Whether you’re a startup founder, small business owner, or an established manager looking to level up, there’s no shortage of high-value learning and networking opportunities this May. The Australian government and affiliated partners are running dozens of free and low-cost workshops, webinars, and business clinics—covering everything from financial literacy and payroll tax to video marketing, AI automation, government tendering, and even e-commerce in the Middle East.
Dive into the list below and register for the ones that best match your goals this month.
Webinar for Australian businesses – Getting started with business grants
Fri 2 May 2025, 10:00 am – 11:30 am AEST
Location: Online | Cost: Free
An introductory webinar for small businesses wanting to learn how to find and apply for grants and funding support.
Workshop for NSW businesses – Boost your digital marketing strategy
Mon 5 May 2025, 9:30 am – 12:30 pm AEST
Location: Parramatta, NSW | Cost: $30.00
Designed for business owners looking to improve their online presence and digital sales funnels.
Webinar for WA businesses – Understanding cash flow
Mon 5 May 2025, 11:00 am – 12:30 pm AWST
Location: Online | Cost: Free
This session provided WA businesses with practical tips on managing cash flow and preparing for seasonal shifts.
Information session for VIC businesses – Starting a business in Victoria
Tue 6 May 2025, 10:00 am – 12:00 pm AEST
Location: Online | Cost: Free
An overview of legal, financial and marketing considerations for first-time business owners.
Webinar for QLD businesses – Tax essentials for new businesses
Wed 7 May 2025, 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm AEST
Location: Online | Cost: Free
Presented in partnership with the ATO, this webinar covered tax basics and record-keeping obligations.
Workshop for SA businesses – Business resilience planning
Thu 8 May 2025, 10:00 am – 1:00 pm ACST
Location: Adelaide, SA | Cost: Free
This interactive workshop helped SA small businesses develop continuity plans to weather uncertainty.
Webinar for TAS businesses – Exploring e-commerce platforms
Fri 9 May 2025, 9:30 am – 11:00 am AEST
Location: Online | Cost: Free
An introductory session covering the pros and cons of popular e-commerce platforms for retail businesses.
Workshop for ACT businesses – From idea to action: launching a startup
Mon 12 May 2025, 9:00 am – 1:00 pm AEST
Location: Canberra, ACT | Cost: Free
This half-day intensive guided attendees through validating a business idea and building a lean plan.
Webinar for NSW businesses – Social media advertising on a budget
Tue 13 May 2025, 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm AEST
Location: Online | Cost: $25.00
Learn how to run high-impact ad campaigns across Facebook and Instagram with limited spend.
Workshop for NT businesses – Building your local customer base
Wed 14 May 2025, 11:00 am – 12:30 pm ACST
Location: Alice Springs, NT | Cost: Free
Explore tools to increase local visibility and drive repeat customers to your NT business.
Webinar for QLD businesses – Grants for innovation and R&D
Thu 15 May 2025, 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm AEST
Location: Online | Cost: Free
This session outlined eligibility and application tips for innovation-focused grant programs.
Webinar for Australian businesses – Scaling up sustainably
Fri 16 May 2025, 10:30 am – 12:00 pm AEST
Location: Online | Cost: Free
Designed for growth-stage businesses, this webinar covered managing cost, culture and compliance at scale.
Workshop for WA businesses – Preparing for EOFY
Mon 19 May 2025, 9:30 am – 12:30 pm AWST
Location: Perth, WA | Cost: Free
Gain a clear understanding of tax-time essentials, including deductions and reporting obligations.
Webinar for VIC businesses – Getting paid: Invoicing & debt recovery
Tue 20 May 2025, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm AEST
Location: Online | Cost: Free
Learn how to create effective invoicing processes and deal with late-paying clients.
Workshop for TAS businesses – Building a business with purpose
Wed 21 May 2025, 10:00 am – 1:00 pm AEST
Location: Hobart, TAS | Cost: Free
This session encouraged business owners to align operations with social and environmental impact goals.
Webinar for NSW businesses – Building your first business website
Thu 22 May 2025, 10:00 am – 11:30 am AEST
Location: Online | Cost: Free
Step-by-step advice for setting up your first website and understanding basic SEO.
Workshop for SA businesses – Understanding your numbers
Fri 23 May 2025, 9:00 am – 12:00 pm ACST
Location: Mount Gambier, SA | Cost: Free
This session helped business owners decode financial statements and improve cash flow planning.
