Afternoon edition: Lightning strikes twice: Administrator to rescue Whyalla ... again

Email Mark Mentha triumphantly sold the Whyalla steelworks to Sanjeev Gupta back in 2017, after saving it from near collapse. Now he’s back to save the steel city once again.

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