The rules of innovation just changed. It’s time to rewrite your playbook.
Every once in a while, everything changes.
The tools you used yesterday to build your company, to incentivise your team, to fund your breakthroughs, they just changed. The proposed 2026 Federal Budget introduced a massive overhaul to the founder playbook.
But here is the most important part: the ink isn’t dry yet.
As the government consults with industry on controversial R&D cut-offs and Capital Gains Tax overhauls, the landscape is shifting daily. Most people look at this uncertainty and freeze. We look at it and see an opportunity to build something better.
To survive a shifting landscape, you need two things: flawless execution and airtight strategy. Hunter iF has designed this exclusive EOFY Briefing to give you exactly that.
Date: Friday, 26 June 2026
Time: 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM
Location: I2N Hub Honeysuckle | 16B Honeysuckle Dr, Newcastle
Tickets strictly limited.
Brooke Sullivan | Fractional COO, Sullivan Collective
When the regulatory ground moves beneath you, a rigid strategy is a liability. A brilliant vision without adaptable execution is just a hallucination.
Hunter iF are bringing in Brooke Sullivan, former Chief of Staff at TikTok AUNZ (where she steered the business through 6.6x growth) and seasoned operational leader. Brooke knows how to scale through chaos. She will deliver a targeted framework on how to take the operational weight off your shoulders, build elegant, agile systems, and keep your team aligned through growth and policy turbulence.
Includes 15-minute framework + Live Q&A
Mitch Eady | Director of R&D & Gov Incentives, PwC Private
The proposed R&D 10-year cut-off, the “zero-cost base” trap for Employee Share Schemes, the CGT overhaul, it’s complex, and if you get it wrong, it will crush your runway.
Mitch isn’t going to stand there and read you a standard tax presentation. He will map out the new rules, what the likely scenarios are post-consultation, and how you should structure your equity and valuations right now to protect yourself regardless of which way the legislation lands.
Then, Hunter iF are opening the floor for a completely unfiltered Ask Me Anything. Bring your rawest, toughest structural questions. No noise. Just answers.
Includes 15-minute briefing + Unfiltered AMA
12:00 PM – Doors Open: Arrival, Networking & Lunch Service
12:20 PM – Welcome: Setting the Stage (Hunter iF)
12:30 PM – Strategy in a Changing World: Led by Brooke Sullivan (10-15 min presentation + Q&A)
1:00 PM – The Evolving Tax Landscape: Led by Mitch Eady (10-15 min presentation + Unfiltered AMA)
1:40 PM – One More Thing: Final Takeaways & Open Networking
2:00 PM – Hard Close
You Have a Choice.
The founders who know how to operate with agility and structure their companies for this new reality will own the next decade. The ones who wait for the government to make up its mind will get left behind.
Join 100 of the Hunter’s top founders, scale-up leaders, and angel investors to figure out what’s next.
