Senate debates

Tuesday, 25 March 2025

Questions without Notice

Critical Minerals Industry: Liberty Bell Bay

2:50 pm

Photo of Don FarrellDon Farrell (SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Trade and Tourism) Share this | Hansard source

I thank Senator Lambie for her second supplementary question. The steelworks and its associated minerals are, I believe, a long-term going concern. It was a profitable business in the way in which it was previously run. Under Mr Gupta, there have certainly been a range of issues, and you've mentioned some of them, including the fact that maintenance had not been conducted on the site. I'm confident that at the end of this process the Whyalla Steelworks will be a going concern and that there will be other businesses—

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