‘We’re not in a sitcom’: Ex- One Nation senator Culleton warned by magistrate – WAtoday

September 26 2017 – 1:13PM 33 reading now Former One Nation senator Rod Culleton has been warned by a Perth magistrate to stay on track while representing himself against a stealing charge. Mr Culleton allegedly prevented bank-appointed receivers from leaving his friend’s farm, where they had begun foreclosure proceedings, by surrounding their $27,000 hire car…

Excessive credit drives personal insolvencies – MacroBusiness (blog)

By Martin North, cross-posted from the Digital Finance Analytics Blog: New data from the Australian Financial Security Authority shows that in 201617, the most common non-business related causes of debtors entering personal insolvencies were: excessive use of credit (8,870 debtors) unemployment or loss of income (8,035 debtors) domestic discord or relationship breakdown (3,222 debtors). However, employment related issues figured…