Recent and continuing stories have reflected on increasing concerns as to the magnitude of deficient systems that have allowed various individuals or groups to benefit from what many would have considered to be common, corporate or pooled funds.  Regardless of what you call it, it was certainly money that was meant to be in the capable care of various people charged with its protection and supervision.

In every instance where I have c [ More ]

2340 Hours

By the time you read this she will have sunk, but it is now the time that she hit the iceberg and within two hours and forty minutes she would be on the way to the bottom.  As is well documented the ship sank as a result of a glancing blow that tore into five watertight compartments within the ships structure.  Such an event was at that time purportedly unpredictable.  It is human nature to be positive but it is also negli [ More ]

There have been a few matters that have popped up this week worthy of comment, but after careful thought I have decided to withhold my views for a short while.

With the season of Easter upon us may we remember the importance of our own festivals, understand the similarly timed festivals of other religions, and accept the privilege we all have to hold and share our own views and beliefs.

I trust it will be a time of peace, family [ More ]

With the recent roll out of the new PPSR (Personal Property Security Register) system that is being overseen by ITSA, there have been a variety of reactions as to how it will operate long term and what holders need to appropriately do.  It is fair to say it’s in its early days and the whole system has not been tested and most importantly we have not yet seen the full ramifications of some one who loses out.

During times of change it [ More ]

I recently noted that the ATO has finally declared that it is to take a stance on the Coffee Shop industry.  One in which many (acknowledged not all) where they say that without cash staff and certain other cash expenses they “could not survive”!

Let’s consider a real situation, a number of years ago there was single coffee concession in a small, extremely local shopping centre in Sydney’s northern suburbs.  The little busine [ More ]

So screams the business council.  Every time people see this they immediately put on a manufacturing hat, or definitively constrict the issue to lower paid workers in more methodical jobs.

However, over a decade ago I remember visiting the United Kingdom and part of that was a visit to the SS Great Britain, a famous and historic passenger ship recovered from the Falkland’s and well on its restoration path.

Whilst there I note [ More ]