An Indigenous-focused labour hire company that promised to break welfare dependency has left creditors exposed to $1.7m in debts after entering liquidation.
Based in Stafford, in brisbane’s inner northern suburbs, Pandanus Group is controlled by Mumpara Group Holdings of which Peter Remfrey is the director.
According to its LinkedIn page Mumpara Group is a nationwide family of non-profit and profit-for-purpose companies that seeks to empower Indigenous families to “holistically” break the cycle of generational welfare dependency.
Remfrey is also the director of Pandanus Group and the managing director of Pandanus Workforce. When contacted by Citybeat Remfrey refused to comment.
Liquidator B & T Advisory Travis Pullin says Pandanus Group’s current known creditors were owed about $1.7m.
“Approximately $1.5m of this is owed to the Australian Taxation Office. The balance is to WorkCover and the Queensland Office of State Revenue,” he says.
Pandanus Group’s current known creditors were owed about $1.7m.
According to documents lodged with the ASIC the company was involved in a restructuring plan for a 12-month period over 2023-24.
On its website it says Remfrey grew up on Wurrumiyanga on Bathurst Island in the Northern…