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Business Risk Index

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Business Risk Index: East coast tops 2025 capital city business failures; SMEs being squeezed by rising costs

Dec 17, 2025
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B2B invoice defaults jump in July; CreditorWatch data shows shifting insolvency landscape

Aug 26, 2025
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Insolvencies plateau at elevated levels but sector stress persists: B2B payment defaults at 12-month low

Jul 23, 2025
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Stress subsides: Payment defaults drop sharply in May; Insolvencies stabilise

Jun 18, 2025
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Insolvencies still high but off the boil; One in 10 hospitality businesses close in the past year

May 22, 2025
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B2B payment defaults 42% higher than a year ago as cost pressures mount; Trump trade war effects looming

Apr 15, 2025
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Record high hospitality closures in past year; Key measure of business stress leaps 47% year-on-year

Mar 19, 2025
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Stronger start to 2025 for Australian businesses but tariff uncertainty looms; Food and Beverage Services sector registers record high business failures

Feb 20, 2025
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Tough start to 2025 ahead for Australian businesses; sector outlook worst for hospitality

Dec 12, 2024
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Business Risk Index

Business failures at highest rate since peak of pandemic; Soft household spending hitting hospitality hardest

Nov 20, 2024
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Business Risk Index

Overdue B2B payments at highest rate since March 2021; Construction and hospitality sectors top payment defaults

Oct 16, 2024
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Business failures at highest rate since Jan 2021; B2B payment defaults hit record high

Sep 18, 2024
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Business Risk Index, June results: Value of business orders at record low; 12-month forecast for hospitality failures rises to 9.1%

Jul 16, 2024
Whitepaper - How the manufacturing industry can strengthen the Australian economy
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Business insolvencies surge to record high - rate increases 38% on average across all industries

Jun 18, 2024
Whitepaper - How the manufacturing industry can strengthen the Australian economy
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One in 13 hospitality businesses facing failure in 12 months; B2B payment defaults hit record high

May 21, 2024

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