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Former ACCC head calls for action on price gouging

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Professor Allan Fels wearing a navy suit and blue tie.
The report by Professor Allan Fels found that rising prices were not just caused by true inflation but often by greed, corporate gouging and "profit pushing" by companies with too much market power.(ABC News: Ian Cutmore)

A new report by the former chair of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, professor Allan Fels, reveals major companies are charging Australians too much and driving up inflation.

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