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Changes to Spotless cartel case updates details on Australian defense department

By Saloni Sinha ( December 19, 2025, 04:46 GMT | Insight) -- The Australian competition regulator has amended its price-fixing lawsuit targeting Spotless Facility Services and Ventia Australia to clarify the role of the country’s defense department in the government program linked to disputed contracts. In a Federal Court hearing on Friday, Lawyer Michael Hodge, acting for the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission said the amendments to the regulator’s statement of claim now identify three Department of Defence directorates involved in the program.The Australian competition regulator has amended its price-fixing lawsuit targeting Spotless Facility Services and Ventia Australia to clarify the role of the country’s defense department in the government program linked to disputed contracts....

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