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February 11th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda The Victorian government cannot give workers at Alcoa’s Geelong smelter any guarantees about job security, Premier Ted Baillieu says.
Alcoa on Wednesday said it would review the viability of its smelter in Geelong because low metal prices, a high Australian dollar and input costs had made it unprofitable.
The review is expected to be completed at the end of June, leaving the plant’s 600 workers with an anxious four-month wait to find out whether they will lose their jobs.
Mr Baillieu met senior management and workers at the plant on Saturday and said the government had committed to working with Alcoa.
But it was not the government’s role to run businesses, he said.
“We’re here to try and establish conditions where businesses can flourish,” Mr Baillieu told reporters in Geelong.
Asked whether he was able to give staff any assurances, he said: “I don’t think we’re in a position to give any guarantees.”
“I said that to the staff this morning.”
Regional Cities Minister Denis Napthine on Friday said Alcoa had not made specific requests for assistance when he and Mr Baillieu met its managing director, Alan Cransberg.
Mr Baillieu said the government would assist as it could, on a step by step basis.
“If anybody thinks there’s a magic solution, that’s just going to occur overnight. I think they’re misunderstanding the nature of this difficulty,” he said.
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