illegal for supermarkets to price-gouge ...
Labor wants to outlaw price gouging in supermarkets. How would that work?
The details of a price gouging ban would only be decided after an election, but there are precedents to draw on.
Are supermarkets being unfairly targeted for price gouging?
Australia's supermarket giants have been under scrutiny for alleged price gouging. Now, it's become an election issue.
What Labor's proposed price gouging ban could mean for your grocery bill
If elected for a second term, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has promised to "crack down" on supermarket price gouging. But ...
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Work ahead for Treasury, ACCC with Labor’s supermarket price-gouging election pitch
Labor wants to appoint officials from Treasury and the ACCC and other market and regulatory experts to consider stronger action to tackle supermarket price-gouging.
Coles & Woolies Respond To Price Gouging Claims As Supermarkets Become Key Election Issue
In addition to the recent ACCC review, Coles and Woolworths have faced two federal Senate inquiries, state inquiries in Victoria, Queensland and South Australia, a food and grocery code review and the ...
ACCC finds Australia’s supermarkets are among the world’s most profitable – but doesn’t accuse them of price gouging
The long-awaited, 441-page final report also doesn’t recommend new divestiture powers or breaking up the supermarkets.
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Labor to Ban Supermarket Price Gouging in Cost Move
A re-elected Albanese Labor Government will crack down on price gouging by supermarkets because Australian families deserve ...
‘Distraction’: Supermarkets slam bipartisan price gouging election pledges
Two of Australia’s largest supermarkets have hit back at Anthony Albanese, urging the prime minister to focus on the “real ...