Gordon Renouf | Author bios | The Punch http://www.thepunch.com.au/author-bios/gordon-renouf-/ Politics, political opinion, world news, sports news and the latest news and views updated live, daily on The Punch - Australia's best conversation. en Copyright 2012 The Punch penberthyd@newsltd.com.au penberthyd@newsltd.com.au Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:40 +0000 Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:40 +0000 Politics, opinion, world news, sports news, latest news, views, Barack Obama, Kevin Rudd, Julia Gillard, Nathan Rees, Malcolm Turnbull, Peter Garrett, Barnaby Joyce, Australian, federal politics, opinion polls, election, The Punch, thepunch, punch ExpressionEngine 1.6.7 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 15 http://www.thepunch.com.au/images/punch-logo-rss.png The Punch http://www.thepunch.com.au/ 144 70 Politics, political opinion, world news, sports news and the latest news and views updated live, daily on The Punch - Australia's best conversation. Search Search The Punch keywords http://www.thepunch.com.au/search/ Shoppers getting little value from the government http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/putting-consumers-in-charge-is-the-government-listening/ One of the Rudd government’s appealing election commitments two years ago was to act on supermarket prices. Once in power they asked the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission to examine competition in the supermarket sector and promised to establish a web site to provide price information to consumers so they could better choose where to shop. As then Consumer Affairs Minister Chris Bowen said in the first few months of office: “One of the things we’re trying to do, is give consumers much more information, and when you’ve got more information you’re back in charge. When you’re driving around trying to work out where the cheapest supermarket is, then really, you’re not in charge.” edavidson@choice.com.au (Gordon Renouf ) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/putting-consumers-in-charge-is-the-government-listening/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/putting-consumers-in-charge-is-the-government-listening/#item1480 Wed, 14 Oct 2009 19:35:30 +0000 Gordon Renouf | Author bios | The Punch