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Business SA loses court bid for charity no-payroll tax status

Business SA has lost a years-long legal fight to claw back millions of dollars in payroll tax on the basis of its charity status, with the Supreme Court ruling that promoting private corporate interests is not the same thing as promoting a stronger economy for everyone.

Seven West in $63m merger with Prime regional media

Seven West Media is to merge with regional affiliate Prime Media in a $63.8 million all-scrip deal that Seven West chief executive James Warburton has called a “game changer” for advertisers wanting to reach both regional and metropolitan Australia.

New era for Bowerbird as founder seeks buyer

This November’s Bowerbird Design Market at the Adelaide Showgrounds will not be the last – but it may be the last for its founder Jane Barwick.

Adelaide Fence Co to be wound up

Adelaide Fence Co, which completed government, residential and commercial projects across the state and sponsored the Football Federation of South Australia, has fallen into administration.

We regret helping create NBN: Telstra

Telstra chairman John Mullen has expressed regret that the company helped create the National Broadband Network, which he described as an unreasonably costly public investment, shielded from competition and risking sending resellers broke by operating beyond its mandate.

Undervalued South Australian fish finds its market in China

The humble Leatherjacket is a perennial thorn in the side of many recreational fishermen in Australia with its unicorn-like head spike and annoying habit of getting in the way of more sought after species. But a South Australian company better known for exporting Southern Rock Lobster is forging a niche in the massive Chinese seafood market with the colourful fish.

Santos pays billions for northern Australia LNG assets

Adelaide-based Santos has agreed to pay up to $2 billion for the northern Australia business of ConocoPhillips.

Acclaimed laneway bar closes doors

A wine bar off Rundle Mall, named the state’s best only last year, has fallen into liquidation.

Workplace wellbeing is more important to employees than we think

Businesses that show their employees they value their wellbeing are rewarded with higher productivity and reduced costs, writes Geoff Harris.

Business
SeaLink's $635m deal could hail more than bus services

UPDATED | South Australian travel group SeaLink is taking over the company that runs Adelaide’s central bus services, which is also competing to control the state’s trams.

Bension Siebert Tuesday, October 08
Business
Cooper Energy weighs climate change risk and rewards

Oil and gas giant Cooper Energy says more serious heatwaves pose a threat to some of its South Australian operations, but that climate change might also significantly benefit the company.

Bension Siebert Tuesday, October 08
Local
Abalone divers celebrate 50 years of buried treasure

For half a century, an intrepid group of South Australian divers have braved shark-infested waters to supply the banquet tables of Hong Kong and China with green lip abalone. Here’s their story.

Andrew Spence Friday, October 04
News
White Ribbon charity collapses over debt

National charity White Ribbon Australia, which campaigns to reduce violence against women, is to be wound up after failing to pay debts.

Bension Siebert Thursday, October 03

Business Business
Clean Seas' Whyalla fish farm delayed

Bension Siebert Thursday, October 03
Business Business
Mayne Pharma shares rise over US deal

Wednesday, October 02
Opinion Opinion
Old ideas undermine the economic benefits of skilled migrants for SA

Andreas Cebulla Tuesday, October 01
Media and marketing Media and marketing
Radio ratings: Ali Clarke takes back breakfast crown

David Washington Tuesday, October 01

Business

Why Australia needs to stand on its own in space

Brexit and the China/US trade war are prime examples of why Australia needs to develop its own sovereign space capabilities, says Australia’s SmartSat CRC CEO-designate Professor Andy Koronios ahead of today’s 8th Space Forum in Adelaide.

Infrastructure monopolies pushing up prices: ACCC

Australia’s consumer watchdog warns monopolies are taking over key infrastructure points and the nation risks seeing prices rise and competition drop.

Demolition firm stripped of asbestos licence

EXCLUSIVE | The local contractor accused of exposing workers and school children to asbestos during its demolition of Shed 26 has been stripped of its asbestos removal licence, InDaily can reveal.

Anger as gamblers get green light to use notes in pokies

A State Government move to allow hotels, clubs and the Adelaide Casino to install pokie machines that accept notes, rather than only coins, has prompted fierce criticism from crossbenchers and welfare groups who claim it is a sop to the hotel industry that will only harm problem gamblers.

Local Local
How demographic shifts could define SA’s next decade

Bension Siebert Thursday, September 26
Business Business
Universities 'fail to deliver employable graduates'

Bension Siebert Wednesday, September 25
Business Business
Hi-tech boost for McLaren Vale tourism data

Wednesday, September 25
Business Business
Ag Tech incubator launches in Adelaide

Wednesday, September 25

Economic "stagnation" fears as SA business confidence slumps

Business confidence has crashed to its lowest level in years amid concerns that the economy is stagnating, the latest BDO SA State Business Survey reveals.

Former SA Uber boss lobbies to legalise cannabis

EXCLUSIVE | The former head of Uber in South Australia says the state could become as famous for cannabis crops as it is for its wine regions – and he’s lobbying federal politicians to legalise recreational use of the drug across the country.

