Tammy Tyrrell (Tasmania, Jacqui Lambie Network) Share this | Hansard source

Choice has confirmed what Tasmanians already knew: we're getting ripped off at the checkout. Choice compared the price of a basket of essential groceries from Woolies, Coles and Aldi across the country. Aldi was cheaper by 25 per cent in every state except Tassie and the Northern Territory, which don't have Aldi. And Choice said that the lack of supermarket options for Tasmanians means that we're paying more for groceries—not good!

Mainlanders have no idea what it's like to not have all the options at your fingertips. I joke that when I come to the mainland I go and check out supermarkets as a little bit of a tourist attraction—and I went to this tourist attraction on the weekend. Last year when I went on a family holiday to Adelaide we all bundled along to the local Aldi to suss it out. It was exciting! But then it was absolutely discouraging—