Bankruptcy Online - coming in January 2020

In August 2019, we invited you to preview the new Bankruptcy Form (containing the debtor’s petition and statement of affairs), that we developed with your assistance.
As of 1 January 2021 temporary changes to bankruptcy laws have ceased. Changes include the temporary debt protection period reducing from six months to 21 days and changes to bankruptcy notice debt threshold and compliance period.
In August 2019, we invited you to preview the new Bankruptcy Form (containing the debtor’s petition and statement of affairs), that we developed with your assistance.
AFSA’s new Bankruptcy Online service is now available, enabling people who wish to apply for bankruptcy to do this online.
Applying for bankruptcy through AFSA is free.
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Bankruptcy Online commenced in January 2020. We would like to clarify a couple of matters about this new service.
Thousands of Australians have been affected by recent or current events, for example Coronavirus (COVID-19), cyclones, floods, bushfires and drought.
On 24 March 2020, the Australian Government made changes to the Bankruptcy law as part of the economic response to the Coronavirus.
Recent changes to Commonwealth bankruptcy law will provide immediate relief to people facing bankruptcy due to the economic impacts of the Coronavirus.
The Commonwealth Government has announced an extension to temporary debt relief measures, designed to support people facing bankruptcy due to the economic impacts of COVID-19.
Specialist data from the Australian Financial Security Authority released today shows just how important it is for businesses that provide goods on credit to manage their risk.
In March 2020, the Australian Government announced a series of changes to bankruptcy law, as part of the wider economic response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The temporary changes included:
Douglas Byron Jones was prosecuted in the Downing Centre Local Court on 23 November 2015, for failing to fully disclose information to his trustee as required by law.
Douglas Byron Jones was prosecuted in the Downing Centre Local Court on 23 November 2015, for failing to fully disclose information to his trustee as required by law.
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In January 2019 we reach the 7-year anniversary of the PPSR.
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Mr Salvatore Sgherza, also known as Sam, was sentenced in the Adelaide Magistrates Court on 6 August 2019, after pleading guilty to four charges under the Commonwealth Bankruptcy Act in June 2019.
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On 11 November 2019, Mr Paul Rossiter was convicted and fined $800 in the Geelong Magistrates Court after pleading guilty to two offences under Commonwealth bankruptcy legislation.
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A Central Coast business owner, Shaun Clapham, has pleaded guilty to two charges under Commonwealth bankruptcy law in the Gosford local court.
On Friday 22 November, officers of the Australian Financial Security Authority (AFSA), accompanied by members of the New South Wales Police Force and Registered Trustee in Bankruptcy, Mr Michael Jo
On 27 November 2019, Mr Gordon Wilson Ramsay, pleaded guilty in the Caboolture Magistrates Court to disposing of property within 12 months of going bankrupt with intent to defraud his creditors.
On Friday 29 November 2019, Mr Edward Moore was sentenced in the Perth Magistrates Court after pleading guilty to three charges under Commonwealth bankruptcy legislation.
On 29 November 2019, Ms Kathy Stefanac was sentenced in the Downing Centre District Court, after pleading guilty to one charge under Commonwealth bankruptcy legislation.
The personal insolvency regulator, the Australian Financial Security Authority (AFSA), has identified and proven over $4m of fraud, according to a new report released today.
It's less than four weeks until Bankruptcy Online commences, on 2 January 2020.
On 6 December 2019, Mr Shaun Moloney was convicted ex parte in the Parramatta Local Court for failing to file a Statement of Affairs, an offence under the Commonwealth Bankruptcy Act.
On 14 January 2020, Mr Lenridge Rosemeyer was convicted in the Gosford Local Court after pleading guilty to three charges under Commonwealth bankruptcy law.
On 6 February 2020, Mr James Brendan Nash was convicted in the Ringwood Local Court after he pleaded guilty to three charges of disposing of property and making a false declaration.
On 28 February 2020, Queensland man Mr Nicholas Gannon was sentenced in the Caboolture Magistrates Court after he pleaded guilty to two charges under Commonwealth bankruptcy law.
On 20 February 2020, Mr Robert John Wilson was convicted in the Dandenong Magistrates’ Court after he pleaded guilty to two charges under Commonwealth bankruptcy law.
Two bankrupts have been convicted and fined for failing to submit their Statement of Affairs to the personal insolvency regulator, the Australian Financial Security Authority (AFSA).
Due to the disruption caused by COVID- 19 the Inspector-General has decided to temporarily alter his expectations with respect to Debt Agreement Administrators’ certification duties when debt agree
On 31 March 2020, New South Wales man Mr Robert Bruce King was sentenced in the Downing Centre Local Court after he pleaded guilty to two charges under Commonwealth bankruptcy law.
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A West Australian man, Sean Colville Niven, was convicted and fined in the Perth Magistrates Court after he pleaded guilty to two charges under Commonwealth bankruptcy law.
On 26 May 2020 Western Australian man, John Derek Overton, was convicted in the Perth District Court after pleading guilty to 17 charges under Commonwealth bankruptcy law.
On 2 June 2020 Northern Territory man, Bernard Paul Dawson, was convicted in the Darwin Magistrates’ Court after he pleaded guilty to four charges under Commonwealth bankruptcy law.
A New South Wales court has found Stanley Phillip Kaftel guilty of a bankruptcy offence after he was again charged under Commonwealth bankruptcy law. Mr Kaftel will be sentence in August.
AFSA has been made aware of a fake email that appears on our letterhead, and includes the copied signature of a senior AFSA employee.
The Australian Financial Security Authority (AFSA) has today released the Personal Insolvency Compliance Program 2020-21.
We are redeveloping the PPSR website to make it make it easier to find information and use our services and have released a beta, or test version, of the new site.
A 72 year old West Australian man, Patrick Naughton, has pleaded guilty to one charge under Commonwealth bankruptcy law in the Perth Magistrates Court.
A New South Wales man, Michael Andrew West, was convicted in the Parramatta District Court after pleading guilty to two charges of disposing of property and one count of making a false declaration
West Australian man, John Paul Boardman, has pleaded guilty to 43 charges under Commonwealth bankruptcy law in the Perth Magistrates Court.
AFSA has been made aware of a scam letter that includes the Australian Financial Security Authority logo, requesting US dollars in exchange for the release of a large sum of money.
The registration of Ms Louise Thomson to act as a bankruptcy trustee has been cancelled, following an investigation and disciplinary committee hearing.
The redeveloped Personal Property Securities Register (PPSR) website launched on 26 August 2020, following extensive research, consultation and testing with us
Following the verdict reached in Sydney’s Downing Centre District Court in June 2020, Mr Stanley Phillip Kaftel has been sentenced to 18 months imprisonment after breaching bankruptcy law for the s
The Australian Financial Security Authority (AFSA) is today launching a campaign to raise awareness of dodgy insolvency advisors who exploit people when they seek help to manage debt.
The Australian Financial Security Authority (AFSA) has today published comprehensive information for creditors to help explain the trustee remuneration process, and why it is important for creditor
The Australian Financial Security Authority’s (AFSA) Personal Insolvency Compliance Report 2019-20 published today highlights the personal insolvency regulator’s achievements in an unprecedented ye