Jacqui Lambie (Tasmania, Jacqui Lambie Network) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Industry and Science, Minister Farrell. The Whyalla Steelworks is one of two steelworks left in Australia, which makes the troubles it's facing as part of the GFG Alliance not just local but national. Both the South Australian and federal governments have uttered possibilities for supporting an electric arc furnace upgrade for the facility so it can be a modern, green steel manufacturing facility. But progress seems to be obstructed by the financial woes of the steelworks' owner, Mr Gupta. What are the government's plans to move the steelworks and the town beyond the unfulfilled promises of Mr Gupta and the groundhog day they are trapped in?