Harvey May Spur Congress to Avoid Shutdown, Debt-Ceiling Fights – Bloomberg

Hurricane Harvey may help Congress delay a possible U.S. government shutdown and avoid a costly fight over raising the debt ceiling. Congress is seen as likely to combine emergency aid for Harvey victims in September with stopgap government funding and a debt-limit increase. That could help Republican leaders persuade President Donald Trump and restive conservatives…

No ‘smoking gun’ in fraud trial over collapsed Coast business – The Sunshine Coast Daily

A WOMAN found the job of trying to pay Kleenmaid’s creditors “so stressful she only lasted six weeks”, a prosecutor has told jurors. Barrister Stephen Keim said Andrew Eric Young, accused of dishonestly getting a $13 million loan, was an “important” part of Kleenmaid businesses when the relevant firms were in dire straits. Mr Keim…