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New ATO Rental Property Guidance
January 15th, 2026New ATO Rental Property Guidance - What You Need to Know Owning a rental property has long been seen as a reliable way to build wealth, generate income, and diversify your financial position. As you’ll be aware, however, they do come with additional tax obligations. In November 2025, the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) released Draftread more
Digital vs Traditional Marketing for Your Business
January 14th, 2026Digital vs Traditional Marketing: If you’re running a small or medium-sized business, chances are you’ve felt the pressure to “do more marketing” — without always being sure where to start or what will actually deliver results. Between social media, Google Ads, email campaigns, radio spots, print ads, sponsorships, and everything in between, the modern marketingread more
WA Property Market Update January 2026
January 14th, 2026As Western Australia enters 2026, the property market finds itself in a position few could have predicted a decade ago. Strong population growth, persistent supply constraints and evolving interest rate expectations are reshaping how buyers, investors and businesses approach property decisions. With affordability under pressure nationally, Western Australia continues to attract attention for its relativeread more
WA Property Market Update December 2025 + Year in Review
January 7th, 2026As we look back on 2025, Western Australia’s property market continues to stand out on the national stage. While conditions have softened or plateaued in parts of the eastern states, WA has remained comparatively resilient, supported by strong population growth, tight housing supply and improving confidence following interest rate cuts during the year. For buyers,read more
Nigel Plowman’s 2025 Festive Season Message
December 17th, 2025McKinley Plowman – Wishing You a Joyous Festive Season! As we bid farewell to 2025, I’d like to take this opportunity to thank every client and team member for being part of the McKinley Plowman journey this year. This year, we kept a keen focus on reaping the benefits of our 2024 “Cloud Nine” project,read more
Real Estate Professionals – Are you Ready for 2026 AUSTRAC Reforms?
December 10th, 2025AUSTRAC Real Estate Reforms - The Next Wave of Financial Regulation From 1 July 2026, Australia’s Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing (AML/CTF) regime is expanding, and real estate professionals are in the spotlight. Under the AUSTRAC real estate reforms, property professionals will join around 80,000 additional businesses required to enrol and report to AUSTRAC, Australia’sread more
Unlocking Growth: How Australian Businesses Can Maximise R&D Tax Incentives
December 3rd, 2025Innovation is a key driver of growth in Australia’s business landscape, yet many organisations underestimate just how much of their work may qualify for R&D Tax Incentives (R&DTI). While some assume it applies only to high-tech labs or cutting-edge inventions, the R&DTI is intentionally broad, designed to reward businesses undertaking genuine experimentation and problem-solving toread more
WA Property Market Update November 2025
November 26th, 2025If you feel like the housing market has gone up another gear this spring, you’d be right. Across Australia, home values rose at their fastest pace in more than two years in October, with national dwelling values up around 0.6-1.1 per cent for the month and annual growth running between 6 and 7.5 per cent.¹read more
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