Allegations of price gouging by the supermarket giants prompted an inquiry into the sector by the ACCC — but after a year of investigating, its final report hasn't been able to say whether it's taking ...

Labor’s proposal comes despite the fact the final report from the ACCC’s supermarkets inquiry didn’t make any explicit accusation of price gouging. Meanwhile, the Coalition and Greens still want new ...

After a 12-month inquiry, the regulator has not been able to support claims that Coles and Woolworths are to blame for the inflationary cost-of-living squeeze.

Supermarkets could be forced to clearly alert shoppers when the size of products such as chips, biscuits or laundry power are reduced in size but the price is either hiked or kept the same.

The competition watchdog has stopped short of calling them out for excessive prices. Here’s why we still need to keep the pressure on.

The government will commit to make it illegal for supermarkets to price-gouge customers if re-elected, several days after an inquiry they commissioned said it could not substantiate allegations the ...

there have been at least eight taxpayer-funded inquiries thus far which have yet to find evidence of price gouging. In addition to the recent ACCC review, Coles and Woolworths have faced two ...

But it did not find the supermarkets were price gouging. In fact, it didn't even mention the phrase. How we got here In February 2024, the federal government formally directed the ACCC to ...

In its report, the ACCC did not find any evidence of price gouging. Coles and Woolworths have repeatedly rejected claims of price gouging, despite prices rising 24 per cent in the last five years.

“Despite a 12-month inquiry into supermarkets, neither the Government nor the ACCC found evidence of price gouging,” a Coles spokesman told NewsWire. “What’s needed are measures that tackle the real ...

The profitability figures do give you some very broad picture of what's happening, but the issue of price gouging isn't one we were able to engage in too closely." The ACCC found that between 2018 ...

But it did not find the supermarkets were price gouging. In fact, it didn’t even mention the phrase. In February 2024, the federal government formally directed the ACCC to investigate the ...