Fed: Hurry up and bring in unit pricing: Fielding tells Rudd

AAP General News (Australia)
08-05-2008
Fed: Hurry up and bring in unit pricing: Fielding tells Rudd

Family First Senator STEVE FIELDING says the RUDD government should hurry up and introduce
mandatory unit pricing .. to bring down the cost of groceries.

The government says it'll consider the best way to introduce this scheme .. one of
the key recommendations of the ACCC's six-month inquiry into the grocery sector.

Senator FIELDING says the government could use his unit pricing draft laws .. introduced
into parliament earlier this year .. to fast-track its implementation.

If passed into law .. retailers will be forced to display the price per kilo .. litre
.. metre or item next to the product price.

Senator FIELDING says this will help people compare prices and choose the cheapest
products .. potentially slashing their grocery bills.

AAP RTV ag/rl/tm/crh

KEYWORD: GROCERY FIELDING (CANBERRA)

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