00:00A technical college with accommodation in Port Augusta to train a new generation of
00:08regional workers.
00:09It's also something that I think is really needed around here.
00:14It makes it a lot easier to use these facilities when we can stay.
00:19With jobs for the future front of mind, there's a glimmer of hope for Waila's troubled steel
00:24works, with 15 interested buyers including Blue Scope and its consortium of global steel
00:29makers.
00:30There's a lot to work through, but that's a pretty formidable position, but there are
00:35other interested parties.
00:36But Waila is not the only town on the edge.
00:40Before travelling on to Port Pirie, the Premier flagged a potential support package for Near
00:45Star Australia, which owns smelters in the Upper Spencer Gulf town and in Hobart.
00:51It comes after the company said it was losing tens of millions of dollars a month and urgently
00:56needed support.
00:57It's just making sure that our lawyers in government are satisfied that everything that
01:04we need in order to be able to reach an agreement is there.
01:08An exact amount is still unknown.
01:10But a Near Star support package could amount to more than $100 million.
01:15The Premier says it must be weighed up against the cost of doing nothing.
01:20A report from research group the McHale Institute calls for a nationwide strategy on the sustainability
01:26of Australia's refining and smelting capacity to be designed and implemented by the Federal
01:32Government.
01:33If we saw smelting in Port Pirie or steelmaking in Waila hit the fence altogether, that's
01:40thousands of people out of work.
01:42The Premier has told an evening community session in Port Pirie.
01:46The Government has been in final negotiations throughout the day and aims to have an announcement
01:51on Tuesday.
01:52The Premier has been in final negotiations for the past few months.
01:53The Premier has been in final negotiations for the past few months.
01:54The Premier has been in final negotiations for the past few months.
01:55The Premier has been in final negotiations for the past few months.
01:56The Premier has been in final negotiations for the past few months.
01:57The Premier has been in final negotiations for the past few months.
01:58The Premier has been in final negotiations for the past few months.
01:59The Premier has been in final negotiations for the past few months.
02:00The Premier has been in final negotiations for the past few months.
02:01The Premier has been in final negotiations for the past few months.
02:02The Premier has been in final negotiations for the past few months.
02:03The Premier has been in final negotiations for the past few months.
02:04The Premier has been in final negotiations for the past few months.
02:05The Premier has been final negotiations for the past few months.
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