The consumer advocacy organisation Choice has accused the Federal Government of stalling on action to make our groceries cheaper.

A 2008 Competition & Consumer Commission inquiry found that supermarket prices are artificially high.

It suggested that competition and planning laws could be reformed to break the duopoly of Woolworths and Coles and allow smaller supermarkets to get a look in.

In particular, the availability of “restrictive covenants” or lease deals between supermarkets and shopping centres is reducing competition.

One year on the Rudd government still hasn’t acted on the ACCC report.

Choice says it’s time the government released an official timeline for reforming the grocery sector.

2SER’s Ann Deslandes spoke with Christopher Zinn from Choice.