\u201cI\u2019m very concerned about the trade creditors,\u201d Mr Koutsantonis told David and Will on FIVEAA breakfast.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey\u2019re the people who supply Arrium. They\u2019re the people who deliver the milk, who deliver the catering, the people who deliver the ancillary work who all of a sudden have all their bills, their invoices frozen.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mr Koutsantonis said the effects would be felt around the country.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen I\u2019m meeting with the administrator today I\u2019ll be spending a fair bit of time trying to understand who they are, where they\u2019re located, how many employees they have, because Arrium\u2019s obviously a very big customer. Not just in Whyalla, but across Australia, and there\u2019ll be a number of industries effected.<\/p>\n
\u201cA lot of treasurers yesterday were discussing exactly what the response should be for those trade creditors who so often, by the banks and the administrators, are put at the bottom of the queue,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n