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Coles, Woolworths face price gouging ban, but questions remain over new laws

New laws target alleged supermarket price gouging at Coles and Woolworths, though questions remain over how the rules will work.

Seja Al Zaidi

29 Jun 2026 09:09 (AEST)

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Australia's first H5 bird flu case turned up in WA, confirmed by the CSIRO, and Inghams slid. McIntyre and Davidson weigh the fallout.

Isaac McIntyre

26 Jun 2026 13:18 (AEST)

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Inghams shares dropped after Australia's first mainland H5N1 bird flu detection prompted a lockdown of its operations.

Seja Al Zaidi

22 Jun 2026 15:10 (AEST)

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Novatti Group is investigating further integration of its Alipay system after early success with the UNSW payments portal.

Colin Sandell-Hay

21 May 2026 10:58 (AEST)

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HotCopper editor Isaac McIntyre speaks to Tarrina Resources CEO Dr Greg Partington live at the 2026 RIU Resources Round-Up in Sydney.

Isaac McIntyre

08 May 2026 11:49 (AEST)

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EVE Health Group will test global markets after successfully completing R&D work on several reformulated drug candidates.

Colin Sandell-Hay

10 Mar 2026 12:24 (AEDT)

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Coles Ltd (ASX:COL) has jumped over +3.25% in early arvo trades on Monday as the company sees inflows on the back of a Buy rating from Australian stockbroker Bell Potter after last week’s earnings miss and sell-off.Listen to the HotCopper podcast for in-depth discussions and insig...

Jonathon Davidson

02 Mar 2026 13:17 (AEDT)

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Coles Ltd (ASX:COL) has released its earnings report at the tail end of earnings season and the result has been fairly tame given the madness we’ve seen over the last few weeks @ a slight earnings miss resulted in a sell-off from investors who weren’t too pleased. ...

Jonathon Davidson

27 Feb 2026 14:59 (AEDT)

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Woolworths (ASX:WOW) has jumped +12% in afternoon trades per CBOE live data as investors shrugs off a significant item expense of $485M related to a Federal Court wage ruling, and instead eye Group NPAT (pre-significant items) up +16.4% vs pcp to $859M. Listen to the HotCopper podcast for in-dept...

Jonathon Davidson

25 Feb 2026 14:10 (AEDT)

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Ingham's is seriously feeling the impact of Woolworths' CY25 move to find chicken from other suppliers, with the swap biting its bottom line.

Jonathon Davidson

20 Feb 2026 11:12 (AEDT)

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The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission and Coles (ASX:COL) are all set to face off in Federal Court today, after the ACCC alleged the supermarket’s iconic @Down, Down, Prices are Down” promo was misleading and that item prices weren&CloseCurlyQuot...

Isaac McIntyre

16 Feb 2026 09:39 (AEDT)

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G8 Education (ASX:GEM) has sunk -17% in intraday trades on Tuesday as the company releases its first meaningful market update of CY26, since last year’s shocking revelations regarding child abuse across its centres. Listen to the HotCopper podcast for in-depth discussions and insi...

Jonathon Davidson

10 Feb 2026 13:53 (AEDT)

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A2 Milk has fallen so steeply that its issued a halt, clearly after deciding a -10.5% drop, back to $8.40/share, was enough bloodshed.

Jonathon Davidson

19 Jan 2026 15:22 (AEDT)

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Consumer Defensive News

Coles, Woolworths face price gouging ban, but questions remain over new laws

From the Wire: H5 reaches WA, and it's 'not very finger-lickin' good' for Inghams

Inghams shares sink after bird flu detection prompts biosecurity crackdown

Novatti Group set to expand education sector payment footprint

RIU Sydney LIVE: Back on the bourse, Tarrina's now busy exploring Christmas Gift and Walparuta

EVE Health Group to target global markets with reformulated drugs

Coles investors likely pleased to see Bell Potter rate the stock a Buy

Coles down -8% on revenue miss, punished due to it being relatively flat to begin with

Woolworths surges to 17mth high of $35/sh on earnings – just don't ask about tobacco

Chicken going cheap: Ingham's plunges as divvy cut; Woolworths' pivot bites

'Case of the century' starts today with ACCC taking Coles to Federal Cour over 'Down, Down' deals

G8 Education sinks -17% on $350M impairment; company notes scandal at heart of it

Why are A2 Milk shares falling on Monday? Look no further than... Chinese birth data