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April

Your primary residence will be exempt from means testing for the age pension.

Can I get more age pension if I sell my investment property?

The government expects you to spend your own savings before becoming eligible for Centrelink support.

Albanese

Albanese dodges tough questions on his housing policy

When asked one of the most uncomfortable questions in Australian politics, the prime minister kept his response deliberately vague.

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ASX rebounds; Labor’s climate wedge; Viktor Shvets’ tariff fears

Read everything that’s happened in the news so far today.

Duxton Water chairman Ed Peter.

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

tuna farm

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.

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Mark Korda and Mark Mentha, founders of insolvency firm KordaMentha.

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.

Greg Norman and Peter Malinauskas at LIV Golf in Adelaide last year.

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

Shark populations have continued to fall over recent decades.

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.

South Australian Cricket Association chair Will Rayner is preparing for another bumper Adelaide test.

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

Sam Morton, founder and owner of SKDA Moto, which sells graphics kits to motorcycle owners around the world. He started the business from a bedroom when he was 18, and now counts British motorcycle brand Triumph as big customers.

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.

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Sohn’s stock picks; Trump’s ‘frightening’ choice; Donation caps row

Read everything that’s happened in the news so far today.

Gary Weiss, David Paradice, Solomon Lew and Matthew Grounds at the Sohn Hearts and Minds, Investment Leaders Conference VIP opening event at  Adelaide Botanic Gardens on Thursday night.

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.

Coopers Brewery managing director Tim Cooper says the national beer market shrunk by 2.6 per cent in 2023-24.

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.

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October 2024

The Whyalla steel mill looms large over Buster Todd, a resident, and the entire town.

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.

Universities should be places of learning, not corporations.

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

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton and former senior PwC partner and Liberal minister Jamie Briggs.

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

MA Financial vice-chairman and former Adelaide University Transition Council member Andrew Pridham has plenty to keep him in Sydney, including his beloved Sydney Swans, now a favourite in the AFL finals.

Andrew Pridham finds SA uni merger too gamey to chew

The veteran dealmaker lasted only three months on the Adelaide University Transition Council.

Australia can start marketing wine in China again after tariffs were removed this year.

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.

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