Non-Compete Clauses: What Australia’s Draft Ban Means for Your Business
On 7 September 2026 the Federal Government released draft legislation to ban non-compete clauses for employees earning less than $190,100 a year. That figure is the high income threshold under the Fair Work Act, indexed each 1 July. The draft is open for public consultation until 2 October 2026.
If Parliament Were a Workplace: The Hanson Case Under Australian Workplace Laws
The courts have twice ruled against Senator Pauline Hanson. But run the same facts through the workplace laws that govern every Australian business and the story becomes a compliance masterclass: serious misconduct, vicarious liability, and the steep price of condonation.
Every State Now Has Industrial Manslaughter Laws. Almost No One Has Been Convicted. You Are Still Liable.
Nearly a decade after the reforms began, industrial manslaughter laws cover every Australian jurisdiction, yet prosecutions remain rare. Here is why that gap should not reassure any business owner, and what the personal duty behind these laws means for you right now.
Exciting Businesses Fail. Boring Ones Get Paid.
Australian trade businesses rarely collapse because the owner had a bad idea. They collapse because nobody did the boring work. Construction now accounts for around 27 per cent of all company insolvencies in Australia, and the pattern behind those failures is identical whether a business turns over $180,000 or $40 million. Same four levers. Same failure points. Same three excuses. Here is what hundreds of engagements reveal about the boring business fundamentals that decide who survives.
If You Stopped Tomorrow, Would the Business Survive Without You?
Many owner-led businesses do not survive their founder’s exit because the knowledge, relationships and decisions all sit in one person’s head. Succession planning turns that fragile structure into a transferable business that can keep running, be sold, or be handed on when the owner steps away.
When the Next Shock Hits, Will Your Practice Freeze or Pull Ahead?
Disruption is constant, but resilient practices do more than survive. They use cash buffers, reduced dependency, protected data and practical contingency planning to keep serving patients while less prepared competitors stall. For allied health practices, resilience is both risk management and growth strategy.
You Can’t Control the Economy. You Can Stop It Controlling You.
The economy feels like a force outside your control, up one year and down the next. It is, but that does not mean it gets to run your business. This guide breaks down the macroeconomic indicators that actually matter for Australian small business owners, and shows how your own records turn the headlines into confident decisions.
When Things Go Wrong, They Ask for the Policy You Never Wrote.
Professional policy and procedure writing turns Australia’s fast-changing rules into clear documents your team follows and a regulator accepts. Learn what a professional delivers, why it matters for allied health, trades, professional services and not-for-profits, and how to tell a real safeguard from a folder nobody reads.
When Your Own Policy Becomes the Case Against You.
Write workplace policies and procedures that protect your business, not expose it. Learn the legal traps that turn a policy into a liability, the method to write clear and lawful documents, and what good looks like for professional services, trades, allied health and not-for-profits.
Your Costs Rise on 1 July. Your Rebates Will Not. Inside the 2026 Minimum Wage Increase.
From the first full pay period on or after 1 July 2026, award wages rise 4.75 per cent and the National Minimum Wage passes $1,000 a week for the first time. For allied health practices, the cost lands straight away, while Medicare and NDIS rebates stay put. Here is what the minimum wage increase means, and what to do before your first July payday.
Your Trust and Your Super Are in the 2026 Federal Budget’s Sights
The 2026 Federal Budget reshapes how professional services firms hold income and wealth. A new 30 per cent tax on discretionary trusts and a fresh superannuation tax change the calculations. Here is what matters, who it affects most, and what to do before the rules take hold.
That Board Seat Could Cost You Your House
A board seat is never just an honour. In Australia, directors can face personal liability for unpaid tax, insolvent trading, unsafe workplaces, poor records, and decisions they barely questioned. Whether paid, unpaid, executive, volunteer, de facto or behind the scenes, real influence can bring real exposure.