Some of the poorest communities in Australia paying double prices for basic items like nappies and bananas, a parliamentary inquiry has heard.
Submissions to a parliamentary inquiry into food supply at remote communities have described mouldy fruit and rotten meat being sold at a Northern Territory community store.
One submission said meat delivered to a remote store sometimes thaws and rots, but is then refrozen and sold.Among the documents tendered is a comparison of food prices, showing products like coffee and bananas cost almost twice as much when bought in the Kimberley town of Halls Creek, compared with Sydney.
"We hear of stories all the time of people getting ripped-off in these communities and completely exploited," Ms Mitchell said. Ms Mitchell says she has seen families struggle after entering hire-purchase contracts for whitegoods including fridges that leave them unable to pay for basic services like power and water.
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