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- MEDIA RELEASE: Personal insolvencies rise 10.8% in the March quarter 2017
- Media Release: NSW (Hatzipetros) – Bankrupt convicted of failing to provide information to trustee
- Media Release: QLD (JOHNS) – Bankrupt convicted for failing to file a Statement of Affairs form
- Media Release: VIC (Leeder) – Bankrupt convicted for removal of property prior to bankruptcy and disposal of property with intention to defraud
- Media Release: WA (Jacobsen) – Bankrupt convicted for disposing of funds and filing a false Statement of Affairs
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- Media release: AFSA releases Personal Insolvency Compliance Report 2017-18
- Media release: Australia’s Personal Property Securities Register statistics – AFSA March quarter 2017 statistics release
- Media release: Australia’s Personal Property Securities Register – AFSA statistics release September quarter 2018
- Media release: Australia’s Personal Property Securities Register – PPSR searches and registrations rise in the December quarter 2018
- Media release: NSW (DUNLOP) – Bankrupt found guilty of three offences under the Bankruptcy Act
- Media release: NSW (Kurtovic) - Bankrupt excavator found guilty of an offence under the Bankruptcy Act
- Media release: NSW (Phung) – Bankrupt found guilty of an offence under the Bankruptcy Act
- Media release: Personal insolvencies rise 1.5% in the December quarter 2015
- Media release: Regional personal insolvency statistics – September quarter 2016
- Media release: Spotlight on Personal Insolvency Practitioners - Australian Financial Security Authority report
- Mental Health training programs launched for insolvency professionals
- Our 7-year anniversary is approaching. Are you ready?
- Personal insolvencies fall in all capital cities in September quarter 2018
- Personal insolvencies fall in most capital cities in December quarter 2018
- SA (Donaldson) Bankrupt man made false declarations and disposed of shares worth $86,000.
- Two NEW quick motor vehicle search videos
- AFSA Notice - Income contributions—payment advices
- AFSA Notice - Online Services unavailable
- AFSA Notice – A change to the process for Official Receiver Notices
- AFSA Notice – New video warns of untrustworthy advice on bankruptcy
- AFSA to use electoral roll to search for ORN recipient details
- AFSA'S PPSR global engagement program—why is it important?
- AFSA’s videos now available in other languages
- Approved PPSR fees and charges commence 1 August 2018
- Automotive searches – new information resources available
- Beware of associations offering “government sponsored debt relief grants”
- Do you regularly create PPSR registrations?
- Government fees to use the PPSR are going down tomorrow
- Insolvency regulators welcome start of second tranche of insolvency law reforms
- MEDIA RELEASE: 7,910 personal insolvencies in the March quarter 2018
- MEDIA RELEASE: Personal insolvencies rise in 2016–17 with another record in debt agreements
- MEDIA RELEASE: VIC (Boulad) – Convicted for removing property and failing to comply with trustee’s direction
- MEDIA RELEASE: VIC (Green) –Imprisoned for breaching good behaviour bond
- Media Release: NSW (Andrews) Husband and wife plead guilty to offences against the Bankruptcy Act
- Media Release: NSW (Kaftel) – Bankrupt goes to jail and ordered to pay reparation
- Media Release: NSW (Mosesian) – Bankrupt convicted after transferring money to family and friends
- Media Release: Personal insolvencies rise 0.9% in the December quarter 2016
- Media Release: QLD (Holley) – Bankrupt found guilty of offences under the Bankruptcy Act
- Media Release: QLD (Romi) Bankrupt pleads guilty to two offences
- Media Release: QLD (Searle) – Bankrupt convicted for failing to declare full details
- Media Release: QLD (Toh-Knight) Former bankrupt pleads guilty for concealing more than $600,000 gambling win
- Media Release: QLD (Trimble) Bankrupt sentenced to imprisonment
- Media Release: QLD (Wakeling)—Bankrupt convicted for disposal of funds bequeathed from deceased estate
- Media Release: Qld (Britton) Former bankrupt found guilty of two offences
- Media Release: VIC (Currie) – Bankrupt sells asset
- Media Release: VIC (Frediani) – Bankrupt convicted for failing to declare income and assets
- Media Release: Vic (VO): Conviction for undischarged bankrupt builder
- Media Release: WA (Lam) Sister of bankrupt pleads guilty to offences
- Media Release: WA (McCormack) - Bankrupt convicted of two counts of removing property
- Media Release: You're invited to AFSA's trustee information sessions
- Media release: QLD (SARNELLI) Bankrupt convicted of offence under the Bankruptcy Act
- Media release: SA (DURAS) Former AFSA employee convicted of Bankruptcy Act offences
