Topic

Liquidations: Australian company collapses, on the record

Reporting and explainers on Australian company liquidations: who applies, who is appointed, what the statutory reports say, and what happens to the creditors.

Wealthgate: Inside the Ngo Network

From Investor to Expo Chief: Inside the Collapse and Return of the Australian Tattoo Expo

Frankie Ngo invested in the Australian Tattoo Expo in 2023, applied to wind up its five companies in 2024, and now presents himself as the expo's chief executive. Corporate filings, court records and liquidation documents tell a more complicated story.

By B. O'Connell · 16 October 2026 · 19 min read

Crime

Cocoon: NDIS Claims for the Dead and Imprisoned

In May 2025 the NDIS Commission permanently banned Horizon Solsolutions Australia, trading as Cocoon SDA Care, and its director, after finding claims lodged for participants who were dead or in prison. Its clients were steered to a company owned by a former executive. By September the liquidators put its debts at about $80 million, $16 million of it owed to staff.

By T. Nguyen · 6 September 2026 · 4 min read

Explainers

What a liquidator's statutory report tells you, and what it does not

The report to creditors is the only formal account of a company's collapse. Here is how it is made, who it relies on, and where its limits are.

By NOFUF · 28 August 2026 · 2 min read