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Business & Economics

Why are corporate penalties for cartels so low in Australia?

A new report confirms that companies breaking competition laws here typically receive much lower fines than those handed down elsewhere. So how do we keep price fixers in check?

Business & Economics

Ex-auto workers could boost clean energy industry

Australia’s 100-year-old auto manufacturing industry will finally come to an end later this month, but workers’ skills would translate to the storable electricity industry

Business & Economics

Ford workers need chance to shift gear

With an average age of 50, the Ford workers clocking off for the final time have skills and experience that employers are too often blind to

Business & Economics

Too big to fail

VW is in crisis after a massive failure of corporate governance, but the legendary German carmaker is unlikely to pay the heaviest price