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Politics
Tess Ikonomou and Callum Godde

'We're not the Soviet Union': PM on supermarket chains

The government is hosing down an opposition call for major supermarket chains to be broken up. (Joel Carrett/AAP PHOTOS)

Labor won't move to forcibly break-up major supermarket chains to protect workers' jobs, as Anthony Albanese declares "we're not the Soviet Union".

Nationals leader David Littleproud has called for divestiture powers to help increase competition in the sector, as households struggle to balance strained budgets with high food prices. 

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