![The collapse of Dick Smith has shown Australia has no real way to deal with ailing companies.](/content/dam/images/g/m/c/8/5/f/image.related.afrArticleLead.620x350.gps0lf.png/1466935695969.jpg)
Edwina Pickles
When Dick Smith administrators release a much-anticipated report into the reasons for its collapse, talk will turn to whether a different insolvency regime and different decisions might have prevented its rapid and controversial demise.
In this sorry tale, 3300 people lost their jobs, shareholders torched a fortune, unsecured creditors will be lucky to see a cent and the secured creditors, NAB and HSBC, will fall short of the $135 million they are owed.
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