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Nothing like an ACCC cartel case to scare the pants off corporate Australia

Cartel cases – even the ones that bomb – are scary. This is questionable, but definitely worth watching.

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ACCC chair Gina Cass-Gottlieb’s Australian business shakedown was lacking one thing.

She had high-profile consumer protection cases (Coles/Woolworths, Qantas), blocked mergers (Transurban, ANZ/Suncorp), industry reviews to put shivers up the spines of our supermarkets and banks, but just not the biggest and scariest type of action of the lot: a cartel case.

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Anthony Macdonald is a Chanticleer columnist. He is a former Street Talk co-editor and has 10 years' experience as a business journalist and worked at PwC, auditing and advising financial services companies. Connect with Anthony on Twitter. Email Anthony at a.macdonald@afr.com

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