Labor sets election promise to outlaw supermarket price gouging, after inquiry could not substantiate allegations
Source: ABC News
The government vows to set up a taskforce to investigate how to best make it illegal for supermarkets to price-gouge customers, despite the ACCC's inquiry failing to confirm price gouging was happening.
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 practice was taking place.
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