Summary
- The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) is receiving an additional $30m to investigate supermarket pricing practices.
- The government aims to crackdown on misleading discount practices by major supermarkets like Woolworths and Coles.
- Talks are underway to reform planning regulations to prevent land banking and increase competition in the sector.
- An exposure draft of a new mandatory grocery code has been released to protect suppliers and whistleblowers.