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Defeated

Competition and Consumer Amendment (Make Price Gouging Illegal) Bill 2024

Sponsor: MCKIM, Sen Nick

  1. Introduced16 September 2024

What does this bill do, in plain English?

A bill that would have made it illegal for businesses to unfairly spike prices during emergencies, but parliament rejected it.

How parliament voted

Every recorded division on this bill, from the official division record via TheyVoteForYou.

  • senate · 16 September 2024

    Competition and Consumer Amendment (Make Price Gouging Illegal) Bill 2024 - First Reading - Suspend the usual rules

    414

    The ayes have it · 37 votes

    41 ayes, 4 noes

Source: Australian Parliament House bill record

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