The purpose of the Food and Grocery Code of Conduct is to address harmful practices in the grocery industry stemming from an imbalance of bargaining power between supermarkets and their suppliers. This final report makes 11 recommendations for improving the code, including making it mandatory.

This report finds that sexual harassment in retail is common, normalised and harmful. It calls for employers and industry stakeholders to prevent and respond to the potential harms, including to employee wellbeing, career progression and earnings, and team cohesion.

Australia's supermarket sector is one of the most concentrated in the world. A key recommendation from this inquiry is for the Australian government to amend the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 to create divestiture powers specific to the supermarket sector, where a supermarket has been found to have misused their market power.

The purpose of the Food and Grocery Code is to address harmful practices in the grocery industry stemming from an imbalance of bargaining power between supermarkets and their suppliers. This interim report provides 10 recommendations for improving the Code, drawing on submissions received to the consultation paper, and consultation undertaken to date.

Competition and economic dynamism should be considered complementary parts of the economic ecosystem. Improving the level of competition and dynamism within Australia's economy is a key challenge for policy-makers, and this report puts forward some practical steps that may help.