Originally Posted by 43I
What would the feds do without the massive boost they get from WAs mining trade.
Not have to give WA their "fair share" of the GST revenue, worry about Fleet Base West, or the other defence assets deployed to WA, Ronny could be relocated from Pearce to Sale and they could offload the maintenance for the Trans-Australian Railway from the border back to WestRail.
All at a time the iron ore price looks like heading south in the next few years. Perfect time to do it!
The more important question would be for McGowan: How you gonna run a surplus with iron ore prices back around $60/tonne?