So after three years in power, Anthony Albanese and the Labor Party have done absolutely nothing—zero—to rein in the supermarket giants who are raking in billions while everyday Australians struggle to afford basic groceries. We’re talking about record-breaking profits for Coles and Woolworths while families are cutting back on essentials. It’s outrageous, and what’s worse? Labor pats itself on the back, chanting “hear, hear” in Parliament, acting like they’ve done something meaningful for the cost-of-living crisis. But let’s be honest—they haven’t.
Labor will tell you they’ve made medicine and childcare “cheaper,” as if that somehow offsets the fact that food prices, electricity bills, and rent are going through the roof. Have you checked your grocery bill lately? Have you looked at your power bill? Those things are not getting cheaper; they’re skyrocketing. But instead of tackling the actual root causes of inflation, Labor has done what Labor does best—throwing taxpayer money at the problem while making it worse.
The two biggest cost drivers for supermarkets? Energy and labor. And what has this government done? It has made both dramatically more expensive.
Under their so-called “renewable revolution,” Australians are paying record-high power prices. Labor shut down coal plants, forced unreliable wind and solar onto the grid, and now, surprise, surprise—electricity prices have surged another 8% this year alone. That’s another $150–200 per year straight out of your pocket. And then they act shocked that supermarkets are passing those costs on to you, the consumer.
And let’s not forget about wages. Labor’s deep ties to the unions have emboldened them to demand pay rise after pay rise, which, of course, gets passed on in the form of higher prices at the checkout. Now, let’s be clear: workers deserve fair pay, but Labor’s reckless wage hikes—without addressing productivity or business costs—just fuel inflation. When you increase wages while also jacking up energy prices, businesses don’t just eat the cost. They pass it along to you.
So what’s their grand solution? Well, instead of real reform—like breaking up supermarket monopolies, cutting red tape for farmers, and fixing energy policy—Labor offers more handouts. More welfare, more subsidies, more Band-Aids that do nothing to fix the real problem. They think throwing $75 toward your power bill—twice—is some kind of win. But when your bill is going up by hundreds of dollars per year, what does that actually accomplish? It’s like putting a bucket under a leaking roof instead of fixing the hole.
And now, sensing public anger, Labor is suddenly accusing the supermarkets of price gouging and promising to make it illegal if they’re re-elected. But why should we believe them now? They’ve had three years to take action and did nothing. This isn’t about helping Australians—it’s about scrambling to save their own political skins. If they were serious, they would have tackled this long ago instead of waiting until an election was on the horizon.
Labor promised to tackle cost-of-living pressures, and instead, they’ve made it worse. The rich supermarket CEOs are laughing all the way to the bank while working Australians are left with higher prices, higher bills, and a government that refuses to take real action.
This isn’t just incompetence—it’s deliberate. Labor serves their donors, the unions, the green energy lobby, and big corporations—not you. And until Australians wake up and demand real leadership, nothing will change.