SurfStitch receives first restructure proposal | afr.com – The Australian Financial Review

Barely a week after the collapse of embattled surf and skate wear retailer SurfStitch Group, administrators have received a proposal to restructure and relist the company an outcome that would preserve some value for long-suffering shareholders. The confidential proposal was received on Tuesday morning before the first SurfStitch creditors meeting at the company’s headquarters at…

Contractors ‘turn blind eye to subbies ripping off workers’ | Northern … – Northern Star

UPDATE, 8.30am: THE CFMEU is calling for a government inquiry into Roads and Maritime Services (RMS) tendering procedures after the collapse of the second sub-contractor on the Pacific Highway upgrade. Initial investigations by the CFMEU into the most recent collapse this week suggest a sub-contractor may have fraudulently provided statutory declarations claiming to have paid…