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Australian government business webinars & events this May

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.

Register

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

Register

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.

Register

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

Register

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.

Register

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.

Register

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.

Register

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.

Register

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.

Register

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.

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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.

Register

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

Register

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

Register

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

Register

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.

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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.

Register

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.

Register

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.

Register

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.

Register

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.

Register

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.

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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.

Register

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.

Register

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

Register

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.

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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.

Register

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.

Register

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.

Register

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.

Register

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.

Register

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.

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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.

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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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