Australia’s Super Retail Group has absorbed a A$23.8m ($16.9m) legal bill stemming from a workplace scandal involving its former chief executive, significantly denting first-half 2026 earnings and overshadowing new chief executive Paul Bradshaw’s debut results. The costs, largely linked to settlement payments to two former executives-turned-whistleblowers, Rebecca Farrell and Amelia Berczelly, were disclosed in fine print within the retailer’s results. The pair had alleged bullying, misuse of corporate funds and an undisclosed relationship between former CEO Anthony Heraghty and head of HR Jane Kelly. The A$23.8m expense consumed almost 20% of the group’s statutory net profit of A$104.1m for the December half.