00:00David Woodman's family has owned hardware stores for generations.
00:08This one is under threat.
00:10Bunnings have bought the property next door.
00:13They're going to build a 15,000 plus square meter box next door to us.
00:17That's eight times the size of David's store,
00:20and he says that when Bunnings sets up, profits are likely to decline sharply.
00:25Being a small family business, we can't sustain that,
00:27so we'd probably end up shutting the store.
00:29Bunnings Market Power came under scrutiny as part of a Senate inquiry last year.
00:34Now other suppliers share their stories with ABC's Four Corners.
00:39We've lost everything that we put back into the business simply to supply Bunnings.
00:47It's insane how big companies like Bunnings can get away doing what they do.
00:56Another former supplier is suing the company, alleging that Bunnings sent their furniture manufacturer broke.
01:02We ticked all the boxes for them, and then the sales just didn't happen.
01:08It's meant the business has literally wound up.
01:13A former Bunnings sales manager is also taking the hardware giant to court, claiming that he was fired after raising concerns about staff underpayments, bullying and potential anti-competitive conduct.
01:26Bunnings says that it's vigorously defending the court action against it and that it categorically rejects those claims by its former manager.
01:35It says it treats suppliers with fairness and integrity and that its expansion plan is all about enhancing competition.
01:44But that's not how it feels to David Woodman as he prepares to launch legal action against Bunnings in a last ditch attempt to save his store.
01:53We won't give up. We owe it to the staff to fight and so we'll do what we can to stay open.
02:00A David and Goliath battle.
02:03A David and Goliath battle.
02:07A David and Goliath battle.
02:13A David and Goliath battle.
02:30An Chad Jordan.
