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
Betfair Pty Limited v Western Australia the Constitution of Australia. Betfair Pty Limited v Western Australia Betfair Pty Limited v Western Australia determined that a series of amendments made by the Western Australian government to prohibit the operation of betting exchanges, amounted to discriminatory burdens of a protectionist kind. The first plaintiff, Betfair Pty Ltd, operated a national betting exchange licensed in Tasmania and operated legally under Tasmanian law. Betfair’s exchange operated similarly to that of typical betting exchanges: Betfair would match the wagers of ‘registered players’ betting on opposing outcomes of sporting events either by telephone or through an online exchange, and then take a