This Month
Major water rights fund investors consider turfing management
Ed Peter, the former head of Deutsche Asset Management in Asia, will also step down as chairman of the $290 million Duxton Water after the vote.
February
Parched Port Lincoln fears rescue plan risks million-dollar industry
Everyone agrees the SA fishing hub needs a desal plant but horrified locals believe saline water pumped from the facility could ruin the clean Spencer Gulf.
KordaMentha gets second bite of the Whyalla apple
Mark Mentha and his colleague Sebastian Hams return to the steelworks town after both did the due diligence on Sanjeev Gupta.
Australia backs Zelensky after Trump attack
Richard Marles says Volodymyr Zelensky is not dictator after Donald Trump’s attack; Labor is not bailing out Sanjeev Gupta, Malinauskas says. How the day unfolded.
Golf club drama in the way of the Saudi revolution
The Saudi-backed golf exhibition will need Grange club members to agree to host the event in the years ahead.
January
Think there’s been a major rise in shark attacks? You’re wrong
Two deaths within a week have heightened fears over the ocean predator, but experts insist there’s been no significant uptick in fatal attacks.
December 2024
Sydney records lowest clearance rate of 2024 on final auction weekend
Clearance rates have slumped as the Sydney and Melbourne property markets limp across the finish line, while Adelaide, Brisbane and Perth remain strong.
Pimm’s to rival Wimbledon: Why Adelaide is the new hot cricket ticket
On the Australian cricket calendar, one Test match stands out as the destination event that interstate fans and business executives flock to.
November 2024
How to build a $9m business from your bedroom
Sam Morton’s company supplies graphics kits for motorcycle owners – and had a big win when iconic British brand Triumph signed him up.
Sohn’s stock picks; Trump’s ‘frightening’ choice; Donation caps row
Read everything that’s happened in the news so far today.
Billionaires gather in Adelaide for Sohn big bash
The major stock picking conference is on tour for the third time in its nine-year history – as the supercar championships also come to the city of churches.
The surprising sales helping Coopers defy a struggling beer market
A jump in home brewing kit sales and a new Australian lager from Australia’s largest family-owned beer company meant profits still rose as drinkers cut back.
October 2024
The town bearing the brunt of Sanjeev Gupta’s financial nightmare
The British industrialist’s steelworks looms over Whyalla, population 21,900. There’s plenty at stake if things go south.
How do our universities get their social licence back?
There are four issues that universities need to address if they are to revive their troubled reputations in Australian society.
September 2024
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.
August 2024
Andrew Pridham finds SA uni merger too gamey to chew
The veteran dealmaker lasted only three months on the Adelaide University Transition Council.
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.
July 2024
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.
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?
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.