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The Coalition wants divestiture powers to fight supermarket price gouging. How would it work?

Greens and Coalition back the plan, but Labor says it’s too heavy-handed. Here’s everything you need to know about the proposal

The Guardian - AU

Supermarkets threatened with break-up for price gouging

The federal opposition has called for divestiture powers to break up major supermarkets if they have been found to be anti-competitive.

AAP

Outbreak spreads with bird flu confirmed at 11th farm

A Canberra facility is the 11th property nationally that has been affected by a bird flu outbreak, as Woolworths imposes egg limits on some customers.

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Is drone delivery a modern miracle or a band-aid fix for poor urban planning? I went to Australia’s ‘drone zones’ to find out

The chief executive of drone delivery company Wing says 2024 is “the year of drone delivery”. The company first went public in 2014 as a Google “moonshot” project and now operates in several cities in Australia, the United States and Finland, with plans to expand further.

The Conversation

Coles & Woolworths Won’t Be Forced To Break Up Their Pricey Love Affair As Senate Bill Fails

Supermarket duopoly Coles and Woolworths won't be forced to break up as the relevant Senate bill has failed.

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Fines of $10 million will force supermarkets to think carefully before exploiting suppliers, but more could have been done

Suppliers of food and other products have been complaining for years about their treatment at the hands of Woolworths, Coles and Australia’s other big supermarket chains, although rarely to the supermarkets themselves – perhaps, as suggested in a recent Four Corners program, because they feared retribution.

The Conversation

Australia’s grocer chains face billion-dollar fines over supplier treatment

Violators of industry code of conduct to be subject to fines of up to 10 percent of annual turnover.

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Cash still king as big business bails out Armaguard

Some of Australia's biggest companies have put their money where their mouth is by stepping in to save cash carrier Armaguard in a $50 million deal.

AAP

Supermarkets to face millions in fines under new code

Supermarkets could be hit with millions in fines in a government bid to make prices fairer for farmers and shoppers.

AAP

Supermarkets could face billions in fines for grocery code breaches as Labor commits to reforms

Government to adopt recommendations of conduct review in full amid consumer and supplier complaints about soaring profits

The Guardian - AU

Albanese government will impose mandatory code and big penalties to stop supermarkets treating suppliers badly

Supermarkets guilty of anti-competitive behaviour towards suppliers will face large penalties under a mandatory Food and Grocery Code of Conduct the Albanese government will implement.

The Conversation

Unstuck: the toxic truth behind the plastic sticker on your fruit

Bans are looming, so the industry is researching alternatives.

The Canberra Times

Making ends meat: Australians can save up to $20 a kg by changing where they shop

Guardian Australia visited a range of stores and found red meat and fish can still be affordable during the cost-of-living crisis

The Guardian - AU

Aldi Is Officially Australia’s Cheapest Supermarket By A Not-Too-Shabby $17 Per Shop

Just don't accidentally buy a washing machine in the middle aisle.

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Aldi stores help keep prices down at Coles, Woolworths

Research from consumer group Choice has revealed customers are paying $17 less for groceries on average at Aldi compared to major supermarkets.

The Guardian - AU

Australia’s biggest companies made nearly $100bn in ‘crisis profits’ amid Covid and Ukraine war

Oxfam analysis finds Woolworths, Hancock Prospecting and NAB among companies to rake in much higher profits off the back of crisis conditions

The Guardian - AU

Cheap, cheerful and booming: the Australian stores selling food at huge discounts

Customers at shops like Cheaper Buy Miles and Beyond Best Before can find food items nearing their best-before date at a fraction of supermarket prices

Newcastle Herald

How supermarket loyalty schemes go too far and scare off shoppers

'I've been shopping there for decades, but not anymore'

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Coles has imposed limits on egg purchases – but is there actually a crisis?

Australians are no strangers to a supply crunch. During the pandemic and its aftermath, there were shortages of all kinds of products, from AdBlue diesel exhaust fluid to frozen chips.

The Canberra Times

The egg purchase limit eggs-plained

Here's what you need to know about supermarket limits on eggs.

The Guardian - AU

Egg farmers say supply not at risk from bird flu after Coles imposes two-carton limit on shoppers

Supermarket’s restriction applies everywhere except WA as more than 500,000 chickens euthanised due to avian influenza

The Guardian - AU

Afternoon Update: Albanese attacks Dutton on climate; Coles limits egg purchases; and the new TikTok trend of women going #boysober

Prime minister confident Australia can meet 2030 emissions targets as alternative would be ‘catastrophic’

AAP

Fears people will crack as Coles imposes egg limits

A growing bird flu outbreak is yet to hit farmed chicken meat but shoppers have been urged to avoid panic-buying after a supermarket introduced egg sale limits.

The Guardian - AU

Coles limits egg purchases as bird flu hits farms in Victoria

Supermarket cites supply issues after hundreds of thousands of chickens culled amid avian influenza outbreak

The Guardian - AU

Queensland premier says ‘no update’ on anti-discrimination reforms – as it happened

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