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It is time Australia sent cartel leaders to jail

After delivering a stinging 66-page rebuke of Visy and Richard Pratt’s conduct, it’s unlikely that Federal Court Judge Peter Heerey, nor the man responsible for bringing the action, ACCC boss, Graeme Samuel, will be invited to Raheen any time soon, writes Adam Schwab.

70% say jail Pratt. I like him, says the PM

ACCC chairman Graeme Samuel argues that price fixing offences should attract a criminal penalty, being a “form of theft and little different from classes of corporate crime that already attract criminal sentences”. It seems that the majority of Australian agree, writes Jonathan Green.

Forget Pratt and Vizard, ASIC goes after Robert Norman Dale

As the Federal Court mulls over the extent of the financial penalty for Visy and Dick Pratt for their part in the great carboard carton cartel, consider this press release from another regulator, ASIC, writes Glenn Dyer.

Crikey Says: Crikey Says

Richard Pratt and Marion Jones: spot the difference.