Our thoughts (& opinions) - economic analysis and strategy for the cultural and creative sectors.https://mcatamney.com.au/https://mcatamney.com.au/insights/smb-transformation/https://mcatamney.com.au/insights/smb-transformation/Why AI and technology deployment are now within reach for small-medium businesses on their own terms, and the ongoing SMB transformation work we deliver through Torque.Fri, 24 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTCredentialSmall & medium businessTechnologySamuel Bewickhttps://mcatamney.com.au/insights/the-bass-line/https://mcatamney.com.au/insights/the-bass-line/A curated hub over our ongoing Bass Line study for Creative Australia and Music Australia - both editions, the numbers behind them, and the music education work that grew out of edition two.Fri, 24 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTCredentialCreative industriesAdvisoryJames McAtamneyhttps://mcatamney.com.au/insights/vanguard-overwatch/https://mcatamney.com.au/insights/vanguard-overwatch/A hub over our ongoing partnership with Vanguard Overwatch - AML/CTF and safer gambling advisory for registered clubs and multi-venue groups, and the independent reviews and uplift work delivered together.Fri, 24 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTCredentialRegulated marketsAdvisoryJames McAtamneyhttps://mcatamney.com.au/insights/regional-seafood-business-transformation/https://mcatamney.com.au/insights/regional-seafood-business-transformation/Through a Torque advisory subscription, we built a real-time dashboard and automation for an established regional seafood business - surfacing where margin was slipping across customers.Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTCredentialPrimary production & regionalTechnologyDeliverySamuel Bewickhttps://mcatamney.com.au/insights/ai-automation-student-placement-business/https://mcatamney.com.au/insights/ai-automation-student-placement-business/Through a Torque advisory subscription, we mapped a globally-operating student-placement business's processes and deployed AI and automation across its distributed operations end to end.Mon, 01 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTCredentialCorporate & governmentTechnologySamuel Bewickhttps://mcatamney.com.au/insights/bass-line-music-industry-second-edition/https://mcatamney.com.au/insights/bass-line-music-industry-second-edition/Building on the first Bass Line study, this second edition adds Australia's first quantification of music education and a state-by-state breakdown of the industry's economic contribution.Tue, 19 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTCredentialCreative industriesAdvisoryJames McAtamneyhttps://mcatamney.com.au/insights/music-education-ecosystem/https://mcatamney.com.au/insights/music-education-ecosystem/A standalone economic analysis of Australia's music education sector for Music Australia and Creative Australia, sizing its value and surfacing a structural decline in music teaching capacity.Tue, 19 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTCredentialCreative industriesAdvisoryKate Murrayhttps://mcatamney.com.au/insights/aml-ctf-review-multi-venue-club/https://mcatamney.com.au/insights/aml-ctf-review-multi-venue-club/We independently reviewed the AML/CTF program across a multi-venue NSW club group - on-site at three venues - and delivered a prioritised recommendations register.Fri, 17 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTCredentialRegulated marketsAdvisorySamuel Bewickhttps://mcatamney.com.au/insights/screen-currency-industry-study/https://mcatamney.com.au/insights/screen-currency-industry-study/For Screen Australia's landmark Screen Currency research, McAtamney & Advisors led the Screen and Games Industry Study - profiling how the sector's businesses are structured, how they compete, and where they're fragile.Mon, 30 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTCredentialCreative industriesAdvisorySamuel Bewickhttps://mcatamney.com.au/insights/aml-ctf-review-board-transformation/https://mcatamney.com.au/insights/aml-ctf-review-board-transformation/We ran an independent review of a NSW registered club's AML/CTF program as one strand of a whole-of-board transformation, framing findings and recommendations in that wider context.Wed, 17 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMTCredentialRegulated marketsAdvisorySamuel Bewickhttps://mcatamney.com.au/insights/aml-ctf-uplift-registered-club/https://mcatamney.com.au/insights/aml-ctf-uplift-registered-club/We uplifted a NSW registered club's AML/CTF program - strengthening customer screening, transaction monitoring, patron oversight and reporting - and prepared its risk assessment and board reporting.Fri, 12 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMTCredentialRegulated marketsAdvisorySamuel Bewickhttps://mcatamney.com.au/insights/bass-line-music-industry-first-edition/https://mcatamney.com.au/insights/bass-line-music-industry-first-edition/For Creative Australia and Music Australia, we helped build the first comprehensive economic picture of Australia's music industry - a year-long study drawing on over 1,000 contributors.Mon, 12 May 2025 00:00:00 GMTCredentialCreative industriesAdvisoryJames McAtamney