There are plenty of other companies willing to dig up our mineral wealth and leave us a quarry
Well, the minerals belong to the States according to the constitution.
The States get Royalties from those who dig those minerals up.
Gillard reckons that wealth belongs to ALL Australians in spite of the constitution and is bunging on a tax over and above those Royalties to redistribute that wealth to the PBNWILV thus imposing extra burdens on people like Gina.
Except for the fact she owns Daddy's land under which those minerals lay, she may well spend her wealth in Africa. That would be good for all us Aussies no doubt??
Perhaps this is why so many projects are being "deferred" for the time being?
PBNWILV- poor bloody non working idiot Labor voters.
Just my take on the situation, but I'm probably wrong as usual.