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Kat Wong

Big business accused of protecting price gouging

Coles and Woolworths are under increasing scrutiny as critics accuse the retailers of price gouging. (Joel Carrett/AAP PHOTOS)

Threats that Australians could lose jobs and end up paying more for groceries if companies are broken up have been decried as big businesses' "war on divestiture".

Supermarket behemoths Coles and Woolworths have come under increasing scrutiny as critics accuse the retailers of price gouging and reporting record profits while customers struggle to pay for groceries.

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