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The South Australian government is seeking urgent advice on its exposure and role if GFG Alliance’s embattled Whyalla steelworks and iron ore operations is placed in voluntary administration, following the blast furnace recently going offline for the second time in a year. 

Meanwhile, three key executives from Smiggle have resigned following the exit of boss John Cheston, leaving the stationery chain bereft of important senior managers just as its owner, billionaire Solomon Lew's Premier Investments, considers demerging the retailer into a separate listed company.

And Australia’s rooftop solar capacity will be larger than that provided by coal by the end of 2024, new figures from the Clean Energy Council show — an outlook that will swell confidence the country can meet its lofty transition goals though it threatens to stoke so-called energy inequality.