An Adelaide paedophile has been given permission to end his life after being jailed for sexually abusing his students while working as a music teacher, 9News can exclusively reveal.

Malcolm Day, 81, is thought to be the first prisoner in the nation to be granted a voluntary assisted dying permit after having been diagnosed with a terminal illness, believed to be cancer.

Day was sentenced to 20 years in prison last June and has 17 years left on his sentence.

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There is an 11-step process to access voluntary assisted dying in the state and 9News understands Day is towards the end of that process, meaning it could be finalised within the next few days.

The director of pro-euthanasia group Exit International Philip Nitschke said use of the scheme by a prisoner was going to happen sooner or later.

"By the sound of it, he satisfies all the conditions of the South Australian assisted dying legislation," Nitschke said.

"So there should be no impediment… he should be given the option that any other person would have if they were terminally ill."

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Day forever changed the lives of two of his students as a South Australian music teacher in the 1980s.

He groomed and abused students, then denied any wrongdoing when investigated by the education department.

One of his victims has described his offending as "selfish and disgraceful".

The victim told the court Day poisoned her future for his own pleasure and went on to lie about it.

At the time of his sentencing, his barrister Stephen Ey said it was likely he would die in jail.

"Well, that's a real prospect, isn't it… given his age," Ey said.

The latest SA Health data shows 39 terminally ill South Australians have ended their own lives after being granted a permit since voluntary assisted dying was introduced in January this year.

Both the corrections department and SA Health have been contacted for comment.

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The woman at the centre of the suspected mushroom poisonings that claimed the lives of three people has travelled to Melbourne to meet with lawyers, one month on from the deadly meal.

Erin Patterson was flanked by a team of legal representatives as she left her lawyers' office, including prominent criminal lawyer Bill Doogue.

The 48-year-old hosted a family lunch for her former in-laws Don and Gail Patterson, as well as Gail's sister Heather Wilkinson and her husband Ian Wilkinson, on July 29 at her home in Leongatha.

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Don, Gail and Heather all died a week later, while Ian, a pastor at Korumburra Baptist Church, is fighting for life in hospital in a critical but stable condition.

A family representative told 9News that Ian is continuing to show signs of improvement as he waits for a liver transplant.

Patterson had little to say to journalists who were waiting outside the office of her lawyers in Melbourne's CBD today.

She has denied any wrongdoing.

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Detective Inspector Dean Thomas told media earlier this month the investigation was "complex".

"I would like to say that because the Homicide Squad is investigating this matter, it doesn't automatically mean that the deaths are suspicious," Thomas said.

A public memorial for Don and Gail Patterson will be held this Thursday in Korumburra.

At this stage, Patterson has not contacted any members of the family to confirm whether she plans to attend the memorial.

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Major Australian manufacturer BlueScope Steel has been fined a record $57.5 million for attempting to fix prices by setting up a cartel with its competitors.

The fine comes after the Federal Court found in December last year that the company and its former general manager, Jason Ellis, tried to "induce" eight other Australian distributors and one overseas manufacturer into agreements to fix or raise prices for flat steel products between 2013 and 2014.

In addition to the fine for BlueScope, Ellis was ordered to pay a $575,000 penalty.

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He had previously pleaded guilty to and been convicted of two counts of inciting the obstruction of a Commonwealth official but was immediately released from his eight-month jail sentence on a good behaviour bond.

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), which brought the civil proceedings against BlueScope and Ellis in 2019, welcomed the fines. 

"This should serve as a strong warning to all businesses and individuals that attempting to fix prices with competitors will have very serious consequences, even if the attempt fails and they do not reach an agreement," ACCC Liza Carver said.

"We welcome this substantial penalty against BlueScope.

"It is important that penalties are sufficiently large to deter even large companies and their employees from breaching Australia's competition laws.

"Cartel conduct is illegal because it cheats Australians by increasing the prices consumers and business customers have to pay, and by restricting healthy economic growth.

"If BlueScope had been successful in reaching an agreement to fix prices with its competitors, this would have reduced price competition and increased prices for flat steel products which are widely used in the construction, manufacturing, automotive and transport industries."

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In handing down the fines, Justice Michael O'Bryan said the penalty for such deliberate and systematic conduct had to be substantial.

"The conduct in the present case warrants a significant penalty to deter repetition by Mr Ellis and by others who may otherwise calculate that the rewards from such conduct outweigh the risks of detection," he said.

In a statement, BlueScope acknowledged the penalty and indicated it may be considering an appeal.

"Penalty orders were made today by the Federal Court in respect of the civil proceedings brought by the ACCC against BlueScope and one of its former employees," it said.

"The total penalty ordered against BlueScope was $57.5 million.

"BlueScope has 28 days to file any Notice of Appeal, should it decide to do so."

BlueScope and Ellis were ordered to pay the ACCC's costs.

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