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Any parties interested in funding the resurrection of Bonza had until the close of business Friday to lodge offers with its administrators, so what now for the collapsed budget airline?

Meanwhile, pubs titan Arthur Laundy has outlaid about $20m to buy a Sydney watering hole, despite previously saying that this year he intended to concentrate on the renovation and redevelopment of his existing portfolio.

And, as TV stations struggle to contain stories of internal misbehaviour, it's emerged a prominent Channel 7 journalist has been stood down pending an investigation involving allegations of inappropriate conduct 

Perry Williams
Business editor
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