2026 Webinar Series
Our monthly webinars are designed for advisors supporting business owners and directors dealing with debt challenges, financial pressure and complex decision-making. Each session responds to current conditions and real advisory scenarios, providing practical insights that advisors can apply when guiding clients through restructuring, recovery or exit decisions.
Led by the de Jonge Read® team and trusted industry experts, each session focuses on real-world advisory scenarios, emerging risks and practical decision-making. The goal is to help advisors identify issues earlier, understand the available options, and guide clients with confidence before problems escalate. These sessions are educational, practical and grounded in current client matters — not theory.
Our webinars are typically attended by advisors who work with business owners and directors, including:
- Accountants and accounting firms
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Bookkeepers and BAS agents
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Business advisors and consultants
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Finance and mortgage brokers
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Professionals supporting SMEs in financial difficulty
If you advise clients experiencing cash-flow pressure, ATO debt, creditor demands or structural issues, these sessions are designed for you.
Previous webinar speakers and co-hosts have included representatives from the Australian Taxation Office, alongside industry-leading accountants, bookkeepers, lawyers, financiers and other relevant professionals, as well as the experienced de Jonge Read® team. This broad mix of regulatory, technical and practical perspectives ensures each session delivers balanced, commercially relevant insight.
Webinars are usually held on the 4th Thursday of each month and, by popular demand, are delivered in two live sessions at 10am (AEST) and 1pm (AEST). CPD points are available for all sessions. For advisors who are unable to attend either live session, a recording is published on our website in the days following the event, allowing you to stay informed at a time that suits you.
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The Year in Insolvency: Trends, Cases and What Comes Next
This past financial year has been one of the most demanding on record for businesses under financial pressure, and advisors have felt it across their client books. Insolvency activity has reached record highs, the ATO has issued more than 84,000 Director Penalty Notices in a single year, and late payments are now at their highest level in six years. For accountants, bookkeepers, lawyers and brokers, the warning signs are arriving earlier and carrying more weight.
This month, Ashley Shield, Executive Director at de Jonge Read®, steps back to look at the bigger picture. Rather than a single topic, this session works through the trends that defined the year in insolvency and what they signal for the year ahead. Ashley will draw on real cases de Jonge Read® has worked through, showing how early intervention changed the outcome for directors who acted in time.
With a new financial year underway, it is the natural moment to review which clients are carrying ATO debt, where pressure is concentrating, and where early action can still make a difference.
Key insights you’ll gain:
🔹 The insolvency trends that defined the past year, and which sectors are most exposed heading into the new financial year
🔹 What the ATO’s shift to aggressive enforcement means for your clients carrying tax debt
🔹 Why late payments and early warning signs are now the most reliable signals to act on
🔹 How real de Jonge Read® cases turned on the timing of the advisor’s intervention
🔹 What to watch for across your client book in the months ahead
This session will help you read the trends shaping your clients’ risk, recognise the warning signs earlier, and know when stepping in early can protect a director and preserve a business.
Get CPD points! Our webinars contribute to Continuing Professional Development (CPD) programs. Attendees will receive a CPD certificate after the webinar.
Did you miss our previous webinars?
You can now watch the recordings of our previous sessions here.