Webinar for NT businesses – Staff onboarding best practices
Mon 26 May 2025, 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm ACST
Location: Online | Cost: Free
Practical tips for creating great onboarding experiences for new hires.
Workshop for WA businesses – Business fundamentals
Mon 26 May 2025 9:00 am – 12:00 pm AWST
Location: Bridgetown, WA Cost: Free
This workshop provides businesses in south-west WA with information and practical tools to help them build resilient, profitable businesses.
Workshop for QLD businesses – What is my bottom line telling me?
Mon 26 May 2025 9:00 am – 1:00 pm AEST
Location: Southport, QLD Cost: Free
Join this financial literacy workshop to better understand your business data.
Information session for VIC businesses – Small business bus
Mon 26 May 2025 10:00 am – 4:00 pm AEST
Location: Shepparton, VIC Cost: Free
The Small Business Bus travels to locations across Victoria, providing advice and support for small businesses.
Workshop for QLD businesses – Payroll tax for groups of businesses
Mon 26 May 2025 10:30 am – 12:00 pm AEST
Location: Brisbane, QLD Cost: Free
This workshop provides Queensland businesses with information on how to meet their payroll tax obligations for groups of businesses.
Webinar for WA businesses – Authentic video creation
Mon 26 May 2025 11:30 am – 1:30 pm AEST
Location: Online Cost: Free
This webinar provides business owners with the tools to create and publish video content to market their business.
Webinar for WA businesses – Managing your marketing budget
Mon 26 May 2025 12:00 – 2:00 pm AWST
Location: Online Cost: $20.00
This webinar is suitable for WA small business owners who undertake marketing activities and would like a better understanding of how to manage their budget.
Workshop for QLD businesses – Payroll tax on contractor payments
Mon 26 May 2025 1:00 – 2:30 pm AEST
Location: Brisbane, QLD Cost: Free
This workshop provides Queensland businesses with information on how to meet their payroll tax obligations for contractors.
Information session for QLD businesses – Business recovery clinics
Mon 26 May 2025 1:30 – 4:30 pm AEST
Location: Southport, QLD Cost: Free
This session provides QLD businesses with support and advice about managing their business after a natural disaster.
Webinar for WA businesses – Supporting small businesses in Western Australia: ATO masterclasses
Mon 26 May 2025 2:00 – 3:00 pm AEST
Location: Online Cost: Free
These webinars provide small businesses in Western Australia with the opportunity to speak with experienced tax officers from the ATO about all things taxation.
Workshop for QLD businesses – What is my bottom line telling me?
Tue 27 May 2025 8:00 am – 12:00 pm AEST
Location: Mount Isa, QLD Cost: Free
Join this financial literacy workshop to better understand your business data.
Webinar for QLD businesses – Mentoring for growth day
Tue 27 May 2025 9:00 am – 3:00 pm AEST
Location: Online Cost: Free
This webinar provides business owners and managers with access to expertise from business experts on a variety of challenges and opportunities that you will face as a business.
Workshop for WA businesses – Business fundamentals
Tue 27 May 2025 9:00 am – 12:00 pm AWST
Location: Manjimup, WA Cost: Free
This workshop provides businesses in south-west WA with information and practical tools to help them build resilient, profitable businesses.
Webinar for WA businesses – Jump start your business
Tue 27 May 2025 9:30 – 10:30 am AWST
Location: Online Cost: Free
This webinar series provides WA businesses with crucial tools, knowledge and resources to enhance their stability and success.
Webinar for WA businesses – How to start a food business
Tue 27 May 2025 9:30 – 11:30 am AWST
Location: Online Cost: $20.00
This webinar provides information and guidance for people looking to start a food business in Western Australia.
Information session for VIC businesses – Small business bus
Tue 27 May 2025 10:00 am – 4:00 pm AEST
Location: Tallangatta, VIC Cost: Free
The Small Business Bus travels to locations across Victoria, providing advice and support for small businesses.
Workshop for VIC businesses – Grow your business with a stand out website
Tue 27 May 2025 10:00 – 11:00 am AEST
Location: Ringwood, VIC Cost: Free
This workshop provides VIC businesses with information on how to maximise the impact of their website for consumers.
