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For many successful families, creating wealth is only the beginning. As your businesses, investments and family interests grow, arrangements that once worked well can become difficult to manage.

On 28 August 2026, AUSTRAC began issuing section 167 notices to businesses that appear to be providing designated services but have not enrolled under Australia's AML/CTF regime.

Australia's retirement village sector continues to benefit from strong demand as a result of an ageing population and constrained housing markets. But while demand remains positive, the environment in which operators are managing villages is becoming increasingly complex.

In this episode, Ali Rahman, Tanish Tanjil and Rachel Delmar chat with Grant Thornton brand ambassador Jess Fox about the difference community partners can make in driving social impact and improving outcomes for young people.

For years, sanctions compliance has largely operated on a simple assumption: when a major jurisdiction imposes sanctions, companies identify their exposure and take steps to comply. Historically, that process was relatively straightforward. However, latest expansion of US pressure on Iran, combined with China’s increasingly assertive use of its blocking and counter-sanctions laws, has introduced new complexity and risk.

ATO guidance increases evidence requirements for treaty claims through FTE structures.

For many mid-sized businesses, greenhouse gas emissions are still viewed as something that only matters to large corporates subject to mandatory sustainability reporting. If you're not required to prepare a sustainability report, it can be difficult to justify investing time and resources measuring emissions, but increasingly, customers may ask you to.

New CGT reforms reshape M&A, valuations and exit planning. Understand the key implications.

Payday Super may expose hidden cashflow weaknesses. Discover the warning signs, business impacts and restructuring options available.

Cybercrime remains a major threat, with more than 84,700 reports recorded in Australia each year. For Boards and executive teams, the question is no longer whether an attack will occur, but whether the organisation is prepared to respond and recover.

Australian manufacturing is becoming more differentiated. While industry growth moderated to 4.1% in FY26, performance is increasingly splitting across the sector, with scale emerging as a key driver of stronger growth, profitability and investment capacity.

The rules for SMSF borrowing to acquire real property have now changed. While the policy debate has largely focused on residential property, the final law operates by reference to whether the real property qualifies as business real property under the superannuation rules. This distinction is important for trustees, advisers and lenders considering property transactions from 10 August 2026.