National Health Co-op finds new operators after entering voluntary administration – The Canberra Times

More than 30,000 ACT health members left in limbo when their provider entered administration may have been given a reprieve after administrators found new operators courtesy of a court granting them more time. The nation’s peak medical body welcomed the news about the National Health Co-op (NHC), but it said the case should prompt the…

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Directors’ duties to prevent insolvent trading in a crisis: Responses to COVID‐19 in Australia and lessons from Germany – Wiley

1 INTRODUCTION: DIRECTORS’ DUTIES IN A CRISIS Relief from directors’ duties to avoid trading whilst insolvent has been a common global response to the economic crisis precipitated by the COVID-19 pandemic.1 These duties are configured in legislation in different ways, depending on the jurisdiction, including as a prohibition on insolvent, wrongful or fraudulent trading, or…

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User guide on Corporate Insolvency and Restructuring Act launched – Graphic Online – Graphic Online

Mrs Jemima Oware (middle), Registrar General, making some remarks as Mr Felix Addo (left), President, Ghana Association of Restructuring & Insolvency Advisors, and Mr Hamidu Solo (right), Project Lead, International Finance Corporation, look on. Picture: NII MARTEY M. BOTCHWAY The Registrar Generals Department (RGD), in collaboration with its partners, has launched a soft copy of…

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John Elliott remembered as ‘a bit of a larrikin’ and ‘larger-than-life’ after his death – ABC News

John Elliott has been described as”larger-than-life” and “a very special person” as public figures pay tribute to the former president of the federal Liberal Party and the Carlton Football Club after his death. Mr Elliottdied in hospital aged 79 after a short illness following a fall. The businessman was president of the federal Liberal Party…

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The seedy rise and fall of John Elliott’s tottering empire – Crikey

The inevitable eulogies are flowing thick and fast for former corporate titan John Elliott, with Treasurer Josh Frydenberg and newly returned Victorian Liberal leader Matthew Guy taking pole position. But most testimonials have conveniently ignored Elliotts criminal past, instead focusing on his larger than life personality, leadership of the Carlton Football Club and brief time…

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The fight over the debt ceiling has the potential to tank the U.S. economy—here’s what it means – CNBC

Politicians in Congress are currently in a staredown over the debt ceiling. Lawmakers must reach an agreement soon to allow the government to meet its payment obligations for Social Security, tax credits and military salaries, among other items. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen warned that the Treasury will likely run out of ways to pay its…

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‘It’s going to hurt’: Latino farmers’ financial woes continue since debt relief was blocked – Fox17

MICHIGAN Pedro Bautista loves blueberries. He smiles whenever he talks about them. I love arandanos, Bautista said while laughing during an interview in mid-September. I can eat them all day, all year round. He fell in love with blueberries when he first came to Michigan years ago. In the late 1970s, he immigrated from Mexico…

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John Elliott obituary: the businessman and Carlton president once touted as a future Australian PM – The Guardian Australia

John Elliotts life was a business, sporting and political roller-coaster. The larger-than-life character, who many Liberals once touted as a future Australias prime minister, built and lost a mighty business empire and led the Carlton football club through good times and bad. The gravel-voiced and aggressive chain smoker could be offensive, at least to those…

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