Cartels
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Guide
Cartels: deterrence and detection - a guide for government procurement professionals
Produced to assist government procurement professionals understand cartel behaviour, this guide considers some steps that might be taken to maximise competition and save money, while also disrupting the possible operation of cartels by suppliers.
Commentary
The revenge of Billy Hughes
A century after the one-time attorney-general’s legislation was shot down by the Privy Council, Australia’s new criminal cartel law is up and running.
Article
The folly of criminalising cartels
The government should reconsider the introduction of a 10-year jail sentence, on top of already significant financial penalties for cartels, as they are not as economically damaging as is being claimed, argues this paper.
Report
The ACCC approach to the detection, investigation and prosecution of cartels
In this speech to the Economics Society of Australia's detection of cartels symposium, the ACC chair Graeme Samuel says that the OECD's conclusion in 2002 that cartels are the most 'egregious violations of competition law' explains why the fight against cartels is given priority in...
Report
Cartels, criminal penalties and the leniency policy
Speech by ACCC chair, Graeme Samuel, to the International Competition Enforcement Conference, Tokyo. Cartel activity will not be deterred if the potential penalties are perceived by firms and their executives to be outweighed by the potential rewards. Under Australia's existing penalty regime, there was a...