Charelle Industries Pty Ltd liquidated by federal court with $100k debt

A Bundaberg house moving company fined over a workplace injury in 2022 has now been forced into liquidation by the Federal Court.

Charelle Industries Pty Ltd, which traded as Bundaberg House Relocators and was solely directed by Ebony Keech, was wound up by the court in June 2005 following an application by the Deputy Commissioner of Taxation in May.

A Bundaberg house moving company fined over a workplace injury in 2022 has now been forced into liquidation by the Federal Court over an outstanding debt of more than $100,000.

Charelle Industries Pty Ltd, which traded as Bundaberg House Relocators and was solely directed by Ebony Keech, was wound up by the court in June 2025 following an application by the Deputy Commissioner of Taxation in May.

Documents lodged with the Australian Securities and Investments Commission by liquidator Cameron Crichton revealed the company owed money to 10 creditors, including the Australian Taxation Office.

The amount of money owed to the ATO was not disclosed in the initial liquidation report, or the court’s publicly available judgement.

The other nine creditors were owed more than $100,000 at the time of the company’s winding up.

Charelle Industries Pty Ltd and its Director, Ebony Anne Keech have been fined for failure to comply with workplace health and safety duties.

These included $60,000 owed to Westpac, $11,000 owed to the Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal, $9000 to the State Penalties and Enforcement Register, $74774.70 owed to WorkCover, $6800 to the ANZ Bank, and $4000 to truck servicing company Brown and Hurley.

Charelle Industries did not owe any money to employees when it was liquidated, and was not itself owed any money from debtors.

Assets owned by the company included a house moving trailer, bobcat tractor, Volvo prime mover, and Mazda ute.

These were estimated to be worth more than $220,000 in total.

The company was also ordered to pay the Deputy Commissioner’s costs of $3740 over its court action.

The liquidation comes three years after Charelle Industries and its director Ebony Keech were fined a total of $60,000 after a 17-year-old fell off a roof and suffered a serious back injury.

The company pleaded guilty at the Bundaberg Magistrates Court to two counts of failing to comply with its workplace health and safety duties

Magistrate John McInnes found Ms Keech was “a person of good character … who embraced the lesson learned from this unfortunate outcome on this particular occasion”, fining her $15,000 and the company $45,000.

No convictions were recorded on the matter.

Originally published as Charelle Industries Pty Ltd liquidated by federal court with $100k debt