It saddens me that we seem to have become a society of short term profit and greed. Growth and develpoment at all costs, profit is king.
Anything attractive to big business (infrastructure assets, pretty environmental locations and our people) are exploited and over run for profit & greed rather than be protected for the future.
Public infrastructure airports, roads, bridges, rail, shipping, and all of their associated administration should be non-profit government run.
Rather than a mining tax, how about a "Bank Tax". They are all rolling in billions of dollars of profit.