Rate My Professor Anna Giardina

Giardina's academic publications address key issues in corporate law and insolvency. In 2014, as a Lecturer at Curtin Law School, she co-authored with Dale Pinto, Professor of Taxation Law, the article 'A Proposal to Address the Impact of Fraudulent Phoenix Activities on Unremitted Superannuation Guarantee Contributions in Australia' in the Journal of Australian Taxation, Volume 16, Issue 1. The work details fraudulent phoenix activity, defined as the deliberate liquidation of a company to avoid payment of liabilities such as employee superannuation guarantee contributions, wages, taxes, workers' compensation premiums, and long service leave to creditors. It discusses the scale and prevalence in Australia, consequences including employee losses leading to greater reliance on aged pensions, creditor recovery challenges, and government revenue shortfalls, and proposes reforms like improved online reporting between the Australian Taxation Office and companies to safeguard superannuation entitlements. In 2020, she co-authored 'Creditor Defeating Dispositions' with Stephanie Bruce, affiliated with Curtin Law School, Faculty of Business and Law, and deposited in the university's espace institutional repository.