Supermarket prices and what to do about them w/ the ACT Party's Simon Court: 21st September, 2026
With Labour announcing its supermarket policy yesterday, each party in government other than ACT now has some policy to break-up supermarkets and increase competition. ACT, on the other hand, says breaking up organisations will not reduce prices, and will just serve to lower business confidence. ACT instead believes that reducing consenting processes for supermarkets and farmers is the correct path forward. While Woolworths and Foodstuffs generate millions of dollars in annual profits, the ACT Party says the solution is to remove regulation rather than adding more. For our weekly catchup with…
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