ACCC and price gouging

https://www.accc.gov.au/consumers/petrol-and-fuel/fuel-price-monitoring-during-the-current-middle-eastern-conflict

I think not enough limelight is being shined on the fact that there is no legal basis to prevent price gouging by petrol companies. ACCC has been monitoring and receiving complaints, but nothing much beyond that.

Colluding and price gouging is not new either. People living near Healesville or Greensborough can attest - but servos have been colluding and pushing prices up for these neighbourhoods for years, before the current crisis (think $2+ while everyone else is $1.70).