Originally Posted by
TULSAMI
The mining boom pretty much saved Australia financially from the worst of the GFC. With the falling $AUD and steady commodity prices and climbing gold, the miners are doing reasonably well for now and I think any attempt to shut it down would be met with great opposition from Canberra. .
You probably don't want to hear that coal was just listed and the world's most expensive fossil fuel. Too bad we bet the house on it, I wonder what will save us this time?