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Australian antitrust case targets Bunnings' A$36m store plan, court documents show

By Saloni Sinha ( February 20, 2026, 05:12 GMT | Insight) -- The Australian antitrust lawsuit against Bunnings Group targets the hardware giant’s plans to build a A$36 million ($25.2 million) warehouse store in the northeastern state of Queensland, court documents show. In Federal Court of Australia documents seen by MLex, Woodman Beenleigh — owner and operator of two Mitre 10 hardware stores — alleged that the proposed 15,000 square meter outlet in Queensland’s Jimboomba would substantially lessen competition in the local retail-hardware market and breach Australia’s misuse-of-market-power laws under Section 46 of the 2010 Competition and Consumer Act.The Australian antitrust lawsuit against Bunnings Group targets the hardware giant’s plans to build a A$36 million ($25.2 million) warehouse store in the northeastern state of Queensland, court documents show....

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