Competition Policy

Australia's retail sector has an unacceptably low level of competition, especially with regard to supermarkets and hardware.

NewAustralia supports the break up of near monopolies by limiting the number of outlets that any one company can operate in a region.

NewAustralia supports export monopolies controlled by Australian producers or manufacturers. Marketing products via such monopolies is likely to significantly improves returns to Australian businesses compared to each business have to deal with large multinational traders.