Sutherland Shire Breakfast Event: The New DPN Landscape

You are invited to an exclusive advisor-level briefing on the rapidly evolving Director Penalty Notice (DPN) environment and what these changes mean for accountants, advisors and their clients.

With Single Touch Payroll (STP) giving the ATO unprecedented visibility into employer compliance, the impact on lockdown DPNs has become a critical issue for advisors and directors alike. This session will explore how STP reporting, Payday Super and recent legislative changes are reshaping director risk, enforcement activity and the advice accountants provide to clients.

This breakfast session features:

Frank Farrugia - Jones Partners Insolvency & Restructuring Director,
A Registered Liquidator with more than 15 years’ industry experience, Frank will guide the discussion, drawing out the practical implications for advisors operating in the current DPN and ATO enforcement environment.

Daniel Soire - Jones Partners Insolvency & Restructuring, Managing Director
A Registered Liquidator with over 20 years’ experience across corporate and personal insolvency, Daniel brings practical insights from complex matters involving extensive investigations, public examinations and creditor recovery action.

Matthew McKee - Brown Wright Stein Lawyers, Partner
Matthew is a leading tax and commercial advisory specialist, known for his deep technical expertise and practical guidance on director obligations, ATO enforcement behaviour and emerging compliance risks.

Chris Wilkinson - Brown Wright Stein Lawyers, Partner
Chris advises on complex tax disputes, director liability, and ATO engagement strategies. He brings a sharp, commercially grounded perspective on how legislative changes are reshaping risk for business owners and their advisors.

Why this event matters for senior advisors

• Payday Super fundamentally changes the timing and nature of director risk, compressing compliance windows and increasing exposure.
• Single Touch Payroll gives the ATO unprecedented visibility, acting as a near real time notification mechanism for non compliance.
• Recent legislative changes are shifting how accountants advise on DPN exposure, particularly around lodgement timing, superannuation obligations and escalation thresholds.
• The critical issue for advisors: knowing when a client’s situation requires specialist legal or insolvency input - and how early intervention can materially change outcomes.

This is a peer level discussion designed for accountants, directors and senior advisors who want to stay ahead of the new enforcement landscape and protect both their clients and their practice.

This is not a technical lecture. It’s a candid, commercial conversation about the decisions that shape outcomes - for clients, directors and advisors.