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‘I’m up for it’: Albanese on boosting watchdog powers for supermarkets

Ronald Mizen
Ronald MizenPolitical correspondent

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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says if the competition watchdog wants stronger powers to investigate claims of price gouging by the supermarket giants, he is up for providing them.

But the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission says it is up to the government to ask it to take up the role.

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Ronald Mizen is the Financial Review’s political correspondent, reporting from the press gallery at Parliament House, Canberra. Connect with Ronald on Twitter. Email Ronald at ronald.mizen@afr.com

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