Robert Chappuis, University of Michigan Football All-American, 1947, Halfback

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Bob Chappuis,UM Football, 1946

[cropped from Ivory photo print ( neg 11163-1) 1946 Illinois game]

Bob Chappuis, UM football, 1947 vs Stanford

[Chappuis cropped from neg for bl007379]

Bob Chappuis, UM football, 1947

[scanned from borrowed copy print]

Bob Chappuis and Branch Rickey, 1948

[Chappuis was U-M football All-American]

Fritz Crisler, Len Ford, Bruce Hilkene and Bob Chappuis, UM Football, on sideline, vs MSU 1947

[From Collier's Magazine, 11/29/1947]

Building an effective trade practices commission : the role of Professor Robert Baxt AO

Bob Baxt, the third Chairman of the Trade Practices Commission, served for a single three year term from 1988 to 1991. He followed Bob McComas, who had deliberately adopted a non-litigious approach to preserving the competitive process, believing that he understood business as an insider and that much of what it did was not anti-competitive, when correctly viewed. Baxt was far more pro-active in his approach, and more closely aligned with that of the first Chairman, Ron Bannerman. Baxt sought to push the frontiers of investigation and precedent, and perhaps, more significantly, sought to influence his Ministers, the government, public servants and public opinion about the need to expand the coverage of the Trade Practices Act, increase penalties and properly resource the Commission so that it could perform its assigned roles. This article examines Baxt’s early and on-going role in teaching Australian students and professionals through his interdisciplinary Trade Practices Workshops, the political context of Baxt’s tenure, including his relations with the Attorney-General ,Michael Duffy, and his skilful handling of the Queensland Wire case.