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Professional Services

Advisers, insurance brokers, lawyers, agencies, and specialist providers across property and business

Cockatoo now supports broader professional-service requests, including accounting, insurance brokerage, legal, valuation, compliance, recruitment, technology, and growth support that works best as a state-based advisory flow.

What this includes

Use the category summary below as a quick filter before you start the request.

  • 1State-based professional matching
  • 2Insurance, legal, property, business, and growth categories
  • 3One-off or ongoing support requests

Professional category search

Find the right professional category before you post

Search by provider type, business outcome, advisory need, or cover requirement, then either explore the category or jump straight into a job request.

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accounting

Accountants

Find support for tax, compliance, business structuring, and reporting.

  • Tax and BAS support
  • Business structuring
  • Compliance reporting

accounting

Tax Agents

Get help with tax returns, BAS, lodgements, and ATO-facing compliance work.

  • Tax returns
  • BAS and lodgements
  • ATO compliance support

accounting

Bookkeepers

Request ongoing bookkeeping, payroll, and reconciliation support.

  • Payroll support
  • Reconciliations
  • Recurring business support

property legal

Conveyancers

Get help with contract review, settlement, and property transfer steps.

  • Contract review
  • Settlement support
  • State-specific property transfer

property legal

Property Lawyers

Find legal support for property contracts, disputes, leasing, and transaction issues.

  • Property legal advice
  • Contract and dispute support
  • State-based property matters

property advisory

Buyers Agents

Find professionals to help source, assess, and negotiate property purchases.

  • Property sourcing
  • Negotiation support
  • Investment or owner-occupier search

property advisory

Property Valuers

Get help with market-value assessments for lending, tax, legal, or transaction needs.

  • Independent property valuation
  • Lending and transaction support
  • Tax or legal valuation context

property advisory

Quantity Surveyors

Get help with cost planning, estimates, depreciation schedules, and project feasibility.

  • Cost planning
  • Depreciation schedules
  • Feasibility and estimating

property advisory

Strata Consultants

Request support on strata operations, governance, defects, and lot-owner issues.

  • Strata governance support
  • Committee and lot-owner advisory
  • Building and defect context

planning compliance

Town Planners

Get help with planning pathways, zoning, approvals, and development feasibility.

  • Planning approvals
  • Zoning and land-use advice
  • Council pathway support

planning compliance

Development Consultants

Get project and development advice across planning, feasibility, and delivery stages.

  • Development strategy
  • Feasibility support
  • Approval and stakeholder coordination

planning compliance

Surveyors

Request site, boundary, title, and land-survey support for property or development work.

  • Boundary and title surveys
  • Site and land measurement
  • Development survey support

business advisory

HR Consultants

Find support for workplace policy, hiring, people operations, and compliance.

  • People and policy support
  • Hiring and performance help
  • Workplace compliance

business advisory

Business Advisors

Get strategic support on growth, operations, turnaround, and commercial decision-making.

  • Growth and strategy support
  • Operational improvement
  • Commercial decision-making

business advisory

Fractional CFOs

Request part-time finance leadership for planning, reporting, cash flow, and funding readiness.

  • Finance leadership
  • Cash flow and reporting
  • Funding and board readiness

business advisory

Virtual CFO / Finance Ops

Get support across finance operations, forecasting, reporting, and commercial discipline.

  • Forecasting and reporting
  • Finance operations support
  • Remote commercial discipline

business advisory

Grant Consultants

Request help identifying, structuring, and preparing grant opportunities and submissions.

  • Grant strategy
  • Eligibility and submission support
  • Application readiness

business advisory

Tender / Bid Writers

Get help preparing tenders, bids, responses, and supporting submission documents.

  • Tender writing
  • Bid response strategy
  • Submission support

business advisory

Procurement Consultants

Request support on sourcing, vendor selection, procurement process, and commercial negotiation.

  • Sourcing strategy
  • Vendor selection support
  • Commercial procurement process

financial advisory

Financial Advisers

Get help with financial planning, investment strategy, retirement, and protection decisions.

