The small corporate business ‘restructuring’ process under Part 5.3B of the Corporations Act was introduced in 2021, in some criticized haste, consistent with the stated
With Treasury now comprising Ministers well qualified in economics,[1] and with a government focused on competition, economic dynamism and productivity, any reform of insolvency laws
I once caused some consternation at a law librarians’ conference by predicting that the authorised law reports would fade away in the near future. They
The personal insolvency regulator, AFSA, has announced it will increase its gender equity target in the allocation of bankrupt estates to female practitioners, via the
Personal insolvencies are continuing their fall in Australia with the April 2025 figures of 1,073 dropping from 1,122 in March 2025. There was also a
I was pleased to have presented my topic on the intersection between competition policy and insolvency and rescue law before a distinguished international audience at
The ABC reports – Criminologists debunk claims of ‘youth crime crisis’ as data shows dramatic declines – that most youth crime rates have fallen significantly in every
Pre INSOL post I am pleased to have had my topic accepted for presentation at the INSOL Academics Colloquium in Barcelona on 22 May 2025
It is a positive sign that the administration of the Bankruptcy Act has moved from Attorney-General’s to Treasury, sitting with ASIC and corporate insolvency, the
Insolvency and competition law – parallel universes, serving contradictory goals, without coordination – INSOL Academics Colloquium 22 May 2025, Barcelona– Michael Murray – References Competition law
The ANAO is currently conducting an audit of the ATO to assess the effectiveness of the ATO’s management of small business taxpayer debt. The ANAO
A Capability Review of the Australian Taxation Office has been conducted which foreshadows a future where tax obligations are paid automatically in a way that
Personal insolvencies increased in March 2025 but remain significantly lower than 5 or more years ago – 9,071 for July 2024-March 2025 compared with 16,777
The Australian newspaper has again given a useful account of corporate insolvency numbers, although slightly premature given that personal insolvency numbers were not out until
The Ross Parsons Centre for Commercial, Corporate and Taxation Law of Sydney University Law School is hosting a debate on the laws of insolvency and
In the division of family property on the breakdown of a marriage,[1] disputes between spouses about “companion animals” have been increasing, so much so that
A liquidator gave pre-liquidation safe harbour advice under s 588GA of the Corporations Act to a company. The company ended up in liquidation and he
Problems regarding the priority of employee entitlements over the claims of the security holder, and the priority of the remuneration and expenses of a liquidator
I am pleased to have been appointed to a Research Affiliate position at the University of Sydney Law School, in the Ross Parsons Centre for
Increases or decreases in the number of insolvencies in Australia are used, particularly now, as some sort of political weapon indicating government economic mis/management, and
In a long judgment concerning breach of the ‘do not call register’, where 1,102,318 calls were made to numbers on the register “which would have
Numbers of personal insolvencies continue to fall. A projected 12,000 in 2024-2025 is likely compared with 21,078 five years ago. The numbers of personal insolvencies
I wrote the following commentary in February 2020, on the then proposed new anti-phoenix law, to assist the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations in
The Australian newspaper again most usefully reports on the numbers of insolvencies, this time in the building sector – and in strong terms: plunging, collapsing,
