The year of the bailout: Australia’s biggest aluminium smelter next in line for taxpayers’ cash

<p>More than $3bn in public money has been given to Australia’s smelters and steelworks in an alarmingly ad-hoc way</p><ul><li><p>Get our <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/email-newsletters?CMP=cvau_sfl">breaking news email</a>, <a href="https://app.adjust.com/w4u7jx3">free app</a> or <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/series/full-story?CMP=cvau_sfl">daily news podcast</a></p></li></ul><p>Will 2025 be remembered as the year of the bailout?</p><p>More than $3bn of taxpayer money has been committed to propping up the country’s hugely power-hungry metal making and smelting industries.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/oct/29/the-year-of-the-bailout-australias-biggest-aluminium-smelter-next-in-line-for-taxpayers-cash">Continue reading...</a>