Gunns

Directors may be pursued for Gunns debts

Gunns’ liquidator will widen an investigation into the Tasmanian timber company’s collapse to decide whether former directors should be pursued.

Liquidation

Gunns directors face scrutiny

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David Beniuk Gunns' liquidator will widen an investigation into the Tasmanian timber company's collapse.

Gunns may have traded insolvent

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Timber giant Gunns may have traded while insolvent, administrators of the collapsed company say.

Gunns 'had' solvency concerns

Gunns' wood pile.

Paddy Manning The directors of Gunns should be investigated for potential breaches, administrators say.

Banks fear Gunns almost out of bullets

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Ben Butler and Paddy Manning Insolvency firms are circling Tasmanian woodchip exporter Gunns, jockeying for the job of taking on management of the company should it fall into administration following a shocking $904 million loss...

Gunns pulp mill in fresh doubt after write-down

Timber has been used extensively in an addition to a 1960s building at Trinity College.

Ben Butler The future of the controversial Tasmanian pulp mill project planned by Gunns has been thrown into fresh doubt.

Board admits future of Gunns mill no longer assured

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Ben Butler The future of the controversial Bell Bay pulp mill planned by Tasmanian forestry group Gunns is in doubt after the company was swamped yesterday by a tsunami of bad financial news.

Gunns may follow Great Southern suit

The law group behind a mammoth class action against Great Southern is considering whether to launch a similar action against Gunns.

Ben Butler and Lucy Battersby The law firm behind a mammoth class action against Great Southern is considering launching a similar action against Gunns.

Long wait for Gunns investors

Gunns investors have a long wait ahead of them.

Ben Butler UP TO 59,000 investors in wood-growing schemes run by failed timber company Gunns will have to wait two months before they learn whether administrators think value can be salvaged from the projects.

Gunns a 'nightmare': L'Estrange

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Andrew Darby Former Gunns chief executive Greg L'Estrange has described the fallen timber giant's internal company processes as a compliance nightmare.

Gunns' ex-chief slams company culture

Gunns former chief executive has slammed the company culture.

Andrew Darby Gunns' former chief executive has damned the culture he found at the failed forestry company.

Ben Butler

Gunns over a barrel as numbers don't stack up

Timber has been used extensively in an addition to a 1960s building at Trinity College.

Ben Butler The problem with Gunns is that the numbers don't add up - and haven't for some time.

Gunns receivers see support for pulp mill

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Andrew Darby Gunns' receivers have claimed strong backing for pursuing the failed timber company's centrepiece $2.2 billion pulp mill project.

'Strong support' on Gunns pulp mill

Logging on: Gunns' softwood sawmills are working ahead of their sale.

Andrew Darby The receivers to Gunns have claimed strong backing for pursuing the failed timber company's centrepiece $2.2 billion pulp mill project.

Premier backs Gunns' farmers

Tasmanian Premier Lara Giddings has written to the receivers for Gunns, asking them to consider farmers hit by the timber company’s collapse.

Timeline of Gunns' demise

How Gunns ended up in administration.

Gunns shot down as talks collapse

Due to a sluggish housing market and Gunns' cut in timber intake with increased litigation costs, pushed VicForests to a loss of $96,000 in 2011-12.

Ben Butler Gunns heads into administration after banks pulled the plug on the loss-making company, placing more than 600 jobs at risk.

Elizabeth Knight

Falling woodchip prices fell Gunns

Stockpiles of logs at Neerim South lie in wait for the end of VicForests' contractual dispute.

Elizabeth Knight It's a great day for environmentalists but a very ugly moment for the shareholders and bankers who have funded the controversial forestry business Gunns.

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Gunns taken to court over hardwood mill sale

Timber has been used extensively in an addition to a 1960s building at Trinity College.

Georgia Wilkins Embattled timber company Gunns has been taken to the Supreme Court by the purchaser of its Victorian hardwood mill.

Gunns hit with $42m tax bill

The Tasmanian Forestry company has been hit with a $42.5 million tax bill.

Ben Butler Gunns is hit with a tax bill of $42.5 million over a 2007 deal involving its woodchipping equipment.