Business

Harris Scarfe another retail casualty of tighter times

Adelaide-founded retail chain Harris Scarfe, which was placed into voluntary administration yesterday, is the latest victim of Australia’s increasingly hostile retail environment – and Christmas trading is unlikely to offer much relief to rivals.

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Harris Scarfe in voluntary administration

Adelaide-founded retail chain Harris Scarfe, which employs around 1800 staff across more than 60 stores nationally, has been placed in voluntary administration.

Politics

Factional knives out for Marshall Govt minister

UPDATED | SA Liberal moderates are rallying to shore up support for Marshall Government minister Michelle Lensink as the party’s Right faction gears up for a concerted assault on Legislative Council seats.

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Child sex abuse Commissioner condemns Catholic Church "corruption"

The head of the royal commission into child sex abuse has condemned Catholic leaders for failing to recognise the sexual assault of children as a crime.

Opinion

Basin plan on brink as Nationals reap what they sow

The Coalition’s rural partner has for years stoked opposition to the Murray Darling Basin Plan, now under threat from angry irrigators and the NSW Government. As South Australia defends the need for environmental flows, former Nationals voters turn to One Nation and other populist parties, argues Daniel Connell.