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Not wiped out. Why Whyalla, of all places, now has a sustainable future

  • Written by Michael O'Neil, Executive Director, SA Centre for Economic Studies, University of Adelaide
Not wiped out. Why Whyalla, of all places, now has a sustainable futureIt's a long way from most places, but it is about to host a bigger battery than the world's biggest, molten salt solar and pumped hydro generation, and a much bigger steelworks.Shutterstock

Whyalla will be wiped off the map by Julia Gillard’s carbon tax, Whyalla risks becoming a ghost town, an economic wasteland if this carbon tax goes ahead...

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