Whyalla Steelworks, Job Losses

Mr PATTERSON (Morphett) (15:01): Supplementary: has the Treasurer had any conversations with GFG Alliance about potential future losses at the steelworks?

The Hon. S.C. MULLIGHAN (Lee—Treasurer, Minister for Defence and Space Industries) (15:02): I am not sure about future losses but, as the Premier said, we have established a Steel Task Force, which comprises the chief executive of the Department for Energy and Mining as well as independent expert advisers, to ensure that we have a close view of what is going on at the steelworks, what their operating position is, including what it means for the payment of their suppliers and their creditors, including government, and also what impact this might have on the workforce.

We have been conducting that, as the Premier said, with pretty much almost daily interaction with GFG via the Steel Task Force and it is the Premier, Deputy Premier and I, along with the Minister for Energy and Mining, who regularly receive those reports from the task force. So that has been the engagement. I am not aware that they have foreshadowed future job losses, let alone numbers around what that might look like, but I am happy to take that question away and see if there is any further information I can provide to the member.