The Latest Breaking News from Coles

Down down, my bank account is down.

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All the major supermarket chains are accused of taking unauthorised deductions from suppliers’ invoices but Woolworths is the only one so far vowing to investigate the complaints, and hearings will begin in the Senate today on Australia’s freedom of information (FOI) regime.

Making this much money during a cost of living crisis honestly feels like chomping on a sour lemon.

Are supermarket profits helping fuel inflation? It’s a non-issue for Woolworths shareholders — their dividends soared much faster than CPI.

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A regional family, an urban family and a single man in the suburbs spend a week abstaining from Australia’s big two supermarkets, with widely divergent results

David Van, the Liberal senator booted from the party over allegations of inappropriate behaviour towards women, will cause a seat shuffle if and when he returns to Parliament, and two mentions of Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews were cut from his state’s anti-corruption body’s latest report.

Surging profits at Coles and Woolworths is bad news for everyone, except shareholders, of course. Here’s a list of happy faces in Parliament.

Coles and Woolworths are making a much larger profit than UK supermarkets during Australia’s cost-of-living crisis, and Woodside Energy has threatened to sue two individual climate activists after its headquarters in Perth was stink-bombed.