September
Dutton to bring ex-minister back from consulting land
Former senior PwC partner and Liberal minister Jamie Briggs is returning to politics after he leaves his role as corporate affairs leader at professional services start-up Scyne Advisory.
- Edmund Tadros and Myriam Robin
August
- Opinion
- Rear Window
Andrew Pridham finds SA uni merger too gamey to chew
The veteran dealmaker lasted only three months on the Adelaide University Transition Council.
- Myriam Robin
- Opinion
- China relations
High-level dialogue shows China chill is ending
The resumed annual face-to-face meeting of government and industry has been crucial to stabilising the relationship.
- Craig Emerson
July
Rich Lister’s $6b plan for 10,000 homes at master-planned city
The Costa Family Office is the majority investor in a 909ha site near Murray Bridge that will be developed into a $6 billion project with almost 10,000 homes.
- Larry Schlesinger
- Opinion
- AUKUS
AUKUS critics fail to match their speculation with substance
There is a long list of loud objections to the project. But how many of them really stand up to scrutiny?
- Ross Babbage
SA’s new mega university starts recruiting overseas students
The new Adelaide University is due to launch with 70,000 students in early 2026, even as migration reforms bite hard on the education sector.
- Julie Hare
‘Like Vivid without the crowds’: seeing Adelaide’s Illuminate Festival
Adelaide’s compact nature makes visiting its annual winter festival of light, technology and art a pleasurable experience.
- Michael Bailey
June
- Opinion
- China relations
Why Dutton is flying in the face of the China hawks
As the opposition leader’s rhetoric softens dramatically, the days of turning China into an election wedge appear to be over.
- James Laurenceson
Aviation exec to sell Provence-style vineyard in the Adelaide Hills
A $7 million luxury vineyard escape has joined the Adelaide Hills market complete with ornamental lake and Provence-style homestead.
- Bonnie Campbell
Winners and losers in South Australia’s budget
About one in four households will share in a $51.5 million one-off cash payment over the next three weeks, with low-income households getting the $243.90 bonus.
- Simon Evans
May
- Exclusive
- Defence
Questions surface over fast-tracked $10b warships
Shipbuilders have been given just three weeks to outline their opening pitch to build new frigates for the navy.
- Andrew Tillett
Why this Sydney investor bought property in Brisbane
Investors from Sydney and Melbourne are increasingly looking further afield in the hunt for value. But how do you go about buying in an unfamiliar market?
- Michelle Bowes
April
- Drinks With Max Allen
- Life & Leisure
Tasting Australia 2024: a drinker’s guide
A round-up of the best wine-related events at this year’s festival, from parties to tastings to masterclasses and more.
- Max Allen
February
Why ‘mad March’ is the time to be in Adelaide
The usually sedate city goes off as thousands flock to its four festivals in one. Here’s our expert’s guide to making the most of it all (and remaining sane).
- Wayne Heeley
Adelaide’s best new and revamped restaurants
When the City of Churches kicks off its giant season of festivals next month, these new and revamped restaurants will be waiting.
- Necia Wilden
How far would you push it to make your mark?
Perth-born Jacobus Capone is willing to clamber over glaciers in the Arctic Circle or bury himself for weeks in a Japanese forest to make art. Only, he wouldn’t call it art.
- John McDonald
January
Welsford wins opening Tour Down Under stage in Barossa
Sam Welsford, a two-time Olympian on the track, hung on for his sixth professional road win.
- Roger Vaughan
December 2023
Ex-Santos exec fires up $425m waste-to-hydrogen plan
Greenhill Energy is preparing to raise capital for a multistage plant to turn waste into fertiliser, hydrogen and synthetic fuels.
- Simon Evans
November 2023
How Tom got five-years’ training, good pay and a job while studying
The traditional apprenticeship model has been given a new lease of life after South Australia introduced degree-level, on-the-job training.
- Julie Hare
October 2023
‘I use my paintbrush as a weapon’: Vincent Namatjira’s new exhibition
The acclaimed Indigenous artist takes aim at Empire and influence, using broad strokes of humour to skewer his targets.
- Stephen Todd