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Phoenixing: How unscrupulous dealers rise debt-free from the ashes of failed companies – 25 September 2020

The Australian tax office claims it has lost hundreds of millions of dollars, under mass tax evasion schemes allegedly run by professional advisers using  “phoenixing”. The art of liquidating a company and allowing the directors to rise from the ashes in a new entity, free of debts.

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/sep/25/phoenixing-how-unscrupulous-dealers-rise-debt-free-from-the-ashes-of-failed-companies

Regulator extends control over Flinders Ranges Aboriginal corporation under police investigation – 25 September 2020

ATLA is a registered native title corporation with about 850 members and receives millions of dollars in royalties from mining operations. The Registrar of Indigenous Corporations (ORIC) has placed the Adnyamathanha Traditional Lands Association (ATLA) under special administration, citing governance and financial record-keeping issues. SA Police have also since confirmed it is investigating ATLA.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-09-26/control-extended-aboriginal-corporation-police-investigation/12705576