Where To Stream Australian Story Season 23 Episode 25
The Town that Saved Itself
- Aired September 24, 2018
- 30 Min
Introduced by business reporter Alan Kohler. When the owner of the Whyalla steelworks went into administration two years ago, crippled by $4 billion worth of debt, the future of the entire town was at risk. Known as the place ‘where the outback meets the sea,' Whyalla is a one company town where the steelworks is the only large employer. "If the steelworks sneezes, Whyalla catches a cold. Two years ago, the steelworks got a coronary." Stephen Stanley, cartoonist, Whyalla News. With 3000 jobs on...