This Month
Record winter gas shortfall is coming: ACCC
Ensuring Queensland’s LNG exporters divert unsold gas to the local market will be critical to avoid supply shocks, the watchdog said.
Super fund giant’s $2b caravan park play goes upmarket
G’day Group is a big player in camping and caravanning. Now it’s buying resorts in its grand ambition to be the go-to for regional holidays.
Three reasons Victoria has joined Tasmania, SA as a beggar state
Unless it can substantially improve its productivity performance, Victoria will continue to be the butt of sneering from richer states.
February
Albanese’s Whyalla rescue plan is a gamble on Australia’s future
Wasting subsidies on industries with poor growth prospects is not the way to restore Australian prosperity.
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.
Gupta’s ‘ringfenced’ InfraBuild bought $430m of Whyalla steel
KordaMentha will scrutinise the sizeable related-party transactions in the administration of the stricken steelworks.
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.
Jobless rate rises; Labor’s $2.4b Whyalla rescue; Rio Tinto’s miracle
Read everything that’s happened in the news so far today.
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.
December 2024
Emergency market operator moves to plug gaps ahead of hot, wet summer
The energy market operator has placed emergency energy reserves on standby ahead of the hottest months of the year and warned about managing gas supplies.
Stephen Conroy goes spluttering and unhinged against the BCA
The former Labor senator went troppo at the Business Council, whose members include his own lobby clients.
October 2024
Property downturn nips into Walker Group profit
The empire founded by the late Lang Walker is powering on, with a $36 billion development pipeline and landmark projects stretching from Sydney to Malaysia.
Back to the ’70s: Why we’re fighting about abortion rights again
Veteran activists are shocked by the noisy resurfacing of the political minority that views abortion as a crime.
Netanyahu vows to fight on; Chalmers slams ‘snobs’; BHP mine hit
Read everything that’s happened in the news so far today.
September 2024
Sanjeev Gupta jets in (and out) of Whyalla
You know what angry suppliers on delayed payment terms love to see? The owner of the whole operation dropping in by private jet.
Sanjeev Gupta buys on Sydney waterfront
The steel magnate is cutting jobs and salaries at the Whyalla steelworks one week, and splashing out for prime Sydney waterfront property the next.
Vintage Cellars to disappear under Coles’ bottle shop rebrand
Coles is trialling an enlarged Liquorland footprint as its best chance of catching up to rival retailer Dan Murphy’s.
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.
Santos gala a gassy second chance for Albo
We regret to inform the federal Labor Party that Woodside is not the only gas major with a milestone birthday this year.
New SA Liberal leader reckons he can beat Malinauskas
Vincent Tarzia denied taking part in party infighting that his predecessor David Speirs says caused him to quit.