Rex Airlines enters voluntary administration

Rex Airlines has announced it has gone into voluntary administration and cancelled all flights between major airports. Rex’s website showed no available flights between the capital cities from Wednesday, with passengers advised they could rebook with Virgin at no extra cost. All regional planes are still flying as scheduled, but no New England centre…

Major builder Stevens Construction goes into liquidation

A major developer which built apartments for John Singleton and supermarkets for Woolworths has been placed into liquidation less than two months after it collapsed. NSW Central Coast-based builder Stevens Construction was established in 2006 but went into voluntary administration in May, leaving 10 projects in limbo. In a press release published on its website…

Billson’s Brewery collapses after almost 160 years in business

Australian beverages brand Billson’s has plunged into voluntary administration as a perfect storm of challenges strikes independent brewers. Husband-and-wife team Nathan and Felicity Cowan, who ran the historic brewery in Beechworth, northeast Victoria, are devastated by the collapse of the company which was founded in 1865. The couple blamed the downfall of the ready-to-drink canned vodka,…

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