The 2024 AMT Annual Report Is here and, yes, it’s still Enron’s fault
A long time ago, in a financial system far far away …
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Leaving Home, Returning Home
After 60 years of operation, AMT has officially ditched the office and gone fully remote. Spoiler alert: it involved eight secure destruct bins, some very accusatory filing cabinets, and at least one bulldog with epic farts. Here’s how we finally achieved the paperless office dream (mostly).
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Team Work: Transactional versus Relational Massage in Sport
It is a truth universally acknowledged that, while massage therapy in clinical settings is deeply relational, sports massage is often transactional.
In this blog post, Clare Carey unpacks the secret sauce behind massage therapy in the elite sporting arena.
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Deliberately Keeping Your Income Under $75k to Avoid Having to Deal with GST? You Might Want to Rethink That
To GST or not GST …
In this third and final instalment of our oxymoronically fun accounting series, Anna Mitchell makes the case for embracing GST registration.
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If You Charged $100 per hr in 2020 and Haven’t Raised Your Rates Since, You’re Actually Only Earning $83 Now
If you’re basing your rates on what clients “can afford” or what “feels fair” without doing the maths on your actual costs and inflation, you’re running your business on vibes.
In this week’s blog post, Anna Mitchell outlines why vibes, like ‘exposure’, don’t pay the bills.
Have you ever tried to pay for anything in vibes only to see just how fast the reality cheque bounces?
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Accounting is not tax!
It’s getting close to the end of the financial year so we’re running a series of financially-themed blog posts by accountant and former massage therapist, Anna Mitchell. We know you’re going to love Anna’s conversational style. Happy reading!
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Feeling undervalued? Change is coming and, thankfully, it’s not small …
Have you ever felt undervalued? You may not have encountered the expression “gender-based undervaluation” but, as a massage therapist, you’ll have felt its effects regardless of your gender. Please read our micro-blog, which provides a brief overview of the Fair Work Commission’s ongoing project to address gender-based undervaluation in modern Awards.
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Refusing treatment: understanding your rights and responsibilities
In this AMT micro blog, we introduce AMT’s new fact sheet on Refusal of Treatment.
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So you think you can AI? AMT’s New Position Statement on use of Artificial Intelligence
When the robot uprising finally happens, we want to make sure it doesn’t start with your client notes accidentally being uploaded to SkyNet.
In a future where deep tissue work triggers the awakening of a quantum neural network that thinks it’s a qualified remedial massage therapist, AMT’s new position statement on artificial intelligence may be the only document standing between civilisation as we know it and a dystopian future where rogue AI programs diagnose every MSK condition as “restricted fascia”.
Wait …
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Is massage having its subluxation moment?
We asked AI to write a janky poem about the latest AMT blog. The result is jankier than we expected. 10/10 recommend that you just skip straight to our latest blog post by Aran Bright.
If it doesn’t hurt, it’s just a rub,
A gentle tickle at the pub.
But dig right in—ignore the screams—
That’s how you realign their dreams.
A knot, a lump, a gnarly mass,
Must beat it down, or let it pass?
The client grunts, “No pain, no gain
I’ll grit my teeth and bear the pain.”