Webinar for NSW businesses – How to start a business
Tue 27 May 2025 10:00 am – 12:00 pm AEST
Location: Online Cost: Free
This webinar provides people starting a small business in NSW with tools to get their business off the ground.
Webinar for VIC businesses – Winning government grants and tenders: Webinar
Tue 27 May 2025 10:00 am – 12:00 pm AEST
Location: Online Cost: Free
This webinar provides Victorian small businesses with information and tips on how to win government tender and contract opportunities.
Webinar for WA businesses – Starting a business
Tue 27 May 2025 10:30 am – 12:30 pm AWST
Location: Online Cost: Free
This workshop provides upcoming WA business owners with key information about starting a small business.
Webinar for WA businesses – Supercharge your digital sales funnels: Turn clicks into clients
Tue 27 May 2025 11:30 am – 1:30 pm AWST
Location: Online Cost: Free
This webinar provides WA businesses with practical sales strategies and small business case studies showcasing how a digital sales funnel works.
Webinar for VIC businesses – IR bites: Navigating secure jobs, better pay and closing the loopholes workshops
Tue 27 May 2025 12:00 – 1:00 pm AEST
Location: Online Cost: Free
Are you ready to navigate the latest legislative changes with confidence? We’re excited to present a comprehensive miniseries exploring the key elements of the new laws.
Webinar for TAS businesses – Cost of doing business series
Tue 27 May 2025 12:30 – 1:30 pm AEST
Location: Online Cost: Free
This webinar series provides TAS small to medium businesses with detailed information on how to achieve effective and sustainable cost management.
Webinar for NSW businesses – Smarter finance: Know your breakeven point
Tue 27 May 2025 1:00 – 3:00 pm AEST
Location: Online Cost: Free
This webinar provides small NSW businesses with financial guidance on interpreting the breakeven point.
Workshop for QLD businesses – Payroll tax on contractor payments
Tue 27 May 2025 1:00 – 2:30 pm AEST
Location: Brisbane, QLD Cost: Free
This workshop provides Queensland businesses with information on how to meet their payroll tax obligations for contractors.
Webinar for QLD businesses – E-commerce in the Middle East webinar
Tue 27 May 2025 3:00 – 4:00 pm AEST
Location: Online Cost: Free
This webinar provides QLD businesses with information to help them access Middle East e-commerce markets.
Workshop for TAS businesses – Story foundations: The art of brand storytelling
Tue 27 May 2025 5:00 – 7:00 pm AEDT
Location: Devonport, TAS Cost: $27.19
This workshop shows you exactly how to position storytelling as a powerful sales tool that differentiates your brand and drives bottom-line results whilst aligning with the broader Tasmanian Brand.
Webinar for WA businesses – The art of negotiation
Wed 28 May 2025 9:00 am – 12:00 pm AWST
Location: Online Cost: $20.00
This workshop is for WA business owners looking to improve their negotiation skills.
Webinar for QLD businesses – Mentoring for growth day
Wed 28 May 2025 9:00 am – 3:00 pm AEST
Location: Online Cost: Free
This webinar provides business owners and managers with access to expertise from business experts on a variety of challenges and opportunities that you will face as a business.
Workshop for ACT businesses – Business accelerator: One day intensive
Wed 28 May 2025 9:00 am – 5:00 pm AEST
Location: Canberra, ACT Cost: Free
This workshop will provides businesses with a 1 day intensive course to grow their business faster.
Information session for QLD businesses – Business recovery clinics
Wed 28 May 2025 9:00 am – 12:00 pm AEST
Location: Ingham, QLD Cost: Free
This session provides QLD businesses with support and advice about managing their business after a natural disaster.
Workshop for WA businesses – Business fundamentals
Wed 28 May 2025 9:00 am – 12:00 pm AWST
Location: Pemberton, WA Cost: Free
This workshop provides businesses in south-west WA with information and practical tools to help them build resilient, profitable businesses.
Webinar for Australian businesses – Better business: Managing business growth
Wed 28 May 2025 9:30 am – 5:00 pm AEST
Location: Online Cost: Free
This workshop provides Indigenous owned businesses with information to help them build sustainable, profitable businesses.
Information session for VIC businesses – Small business bus
Wed 28 May 2025 10:00 am – 4:00 pm AEST
Location: Beechworth, VIC Cost: Free
The Small Business Bus travels to locations across Victoria, providing advice and support for small businesses.
