Stuff Frances Marion Pickering made 18 cash withdrawals from ATMs using her clients bank card. A Taranaki support worker with a gambling habit fleeced her client of nearly $6000, making 18 withdrawals from the victims bank account. Over a fortnight in March 2019, Frances Marion Pickering used the victims card to withdraw cash at several…
Enlarge this image Nearly 40% of student loan payers are helping someone else pay off their student loans, a new study found. Sengchoy Inthachack/Getty Images/EyeEm hide caption toggle caption Sengchoy Inthachack/Getty Images/EyeEm Many people with student loans aren’t carrying the burden of their debt alone. The mountain of debt weighs down their families, too. “Student…
Appointments A Brisbane-based accounting firm has announced a number of key promotions, including the appointment of a new partner to its leadership team. Appointments Tony Zhang 01 October 2020 1 minute read object(stdClass)#15642 (8) { [“image_intro”]=> string(0) “” [“float_intro”]=> string(0) “” [“image_intro_alt”]=> string(0) “” [“image_intro_caption”]=> string(0) “” [“image_fulltext”]=> string(0) “” [“float_fulltext”]=> string(0) “” [“image_fulltext_alt”]=> string(0)…
This time last year, Clodagh Harris’s life looked very different. Her pub in Collingwood, in Melbourne’s inner city, was bustling and business was good. Now, after months of lockdowns, and with restrictions still in place for indoor dining, the pub remains closed. Clodagh and her eight permanent staff are living off the JobKeeper subsidy, what’s…
The Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020 (the Act) came into force on 26 June 2020, providing the UK (but with separate provisions for Northern Ireland)with temporary and permanent changes to insolvency law aimed at helping businesses manage the economic implications of COVID-19. Permanent measures Company moratorium a breathing space against creditor action, initially for…