King Brothers was an Australian bus company operating route and school services in the Mid North Coast region of New South Wales.
It collapsed in April 2003 with debts of $220 million, after owners Peter and Tony King were charged with, and later convicted of, fraud.
J&L King was a small family bus operator with route and school services between Kempsey and Crescent Head.
[1] At some stage it operated a Port Macquarie to Tamworth service that was sold in 1996.
[2] After control passed to adopted twin sons Tony and Peter, in the late 1990s / early 2000s King Brothers expanded rapidly with the acquisition of a number of operators in the Great Lakes and Mid North Coast regions including:[3] The business was put up for sale however in April 2003 the business collapsed with debts of $220 million after the owners were charged with, and later convicted of, having defrauded the National Australia Bank and Toyota Financial Services by selling and leasing back fictitious buses.