Plug-in solar and batteries may cause house fires, electricians warn

Several shops in Mount Gambier's economic heart stand empty as rising costs and changing shopping habits take a toll.

Woodside's enormous gas project off the Kimberley coast of Western Australia could struggle to secure financing as banks increasingly withdraw from fossil-fuel investments.

If David Jones doesn't survive, a near two-century legacy would be wiped out, now the family of the store's founder are revealing their fondest memories.

The union describes plans to phase out 265 jobs at a manufacturing plant in the NSW Southern Highlands as a "gut blow".