PoliticsGreens pitch A$25.1bn plan to nationalise more than 200 Coles and Woolworths supermarkets

Former MP and Greens Institute head Max Chandler-Mather has proposed a five-year, A$25.1bn plan to take over more than 200 Coles and Woolworths stores and three distribution centres, while opening hundreds of government supermarkets. The nonprofit Fair Go Grocers network would set prices through a statutory authority and aims to cut grocery costs. A poll commissioned by the institute found 84% support for trialling publicly owned supermarkets in Australia.

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