Greens anti-price gouging Bill to be debated tomorrow   
2026-02-04
greens.org.au
The Greens’ Bill to ban corporate price gouging across the economy will be debated in Parliament tomorrow, giving Labor the chance to stop sitting on its hands and tackle inflation.   :)

“Price gouging is a major driver of inflation, and Australians are copping it every day,” Greens Economic Justice Spokesperson Senator Nick McKim said.

“When big corporations with market power jack up prices simply because they can, that feeds inflation right through the economy”

“Supermarkets are a clear example, but this problem goes far beyond the checkout. Price gouging is happening across the economy, and it’s keeping inflation higher for longer.”   :(

The Greens’ Bill would make price gouging illegal across the economy and give the ACCC the powers it needs to investigate and prosecute corporations that exploit their market power to unfairly hike prices.

“Instead of leaving the inflation fight to the Reserve Bank and interest rate rises, the government should be tackling corporate price gouging, which is one of the major inflation drivers.”

“Labor promised to act on price gouging. Tomorrow, they’ll have the chance to prove it.”

“If Labor is serious about bringing inflation down and easing cost-of-living pressure, they should support the Greens’ Bill and ban price gouging across the economy.”

Yes good on the Australian greens, for putting this issue on the radar.  High time something was done about the price gouging.   :(

Si is a profit of $100 million still price gouging? ::)

Do you remember starting another thread on the same bill less than a month ago?

Yes now that you mention it i think you are right.  Well lets hope that something is done about price gouging at long last.   :(

freediver wrote on Feb 4^th, 2026 at 5:35pm:

Do you remember starting another thread on the same bill less than a month ago?

Hi FD,
I don't see a "merge" button in my extra mod buttons here
which would enable such problems to be fixed up.
Do you have one?


There are many threads on housing which could be merged:

https://www.ozpolitic.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1769066585

https://www.ozpolitic.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1768846904

https://www.ozpolitic.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1769128654/0#0

https://www.ozpolitic.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1765200255

https://www.ozpolitic.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1769754033

freediver wrote on Feb 4^th, 2026 at 5:35pm:

Do you remember starting another thread on the same bill less than a month ago?

Here it is - can it be merged?

https://www.ozpolitic.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1768097376/15


Better Make Sure They Stop The Price Gouging

Jan 11th, 2026 at 1:09pm

New price-gouging laws to hit Coles, Woolies from July 2026, Treasurer Jim Chalmers announces   Smiley
Labor has been blasted after the announcement of a new ban that would force Coles and Woolies to pay millions in fines if they failed to comply.


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