- Media release: VIC (KOL) Former bankrupt convicted for travelling overseas without trustee’s permission and making false statement
- Media release: VIC (VIDOVIC) Builder disposes of cash then declares voluntary bankruptcy
- Media release: AFSA releases its Personal Insolvency Compliance Program 2018-19
- Media release: AFSA, ASIC and ARITA publish guide for people in business
- Media release: Australia’s Personal Property Securities Register statistics – AFSA December quarter 2017 statistics release
- Media release: Australia’s Personal Property Securities Register statistics – AFSA June quarter 2017 statistics release
- Media release: Australia’s Personal Property Securities Register statistics – AFSA March quarter 2018 statistics release
- Media release: Australia’s Personal Property Securities Register statistics – AFSA September quarter 2017 statistics release
- Media release: Australia’s Personal Property Securities Register – AFSA statistics release June quarter 2018
- Media release: Disciplinary Committee decides – Thomson to remain registered
- Media release: Excessive use of credit is the most common cause of personal insolvency in 2016–17
- Media release: Jarrod McCracken found guilty of four offences
- Media release: NSW (ALLAN): Bankrupt pharmacist found guilty of an offence under the Bankruptcy Act
- Media release: NSW (BISSON): 18 month good behaviour bond for offences against the Criminal Code
- Media release: NSW (Bliss): Two year good behaviour bond for offences against the Bankruptcy Act
- Media release: NSW (GEORGE): Previous company director pleads guilty to an offence under the Bankruptcy Act
- Media release: NSW (MAJEED): Bankrupt convicted of four counts of attempting to travel overseas without consent
- Media release: NSW (Mehajer) AFSA exercises coercive powers to obtain financial records
- Media release: NSW (Phung) – Bankrupt found guilty of an offence under the Bankruptcy Act
- Media release: NSW (Quinn) – Bankrupt convicted for disposing of property and making a false declaration
- Media release: NSW (Raffie) - Five time bankrupt convicted of multiple offences
- Media release: NSW (ULUCANLI) – Bankrupt sentenced to imprisonment
- Media release: NSW (VAN der HECHT): 2 year suspended sentence for an offence against the Bankruptcy Act
- Media release: NSW (Xenos) – Bankrupt convicted for obtaining credit without disclosing his bankruptcy
- Media release: Personal insolvencies rise 5.6% in 2017–18
- Media release: Personal insolvencies rise 7.4% in the December quarter 2017
- Media release: Personal insolvencies rise 8.0% in the September quarter 2017
- Media release: Personal insolvencies rise in most capital cities in June quarter 2018
- Media release: Regional personal insolvency statistics – December quarter 2016
- Media release: Regional personal insolvency statistics – December quarter 2017
- Media release: Regional personal insolvency statistics – June quarter 2017
- Media release: Regional personal insolvency statistics – March quarter 2017
- Media release: Regional personal insolvency statistics – March quarter 2018
- Media release: Regional personal insolvency statistics – September quarter 2017
- Media release: SA (CEBO) Bankrupt convicted for obtaining goods and services without informing that she is an undischarged bankrupt
- Media release: SA (Usher) Bankrupt failed to fully and truthfully disclose information as required by his trustee
- Media release: SA (VADASZ) Bankrupt piling contractor guilty of obtaining credit without disclosing bankruptcy
- Media release: SA (Woodall) Bankrupt pleads guilty to signing false declaration and contracting further debts
- Media release: Spotlight on Personal Insolvency Practitioners - Australian Financial Security Authority report
- Media release: Spotlight on Personal Insolvency Practitioners
- Media release: VIC (Mandri) Former Bankrupt ordered to perform 18 months community service for making false declarations
- Media release: VIC (NGUYEN and TRUONG) Former Bankrupt cousins failed to disclose information and knowingly signed false declaration
- Media release: VIC (Tasevski) – Bankrupt convicted and sentenced for making a false declaration
- Media release: Vic (Alter) – Train driver convicted of Bankruptcy Act offences
- Media release: Vic (Lock) Two time bankrupt disposes of cash
- Media release: Victorian Engineer (Fensome) pleads guilty to disposal of property after bankruptcy and altering documents
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- PPS Leases Bill passed by the Australian Parliament
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- Personal insolvencies fall 9.7% in September quarter 2018
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