One Nation leader Pauline Hanson has claimed she sounded the alarm on price gouging by the major supermarkets more than two decades ago amid the ongoing investigation into the market dominance of Coles and Woolworths.
'I was talking about Coles and Woolies 25 years ago': Pauline Hanson takes aim at supermarkets amid ongoing ACCC inquiry
The ACCC is currently investigating price gouging allegations by the major supermarkets. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Roy VanDerVegt. Senator Hanson criticised successive governments for allowing Coles and Woolworths to expand into other industries like car insurance. Picture: Matt Loxton. “We've got to look after the farming sector, make sure they get a fair price for their produce, and don't allow Coles and Woolies to stand over the top of them. That should not be allowed.”
“As I've said all along, it's not just only households, but you're looking at businesses as well,” she said.
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