Knowledge base
How to choose, vet, and check Australian service businesses. Every regulator, threshold, and dollar figure cites an official source — written for people, structured for agents.
Hiring guides
- Pool builders and landscapers: licences, fencing compliance and contracts
What licence a pool builder or landscaper needs in NSW and QLD, pool fencing and registration rules, and how contracts and payments should work.
- How to choose a home builder in Australia
How to check a builder's licence, what HIA or Master Builders membership actually means, and the insurance, contract and deposit rules in NSW, VIC and QLD.
- How to choose a dentist in Australia: registration, specialists and costs
Verify a dentist's AHPRA registration, understand CDBS eligibility and the $1,158 cap, and read a fair itemised quote, as at 2026.
- Hiring licensed trades: electricians, plumbers and other regulated work
Which trades need a licence in every Australian state, how to verify one, and what insurance, quotes and call-out pricing to check before you hire.
- Your consumer rights when hiring a tradie in Australia
What Australian Consumer Law guarantees when you hire a tradie: quote rules, deposit limits, written variations, and how to escalate a dispute.
- How to choose an allied health provider: physio, OT, podiatry and more
Which allied health professions are AHPRA-registered, how Medicare chronic disease plans and NDIS registration work, and how to check qualifications.
- How to choose a solar installer in Australia
Check accreditation, approved products, STC entitlements and state rebates before signing a solar quote. What to compare and why it matters.
- How to choose a financial adviser in Australia
How to verify a financial adviser's ASIC registration, AFS licence and fees, and the SMSF advice and red-flag checks to run before you engage one.
- How to choose a cosmetic clinic safely in Australia
Who can legally call themselves a surgeon after the 2023 reforms, how to check a practitioner's AHPRA registration, and what to ask before you book.
Licence & compliance reference
- Checking an NDIS provider: registration, screening and your options
How to check if an NDIS provider is registered, when unregistered providers are allowed, and what worker screening and pricing rules apply.
- Domestic building contracts and home warranty insurance by state
When a written building contract is legally required, what it must contain, and the home warranty insurance thresholds in NSW, VIC, QLD and WA, as at 2026.
- How to check an ABN and what it actually tells you
How to use ABN Lookup to verify a business, what status, GST and entity type mean, and why an ABN is not a licence or insurance.
- How to check a builder's licence in every Australian state
Where to verify a builder or tradesperson licence in NSW, VIC, QLD, WA, SA, TAS, ACT and NT, and what the register actually tells you.
- How to use the AHPRA register to check any health practitioner
How to search the AHPRA public register, what conditions and undertakings mean, which titles are legally protected, and how to report a practitioner.