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Our Chair’s Video Is Now Live on Small Business Week 2026

We are proud to share that our Chair, Eddie Griffith, has an Expert Insight video now live as part of the Small Business Week 2026 On Demand Video Series, running South Australia wide from 17 to 21 August, delivered by…

The Missing Middle: Why So Many Small Businesses Fall Through the Gap

There is a strange imbalance in the support available to small business owners in Australia. At the very beginning, when you are starting a business, there is no shortage of help. Grants, government departments, the small business ombudsman’s website, local…

Diversification Is Not a Backup Plan. It Is the Plan.

At DSD Small Business Week 2026, ABRT Chair Eddie Griffith made a point that runs against how a lot of business owners actually think about diversification. It is not something you reach for when things go wrong. It is, in…

Our Chair, Eddie Griffith, Named COSBOA’s 2026 National Small Business Champion

ABRT is proud to share that our Chair, Eddie Griffith, has been named the Council of Small Business Organisations Australia’s 2026 National Small Business Champion, presented at the COSBOA National Small Business Summit Gala Dinner. The award recognises an individual,…

How Everyday Business Habits Can Accidentally Trigger a Tax Audit

It usually starts the same way. A letter arrives from the ATO, out of nowhere, saying an audit of your business has been completed. Attached to it is a bill, a shortfall, plus interest, plus penalties. The first thought most…

The ATO Is Under Pressure to Chase Small Business Debt. Here Is What That Means for You

If you or a client has recently received a letter from the ATO headed “Final warning,” with the line “you risk prosecution if you don’t act now,” you are not imagining that the tone has shifted. There is a reason…

Does Your Family Trust Still Protect Your Business After the Budget?

Since the Federal Budget was handed down on 12 May 2026, one question keeps coming up for small and family business owners: does a family trust still protect what you have built, once the proposed changes to trust taxation take…

If Your Business Fails, What Actually Happens to You?

It is one of the quietest fears a small business owner carries. Not just “what if the business fails,” but “what happens to me if it does.” For many owners, the word bankruptcy still conjures something close to disaster, a…

Trust Tax Reform: Why COSBOA’s Warning Deserves Serious Attention

The Council of Small Business Organisations Australia has raised an important flag on proposed changes to discretionary trust taxation, and it is one that ABRT believes small and family business owners, along with their advisors, need to sit with closely.…

Beyond Blue Mental Resilience Ride: The Simpson Desert

Update — $2,800+ Raised and the Desert is Real Mental Resilience Ride — Ride Update When we published the original post on 5 June, Evan Bulmer and Adam Burton were still in preparation. That is no longer the case. They…