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Compliance audits & reviews
Our audit team undertakes the complete range of audits required of Australian accounting laws to help you to help you meet obligations or fulfil best practice procedures.
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Financial reporting advisory
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We provide comprehensive corporate tax and advisory service across the full spectrum of the corporate tax process.
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Private business tax & advisory
We work with private businesses and their leaders on all their business tax and advisory needs.
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Tax compliance
We work alongside clients to manage all tax compliance needs and identify potential compliance or tax risk issues.
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Employment tax
We help clients understand and address their employment tax obligations to ensure compliance and optimal tax positioning for their business and employees.
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International tax
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Tax law
Our team – which includes tax lawyers – helps you understand and implement regulatory requirements for your business.
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Innovation Incentives
Our national team has extensive experience navigating all aspects of the government grants and research and development tax incentives.
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Transfer pricing
Transfer pricing is one of the most challenging tax issues. We help clients with all their transfer pricing requirements.
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Tax digital consulting
We analyse high-volume and unstructured data from multiple sources from our clients to give them actionable insights for complex business problems.
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Corporate simplification
We provide corporate simplification and managed wind-down advice to help streamline and further improve your business.
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Superannuation and SMSF
Increasingly, Australians are seeing the benefits, advantages and flexibility of taking control of their own superannuation and retirement planning.
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Many organisations are grappling with a myriad of employee agreements and obligations, resulting in a wide variety of payments to their people.
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Cyber resilience
The spectrum of cyber risks and threats is now so significant that simply addressing cybersecurity on its own isn’t enough.
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Internal audit
We provide independent oversight and review of your organisation's control environments to manage key risks, inform good decision-making and improve performance.
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Financial crime
Our team helps clients navigate and meet their obligations to mitigate crime as well as develop and implement their risk management strategies.
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Consumer Data Right
Consumer Data Right (CDR) aims to provide Australians with more control over how their data is used and disclosed.
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We enable our clients to achieve their strategic objectives, fulfil their purpose and live their values supported by effective and appropriate risk management.
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Controls assurance
In Australia, as with other developed economies, regulatory and market expectations regarding corporate transparency continue to increase.
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Governance
Through fit for purpose governance we enable our clients to make the appropriate decisions on a timely basis.
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Regulatory compliance
We enable our clients to navigate and meet their regulatory and compliance obligations.
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Our team advises at all stages of a litigation dispute, taking an independent view while gathering and reviewing evidence and contributing to expert reports.
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Our licensed forensic investigators with domestic and international experience deliver high quality results in the jurisdictions in which you operate.
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Asset tracing investigations
Our team of specialist forensic accountants and investigators have extensive experience in tracing assets and the flow of funds.
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We help clients identify, finance, perform due diligence and execute acquisitions to maximise the growth opportunities of your business.
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Our operational deal services team helps to ensure the greatest possible outcome and value is gained through post merger integration or post acquisition integration.
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Transaction advisory
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Business valuations
We use our expertise and unique and in-depth methodology to undertake business valuations to help clients meet strategic goals.
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Tax in mergers & acquisition
We provide expert advice for all M&A taxation aspects to ensure you meet all obligations and are optimally positioned.
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Corporate finance
We provide effective and strategic corporate finance services across all stages of investments and transactions so clients can better manage costs and maximise returns.
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Debt advisory
We work closely with clients and lenders to provide holistic debt advisory services so you can raise or manage existing debt to meet your strategic goals.
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Working capital optimisation
Our proven methodology identifies opportunities to improve your processes and optimise working capital, and we work with to implement changes and monitor their effectiveness.
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Capital markets
Our team has significant experience in capital markets and helps across every phase of the IPO process.
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Debt and project finance raising
Backed by our experience accessing full range of available funding types, we work with clients to develop and implement capital raising strategies.
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Private equity
We provide advice in accessing private equity capital.
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Financial modelling
Our financial modelling advisory team provides strategic, economic, financial and valuation advice for project types and sizes.
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Payments advisory
We provide merchants-focused payments advice on all aspects of payment processes and technologies.
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We help businesses considering or in voluntary administration to achieve best possible outcomes.
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Corporate insolvency & liquidation
We help clients facing corporate insolvency to undertake the liquidation process to achieve a fair and orderly company wind up.
