Directors will now be temporarily relived of their duty to prevent insolvent trading with respect to any debts incurred in the ordinary course of the company's business, with the measure set to run for six months.

According to Treasury, egregious cases of dishonesty and fraud will still be subject to criminal penalties.  Any debts incurred by the company will still be payable by the company.

Further, the government will increased the current minimum threshold for creditors issuing a statutory demands on a company under the Corporations Act 2001 from $2,000 to $20,000 for six months.

The statutory time frame for a company to respond to a statutory demand will also be extended temporarily from 21 days to six months.

Likewise, the threshold for the minimum amount of debt required for a creditor to initiate bankruptcy proceedings against a debtor will temporarily increase from its current level of $5,000 to $20,000.

The time a debtor has to respond to a bankruptcy notice will be temporarily increased from 21 days to six months.