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Facing the future as an Australian family business
Insight Facing the future as an Australian family business
The 2025 Family Business Report explored the mindset of Australian family business leaders as they navigate an increasingly complex and uncertain landscape. While the top challenges varied between incumbent leaders and the rising generation – ranging from staffing and cashflow to succession planning – there was notable alignment with the broader threats identified in the survey.
Kirstin Stewart
Kirstin Stewart
| 4 min read | 14 Oct 2025
Financial literacy for the Rising Generation
Insight Financial literacy for the Rising Generation
Money and finances can often be a sensitive and discreet topic in families, but what about families that own and operate a family business? Discussions about money can often begin around the dinner table, with even very young children receiving pocket money in exchange for chores.
Kirstin Stewart
Kirstin Stewart
| 4 min read | 28 Nov 2024
Preparing the next generation for Australia’s largest wealth transition
Podcast Preparing the next generation for Australia’s largest wealth transition
In the latest episode of Beyond the Numbers with Grant Thornton, Private Business Tax and Advisory Partners and Family Business accredited advisors, Kirsten Taylor-Martin and Kirstin Stewart discuss the critical elements of effective succession planning.
Kirsten Taylor-Martin
Kirstin Stewart
| 29 min listen | 15 Aug 2024
Tax issues on Relationship Breakdowns
Insight Tax issues on Relationship Breakdowns
Tax & legal considerations for financial settlements in relationship breakdowns
Kirstin Stewart
Kirstin Stewart
| 10 min read | 19 Mar 2024
Succession planning is still important for family businesses
Insight Succession planning is still important for family businesses
The results of the 2023 Family Business survey showed succession planning is still a topic of high importance to family businesses. The results revealed 72 per cent of family businesses believe succession planning would be an important topic for their business over the next two years.
Kirstin Stewart
Kirstin Stewart
| 7 min read | 14 Nov 2023
Balancing the needs of the family and business
Insight Balancing the needs of the family and business
When you’re a family business, the lines between business and family can become blurred. For some family businesses in operation for multiple generations, this is even more apparent as the family business may be all they’ve ever known.
Kirstin Stewart
Kirstin Stewart
| 6 min read | 02 Feb 2023
My parents want me to ‘take over’ the family business
Insight My parents want me to ‘take over’ the family business
Generally, when we talk with family businesses about the next generation ‘taking over’ we break this down into two parts – management and ownership. Every business – like every family – is different and what this means in one family business may be completely different in another.
Kirstin Stewart
Kirstin Stewart
| 5 min read | 12 Jan 2023
The impact of parents lending their children money from the family business
Insight The impact of parents lending their children money from the family business
It is not uncommon for parents to advance their children money. What the funds are used for may be a significant consideration in how the transfer may be structured from the family business entity, or group of entities, as there may be several financial, taxation and legal consequences.
Kirstin Stewart
Kirstin Stewart
| 5 min read | 21 Dec 2022