Nov 122015
Transcripts have now been published for all of the public hearings of the Senate inquiry into insolvencies in construction industry. Phoenixing of companies is the main topic discussed. Several insolvency practitioners have given evidence, and at the hearing in Sydney on 28th September the insolvency profession was criticised by the leading participant, Senator Doug Cameron. At the public hearing in Melbourne on 29th September the Walton Constructions case was discussed in detail by the insolvency practitioners initially appointed as external administrators.
A list of the public hearings and those who appeared as witnesses is provided below.
Copies of the Hansard transcripts are available at the Committee’s website:
http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Economics/Insolvency_construction/Public_Hearings
PUBLIC HEARINGS OF THE SENATE ECONOMICS REFERENCES COMMITTEE’S INQUIRY INTO “INSOLVENCY IN THE AUSTRALIAN CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY”
aka SENATE INQUIRY INTO PHOENIXING
| DATE AND LOCATION | WITNESSES (* means Insolvency Practitioners) |
| 12 June 2015 Canberra | COYTE, Mr Len, Senior Project Manager, Project Resources GIBSON, Mrs Juanita, Founding Member, Subcontractors Alliance HOGAN, Mr Michael, Director, Private Capacity HOUGH, Mr Terry, Director, Masonry Contractors Association of New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory LO RE, Mrs Nikki Maree, Private capacity MASTRONARDO, Mr Frank, Director, Masonry Contractors Association of New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory MAXWELL, Mr Stuart, Senior National Industrial Officer, Construction and General Division, Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union McILROY, Ms Kylie, Member, Subcontractors Alliance NOONAN, Mr Dave, National Secretary, Construction and General Division, Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union O’SULLIVAN, Mr Trent, President, Masonry Contractors Association of New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory RICHARDS, Mr Wayne, Managing Director, Erincole Building Services Pty Ltd SCALA, Mr Enzo, Member, Construction and General Division, Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union SQUIRE, Mr Wayne, Construction and General Division, Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union STELLING, Mr Edward Perry, Managing Director, EcoClassic Group Pty Ltd WILLIAMS, Mr Les, Spokesperson Co-founder, Subcontractors Alliance |
| 31 August 2015 Brisbane | CHESTERMAN, Mr Michael Hope, Adjudication Registrar and Director Financial Dispute Resolution Services, Queensland Building and Construction Commission COHEN, Mr Graham Robert, Manager, TC Plastering COUPER, Mr Robert Donald, Private capacity CRICHTON, Mr Cameron, Associate Director, Grant Thornton * DUAN, Mr Scott, Scooter Group INGHAM, Mr Jade, Divisional Branch Assistant Secretary, Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union McCANN, Mr Michael, Partner and Head of Financial Advisory Queensland, Grant Thornton * RAVBAR, Mr Michael, Divisional Branch Secretary, Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union SHATZ, Mr Matt, Private capacity SIVE, Mr Jonathan Howard, Private capacity WILLIS, Mr Leonard, Director, P&W Enterprises Pty Ltd WINNET, Mr Leigh, Private capacity |
| 21 September 2015 Adelaide | CHAPMAN, Mr John, Commissioner, Office of the Small Business Commissioner, South Australia GAUSSEN, Mr Robert Peter, Owner, Adjudicate Today Pty Ltd HIGGINS, Mr Roddy, Owner, Rod’z Super Clean KIRNER, Mr Dave, Assistant Secretary, Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union, South Australia NICOLAS, Mr Jamie, Private capacity PRATER, Miss Rachel Lee, Director, Prater Kitchens Pty Ltd RANKIN, Mr Christopher James, Executive Director, Air Conditioning and Mechanical Contractors’ Association of Australia SAIN, Mr Edward, Private capacity |
| 28 September 2015 Sydney | BASSETT, Mr Brett, Senior Executive, Small Business Compliance and Deterrence, Australian Securities and Investments Commission BROWN, Mr Adrian, Senior Executive Leader, Insolvency Practitioners Team, Australian Securities and Investments Commission COLLINS, Mr Bruce, Assistant Commissioner, Risk and Strategy, Public Groups and Internationals, Australian Taxation Office CRANSTON, Mr Michael, Deputy Commissioner, Australian Taxation Office DAY, Mr Warren, Senior Executive, Assessment and Intelligence, Australian Securities and Investments Commission FIELD, Ms Cheryl-Lea, Deputy Commissioner, Australian Taxation Office MELLUISH, Mr John, Professional member and former president, Australian Restructuring, Insolvency and Turnaround Association * MURRAY, Mr Michael, Legal Director, Australian Restructuring, Insolvency and Turnaround Association * NEWTON, Mr Jonathon, Senior Product Manager, Anti-Money Laundering Solutions, Veda PRICE, Mr John, Commissioner, Australian Securities and Investments Commission ROBINSON, Mr Mark, Professional member and former president, Australian Restructuring, Insolvency and Turnaround Association * SORENSEN, Mr Cameron, Assistant Commissioner, Service Delivery, Australian Taxation Office STRASSBERG, Mr Matthew, External Relations (Australia and New Zealand), Veda WINTER, Mr John, Chief Executive Officer, Australian Restructuring, Insolvency and Turnaround Association * |
| 29 September 2015 Melbourne | FRANKLIN, Mr Glenn, Private capacity * NADINIC, Mr Frank, Director, Maxstra Constructions Pty Ltd STONE, Mr Jason, Private capacity * VRSECKY, Mr Petr, Private capacity * WELSH, Associate Professor Michelle, Monash Business School, Monash University |
| 26 October 2015 Perth | BUCHAN, Mr Michael, State Secretary, Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union, Western Australia EVANS, Professor Philip, Private capacity HOLDING, Mr David, Managing Director, WA Universal Rigging Co McGINN, Mr Ross, Private capacity NOLAN, Mr Rob, Managing Director, Onsite Engineering Pty Ltd REYNOLDS, Mr John, Lawyer, WA Universal Rigging Co TOURNIER, Mr Heath Lionel, Director, HLTE Pty Ltd |
| 4 November 2015 Perth | BROWN, Ms Diane, Principal Adviser, Markets Group, Treasury COYTE, Mr Len, Director, Masonry Contractors Australia Ltd GREEN, Mr Geoff, Head of Group Strategic Business Services, Melbourne, National Australia Bank HARNISCH, Mr Wilhelm, Chief Executive Officer, Master Builders Australia Ltd HEFEREN, Mr Rob, Deputy Secretary Revenue Group, Treasury HUMPHREY, Mr David John, Senior Executive Director, Business, Compliance and Contracting, Housing Industry Association MITCHELL, Ms Debbie, Acting Group Manager, Workplace Relations Programs, Department of Employment O’SULLIVAN, Mr Trent, President, Masonry Contractors Australia Ltd PURVIS SMITH, Ms Marisa, Principal Adviser Revenue Group, Treasury SAUNDERS, Ms Sue, Branch Manager, Fair Entitlements Guarantee, Department of Employment SIMPSON, Mr Glenn Ives, General Counsel, Housing Industry Association WALLACE, Mr Andrew, Private capacity WOLFE, Mr Graham, Chief Executive, Industry Policy and Media, Policy and Lobbying, Housing Industry Association |
See also “Tidbits from the Transcripts – construction inquiry to receive list of suspect liquidators” by Peter Gosnell, Sydney Insolvency News.
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