Before a road is planned, somebody counts the cars. In May and June, Queensland's Department of Transport and Main Roads awarded that work to Data Audit Systems Pty Ltd (ACN 108 870 588), a traffic-survey company based at Brookwater, west of Brisbane.
On 18 October a small business restructuring practitioner, Jason Bettles of Worrells, was appointed to the company. ASIC published the notice on 19 October, a little over three months after the tax office applied to have the company wound up.
Is Data Audit Systems in liquidation? No. In a small business restructuring, the directors stay in control of the business while the practitioner helps them prepare a plan to put to creditors, who vote on it.
For the councils, consultants and agencies that buy its traffic counts, and for the company's own suppliers, the practical question is which surveys and data are still to be delivered. Neither notice answers it.
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The tax office's application
The Deputy Commissioner of Taxation started the winding-up application on 7 July 2026 in the Federal Court in Brisbane (action QUD415/2026). ASIC published it on 12 August, with a hearing listed for 11am on 25 August.
An application asks a court to order a company wound up. It is not a finding of insolvency. ASIC published no liquidator appointment for the company between 12 August and 19 October, and it publishes no notice when an application is dismissed, withdrawn or adjourned, so the outcome of the August hearing is not on the public record.
A traffic counter on the state's books
Queensland's contract disclosures list awards by the Department of Transport and Main Roads to a supplier recorded as Data Audit Systems Pty Ltd, including:
screenline counts for updates to the department's strategic transport models, A$216,702, awarded 12 May 2026;
intersection traffic counts, awarded 8 June 2026 and listed twice, at A$123,673 and A$109,648;
tube counts in the Gympie and South Burnett council areas, A$40,953, awarded 23 March 2026;
park 'n' ride and bicycle parking surveys across south-east Queensland for 2022 to 2025, A$319,990, awarded in March 2023.
Queensland University of Technology's disclosures list smaller awards to the same supplier name between 2022 and 2025.
The disclosures print no ABN. ASIC's company register lists one company of that name. A disclosed value is what the department recorded when it awarded the work, not what it has paid, and the disclosures do not show how much of the work is finished.
Its name in a state planning study
The company's counts have fed state planning before. A 2012 Deloitte Access Economics cost-benefit analysis for the department, on removing open level crossings and released under Queensland's right-to-information scheme, says the vehicle counts at each crossing were commissioned by the engineering consultant SMEC and "conducted by Traffic Surveyors, Data Audit Systems" between 6 and 8 December 2011.
A surveyor named in a planning study is a record of where the data came from. It gives the surveyor no interest in the project.
What the record does not show
The notices do not say why the practitioner was appointed. The public record does not show what happened at the 25 August hearing, whether any department, council or consultant has surveys in progress with the company, or whether any count or dataset is delayed. While the restructuring runs, the practitioner is the authoritative source.
Where to go
If you buy or supply survey work under the name Data Audit Systems, the company behind it is ACN 108 870 588, ABN 62 108 870 588. The practitioner's contact details are on the ASIC notice linked below.
The tax office's application and the restructuring are on the record. Whether a single traffic count arrives late is not.
The register in 60 seconds
ASIC published notices concerning 128 entities on the day, across 126 notices. 41 are newly published distress entries: a company entering an insolvent process, disclosed in this issue. The remaining 87 are:
37 winding-up applications, which ask a court for an order and are not findings of insolvency
26 procedural filings on cases already open: meetings, dividends, proof deadlines and disclaimers
17 companies already inside a process that moved stage, such as an administration converting to liquidation
7 members' voluntary liquidations, which are solvent and not failures at all
0 vacancies filled, where the process continues with a new practitioner
Treating every entity on the day's register as a new distress event would report 128 where the resolved register supports 41 newly published distress entries.
Newly published distress
The register carried 41 newly published distress entries. Those carrying a former or trading name are listed first. Dates are from the notice.
Company | Process | Practitioner(s) | Other associated names |
|---|---|---|---|
DATA AUDIT SYSTEMS PTY LTD (ACN 108 870 588) | Small Business Restructuring | Jason Walter Bettles | None Recorded |
CASPEAN TECH PTY LTD (ACN 647 990 350) | Creditors' Voluntary Liquidation | Shaun Fernando | MOVEE |
COMPLETE AUTO OPTIONS PTY LTD (IN LIQUIDATION) (ACN 625 277 152) | Creditors' Voluntary Liquidation | Adrian John Warry and Nicholas Giasoumi | None Recorded |
JON KENDALL & ASSOCIATES PTY LTD ATF THE KENDALL FAMILY TRUST (ACN 074 536 244) | Creditors' Voluntary Liquidation | Matthew Leslie Joiner | JKA COMMERCIAL GLAZING |
37 further companies appear on the register for this day: see the full 19 October 2026 register.
