The Albanese government pledges to crack down on ‘price-gouging’, but there is no clear definition of what it is – and charging high prices is not illegal
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Australia’s dominant supermarkets, Coles and Woolworths, argue the competition regulator has found no evidence of price-gouging. The claim undermines Labor’s first big election campaign policy pledge – that it will crack down on the process.
Are the supermarkets right?
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