Nick Xenophon (SA, Independent) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, I ask a supplementary question. Does the minister share the concerns expressed by groups such as the Master Grocers Association that these predatory discounts offered by Coles and Woolworths will have the effect of driving smaller competitors out of business, which will ultimately reduce competition in the fuel and grocery sectors? There are a number of small businesses I have spoken to who say that they are on borrowed time—that the competition review may be too late for them because of these predatory discounts.