Monday, August 01, 2011

When did an Australian government attract such contempt?

WITH gold trading at new records, above $US1600 an ounce, and with new projects rushing to come into production, you'd expect to hear few complaints in the booming West Australian goldmining town of Kalgoorlie. But on the opening day of the Diggers & Dealers talkfest yesterday, it became quickly clear that hostility towards the Gillard government's mining and carbon taxes would dominate discussion among more than 2200 delegates who flew in from around Australia and the world

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