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Australian antitrust regulator targets crane-hire companies for cartel conduct

By Saloni Sinha ( September 3, 2025, 06:08 GMT | Insight) -- Four of Sydney’s largest mobile crane-hire companies and four senior executives are the target of an antitrust lawsuit lodged by Australia’s competition watchdog, which has alleged the companies colluded to limit supply and attempted to fix prices. In a statement today, the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission alleged that on a number of occasions between 2020 and 2024, the four companies engaged to arrange not to supply services to certain customers or sites and that two of the companies attempted to fix prices. Four of Sydney’s largest mobile crane-hire companies and four senior executives are the target of an antitrust lawsuit lodged by Australia’s competition watchdog, which has alleged the companies colluded to limit supply and attempted to fix prices....

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