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Amanda Young conceals her face as she leaves court. A harrowing portrait of a problem-plagued life made worse by alleged workplace bullying and harassment unfolded yesterday as ex-liquidator Amanda Young testified ahead of her sentencing on charges of stealing tens of thousands of dollars while employed as a salaried partner at the Sydney office of insolvency firm Jirsch Sutherland. Young, who in February pleaded guilty…

ASIC, all powerful approver and refuser of applications from those aspiring to be registered as liquidators, has arrested the worrying decline in the accountancy sub-species with latest figures showing the number of RegLiqs has bounced off a 20 year low. In its recent Licensing and professional registration activities: 2021 update the regulator revealed that after approving 31 applications for registration in the period from July…