‘We will always back BlueScope’: PM visits Wollongong steel manufacturer

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese visits steel supplier and manufacturer BlueScope at their Port Kembla Steelworks.

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00:00Everything that you do here touches Australians' lives on a day-to-day basis.

00:17Without steel, we don't have subs, we don't have resilience. It's one of the lessons of the

00:23pandemic, is that Australia has to make things here. And we want a future made in Australia,

00:30which is why we will always have your back, which is why we will always back BlueScope here in the

00:37Illawarra. When it comes to engagement in trade, BlueScope creates jobs not just here, it creates

00:43jobs around the world, including in the United States. And that is really, really important.

00:49$5 billion invested in the United States, and there's real opportunities for BlueScope to expand.