Companies trading under another name
39 of the day's entities carry a trading, business or former name that differs from the legal name by more than case, punctuation or a corporate suffix. The entities below are the ones an exposure list of any shape would surface first: distress entries, then applications and stage changes. Solvent and procedural rows are counted but not shown.
Company on the notice | Process | Operating or business names | Former names |
|---|---|---|---|
4 HILLS GROUP PTY LTD (ACN 670 609 837) | Creditors' Voluntary Liquidation | JIM'S MOWING (MOUNT COTTON WEST) | None Recorded |
BILWON HOMES PTY LTD (ACN 630 924 604) | Creditors' Voluntary Liquidation | 1. LILY PAD MX PARK | None Recorded |
CASPEAN TECH PTY LTD (ACN 647 990 350) | Creditors' Voluntary Liquidation | MOVEE | None Recorded |
36 further entities carry at least one other name on record. The complete resolved name set for the day ships as the Ledger File.
Court and calendar
Important: These are winding-up applications, not findings that the companies are insolvent or have been wound up. Hearing details are those listed in the notices and may change or may already have passed. Check the current court list and company status before acting.
Winding-up applications published
Company | Applicant | Court | Hearing listed in notice |
|---|---|---|---|
STANTON QUEENS PLAZA PTY LTD (ACN 626 288 551) | DEPUTY COMMISSIONER OF TAXATION | Federal | 9:30am, 27 October 2026 |
SMB & CO PTY LTD (ACN 627 838 582) | DEPUTY COMMISSIONER OF TAXATION | Federal | 9:30am, 27 October 2026 |
DETAIL PROPERTY SERVICES PTY LTD (ACN 160 124 505) | DEPUTY COMMISSIONER OF TAXATION | Federal | 11:00am, 27 October 2026 |
34 further applications appear on the register for this day: see the full 19 October 2026 register.
Dates and obligations listed in notices
These dates come from the notices and are recorded for reference. Confirm the current position before acting.
Company | Obligation | Date listed in notice |
|---|---|---|
RMG PROMISOR PTY LIMITED | Members' Proxies Due | 22 October 2026 |
COMM CIV GROUP PTY LTD | Proofs of Debt Due | 23 October 2026 |
1. MPS (HOLDINGS NO 1) PTY LTD (ADMINISTRATORS APPOINTED) | Proofs of Debt Due | 23 October 2026 |
42 further dated obligations appear on the register for this day: see the full 19 October 2026 register.
What changed
51 of the day's companies were already in the Register. Those whose event changed are shown below. The earlier date on each row is a PUBLICATION date, so the underlying event is earlier still. None of those earlier steps is visible to anyone reading a single day in isolation.
Company | Earlier register entry | This issue's update |
|---|---|---|
CORPORATE COMPONENTS (AUSTRALIA) PTY LTD (ACN 117 943 629) | 1 April 2025, intention to declare a dividend; in the Register since 21 December 2023 | Dividend |
PETER SZABO FAMILY LAW PTY LTD (ACN 603 483 227) | 23 July 2024, meeting of creditors; in the Register since 30 October 2023; prior episode: Voluntary administration, 30 August 2022 | Meeting |
OATES CAPITAL CONSULTING PTY LTD (IN LIQUIDATION) (ACN 634 288 109) | 15 May 2026, intention to declare a dividend; in the Register since 28 February 2023 | Dividend |
48 further companies appear on the register for this day: see the full 19 October 2026 register.
We publish public-record information, not advice. Where a company is in an external administration, the appointed practitioner is the authoritative source on that matter.
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Primary sources: ASIC's notices of the winding-up application and the restructuring practitioner's appointment for Data Audit Systems Pty Ltd. The Department of Transport and Main Roads' 2012 level-crossing cost-benefit analysis, released under right to information (report page 30). The company's own website, read 20 October.
Public records current to 19 October 2026. Based on ASIC Companies and Business Names datasets, licensed under CC BY 3.0 AU. ABN data © Commonwealth of Australia (Australian Business Register), licensed under CC BY 3.0 AU. Based on Queensland Government contract disclosure data, licensed under CC BY 4.0. This article reports public-record information and is not legal, financial or credit advice.
Source: ASIC Published Notices. Information extracted from public statutory notices and presented in The Open Register's own format.
