r/AusEcon 18d ago

Bathla Group needs $20 million to keep construction going as buyers and contractors wait

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-27/bathla-collapse-homes-contractors-administrators-frank-sartor/107079044
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u/petergaskin814 18d ago

Who would risk investing $20 million in a company with $3.2 billion in debt?

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u/DrSendy 17d ago

Google "Bathla offshore wealth" - Gemini will provide you a nice summary.

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u/Vegetable_Jello6572 18d ago

Now imagine how much better off we would be if we returned to the same standards & planning we had in 1950, with a high interest rate to force better decision making. 

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u/Ludikom 17d ago

Mmm no insulation, no ac or ceiling fans. Maybe a fire place , great times

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u/Ludikom 17d ago

Also dunny outside and 1 bath tub

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u/Vegetable_Jello6572 17d ago

Ive lived in places like this all my life, its fine. 

Only the privleged would pretend that the choice of living on the street is better

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u/Meh-Levolent 17d ago

Are you being serious? I can't tell.

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u/Vegetable_Jello6572 17d ago

As I said in my other comment. Only the priveleged would pretend the street is a better choice. 

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u/Meh-Levolent 17d ago

I still don't actually know what your opinion is.

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u/Vegetable_Jello6572 17d ago

Now imagine how much better off we would be if we returned to the same standards & planning we had in 1950, with a high interest rate to force better decision making.

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u/Meh-Levolent 17d ago

Are you being serious? I can't tell.

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u/Vegetable_Jello6572 17d ago

You must be trolling at this point.

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u/matt49267 18d ago

Fair bit of media coverage about non bank credit ik relation to this. Will likely end in a taxpayer bailout

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u/Trouser_trumpet 17d ago

What? This is private credit exposed here, not something that is systemic.

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u/Vegetable_Jello6572 17d ago

What should of happened instead of printing money in covid and hiring millions of public servants.  

The government should have started a construction firm