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Jon Adgemis memory lapse as liquidators examine $1.8b pub collapse

The Australian Financial Review (AFR) •
November 03, 2026 • 01:35 AM
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Jon Adgemis repeatedly said he couldn’t remember to multiple questions from liquidators about his failed pub empire, in the first of a two-day hearing.

Jon Adgemis memory lapse as liquidators examine $1.8b pub collapse

Failed publican Jon Adgemis created such a complex web of more than 200 companies that he cannot remember which have bank accounts and even whether he appointed administrators.

After a false start in August where Adgemis attempted to lock the press and the public out of his Federal Court examinations, the former KPMG dealmaker was finally forced to front up and speak publicly for the first time since the $1.8 billion collapse of his empire into bankruptcy just over a year ago.

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