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'Long decline': Billionaire's company refuses to take blame for Whyalla failure

Angelique Donnellan · ABC News (AU)

Published 19 Oct 2026, 6:29 pm·56 min ago·1 min read

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Whyalla workers say critical safety equipment like heat suits contained "massive holes" when the plant was run by Sanjeev Gupta, whose company GFG Alliance is not taking responsibility for the broken blast furnace.

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