Premier Mike Baird has met with BlueScope Steel representatives and says he will take an "extremely close interest" in the steelmaker's future in the Illawarra.
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Mr Baird indicated he would continue to be briefed about the situation, speaking a day after the Mercury launched its "Save our Steelworks" campaign.
The move came after member for Wollongong Noreen Hay and Shellharbour MP Anna Watson slammed the government for its "failure to address the BlueScope Steel crisis".
Ms Watson asked Mr Baird a series of questions on notice in late June about whether he had met with BlueScope Steel representatives.
The response, made available on July 28, directed the MP to yet-to-be-published diary summaries on the Department of Premier and Cabinet website.
However, it was a comment from parliamentary secretary for the Illawarra Gareth Ward, published in Wednesday's Mercury, stating "the Premier has met with BlueScope" that had Ms Watson perplexed.
"I just don't get why this is such a state secret," she said.
"The state government's very relaxed attitude to the threat by BlueScope Steel to close its steel production in the Illawarra has concerned me from the very start. The secrecy and obfuscation by the Premier is equally very disturbing."
A spokesman for Mr Baird said the matter was no "state secret".
"Since Gareth has quite appropriately mentioned it - the Premier did meet with representatives of BlueScope recently," the spokesman said.
"He was updated on the company's plans and will continue to be briefed and take an extremely close interest in the future of steelmaking in the Illawarra."
The spokesman said the talks were too recent to be included in the latest diary disclosures.
Meanwhile, Ms Hay stepped up the fight by airing her concerns in state Parliament on Wednesday.
"Not one Australian-made nut or bolt ... has been used in the construction of the North West Rail Link and I have called on the government to adopt the procurement policy implemented by the former Labor government," she said.
"The people of the Illawarra will not go quietly into the night over the potential loss of BlueScope or any other businesses facing closure, due to the lack of action by the Baird government."
Ms Hay said bipartisan planning was key.