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    • Pick & Scroll: Coles and Woolworths are getting new pricing restrictions. From 1 July 2026 they are banned from charging prices deemed excessively high.
    • Pick & Scroll: why the law was introduced. Coles and Woolworths account for more than two-thirds of Australia's grocery sales.
    • Pick & Scroll: the law applies only to supermarkets with annual revenue above $30B, which means Coles and Woolworths.
    • Pick & Scroll: the government versus supermarket prices. The law does not clearly define what counts as an excessive price.

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    Coles and Woolworths price rules

    • Pick & Scroll: more than 50% of Australians are cutting back on coffee and snacks. Coffee prices are up 37% since before the pandemic.
    • Pick & Scroll: the average maximum price Australians will pay for a coffee is $6.60.
    • Pick & Scroll: cafe margins have halved, from around 3.5% to 2.5%, and operators are absorbing the rest.

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    The price of a coffee

    • Pick & Scroll: cocaine detections in office jobs jumped 45%. Usage among high-income Australians sits at 7%, nearly double the general population.
    • Pick & Scroll: wastewater analysis showed national cocaine consumption up 69% last year.

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    Cocaine in office jobs

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