The Liberal party has narrowly claimed victory in its NSW heartland despite suffering whopping swings against it in this weekend’s by-elections. As predicted, counting went down to the wire on Saturday after voters took to the polls to replace outgoing MPs in the seats of Manly, North Shore and Gosford. Former Paralympian Liesl Tesch increased…
Nick Griffin, the leader of the British National party, has been declared bankrupt but confirmed he will stand again to be an MEP in this year’s European parliament elections. The far-right politician was named on a list published by the Insolvency Service after being declared bankrupt at Welshpool and Newtown county court on Thursday. On…
Four members of reggae veterans go bust after band’s management company goes under UB40 have been declared bankrupt. Four members of the reggae veterans Brian Travers, Jimmy Brown, Terence Oswald and Norman Hassan were revealed to have gone bust by a judge at Birmingham County Court. The case follows the failure of the bands record…
The administrators of the Allphones Group have revealed that 34 of the group’s stores have been closed, while 50 will continue to trade during the administration process. The mobile phone retail group went into voluntary administration on 6 February, with ARN reporting that at least 18 of its stores around the country will close up…
Legal Aid’s Julie Maron, Tahlena Galvin-Moule and Nicole Dwyer. Riverina residents worried about Centrelink debt notices can now have legal queries fast-tracked. Legal Aid has joined forces with community legal centres to give timely and independent legal advice for these people, including those who have received a so-called robo-debt or automated debt notice. Anyone calling LawAccess in relation to a Centrelink debt…