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Politics
Kat Wong

Push to outlaw price gouging as costs continue to soar

The Greens will announce plans for a bill aimed at stopping big companies from overcharging. (Lukas Coch/AAP PHOTOS)

Corporations that overcharge consumers could be fined up to $50 million, under a federal Greens proposal to outlaw price gouging.

Australians are buckling under financial pressures as the cost of household essentials like rent, groceries and energy and interest repayments soar.

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