‘I’d question the govt’s sincerity’: Jame Hume says Labor ‘inflicting enormous changes’ to IR

Shadow Finance Minister Jane Hume has questioned the Albanese government’s “sincerity” in getting supermarket prices under control when they are “inflicting enormous changes” to the industrial relations system. The initial findings of an independent review into supermarket giants will be handed down today. The review – led by former Labor competition minister Craig Emerson – suggests supermarkets with annual revenues of more than $5 billion need to follow a mandatory code. “If they’re not getting the prices of energy under control and they’re inflicting enormous changes to the industrial relations system, which locks up these big supermarket companies in a lot of red tape with their employment contracts, all of these things are feeding higher prices,” Ms Hume told Sky News Australia. “There isn’t just one solution; there are plenty of solutions. “Quite frankly, I’d question the government’s sincerity when they say they want to get supermarket prices down if they’re doing all these other things.”