Jul 12, 2026 – 9.00pmThe powerful Pharmacy Guild of Australia has come under fire in a new report that says patients and the federal government are paying the country’s 6000 community pharmacists too much for dispensing medicines under opaque pricing deals.The Grattan Institute report calls for rules restricting the ownership and location of pharmacies to be abolished under proposed new regulations for an industry it said had profited from backdoor pricing deals with successive governments, made possible by generous political donations.Subscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Fetching latest articles