Australians were urged to recycle the more than 260 litres of bottled water they consumed last year. Yet none of those bottles were made from recycled plastic, writes Nicole Gooch.
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Graeme Samuel breaks his silence on Pratt controversy
Samuel wants to clear the air over a bitter controversy over attempts to lay criminal charges against Richard Pratt, reports Business Spectator.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: The decline of newspapers? Crikey readers weigh in.
Are newspapers dying? Some Crikey readers certainly don’t think so.
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.
Crikey Says: Visy 100% Recyclable Cardboard Coffin
Your cut out and keep tribute to a cardboard king.
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.
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.
Tips and rumours: Another boat of asylum seekers?
More asylum seekers … Visy … Sensis
Tips and rumours: Fun and Games in Fort Fumble
Chaos at the Defence Department … 360% price increase at Visy … recession hits Logies?
Lawyers the only winners in a Centro class action
As is becoming almost the rule following a corporate collapse or downfall, the class action crows are circling the squirming body of Centro Properties Group, hoping for a quick kill, writes Adam Schwab.
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.
Will Pratt be punished for his lack of remorse?
While Visy has agreed to plead guilty – its actions, and the actions of Richard Pratt don’t exactly indicate a great deal of contrition. writes Adam Schwab.
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.
Pratt the winner: $36 million just a drop in the bucket
Dick Pratt walked out of the Federal Court in Melbourne today with a big smile on his face. And why wouldn’t he, writes Stephen Mayne.
$40 million = small beer for Australia’s third richest man
Compared to overseas precedents and Richard Pratt’s own net worth, negotiating a $40 million fine for being caught red handed in a multi-billion price fixing scam looks to be one of Pratt’s most astute deals ever, writes Adam Schwab.
