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Australian watchdog slammed over cartel warning to labor-union trucking columnist

By Laurel Henning and James Panichi ( November 11, 2020, 05:35 GMT | Insight) -- A leading Australian transport union has renewed its attack on the country’s competition regulator, saying the watchdog’s veiled threat that the columnist of a truck-operator trade magazine risked jail time for instigating a cartel was heavy-handed. The letter to a Transport Workers’ Union of Australia member and the union’s response offers a rare insight into the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission’s approach to cartel enforcement. A leading Australian transport union has renewed its attack on the country’s competition regulator, saying the watchdog’s veiled threat that the columnist of a truck-operator trade magazine risked jail time for instigating a cartel was heavy-handed....

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