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SA Business Journal

‘Goodbye to the best strawberries’: Fruit fly scare claims beloved farm

A popular South Australian berry farm caught within a fruit fly quarantine zone has made the “hard decision” to close down permanently, resulting in the loss of scores of jobs.

Whyalla Steelworks bleeding $1.5m – every day

Whyalla Steelworks was losing an estimated $1.5m every day and there are $1.3bn in claimed debts being assessed, creditors have been told.

‘Crazy’ state of affairs at Whyalla laid bare, workers owed millions

About $1.34bn is owed to thousands of creditors linked to the Whyalla steelworks, administrators have revealed, adding the business had been ‘running on empty’.

Danger signs: Is global market on brink of massive crash?

There’s four key indicators that foreshadow a global financial crash and right now, all signals are pointing to the market teetering on the edge of meltdown, writes ASX Trader.

ASX all red before RBA minutes; Healthscope under pressure

Healthscope gets breach notices from David Di Pilla's HMC. Aurizon details hit from OneSteel, Centrex administrations. RBA February minutes, retail commentary on investor radars. S...

Gupta’s directors seek safe harbour

The move to seek safe-harbour protection follows the South Australian government’s intervention to grab control of Sanjeev Gupta’s Whyalla steelworks.

Australia’s fastest unicorn

The head of Zeller – the fastest Aussie start-up to achieve unicorn status – will speak at the _SOUTHSTART conference in Adelaide this week. Here’s his story.

Farmers lash ‘ridiculous’ government ‘double standard’

A new wetland in the state’s South-East will cost taxpayers nearly $14m and destroy more than 1000 hectares of native vegetation, leaving neighbouring farmers fuming.

Coles laments $500m in sales lost to supermarket rivals

Internal Coles analysis reveals the supermarket sector has lost as much as $500m in sales in the health and home categories to non-grocery retailers such as Amazon, Chemist Warehou...

Unions accuse Rio of iron ore scare campaign

Rio Tinto says industrial peace is at risk, as it tries to stave off a union power grab.