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Greens senator threatens Woolworths CEO with six months in prison for contempt of Senate (www.abc.net.au)
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[–] Nath@aussie.zone 9 points 6 months ago

I just pasted the names and companies from the first few Google hits. There were plenty more hits, but I wasn't going to read them all.

I actually couldn't find anyone who had ever been imprisoned for contempt of senate. The charge exists, and a prison term is possible, but I don't know that it has ever actually happened. It comes over as an hollow threat.