CANBERRA, ACT, March 20 -- The Prime Minister of Australia issued the following media release:

EDDIE HUGHES, STATE MEMBER FOR GILES:It's great to have the Prime Minister here in Whyalla today at the Steelworks. Just over a year ago, there was a massive intervention here in Whyalla to rescue the Steelworks, to provide a future for Whyalla and to provide a future for sovereign steel manufacturing in our nation. As a measure of what has happened and the confidence in the future, there are now 76 apprentices working throughout the facility here in Whyalla. So, that is great news. Over a year ago, unprecedented intervention has made a massive difference. So, an incredibly warm welcome for the Prime Minister and what he achieved, along with the ...