TasCOSS prepares submission to Senate inquiry into Centrelink automated debt recovery system – Tasmania Examiner

The Tasmanian Council of Social Services is preparing a detailed submission to the senate inquiry into the Centrelink robo-debt fiasco. TasCOSS chief executive Kym Goodes said on Monday that the councils submission focused on a number of key areas, including the impacts of stress on all people who have received a Centrelink debt letter, and the right…

Gordmans department stores file for bankruptcy, plan liquidation – MLive.com

Bankruptcy, liquidation and closings are becoming all too familiar in the brick-and-mortar retail world.   Gordmans added itself to the growing list of retailers closing up shop when the Omaha, Nebraska-based company announced this week that it filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.  “It’s business as usual in our stores and Gordmans.com!” the home page of the website says. “In…