Table of Contents

1. Foreword
2. Prologue
3. 1 Rags, riches, ruin
4. 2 The wrong man for the job
5. 3 The importance of market confidence
6. 4 The dark side of the property boom
7. 5 God gives the nod
8. 6 The year from hell
9. 7 The recap plan stalls
10. 8 Hope and despair
11. 9 The Crown fails the taxpayer
12. 10 Incinerating an empire
13. 11 A litany of errors
14. 12 A compass stuck on polls
15. 13 Rescue offers from abroad
16. 14 What was the receiver thinking?
17. 15 Sealing the government files
18. 16 Bad law, bad behaviour
19. 17 Burnt by the process
20. 18 Unpaid and unhappy
21. 19 Hubbard’s last day
22. 20 Notes for a financial funeral
23. 21 The vulnerable pay the cost
24. 22 The forlorn fight for justice
25. 23 The government says no
26. 24 A phantom court case
27. 25 How Treasury failed
28. 26 Addressing the problem
29. Epilogue: a short note on greed and cowardice
30. Glossary
31. About the author
32. Acknowledgements
33. Endnotes
34. Index