Tax rebates, looser bankruptcy laws to drive innovation – The Australian Financial Review

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull before his announcement of the National Innovation and Science Agenda at the CSIRO Discovery Centre. Alex Ellinghausen Annual income tax rebates of up to $200,000 for retail investors and relaxed bankruptcy laws to encourage risk-taking are at the centre of the federal government’s push to boost innovation that Prime Minster Malcolm Turnbull says is…

Cross-border insolvency provisions at work – Clayton Utz

By Peter Bowden. Key Points: Complex cross-border issues can be dealt with relatively easily under the Cross-Border Insolvency Act as long as flexibility is built into the relevant orders. Cross-border insolvencies and restructuring might sound challenging, but there are some mechanisms that can make the process run surprisingly smoothly. Australia’s Cross-Border Insolvency Act 2008 (Cth)…