House of Assembly: Thursday, February 06, 2025

Contents

Hydrogen Power Plant

Mr PATTERSON (Morphett) (14:37): Supplementary to that: will the Premier guarantee—

The SPEAKER: Hang on, the member for Morphett, I will give you the call, but I will check whether it is a supplementary.

Mr PATTERSON: Will the Premier guarantee that there will be a hydrogen power plant built at Whyalla running on hydrogen and, if so, when?

The SPEAKER: That is a separate question.

The Hon. P.B. MALINAUSKAS (Croydon—Premier) (14:38): You are asking the same thing over and over again. What I have made clear is we are working in concert with the operators of the steelworks to confront those challenges, and what we are making absolutely crystal clear—and I want the people of Whyalla to know that it is true above all else—is that this government is spending $600 million, and potentially more, on the ground in Whyalla investing in their economic future. We are going to do it in such a way that sustains the steelworks and people's jobs on the ground, because that is the number one priority.