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Budget 2026–27: The Hard Road of Reform — or Has the Horse Already Bolted?

The team at Cathro & Partners argues that Australia’s 2026–27 Budget reshapes incentives rather than stimulates activity, with housing tax reform, inflation, payday super, non-deductible GIC and continued ATO enforcement intensifying cashflow pressure and concentrating insolvency risk among highly geared property investors, construction businesses, SMEs and directors with unresolved tax debt.