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Where To Stream Australian Story Season 23 Episode 25

The Town that Saved Itself

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...