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As corporate finance specialists, Grant Thornton can help you with raising equity, listings, corporate structuring and compliance.
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Safe Harbour advisory
Our Safe Harbour Advisory helps directors address requirements for Safe Harbour protection and business turnaround.
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We help clients make informed choices around bankruptcy and personal insolvency to ensure the best personal and stakeholder outcome.
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Creditor advisory services
Our credit advisory services team works provides clients with credit management assistance and credit advice to recapture otherwise lost value.
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Small business restructuring process
We provide expert advice and guidance for businesses that may need to enter or are currently in small business restructuring process.
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Asset tracing investigations
Our team of specialist forensic accountants and investigators have extensive experience in tracing assets and the flow of funds.
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Does your company need a health check? Grant Thornton’s expert team can help you get to the heart of your issues to drive sustainable growth.
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We help clients improve commercial performance, profitability and address challenges after internal or external triggers require a major business model shift.
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Safe Harbour advisory
Our Safe Harbour advisory helps directors address requirements for Safe Harbour protection and business turnaround.
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Corporate simplification
We provide corporate simplification and managed wind-down advice to help streamline and further improve your business.
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Director advisory services
We provide strategic director advisory services in times of business distress to help directors navigate issues and protect their company and themselves from liability.
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Debt advisory
We work closely with clients and lenders to provide holistic debt advisory services so you can raise or manage existing debt to meet your strategic goals.
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Our clients can access business planning and strategy advice through our value add business strategy sessions.
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Private business company secretarial services
We provide company secretarial services and expert advice for private businesses on all company secretarial matters.
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Outsourced accounting services
We act as a third-party partner to international businesses looking to invest in Australia on your day-to-day finance and accounting needs.
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Superannuation and SMSF
We provide SMSF advisory services across all aspects of superannuation and associated tax laws to help you protect and grow your wealth.
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Management reporting
We help you build comprehensive management reporting so that you have key insights as your business grows and changes.
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Financial reporting
We help with all financial reporting needs, including set up, scaling up, spotting issues and improving efficiency.
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We help you build and maintain a business forecasting and budgeting model for ongoing insights about your business.
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ATO audit support
Our team of experts provide ATO audit support across the whole process to ensure ATO requirements are met.
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Family business consulting
Our family business consulting team works with family businesses on running their businesses for continued future success.
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We help private business leaders efficiently structure their organisation for optimal operation and tax compliance.
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Our outsourced CFO services provide a full suite of CFO, tax and finance services and advice to help clients manage risk, optimise operations and grow.
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There is a growing demand for organisations to provide transparency on their commitment to sustainability and disclosure of the nonfinancial impacts of their business activities. Commonly, the responsibility for sustainability and ESG reporting is landing with CFOs and finance teams, requiring a reassessment of a range of reporting processes and controls.
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China practice
The investment opportunities between Australia and China are well established yet, in recent years, have also diversified.
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Japan practice
The trading partnership between Japan and Australia is long-standing and increasingly important to both countries’ economies.
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India practice
It’s an exciting time for Indian and Australian businesses looking to each jurisdiction as part of their growth ambitions.
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Our Singapore Practice works alongside Singaporean companies to achieve growth through investment and market expansion into Australia.
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For the third time, the world's most iconic sporting festival will be welcomed to Australian shores (a feat in itself), along with the world's collective attention.
Hosting the Games will be an amazing milestone for our region, state and country. It is so much more than a sporting celebration spanning a few weeks in some 10 years’ time. Instead, the Games in Brisbane should be viewed as an enduring opportunity. That is, while the initial focus is on the 10 years leading up to 2032, the importance of the Games’ legacy will be realised for many years after the event.
This power to Brisbane cannot be underestimated and, more specifically, its soft power.
What is soft power?
The concept of soft power is not new. It was developed by Joseph Nye at Harvard University around three decades ago and describes the ability to affect others to obtain desired outcomes through attraction and persuasion, rather than force and coercion. The Global Soft Power Index is now published annually by various parties but generally measures a nation’s ‘cultural attractiveness’ – something which co-opts people or organisations into taking a positive view of that nation.
