Business set-up, transfer and closure

Submissions

Submissions for this inquiry closed on 3 July 2015. With the exception of those who have made prior arrangements for an extension, any submissions received after 3 July may still be included on the inquiry website but may not be able to be taken into consideration in the preparation of the inquiry final report.

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Initial submissions
Post-draft submissions

Submissions received before the release of the draft report are listed here.

Initial submissions (38)
No.	Name	Pages	Received
1	Professor Helen Anderson, Ian Ramsay and Ann O'Connell, Melbourne Law School, and Associate Professor Michelle Welsh, Department of Business Law and Taxation, Monash University (PDF - 175.0 KB)	7	11/02/2015
	Professor Helen Anderson, Ian Ramsay and Ann O'Connell, Melbourne Law School, and Associate Professor Michelle Welsh, Department of Business Law and Taxation, Monash University (Word - 53.5 KB)
2	Australian Property Institute (PDF - 215.6 KB)	31	17/02/2015
3	Australian Institute of Company Directors (PDF - 344.9 KB)	7	17/02/2015
	Attachment: The Honest and Reasonable Director Defence (PDF - 312.8 KB)	40	17/02/2015
4	Business Enterprise Centres Australia (PDF - 111.0 KB)	3	19/02/2015
	Business Enterprise Centres Australia (Word - 17.2 KB)
5	Institute of Public Affairs (PDF - 1.2 MB)	10	20/02/2015
6	Master Electricians Australia (PDF - 112.4 KB)	4	23/02/2015
7	National Australia Bank (PDF - 1.7 MB)	7	20/02/2015
8	Chamber of Commerce and Industry Queensland (CCIQ) (PDF - 451.6 KB)	11	20/02/2015
9	Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission (PDF - 283.0 KB)	5	20/02/2015
	Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission (Word - 226.5 KB)
10	Small Business Commissioner (PDF - 100.6 KB)	12	20/02/2015
11	Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PDF - 566.4 KB)	21	20/02/2015
12	Department of Employment (PDF - 423.0 KB)	15	20/02/2015
	Department of Employment (Word - 174.7 KB)
13	Australian Trucking Association (PDF - 298.3 KB)	11	20/02/2015
14	Law Council of Australia (PDF - 152.7 KB)	4	20/02/2015
	Attachment 1 (PDF - 202.7 KB)	18	24/02/2015
	Attachment 2 (PDF - 461.3 KB)	18	24/02/2015
	Attachment 3 (PDF - 524.9 KB)	22	24/02/2015
15	Tyro (PDF - 54.1 KB)	2	20/02/2015
	Attachment 1 (PDF - 114.1 KB)	11	20/02/2015
	Attachment 2 (PDF - 138.0 KB)	18	20/02/2015
	Attachment 3 (PDF - 53.8 KB)	6	20/02/2015
16	Regional Development Australia - NT (PDF - 178.7 KB)	7	20/02/2015
	Regional Development Australia - NT (Word - 50.5 KB)
17	Future Perspective (PDF - 2.5 MB)	8	20/02/2015
	Future Perspective (Word - 2.9 MB)
18	Tasmanian Government (PDF - 187.4 KB)	10	20/02/2015
19	Shopping Centre Council of Australia (PDF - 228.4 KB)	16	20/02/2015
20	Australian Securities and Investments Commission (PDF - 314.0 KB)	45	20/02/2015
	Attachment (PDF - 577.4 KB)	3	20/02/2015
21	Restaurant and Catering Australia (PDF - 1015.3 KB)	14	25/02/2015
22	Hosted Accommodation Australia Ltd (PDF - 179.6 KB)	3	25/02/2015
23	Arnold Bloch Leibler (PDF - 176.6 KB)	14	25/02/2015
	Arnold Bloch Leibler (Word - 92.2 KB)
24	Australian Bureau of Statistics (PDF - 174.5 KB)	5	26/02/2015
	Australian Bureau of Statistics (Word - 111.0 KB)
25	The Accommodation Association of Australia (PDF - 195.5 KB)	8	26/02/2015
	The Accommodation Association of Australia (Word - 74.4 KB)
26	Queensland University of Technology (QUT) Commercial and Property Law Research Centre; (PDF - 250.4 KB)	8	26/02/2015
	Queensland University of Technology (QUT) Commercial and Property Law Research Centre; (Word - 59.0 KB)
27	Ai Group (PDF - 2.0 MB)	25	26/02/2015
28	Small Business Development Corporation (PDF - 282.9 KB)	12	27/02/2015
	Small Business Development Corporation (Word - 145.1 KB)
29	Business Council of Australia (PDF - 339.5 KB)	15	27/02/2015
30	CPA Australia (PDF - 681.8 KB)	21	27/02/2015
31	Australian Restructuring Insolvency and Turnaround Association (ARITA) (PDF - 643.4 KB)	44	02/03/2015
	Australian Restructuring Insolvency and Turnaround Association (ARITA) (Word - 2.5 MB)
	Attachment (PDF - 353.6 KB)	17	02/03/2015
	Attachment (Word - 333.8 KB)
32	Institute of Public Accountants (PDF - 1.2 MB)	42	11/03/2015
	Institute of Public Accountants (Word - 1.4 MB)
33	Master Builders Australia (PDF - 436.2 KB)	29	12/03/2015
34	McGrathNicol (PDF - 1.2 MB)	5	13/03/2015
35	Australian Digital Currency Commerce Association (PDF - 160.7 KB)	14	17/03/2015
36	Law Council of Australia (PDF - 136.8 KB)	1	20/03/2015
	Attachment (PDF - 466.7 KB)	19	20/03/2015
37	Google Australia (PDF - 404.1 KB)	9	27/03/2015
38	Family Business Australia (PDF - 304.9 KB)	1	01/04/2015
	Family Business Australia (Word - 25.5 KB)

Submissions received after the release of the draft report are listed here.

