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Thursday, December 14, 2017 suratbasin.com.au
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◗ UNCERTAIN: Workers at Ostwalds Bros waiting outside after leaning the company had gone into voluntary administration earlier this year. PHOTO: MICHAEL DOYLE
Brothers regain control TWO of the three companies under the Ostwald Bros name have gone into liquidation after meetings in Toowoomba and Brisbane last month. Ostwald Bros Pty Ltd and Ostwald Bros Civil were voted by creditors to be liquidated, while Ostwald Construction Materials was regained by Ostwald brothers Brendan, Daniel and Matthew. The decision comes after the three companies had been administrated by PricewaterhouseCoopers since August. In total, as many as 150 people across the Darling Downs and Queensland have lost their jobs due to the liquidation. But the ordeal is not over for the creditors of the fallen company, as many fear they will not receive the full amount to which they are entitled.
Cory Cooper always knew he wasn’t going to see much of the nearly $20,000 he was owed by Ostwald Bros. The Dalby man was one of hundreds of workers to find out administrators would not offer payment yet for outstanding pay or entitlements until the companies officially wind up early next year. Now working for Wagners after sensing the impending chaos of Ostwald Bros months ago, Mr Cooper said several of his former co-workers were in worse situations. “My entitlements are nothing compared to some – the largest I’ve heard is $38,000 and that’s just one employee,” he said. “I’m owed not quite $20,000, which is outstanding pay and entitlements. “I’m not confident of getting it back.”
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CHINCHILLA-born Maranoa MP claims he is as Aussie as you can be as the deadline for parliamentarians to prove their Australian citizenship closed last week. “To put an end to uncertainty, the Prime Minister put forward a proposed citizenship register which calls for parliamentarians to prove their Australian citizenship and submit supporting documentation to the parliament before 9am tomorrow (Tuesday, December 5),” Mr Littleproud said. “Apart from a grandfather from Sydney, which I don’t hold against him during State of Origin clashes, my parents and other grandparents were all born in Southern Queensland – from Chinchilla, Dalby to Goondiwindi and Toowoomba. “The Coalition has been upfront and honest, with MPs and Senators shining a light on citizenship ambiguity and setting the record straight but here’s Labor saying, ‘just trust that we’re telling the truth’. “There’s significant doubt about the eligibility of at least four Labor members of the House. Labor has not been upfront about this so that’s why this citizenship register is needed.”
◗ AUSSIE: Chinchilla-born Maranoa MP David Littleproud and his parents, Brian and Peta, were all born in Southern Queensland.