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
- Bookkeepers and BAS agents
- Business advisors and consultants
- Finance and mortgage brokers
- 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). Our webinars contribute to Continuing Professional Development (CPD) programs. Attendees will receive a CPD certificate after the webinar. 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.
Use the buttons below to register for the session time that works best for you.
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3 Dec 2026, Thu
Ashley Shield
10:00am and 1:00pm (AEST)
Rescue, Restructure Or Exit: What Decided The Outcome In 2026
Two businesses can carry the same ATO debt and the same cash flow pressure, and still end up in very different places: one trading on, the other in liquidation with its director personally exposed. Looking back across 2026, the difference was rarely the size of the debt. It was when someone stepped in, and what they recommended.
In this session, Ashley Shield, Executive Director at de Jonge Read®, looks back on 2026 through the matters our team has worked on, from early rescues, Small Business Restructures and pre-pack restructures to controlled exits and liquidations. He’ll unpack the point where each outcome was decided, in a year shaped by rising interest rates, a fuel and energy price shock, and an ATO issuing more Director Penalty Notices than the year before. The session then turns to the weeks ahead, with the practical steps you can recommend to clients before the break.
Key insights you’ll gain:
🔹 Real case studies from the past year, and the moment each outcome was decided
🔹 How rescue, restructure, controlled exit and liquidation compare, how long each option stays open, and what each means for the director personally
🔹 The warning signs that separated the businesses that were rescued from those that ended in liquidation, including why an ATO tax default on a client’s credit file means time is running short
🔹 What to recommend to clients before the Christmas shutdown, from planning cash flow through January to staying ahead of ATO obligations in the first holiday period under Payday Super
You’ll leave with a clear way to tell which clients still have options, and a short list of the conversations worth having before the year closes.
Note: Session times by state due to Daylight Savings
QLD: 10am & 1pm
NSW/VIC/ACT/TAS: 11am & 2pm
SA: 10:30am & 1:30pm
NT: 9:30am & 12:30pm
WA: 8am & 11am
Get your certificate of attendance. Our webinars contribute towards your Continuing Professional Development (CPD), and every attendee receives a certificate after the session.
Did you miss our previous webinars?
You can now watch the recordings of our previous sessions here.
