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With over 30 years experience in insolvency, turnaround, litigation support, forensic accounting, special investigations and valuations, Schon Condon has seen and done a lot! It’s not surprising then that Schon is adept at providing all types of advice and feedback.

Check in each week as Schon shares his thoughts about what’s going on in the industry as well as providing relevant and timely advice. In these difficult financial times — this is one blog you don’t want to miss.

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An iceberg

1 May 2012

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...

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An unreasonable act

14 April 2012

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...

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A time for peace

4 April 2012

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...

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What are we signing now?

16 March 2012

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...

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Caffeine free, or Tax free?

1 March 2012

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...

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High cost, low productivity nation

17 February 2012

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...

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