Rate My Professor Anna Giardina

Anna Giardina is an Associate Lecturer in the Curtin Law School within the Faculty of Business and Law at Curtin University. She serves as the Unit Coordinator and Lecturer for the undergraduate unit BLAW2006 Company Law for Business, a role documented in unit outlines from multiple semesters and campuses, including Bentley Campus in Semester 2 2019, Semester 1 2021, Semester 2 2020 at Curtin Mauritius, and Semester 2 2020 at Miri Sarawak Campus. Giardina has also acted as administrative contact and teaching staff member for TAXA2000 Introduction to Australian Tax Law, contributing to the Faculty of Business and Law's curriculum delivery across onshore and offshore locations.

Giardina's academic publications address key issues in corporate law and insolvency. In 2014, as a Lecturer at Curtin Law School, she co-authored with Dale Pinto, Professor of Taxation Law, the article 'A Proposal to Address the Impact of Fraudulent Phoenix Activities on Unremitted Superannuation Guarantee Contributions in Australia' in the Journal of Australian Taxation, Volume 16, Issue 1. The work details fraudulent phoenix activity, defined as the deliberate liquidation of a company to avoid payment of liabilities such as employee superannuation guarantee contributions, wages, taxes, workers' compensation premiums, and long service leave to creditors. It discusses the scale and prevalence in Australia, consequences including employee losses leading to greater reliance on aged pensions, creditor recovery challenges, and government revenue shortfalls, and proposes reforms like improved online reporting between the Australian Taxation Office and companies to safeguard superannuation entitlements. In 2020, she co-authored 'Creditor Defeating Dispositions' with Stephanie Bruce, affiliated with Curtin Law School, Faculty of Business and Law, and deposited in the university's espace institutional repository.