Business Business
Major household item buying index slumps

Tuesday, September 24
Local Local
New laws could make our business illegal: assignment-seller

Bension Siebert Monday, September 23
Analysis Analysis
SA’s top companies forge ahead as economic growth weakens

Bension Siebert Friday, September 20
Business Business
What the Index reveals about the SA economy's recent performance

Friday, September 20

Business
South Australian Business Index 2019 - the full list

Friday, September 20
Local
Fifteen years of independent media in Adelaide

David Washington Thursday, September 19
News
SA unemployment rate climbs to three-year high

David Washington Thursday, September 19
Local
Austral Hotel publicans in battle against eviction

Bension Siebert Friday, September 13
Analysis
SA's top 100 businesses: a sneak peak at the data

Friday, September 13
News
SafeWork halts another Old Red Brick Co demolition

Bension Siebert Thursday, September 12

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Long-time Adelaide strip club Strats has failed after 25 years on Hindley Street – although its operator insists the venue is only going through a restructure and will continue trading “forever”.
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Hindley Street strip club to be liquidated

Local
Crows boss at arm's length as Pavlich knuckles down on review

Tom Richardson Thursday, September 05
Analysis
Why we've the weakest economy since the GFC, with few clear ways out

The Conversation Thursday, September 05
Events
Hot ticket to South Australia's key business data

Wednesday, September 04

Business Business
Former top bureaucrat “knows our commercial secrets”

Bension Siebert Wednesday, September 04
Media and marketing Media and marketing
"Old Mate" is great, says Tourism boss

Tom Richardson Wednesday, September 04
Local Local
Older people no fans of SA Tourism ad

Bension Siebert Tuesday, September 03
Business Business
SA retail spending drops amid national downturn

David Eccles Tuesday, September 03

Farmer-friendly milk message drives dairy growth

Milk exports to Asia, yoghurts flavoured with indigenous fruits and booming local sales are helping a small South Australian dairy company thrive in a tough market.

"School of Rock" opens at Olympic Dam

BHP has launched a training school at Olympic Dam for people with no experience in mining.

Business Business
Disappointing results now, better times to come: Hills Limited

David Eccles Friday, August 30
News News
Leasing out state-owned diesel generators will push prices down: expert

Bension Siebert Thursday, August 29
Business Business
Woolworths' profit up despite Big W slide

Alex Druce Thursday, August 29
Business Business
Adelaide Brighton reports net loss, expects construction recovery in 2021

Bension Siebert Wednesday, August 28

Virgin Australia to slash jobs after seventh straight loss

Virgin Australia says it will cut 750 corporate and head office positions as part of a restructure after posting a “disappointing” full-year loss of $349.1 million.

Is South Australia finally nearing its medicinal cannabis boom?

The long-promised, glittering ambitions of a large-scale medicinal cannabis industry in South Australia are about to be tested, with plans to create more than 1000 jobs at a major new manufacturing facility in Adelaide, writes Bension Siebert.

Business Business
Ten minutes with... Zen Energy founder Richard Turner

Bension Siebert Tuesday, August 27
Business Business
SeaLink reports record sales, despite some choppy waters

Bension Siebert Tuesday, August 27
Media and marketing Media and marketing
FIVEaa wins breakfast ratings battle

David Washington Tuesday, August 27
Business Business
Rising star demographer to speak at SA Business Index lunch

Monday, August 26

Business
Hirers told to stop "thought shower" of job ads jargon

Monday, August 26
Local
Renew Adelaide a valuable money-spinner: report

Bension Siebert Thursday, August 22
Business
Santos boosts dividend as production, profits rise

Bension Siebert Thursday, August 22
Local
State of stagnation: Govt warned of looming market "catastrophe"

Tom Richardson Wednesday, August 21
Business
Gupta in taxpayer guarantee talks for Whyalla steelworks

Bension Siebert Wednesday, August 21
Business
SKM recycling collapses with $100m debt

Wednesday, August 21

BHP Billiton's Olympic Dam mine

Olympic Dam heap leach expansion low on BHP’s radar

The expansion of Olympic Dam using heap leach technology is among the higher-risk and lower-return projects on BHP’s radar, the mining giant told investors today.

State Govt moves to lift ban on GM crops

The State Government will seek to lift the state’s long-standing ban on genetically-modified crops beginning next year for much of South Australia, but Kangaroo Island will continue with the moratorium.

Jobs go as Hills closes last SA manufacturing plant

Iconic local company Hills Limited will close its last manufacturing plant in South Australia by the end of this year, it announced today.

Court forces Adelaide Penfolds copycat into liquidation

A Norwood-based wine company that used near-identical labelling to Penfolds on more than 1 million bottles of wine exported to China and failed to pay damages, has been forced into liquidation.

Treasury Wine Estates’ $200m spend on SA winery

The world’s largest publicly listed winemaker has announced a huge investment in a winery northeast of Adelaide.

Gold up, stocks down as global recession fears rise

Gold rose more than 1.0 per cent overnight as an inverted US Treasury yield curve and weak euro zone data stoked fears of a global economic recession and drove investors toward safe-haven bullion.

'Tiser circulation slides while fewer online readers pay

News Corp’s latest annual report shows The Advertiser‘s print circulation has fallen below 100,000 daily newspaper sales for the first time in years – and fewer digital readers are paying for the news service online.

Business Business
Nyrstar Port Pirie smelter shuts down again

Bension Siebert Tuesday, August 13
Business Business
Tumblr to be sold to WordPress owner

Tuesday, August 13
News News
SA Health's "spectacular" delay in revealing what's wrong at the RAH

Bension Siebert Monday, August 12
Business Business
State Govt to loosen tender rules, promises to back innovation

Bension Siebert Friday, August 09