Professional services policy and regulation in Australia
Policy and regulation for law, accounting, audit, consulting and advisory firms. Below are the official items from the last 14 days that we rated high or medium for Professional services, each linked to its official source.
What we match to Professional services
We rate each item for Professional services. Items on these subjects, among others, are matched to this sector:
- Professions and professional services regulation
- Tax and excise
- Budget, spending and procurement
- Workplace relations
- Data, privacy and cyber
- Financial services, payments and scams
Official items from the last 14 days
As at 2:50 am on 21 Oct 2026 (Sydney time), 19 official items from the last 14 days are rated high or medium for Professional services.
Appointments – Members – Tax Practitioners Board (opens the official source in a new tab)
AI summaryThe Albanese Government appointed Mr Mark Friezer and Ms Paula Tallon Bennett as part-time members of the Tax Practitioners Board (TPB), the national body responsible for registration and regulation of tax practitioners. Friezer has been a consultant since 2022 and previously worked at Clayton Utz and Deutsche Bank. Tallon Bennett founded Salann Tax in 2022 and previously worked at Prosperity Advisers Group, Markel Tax and BDO UK. The appointments aim to strengthen the TPB and improve industry integrity.
(c) Commonwealth of Australia. Source: ministers.treasury.gov.au, licensed under CC BY 4.0
Crypto asset tax transparency - draft legislation (opens the official source in a new tab)
(c) Commonwealth of Australia. Source: treasury.gov.au, licensed under CC BY 4.0
Albanese government advancing reforms to combat financial abuse (opens the official source in a new tab)
(c) Commonwealth of Australia. Source: ministers.treasury.gov.au, licensed under CC BY 4.0
Tackling fraud and financial abuse (opens the official source in a new tab)
(c) Commonwealth of Australia. Source: treasury.gov.au, licensed under CC BY 4.0