Webinar for NSW businesses – Creating an online course
Wed 28 May 2025 10:00 am – 12:00 pm AEST
Location: Online Cost: Free
This webinar provides NSW businesses with low-cost ways to create an online course.
Workshop for SA businesses – Balancing business and life
Wed 28 May 2025 10:00 am – 12:30 pm ACST
Location: Yankalilla, SA Cost: Free
This workshop provides SA businesses with ways to balance the pressure of running a business on mental health and well-being.
Workshop for NT businesses – Writing content to gain local customers
Wed 28 May 2025 10:30 am – 12:00 pm ACST
Location: Darwin, NT Cost: Free
This workshop provides NT businesses on writing deep, valuable content to attract and keep customers.
Webinar for QLD businesses – Supporting small businesses in Queensland: ATO masterclasses
Wed 28 May 2025 12:00 – 1:00 pm AEST
Location: Online Cost: Free
These webinars provide small businesses in Queensland with the opportunity to speak with experienced tax officers from the ATO about all things taxation.
Webinar for Australian businesses – Lunch and learn: Preparing for the net zero economy
Wed 28 May 2025 12:00 – 1:00 pm AEST
Location: Online Cost: Free
This webinar provides businesses with the skills and information to prepare for the transistion to a net zero economy.
Webinar for Australian businesses – ECEC worker retention payment: Individual flexibility arrangements (IFAs)
Wed 28 May 2025 12:00 – 1:00 pm AEST
Location: Online Cost: Free
This webinar provides Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) providers with information about the funding available under the ECEC Worker Retention Program.
Webinar for WA businesses – Facebook for business: Getting started
Wed 28 May 2025 12:00 – 2:00 pm AEST
Location: Online Cost: Free
Join this webinar if you are a small WA business looking to set up an engaging Facebook account.
Webinar for Australian businesses – ECEC worker retention payment: Understanding the program and application requirements
Wed 28 May 2025 4:00 – 5:00 pm AEST
Location: Online Cost: Free
This webinar provides Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) providers with information about the funding available under the ECEC Worker Retention Program.
Webinar for Australian businesses – Business essentials: Your business and IBA info session
Wed 28 May 2025 4:30 – 7:00 pm AEST
Location: Online Cost: Free
This workshop provides business intenders with information and help to take the next steps to create their business. This event is for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
Webinar for QLD businesses – Mentoring for growth day
Thu 29 May 2025 9:00 am – 3:00 pm AEST
Location: Online Cost: Free
This webinar provides business owners and managers with access to expertise from business experts on a variety of challenges and opportunities that you will face as a business.
Webinar for Australian businesses – ECEC worker retention payment: Types of workplace instruments
Thu 29 May 2025 9:00 – 10:00 am AEST
Location: Online Cost: Free
This webinar provides Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) providers with information about the funding available under the ECEC Worker Retention Program.
Webinar for WA businesses – Website series workshop 1: Planning a winning website
Thu 29 May 2025 9:30 – 11:30 am AWST
Location: Online Cost: Free
This workshop provides WA businesses with information on how to develop and improve their websites.
Webinar for WA businesses – How to write a business plan
Thu 29 May 2025 9:30 am – 12:30 pm AWST
Location: Online Cost: $20.00
This webinar provides WA business owners with information on how to write a business plan.
Information session for QLD businesses – Business recovery clinics
Thu 29 May 2025 9:30 – 11:30 am AEST
Location: Giru, QLD Cost: Free
This session provides QLD businesses with support and advice about managing their business after a natural disaster.
Workshop for WA businesses – Reclaim your time – AI and automation for business and life
Thu 29 May 2025 9:30 – 11:00 am AWST
Location: Margaret River, WA Cost: Free
This workshop provides WA businesses with ways to use AI and automation to save time, reduce mental load and streamline workflows.
Webinar for QLD businesses – Understanding automation features inside Microsoft 365
Thu 29 May 2025 10:00 am – 12:00 pm AEST
Location: Online Cost: Free
This workshop provides QLD businesses with a simple introduction to the automation features in Microsoft 365.
Webinar for QLD businesses – The art of persuasive marketing to attract, retain and build my customer database
Thu 29 May 2025 10:00 am – 12:00 pm AEST
Location: Online Cost: Free
This webinar provides QLD businesses with tips and tricks to help them attract, retain and build a customer database.
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