Senate debates
Tuesday, 25 March 2025
Questions without Notice
Critical Minerals Industry: Liberty Bell Bay
2:50 pm
Don 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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