Business

Unicorns and rainbows: how the ATO (and courts) perceive SME accounts

In any small- to medium-sized business, and indeed much larger businesses, the gap between a purest approach to legal...

25 February 2026 • By Matthew Burgess

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Business

Support for SME mental health remains strong, funding extended

The federal government has extended funding for Beyond Blue’s NewAccess for Small Business Owners (NASBO), a mental...

20 February 2026 • By Amelia McNamara

Technology

When the draft becomes the truth: how to stop AI from weakening professional...

Your biggest AI risk isn't that it will get something wrong – it's that it will get everything almost right, writes...

19 February 2026 • By Andrew Cooke

Business

Issues already with ASIC removal of director address details

Matthew Burgess, director at View Legal, has highlighted issues with ASIC's removal of director address details on...

17 February 2026 • By Matthew Burgess, View Legal

Regulation

Bankruptcy fraudster slammed with 2.5-year jail sentence

An AFSA investigation has led to the imprisonment of a Queensland man for 2.5 years for bankruptcy fraud.

16 February 2026 • By Imogen Wilson

Tax

Winding-up case against alleged $14m tax avoidance scheme gets green light

A liquidator has been given the green light to proceed with winding-up claims against 26 individuals and companies...

16 February 2026 • By Emma Partis

Regulation

CA ANZ terminates membership of jailed ex-liquidator

CA ANZ has officially terminated the membership of former liquidator Peter Amos, who was sentenced to prison for...

13 February 2026 • By Imogen Wilson

Companies

AIM S Australia

Headquartered in Melbourne, AIM S Australia is an award-winning CPA public practice specialising in complex...

03 February 2026 • By [email protected]

Technology

Australian accountants increasingly confident in AI nationally

New findings have shown a growing reliance on AI industry-wide.

02 February 2026 • By Amelia McNamara

Business

Alleged ‘shadow director’ of failing accounting firms to fight ban

A Melbourne man allegedly behind the failure of several law and accounting firms has won a bid for documents to assist...

28 January 2026 • By Naomi Neilson

Regulation

‘Greed, incompetence and arrogance’: Adviser jailed for stealing $1m in super

A former financial adviser has been sentenced to six years in prison for misappropriating over $1 million from...

27 January 2026 • By Emma Partis

Technology

Cutting through the AI hype: How to choose tools that truly deliver

Many AI-powered tools can transform the way businesses work. While it is great to have choices, sometimes the sheer...

23 January 2026 • By Yonatan Bley

Tax

The great divide: Will Div 296 risk ‘unfair penalisation’?

As conversations and opinions continue to circulate on the proposed changes to superannuation tax, the joint bodies...

22 January 2026 • By Imogen Wilson

Appointments

CA ANZ elects its first female board chair

The professional accounting body has revealed its newly elected board chair, Sarah Petersen.

22 January 2026 • By Imogen Wilson

Regulation

UNSW ‘systemic’ failures, $213,120 penalty: ‘Fundamentally a governance issue’

Only a month after being penalised $211,200, UNSW was issued a corrected penalty for payroll record-keeping failures –...

16 January 2026 • By Carlos Tse

Business

The engagement trap: Becoming irreplaceable in the age of AI

The future of work isn’t waiting for better workplaces. It’s waiting for better contributors, writes Grant Wyatt.

16 January 2026 • By Grant Wyatt

Technology

Learn from Australia’s leading voice on AI adoption in accounting

Where should accounting firms focus with AI in 2026?

14 January 2026 • By Ignition

Business

Accounts officer chose ‘rage’ over lawful direction, Fair Work finds

An accounts officer failed to dispute a bus manufacturer’s decision to terminate her over an “irreconcilable...

14 January 2026 • By Naomi Neilson