A Select Committee of the Legislative Council has been established to inquire into and report on grocery pricing in South Australia with particular reference to:
(a) The prices for groceries and staple goods and products at South Australian supermarkets and grocery stores, compared to other states in Australia;
(b) The disparities in grocery pricing between metropolitan and regional areas;
(c) The prices paid to local growers, producers and suppliers for goods and services compared to prices charged to consumers in South Australian supermarkets and grocery stores, and the reasons for these disparities;
(d) The impact of retail consumer pricing on consumers, particularly for those on low incomes;
(e) The prevalence of food insecurity in South Australia;
(f) The prevalence of price gouging practices and anti-competitive behaviour among grocery retailers and the impact on consumers;
(g) Potential opportunities for price monitoring, transparency in retail pricing and further regulation of pricing; and
(h) Any other related matters.
The Select Committee will be travelling to Mount Gambier from Thursday, 5 September to Friday, 6 September 2024 to hear evidence.
Any person or organisation wishing to register an interest in presenting oral evidence to the Committee in Mount Gambier is invited to do so by Friday, 23 August 2024.
Expressions of interest should be addressed to:
The Secretary to the Committee
C/- Parliament House
GPO Box 572
Adelaide SA 5001
E-mail: scpricing@parliament.sa.gov.au.
For any queries, or for information on attending the hearings in the public gallery, please contact the Secretary by telephone on (08) 8237 9498 or as above.
Ms Leslie Guy
Secretary to the Committee