Private health insurers say Labor’s hospital funding push will drive up premiums for 15 million Australians

Healthscope has appointed restructuring experts at KordaMentha to prepare a contingency plan in case the country’s second-largest private hospital operator is placed into voluntary administration. The company was acquired by Canadian investment giant Brookfield in 2019 but has struggled under a debt pile that has reached $1.6 billion. Healthscope has been negotiating with its lenders…

Director bans for husband-and-wife after furniture company took payments from customers for goods they never received

George and Williamina Hay were directors of furniture retailer DWH Trading Ltd in Aberdeenshire  The company was in financial trouble in April 2023, having a number of outstanding orders from customers  Despite knowing the financial situation of their company, the husband-and-wife took 55 more orders, most of which were not even placed with their suppliers …