Tontine Group what is a commodity market," she said. "In other countries there is no market leader because manufacturers tended to stay in their local areas." As the company is well known, it is referenced in jokes. For example, an Australian legal newsletter said of an alleged swindler who padded his timesheets "that at one stage pillow makers Tontine were said to be interested in sponsoring him." Duvets in Australia are known by the genericized trademark "Doona"; the brand name is owned by the Tontine Group. The brand name was acquired by Tontine in 1991 when Pacific Dunlop took over the Northern
Australian National Airways Pty Ltd v Commonwealth Australian National Airways Pty Ltd v Commonwealth Australian National Airways Pty Ltd v Commonwealth (No 1) - most commonly known as "Australian National Airways Pty Ltd v Commonwealth" and also referred to as "The Airlines Case" or "the ANA Case" - was a High Court of Australia decision. The case dealt with limits of the powers of the Australian Federal Government under sections 51 and 92 of the Australian Constitution. The outcome of the case was that the Federal Government could found a federally owned airline, but it could not hinder private sector competition with that airline. In mid-1945, the