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Unrequitable requirement

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We wanted to add a second director to the ASIC Registry for our company.  Having just one director means no backup in an emergency, so adding a second would reduce our company’s risk profile. The company has a bank loan secured by a mortgage on our office, and has been making the required payments for over a year.  The loan documents say that the bank must approve in writing any change to the directors of the company. So I rang the bank to find out the process. Sam at the call centre agrees that an additional director will reduce the loan’s risk.  She says I will need to go to local branch to...

Our systems are down

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I bought a new trailer and headed to the government shopfront to get it registered, clutching all the right forms, all the right documents, and a Visa card raring to go. The friendly chap at the door greeted me with the bad news: “I’m sorry sir, but our systems are down. We can only take cash.” Bugger. “You can come back with cash, or go to our other shopfront at the other end of the city.” I was heading that way for a meeting anyway, so off to the other shopfront I went. This one had a friendly chap, too. “I’m sorry sir, but our systems are down. We can only take cash.” Wait, what? That’s...

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