Call me a pessimist, but anything government owned that is mildly successful will be sold off by the Libs at the first available opportunity.. imagine if $9b a year from the Commonwealth Bank was going back into revenue, then add telecoms, electricity providers etc

"For half the cost of a single AUKUS submarine we could establish a national network of publicly owned supermarkets that would save families thousands of dollars on their groceries,"

I like that idea. We may not even get the ruddy submarines anyway but still have forked out billions for them.

Why not a co-op instead? Owned by members rather than a corporation/shareholders.

On the other hand, if government subsidisation works well for medication (with the PBS) and university (with CSP places), maybe it'd work well for other necessities like food too.

For anyone interested in a few more details: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10-06/green-institute-proposal-public-supermarkets-break-duopoly/107228700