A report, co-authored by the former head of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) Professor Allan Fels, Stephen Beare and Stephanie Szakiel, recommends a review of state planning laws regulating new supermarkets and large food stores.

Commissioned by Urban Taskforce Australia, representing property developers and equity financiers, the report says food prices could be lowered by 18 per cent and other household items by 28 per cent if the laws were overhauled.

The Report is available from the Urban Taskforce website: http://www.urbantaskforce.com.au/attachment.php?id=1519
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