The Mineral Resources Rent Tax passed through the House of Representatives last week, but not without negotiations with the Greens and independent MPs.
Perhaps the most significant outcome of negotiations…
Paul Cleary's book, Too Much Luck, highlights the many negative consequences of the mining boom.
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Paul Cleary’s book Too Much Luck: The Mining Boom and Australia’s Future, is a timely appraisal of the dramatic economic and social impacts, as well as the political ramifications of the current resource…
Changes to the MRRT will leave a gaping hole the revenue the tax originally promised.
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Federal Labor’s mining profits tax was originally designed to be a redistributive measure from a very profitable section of capital to all of capital through company tax cuts.
The mini-me Mineral Resources…
Paul Cleary's book, Too Much Luck, paints a negative picture of Australia's mining industry.
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If Paul Cleary is to be believed in his recently published book, Too Much Luck: The Mining Boom and Australia’s Future, the resources boom is the worst thing that ever happened to Australia.
He maintains…
Will Andrew Forrest succeed in his push to change the mining tax? Others have succeeded in the past.
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Andrew “Twiggy” Forrest’s visit to Canberra earlier this week didn’t prove particularly effective in swaying the government on its freshly drafted mineral resources rent tax (MRRT) legislation.
But the…