  • Financial planning
  • Investment and retirement strategy
  • Protection advice

financial advisory

SMSF Advisers

Request specialist advice on SMSF setup, compliance, administration, and investment structure.

  • SMSF structure advice
  • Trustee and compliance support
  • Investment and administration context

insurance advisory

Business Insurance Brokers

Get broker advice on business, liability, and professional-risk cover arrangements.

  • Business and professional-risk advice
  • Renewal and placement support
  • Insurer comparisons and policy structure

accounting

Payroll Services

Get recurring support for payroll processing, compliance, awards, and pay-run operations.

  • Payroll operations
  • Award and compliance support
  • Recurring pay-run management

people operations

Recruitment Agencies

Get help sourcing, screening, and placing candidates for business roles.

  • Candidate sourcing
  • Screening and placement
  • Hiring support

business operations

IT Support

Request technical support for devices, systems, security, and business operations.

  • Business IT support
  • System setup and migration
  • Security and device management

business operations

Cybersecurity Consultants

Request help on cyber risk, controls, access, response planning, and security posture.

  • Cyber risk reviews
  • Security controls and posture
  • Incident readiness

business operations

CRM / ERP Consultants

Get support selecting, implementing, or improving CRM and ERP systems.

  • CRM and ERP implementation
  • System selection support
  • Process and data optimisation

business operations

Automation Consultants

Request help improving workflows, integrations, and business-process automation.

  • Workflow automation
  • System integrations
  • Process improvement

legal commercial

Commercial Lawyers

Get support on commercial agreements, disputes, transactions, and legal risk.

  • Commercial legal advice
  • Contracts and transactions
  • Dispute and risk support

legal commercial

Employment Lawyers

Request legal support on workplace disputes, contracts, compliance, and employment risk.

  • Employment legal advice
  • Workplace dispute support
  • Contracts and compliance

legal commercial

Contract Lawyers

Get help drafting, reviewing, negotiating, and interpreting contracts.

  • Contract drafting
  • Review and negotiation
  • Agreement risk support

legal commercial

Trademark / IP Lawyers

Request legal support on trademarks, intellectual property, and brand protection.

  • Trademark support
  • IP protection strategy
  • Licensing and disputes

compliance advisory

Privacy / Compliance Consultants

Get support on privacy obligations, policy frameworks, risk reviews, and compliance readiness.

  • Privacy compliance
  • Policy and control frameworks
  • Audit and readiness support

compliance advisory

WHS Consultants

Request support on workplace health and safety systems, reviews, training, and risk management.

  • WHS systems support
  • Risk and audit reviews
  • Training and compliance uplift

growth

Marketing Agencies

Find help with campaigns, growth strategy, SEO, content, and creative execution.

  • Growth strategy
  • SEO and paid media
  • Creative and campaign execution

growth

Web Development Agencies

Get help with website builds, rebuilds, integrations, and digital experience improvements.

  • Website builds
  • Digital experience delivery
  • Integrations and implementation

growth

SEO Agencies

Request help on organic growth, technical SEO, content, and search visibility.

  • Organic growth strategy
  • Technical SEO
  • Content and visibility support

growth

Brand Agencies

Get help with brand strategy, positioning, identity systems, and messaging.

  • Brand strategy
  • Identity systems
  • Positioning and messaging

growth

Public Relations Agencies

Request support on media strategy, announcements, reputation, and public visibility.

  • Media strategy
  • Reputation and visibility
  • Announcements and campaigns

growth

Copywriting Agencies

Get help creating messaging, web copy, campaigns, and content assets.

  • Messaging and copy
  • Campaign content
  • Website and sales assets

growth

Video Production Agencies

Request support on video strategy, production, editing, and campaign-ready content.

  • Video strategy
  • Production and editing
  • Campaign-ready content

How professional-service requests work

These requests are routed differently from local home-service jobs because advice-led services are usually state-based rather than suburb-based.

1. Choose the closest specialist category for your request.
2. Select the state where you need the advice, transaction support, or representation.
3. Explain the outcome you want, any deadlines, and what stage you are at now.
4. We route the request to matched providers rather than using a local-radius delivery model.