Woolworths and Coles face billion-dollar fines under stronger grocery code

Woolworths and Coles face billion-dollar fines under stronger grocery code

The new maximum penalties – up to $5 billion for Woolworths and $3.8 billion for Coles – are designed to protect farmers and food suppliers in their dealings with the big supermarkets.

  • byNatassia Chrysanthos

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Pro-nuclear union boss blasts in to chair Labor think tank

Former Australian Workers Union national secretary Daniel Walton’s stance on nuclear power isn’t in tune with the rest of the Labor family.

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Everyone seems to be a victim in the supermarket review

Everyone seems to be a victim in the supermarket review

While Woolworths and Coles point the finger at the behaviour of other big retailers,it’s a brain twister as to how giving suppliers more help will benefit customers at the checkout.

  • byElizabeth Knight
Retailer,business groups hit back at Dutton’s call for Woolworths boycott

Retailer,business groups hit back at Dutton’s call for Woolworths boycott

Farmers,meanwhile,said the government was failing to ensure primary producers and households were not being ripped off by the big supermarkets.

  • byOlivia Ireland andMike Foley
What is the supermarkets’ code of conduct?

What is the supermarkets’ code of conduct?

The government has warned supermarkets to pass savings on to shoppers. Can the sector’s code of conduct make that happen?

  • byOlivia Ireland
‘Not good enough’:Albanese warns supermarkets to lower prices

‘Not good enough’:Albanese warns supermarkets to lower prices

As anger rises about high food and vegetable prices,the government says it could intervene to bring prices down.

  • byMatthew Knott
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The time Craig Emerson burst into song

The former Labor MP worked on the lyrics that included'no Whyalla wipeout'for several days,and after his performance,he was described as a circus clown who needed singing lessons.

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George Orwell,me and the longest suicide note in Labor history

After Labor’s drubbing in the 2019 election,I was drafted to help rewrite its policy platform. Here’s how it happened.

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Albanese’s slimmed down policy platform lashed by LGBTI community
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Albanese’s slimmed down policy platform lashed by LGBTI community

Equality campaigners have lashed Anthony Albanese’s move to strip back Labor’s policy platform ahead of the next election by removing almost 40 references to LGBTIQ rights.

  • byRob Harris
Mansplaining is rife in federal Parliament,but do voters care?

Mansplaining is rife in federal Parliament,but do voters care?

A Labor schism over climate change took the heat off the Coalition's ongoing woman problem,as exposed by Four Corners.

  • byJacqueline Maley
Labor's judgment:everything went wrong,including Bill Shorten

Labor's judgment:everything went wrong,including Bill Shorten

A desolate Labor Party analyses why it lost the unloseable election. Could things turn Biblical?

  • byTony Wright