Post-draft submissions (37)
No.	Name	Pages	Received
DR39	economic Security4Women (eS4W) (PDF - 113.8 KB)	2	01/07/2015
DR40	Associate Prof Helen Anderson, Professors Ian Ramsay, Ann O'Connell, Melbourne Law School and Associate Prof Michelle Welsh, Department of Business Law and Taxation, Monash University (PDF - 253.2 KB)	12	02/07/2015
	Associate Prof Helen Anderson, Professors Ian Ramsay, Ann O'Connell, Melbourne Law School and Associate Prof Michelle Welsh, Department of Business Law and Taxation, Monash University (Word - 70.4 KB)
DR41	Governance Institute of Australia (PDF - 271.5 KB)	12	02/07/2015
DR42	PPB Advisory (PDF - 139.5 KB)	12	03/07/2015
DR43	Australian Institute of Company Directors (PDF - 73.9 KB)	9	03/07/2015
DR44	Chamber of Commerce and Industry Queensland (PDF - 1.9 MB)	3	03/07/2015
	Attachment: Submission to Financial System Inquiry Interim Report (PDF - 2.0 MB)	7	03/07/2015
DR45	Shopping Centre Council of Australia (PDF - 279.9 KB)	4	03/07/2015
	Attachment (PDF - 2.0 MB)	176	03/07/2015
DR46	DibbsBarker (PDF - 66.6 KB)	6	03/07/2015
	Attachment 1: Submission to Financial System Inquiry (PDF - 112.8 KB)	13	03/07/2015
	Attachment 2: Encouraging and facilitating corporate turnaround - discussion paper (PDF - 2.3 MB)	32	03/07/2015
DR47	Future Perspective (PDF - 9.2 MB)	14	03/07/2015
DR48	Australian Trucking Association (PDF - 1.1 MB)	3	06/07/2015
DR49	Master Builders Australia (PDF - 909.8 KB)	58	06/07/2015
DR50	Motor Trade Association of SA (PDF - 138.9 KB)	4	06/07/2015
	Motor Trade Association of SA (Word - 74.4 KB)
DR51	Australian Business Register (PDF - 44.3 KB)	2	06/07/2015
DR52	Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand (PDF - 165.6 KB)	6	06/07/2015
DR53	Australian Restructuring, Insolvency and Turnaround Association (ARITA) (PDF - 423.8 KB)	21	06/07/2015
	Australian Restructuring, Insolvency and Turnaround Association (ARITA) (Word - 3.2 MB)
DR54	Institute of Public Accountants (PDF - 1.9 MB)	24	08/07/2015
	Institute of Public Accountants (Word - 2.5 MB)
DR55	Business Law Section - Law Council of Australia (PDF - 191.7 KB)	5	08/07/2015
	Business Law Section - Law Council of Australia (Word - 51.6 KB)
DR56	Foundation for Young Australians (PDF - 591.9 KB)	11	08/07/2015
DR57	Australian Small Business Commissioner (PDF - 1.9 MB)	4	08/07/2015
DR58	Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) (PDF - 423.6 KB)	18	08/07/2015
DR59	Office of the NSW Small Business Commissioner (PDF - 3.2 MB)	7	09/07/2015
DR60	McGrathNicol (PDF - 923.9 KB)	9	08/07/2015
DR61	GRG Momentum Pty Ltd (PDF - 273.0 KB)	20	10/07/2015
	GRG Momentum Pty Ltd (Word - 185.2 KB)
DR62	Australian Institute of Credit Management Pty Ltd (PDF - 230.4 KB)	10	10/07/2015
	Australian Institute of Credit Management Pty Ltd (Word - 371.5 KB)
DR63	Australian Bankers' Association (PDF - 137.0 KB)	6	10/07/2015
DR64	Commercial and Property Law Research Centre, Queensland University of Technology (PDF - 206.5 KB)	9	10/07/2015
	Commercial and Property Law Research Centre, Queensland University of Technology (Word - 62.6 KB)
DR65	Arnold Bloch Leibler (PDF - 67.7 KB)	6	13/07/2015
DR66	Ray Della-Polina (PDF - 91.7 KB)	4	13/07/2015
	Ray Della-Polina (Word - 38.4 KB)
DR67	Associate Professor Helen Anderson, Professor Ann O'Connell and Professor Ian Ramsay, Melbourne Law School and Associate Professor Michelle Welsh, Monash Business School, Monash University (PDF - 157.3 KB)	3	13/07/2015
	Associate Professor Helen Anderson, Professor Ann O'Connell and Professor Ian Ramsay, Melbourne Law School and Associate Professor Michelle Welsh, Monash Business School, Monash University (Word - 55.1 KB)
DR68	Crouch Amirbeaggi (PDF - 426.8 KB)	9	14/07/2015
DR69	Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance (MEAA) (PDF - 199.3 KB)	4	15/07/2015
DR70	Dr Jenny Buchan (PDF - 168.7 KB)	10	16/07/2015
DR71	Griffith University and University of NSW (PDF - 343.4 KB)	2	17/07/2015
	Attachment: The effectiveness of undertaking due diligence prior to starting up or purchasing a small business or franchise (PDF - 8.6 MB)	59	17/07/2015
DR72	Australian Private Equity and Venture Capital Association Limited (AVCAL) (PDF - 516.0 KB)	13	20/07/2015
DR73	Australian Restructuring, Insolvency and Turnaround Association (PDF - 88.9 KB)	2	13/08/2015
DR74	Reserve Bank of Australia (PDF - 115.2 KB)	2	20/08/2015
DR75	PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) (PDF - 212.8 KB)	3	11/09/2015

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