Insights

On Tuesday 12  May, Federal Treasurer Hon. Jim Chalmers handed down the Albanese Government’s 2026/27 Federal Budget – it’s fifth Budget updated since the party’s  election in 2022.

In response to current cost pressures and supply uncertainty resulting from international fuel disruptions, the Australian Government has announced a National Fuel Security Plan – in effect from 1^st April – providing temporary relief to support individuals and businesses for three months.

As we move towards the Festive season period and the end of the calendar year, new consensus data released this week has confirmed a renewed tightness in the labour-force market – suggesting a potential holding or cut of Royal Bank of Australia (RBA) rates in 2026.

As an investor I am always looking for areas of development and themes where great ideas are forming but perhaps main street has not yet caught on or up.

Australia is a beautiful country which has a harsh landscape and difficult weather patterns. Our population to land mass in some areas is low and sparse and can be very lonely for individuals managing the country in these rural and outback areas.

Borrowing the results from recent other Professional Firms’ business surveys, it seems to me that the top concerns for Australian executives (and most probably other parts of the world) are the same in the short term as they are for the medium term. That being, cyber risks, talent recruitment/retention and upskilling a work force for the digital world.

For my Insights advisory article dedicated to the Healthcare sector, I wanted to speak specifically about the challenges many medical and allied health practices currently face.