It seems that the American site was nearly correct when someone posted that a Newtel staffer was in line for a big pay-out. Today, 15/09/03, a summary of the liquidator's report in the SMH states, "Mystery New Tel executive Benjamin Amzalak received $232,000 - most of it as redundancy pay. While another senior staffer, Warren Chamberlain, received more than $150,000"
Ben got nearly 10% of the total paid out so fat. He must have been a pretty important person.