Sink or swim

By Bryn Lewis
Updated August 4 2015 - 8:29am, first published 7:30am
Mayor Jim Pollock has floated an ambitious idea which would turn the tide on the city's economic troubles. Mr Pollock wants to see Whyalla used as a base for building Australia's next fleet of submarines.
Mayor Jim Pollock has floated an ambitious idea which would turn the tide on the city's economic troubles. Mr Pollock wants to see Whyalla used as a base for building Australia's next fleet of submarines.

Whyalla mayor Jim Pollock will plead to both the state and federal governments to consider the steel city's potential as a base for building Australia's next fleet of submarines.

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