Apple, Microsoft and Adobe Called to Explain Price Disparities in Australia

The Australian government has summoned Apple, Microsoft and Adobe to speak at a public hearing, March 22 in Canberra, Australia, and answer why the prices of their products there are higher than in the rest of the world.

The three companies have so far been reluctant, Kotaku reports, to speak to Australia's House Committee on Infrastructure and Communications, which is looking into price disparities in Australia and other countries.

"The Committee is looking at the impacts of prices charged to Australian consumers for IT products Australian consumers often pay much higher prices for hardware and software than people in other countries," says the summons document (PDF).

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