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Australian Greens propose multibillion-dollar public supermarket takeover plan

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The Greens proposed a twenty-five billion dollar plan to nationalise supermarket stores to cut food prices.

The Greens Institute has proposed a twenty-five billion dollar initiative to nationalise hundreds of supermarket locations currently operated by Coles and Woolworths. Modelled on international public grocery proposals, the plan aims to introduce state-backed competitors to reduce food prices for consumers. Forced divestiture legislation would be utilised to acquire major retail sites and distribution hubs.

The proposal involves taking over more than two hundred supermarket locations alongside three distribution centres.
The planned public chain would operate under the name Fair Go Grocers to provide discounted essential goods.
Max Chandler-Mather leads the Greens Institute think tank behind the newly released grocery policy.

By the numbers

200supermarkets targeted for nationalisation

$25.1Bcost of the supermarket plan

Why it matters

Public interest in supermarket market concentration has grown amid widespread cost-of-living pressures and high food inflation.

What outlets agree on

The Greens Institute has released a proposal to establish public supermarkets using forced divestiture laws to challenge major retail chains.

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Cost of livingNationalisationMax Chandler-MatherWoolworthsColesRetailGreens InstituteMamdani

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