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"Woolworths and Coles pay about 98% of revenue to stakeholders" | Brett Stevenson
22 minutes Posted Sep 8, 2026 at 10:30 am.
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Michael Stutchbury interviews Brett Stevenson about his new CIS paper The Discipline of Profit, which tests the claim that Woolworths and Coles have been raking in megaprofits at the expense of shoppers, suppliers and staff. Stevenson goes to the only place the argument can actually be settled: the companies’ own audited accounts.
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