Business

The 15-minute audit: why AI makes hourly billing operationally impossible

As AI agents handle growing portions of junior workloads, firms must pivot to value-based pricing or face a terminal...

24 March 2026 • By Andrew Cooke

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Business

Productivity and efficiency boom, but AI yet to impact firm growth

The latest findings of AI’s impact on the accounting industry revealed mixed results.

11 March 2026 • By Amelia McNamara

Technology

Don’t get sued by your own AI: a 5-step governance framework for partners

From data privacy to ‘hallucination liability’, here are some ideas on how to protect your PI insurance, writes Andrew...

09 March 2026 • By Andrew Cooke

Regulation

APS raises major concerns with changes to ancillary funds

Increasing the minimum distribution rate for both private ancillary funds and public ancillary funds will have...

03 March 2026 • By Amelia McNamara

Regulation

Possible gaps and pain points for accountants ahead of the AML/CTF reforms

In conversation with Accountants Daily ahead of AML Edge in March, Jill Muir, senior policy advocate at CA ANZ, has...

23 February 2026 • By Jerome Doraisamy

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

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

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

Business

ATO recoups over $1bn in unpaid super for 2024-25

Almost $1.1 billion in unpaid super has been returned to nearly one million Australians across 2024-25, the ATO has...

09 December 2025 • By Carlos Tse

Tax

Lawyer penalised for role in Plutus Payroll blackmail plot

The NSW Supreme Court has kicked a lawyer out of the profession over his role in a $25 million blackmail scheme...

02 December 2025 • By Naomi Neilson