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“We also allege that in many cases both Woolworths and Coles had already planned to later place the products on a “prices dropped” or “down down” promotion before the price spike, and implemented the temporary price spike for the purpose of establishing a higher “was” price.

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[–] metaStatic@kbin.earth 18 points 1 month ago (1 children)

ACCC finally doing it's fucking job? What's next, looking at petrol station price gouging every Friday before a long weekend?

[–] Aussiemandeus@aussie.zone 2 points 1 month ago

The NT government announced an enquiry into the fuel price a few years ago and almost over night our fuel price fell mostly in line with the rest of Australia.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-08-10/northern-territory-gouged-by-high-petrol-prices/101315636