We’re not liquidators or trustees – and we don’t profit from appointments or accept referral fees from anyone.
For 20+ years, our focus has been on one person: the business owner.
When a business is under financial pressure, it can be difficult to know who is truly acting in your best interests. Our role is to help you understand where you stand, what options are available, and what each path could mean for you and your business.
Independent guidance. Honest options. Plain English.
Before you sign anything, make sure you understand your options.

Supporting Australian businesses through growth, change, financial pressure and important commercial decisions with practical advice.
Connecting clients with experienced specialists across accounting, taxation, legal, finance and restructuring services.
Supporting businesses through every stage, from growth and funding to recovery, succession and strategic planning.
Understanding the whole business before bringing together the right expertise to deliver better commercial outcomes.
What a first conversation actually maps out — in plain English, with no pressure to pick anything today.
Reorganise the debt and keep the business running. Often there is a path through that does not involve closing the doors — we map it before anyone panics.
Settlements, payment plans and ATO arrangements — handled for you, by someone who has sat on both sides of the table since 1988.
Keep the family home and personal assets out of the equation wherever the law allows. This is the first thing we look at, not the last.
If winding up is genuinely the best move, choose the right liquidator on your timeline — not a creditor’s. You stay in control of the process.
Understand whether bankruptcy is truly necessary, how to avoid it if it is not, and how to come back from it if it is. No jargon, no judgement.

Distressed Client Triage is an independent insolvency and business-debt advisory practice supporting business owners across Australia.
We are not a liquidator, trustee, lawyer or accountant. We don’t earn appointment fees and we don’t accept referral fees from anyone. We are paid by the business owner to work for the business owner.
With Distressed Client Triage, we have guided more than both directors and business owners through complex financial situations, including ATO debt, Director Penalty Notices, Small Business Restructuring, voluntary administration, liquidation and bankruptcy.
Our purpose is simple: to make sure business owners understand every available option before making a decision they can’t undo.
We explain the options in plain English, help coordinate the right registered insolvency practitioners when a formal process is required, and remain in the owner’s corner from the first conversation through to resolution.
Independent advice. Clear options. No hidden incentives.

20+ years and 1,000+ cases, distilled into one short, plain-English guide. Read it before you make a move you can’t take back.
Homes kept, bankruptcies annulled, stress lifted – real clients across Australia.
“The bank told me the best thing to do was sell the house. Distressed Client Triage found another way — and presented options no one else had even mentioned. What I valued most was the honesty.”
+61 3 9221 6150
Level 27
333 Collins Street
Melbourne VIC 3000, Australia
+61 3 9221 6150
Units 5 & 6, 23 Township Drive
Burleigh Heads, QLD 4220