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| Subject: Discount chemists the new Uber: Former OZschwitz watchdog chief backs pharmacy deregulation Wed Aug 14, 2019 8:22 pm | |
| Former ACCC chief Graeme Samuel has slammed governments for bowing to the Pharmacy Guild's "political blackmail" at the expense of consumers, calling for deregulation to open the sector to competition and deliver cheaper medicines.
Professor Samuel, now an academic at Monash University, backed demands from discount chain Chemist Warehouse and convenience stores for Health Minister Greg Hunt to loosen the rules that protect small local pharmacies.
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/discount-chemists-the-new-uber-former-accc-chief-backs-pharmacy-deregulation-20190814-p52gxz.html |
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