See, for example, Lisa Moley, «ACT slashes
supermarket competition policy» (ABC News, 7 May 2013)
The ACT government has dumped
the supermarket competition policy it released in 2010 following a review of the existing policy by former ACCC commissioner John Martin.
Not exact matches
Peter Martin reports in the Age today - All is not fair in
supermarkets» share - that a «coalition of Greens, an independent and a Liberal believe they are in striking distance of forcing a inquiry into national
competition policy».
Core focus is on consumer issues, although mention is made of prioritising «
competition and consumer issues in highly concentrated sectors, in particular in the
supermarket and fuel sectors» (nothing new here) and the
policy states that some areas are always regarded as a priority, including «cartel conduct and anti-competitive agreements, and the misuse of market power».
Claims «existing
competition policy overwhelmingly favours the two major
supermarket chains».