“We also allege that in many cases both Woolworths and Coles had already planned to later place the products on a “prices dropped” or “down down” promotion before the price spike, and implemented the temporary price spike for the purpose of establishing a higher “was” price.
The NT government announced an enquiry into the fuel price a few years ago and almost over night our fuel price fell mostly in line with the rest of Australia.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-08-10/northern-territory-gouged-by-high-petrol-prices/101315636