QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE

Senator LAMBIE (Tasmania) (14:50): Given the sorry state of the steelworks and the turmoil in global trade thanks to President Trump's tariff war, how can the government be confident that KordaMentha will find a new buyer that is also prepared to invest in the scale required to transform the now terribly degraded Whyalla Steelworks? Does the government still rule out nationalising the Whyalla Steelworks today?