Supermarkets could face billions in fines for grocery code breaches as Labor commits to reforms

Government to adopt recommendations of conduct review in full amid consumer and supplier complaints about soaring profits

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Labor has promised to legislate massive new fines for breaches of the grocery code of conduct, which would be made mandatory under changes proposed by Craig Emerson's independent review.

On Monday the Albanese government will announce it is adopting in full the recommendations of Emerson's report on the code, an interim version of which was released in April amid consumer and supplier complaints about soaring supermarket profits.

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