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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Ben Butler

Probuild collapse: administrators investigate $50m transferred to civil construction division

Probuild site
Financial reports show that both Probuild Constructions (Aust) and WBHO Australia were in poor financial shape when they made the loan to WBHO Infrastructure. Photograph: Bianca de Marchi/AAP

Administrators of the collapsed Probuild building empire say they will investigate a transaction last year in which almost $50m was transferred from other parts of the business to the group’s struggling civil construction division.

Company documents show Probuild’s civil construction company, WBHO Infrastructure, borrowed $48.7m from other parts of the group last year as it struggled to survive massive losses caused by one of its key projects, the western roads upgrade in Melbourne.

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