There is a strong element of familiarity and comfort that comes with investing in nations that possess soft power and often this is where we see the capital flow. Factors that can contribute to soft power include prominence in the arts or media, the perceived quality of education, and the accessibility or familiarity with the culture. It is important that those seeking investment as well as those investing are conscious of the impact these factors have and how they can affect investment decisions.
Interestingly, each of the nations that appeared in the top 10 of the 2021 Soft Power Index have previously hosted an Olympic Games, with half of those countries hosting on more than one occasion. Given that only 23 cities have hosted the modern (summer) Olympic Games since 1896, there is a lot to be said about the global reputation and soft power that comes from hosting these globally-revered sporting events.
Putting our region on show and hosting a positive Games will only help to build the appeal and interest in Brisbane as an investment destination.
Soft power play for Brisbane
The immediately obvious considerations are the procurement opportunities for local operators that come with hosting the Games and the logistical requirements of hosting an Olympic-sized contingent. However, there will inevitably be a widespread intangible benefit that comes from the cultural familiarity of having brand “Brisbane” broadcasted to the world for a sustained period. Our ability to show off our local assets and talent can drive the sort of long-term investment here that can make a real difference to our economy.
The potential for the state is huge: traditionally Queensland’s contribution to Australia’s GDP has been around 19%, with the population represents 20% of Australia - but historically it has only managed to pick up about 11% of the overseas investment into Australian commercial real estate. (Credit to JLL Research – Why will the 2032 Olympic Games in Brisbane be different? August 2021 Report)
Strengthening the Brisbane brand globally means raising the consideration level of this region to compete with Sydney and Melbourne, increasing the potential for international investors seeking opportunities here and positions Brisbane as a viable location for Australian or Asia Pacific head offices.
Ensuring that Brisbane is able to put its best foot forward when the time comes and that the Games’ legacy goes beyond just the sporting achievements is a shared responsibility of not only the Government and the business community, but also the residents and beneficiaries of the infrastructure utilised for the Games.
Key factors that can strengthen Brisbane’s soft power pull:
- Infrastructure and construction: Prioritising planning and housing affordability to manage projected population growth; developing residential, retail and hospitality precincts for a high growth city like Brisbane. Land supply needs to be looked at closely and the Building Acceleration Fund will help with catalytic infrastructure to unlock areas.
- Culture/ Arts / Heritage focus: Proudly demonstrating our diversity, highlighting our Indigenous and First Nations heritage and the moviemaking/entertainment facilities available.
- Digital: Showcasing the world class gaming and AI community already based in QLD.
- Sustainability: Investing in climate resilience and zero waste initiatives before, during and after the Games events.
- Transport: Enabling easy transitions around our region by public transport and stretching for big and bold goals, like no cars in Brisbane CBD by 2032.
- Tourism: With assets like the Brisbane Airport second runway, Queens Wharf precinct development and the pending international cruise ship terminal, in addition to an abundance of natural assets, Queensland is poised for a tourism boom.
- Manufacturing: building local supplier capability to supply the Games and global competitiveness.
- Infrastructure: the impending Games can give real purpose to the South East Queensland City Deal that was first agreed in early 2019 but has yet to demonstrate any substance. Planning now for the required infrastructure that the region needs to accommodate expected population growth (and not just the Games) will be an integral element of the liveability of our region by 2032 and beyond.
- Education: another strong driver of soft power is the familiarity that comes with studying in a country and assimilating into the local culture for extended periods. The overall consideration levels for Brisbane could lead to evening up the share of the foreign students generally dominated by the southern states, which is also good news for student accommodation asset providers
What does this mean for Queensland’s real estate and construction sector?
Raising Brisbane’s (and Queensland’s) international profile through soft power has a significant knock-on effect on the economy. It becomes, for instance: a destination that people desire to study in; adopt the lifestyle, a place to set up head offices; and a city in which you wish to launch or expand a business. Until now, Brisbane has been relatively unknown outside our shores but now has the potential to be on equal footing with Sydney and Melbourne-based familiarity for consideration around the globe.
International real estate investors have an abundance of choices globally. When so many options present themselves, the regions that stand out are the ones that offer complementary and reliable benefits. Investors feel confident putting money into territories they are familiar with - and this familiarity is being determined by the level of soft power regions project and the direct experiences investors have with them.