Meaty snippets from the home of government plus the daily reality check and the pick of other people’s political coverage. Richard Farmer writes.
ACCC Chairman
Pratt’s memo: Now we understand the Trade Practices Act
Richard Pratt sent a memorandum to all Visy employees yesterday, explaining the settlement reached with the ACCC.
Did Dick Pratt’s donations influence Costello’s cartel backflip?
When ACCC chairman Graeme Samuel launched his jihad on cartels in 2003-04, Peter Costello promised to change the law but then never delivered. Did number one Liberal donor Dick Pratt influence this? asks Stephen Mayne.
