Samuel wants to clear the air over a bitter controversy over attempts to lay criminal charges against Richard Pratt, reports Business Spectator.
Richard Pratt
BRW Rich List 200: a sneak peek
On Thursday, BRW magazine will release its annual Rich 200 edition, which promises to be one of most fascinating in years. James Thomson provides a sneak peak.
John Howard loses car at Pratt’s funeral
Our former PM has a “senior moment” at Richard Pratt’s funeral.
Mungo MacCallum: Confusion reigns amid Australia’s GFC bandaids
The Prime Minister now seems to enjoy messing with the collective mind of the entire electorate.
Crikey Says: Richard Pratt’s OA is MIA
Sorry John Howard, but Richard Pratt does not deserve the posthumous return of his Order of Australia.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: Crikey readers struggle with sarcasm
Some Crikey readers struggle with our wry attempts at irony, while everyone else weighs in on The Monthly brou-haha.
Crikey Says: An appalling lapse in taste…
Meanwhile on the opinion pages of The Australian…
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: Crikey’s cardboard controversy
Crikey readers let us have it over yeterday’s cut-out-coffin editorial.
Pratt Judge got the law wrong
Pratt’s final solace only came about because his judge made a big mistake.
The day Dick Pratt said he’d be Carlton president
Dick Pratt’s ascent to the Carlton presidency began with a plea for $5 million from his great mate John Elliott in Pratt’s Little Lonsdale St office in February 2007.
Canberra Calling: The ding dong Dick is dead edition
Swine Flu stalks the land — but not according to the World Health Organisation.
Crikey Says: Visy 100% Recyclable Cardboard Coffin
Your cut out and keep tribute to a cardboard king.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: The word ‘pandemic’ becomes a pandemic
Crikey readers lay into the media’s obsession with pandemics, Richard Pratt, and Bernard Keane’s uncanny resemblance to Samuel Beckett.
RIP Richard Pratt, one of a kind
It seems fitting that Pratt left us with this complex legacy that defies easy assessment. He was like a student who got an A plus for four subjects and an F for his fifth; a hyperactive maverick industrialist who could act, sing and play football.
Reviled John Elliott: the man who saved Carlton FC
Perhaps the time has come for the Blue Army to raise a glass in Big Jack Elliott’s honour.
Pratt’s defence fails to hold water
Newspaper columnists across the country have rushed to canonise the gravely ill billionaire, but the facts of the case are more slippery.
Deathbed reprieve for Dick Pratt
The prosecution has dropped the criminal case against Richard Pratt. But the dying mogul’s lawyers aren’t happy. And neither is the ACCC.
Wankley Awards: Gongs for Herald Sun’s over-eager eulogising and a Yowie expert
The Friday edition would not be complete without a nod to the best ‘expert’ of the week: Tim the Yowie Man. Crikey intern Elly Keating.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: P.J. O’Rourke needs to do a little more math
Readers respond to O’Rourke’s speech, Richard Pratt’s land ownership and eight years later, we’re still arguing about the Tampa.
Richard Pratt: rich man, beggar man, thief
With Richard Pratt sadly close to succumbing to cancer, his legacy in business and philanthropic circles remains unwritten. Adam Schwab has a shot at finishing the job.
Richard Pratt near death: a Crikey wrap
The Australian media has busied itself with pre-mortem obsequies for cardboard tycoon Richard Pratt.
Billionaire Richard Pratt gravely ill
Richard Pratt, billionaire owner of the Visy paper and packaging empire, is believed to be in a serious condition.
Jewish community defends Pratt. Why?
As The Australian reported yesterday, the Jewish communities of Sydney and Melbourne are bitterly divided over the decision by one of their members, ACCC boss Graeme Samuel, to prosecute billionaire businessman Dick Pratt over the latter’s evidence to an ACCC inquiry into price fixing, writes Greg Barnes.
