It’s time to give Australian courts the power to break up big firms that behave badly
- Written by Allan Fels, Professorial Fellow, The University of Melbourne
Australian authorities have never had the power to break up big businesses that behave badly.
It’s a power available to courts in the United States and elsewhere, but not here – at least not unless the Greens succeed with a bill now before the Senate.
The so-called Competition and Consumer Amendment (Divestiture Powers) Bill would...
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