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When Was Gillard’s TV Dirty Deal Really Made?
On July 13 2010, journalist and radio personality Michael Smith interviewed then newly-ascended prime minister Julia Gillard to discuss “her” new mining tax deal: “Now, the debate [with the mining...
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More Dirt On Gillard & Swan’s Dirty Deal
MacroBusiness.com.au reader and commenter “Mav” draws our attention to journalist Paul Cleary’s book, “Too Much Luck”. In it, we find more dirt on Gillard and Swan’s dirty deal with the multinational...
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Barnaby Absolutely Nails It. As Usual
“Well, they’re trying to work out how to pay it back [$260b Federal debt]. So they devised the mining tax; the trouble is, of course, the people who came to help them out with that were the major...
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Swan’s Tax Avoidance Scheme
Quelle surprise! A stunning revelation emerges. From the Sydney Morning Herald: Miners hoard credits to avoid resources tax Mining companies Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton have built up a combined arsenal...
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Mining Tax Con – Another Huge Hole In The Budget?
Yesterday your humble blogger received information from an experienced mining industry source concerning the Minerals Resource Rent Tax (MRRT). Information that represents potential dynamite to the...
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Flash Crash “Had Something To Do With Some Derivatives” Says Goldman Trader
Rio Tinto "flash crash" - 8 August 2011 You probably missed the following little news item, lost in all the screaming red headlines of recent days. It has important implications for our understanding...
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‘Boycott Australian Iron Ore’– China
From The Australian: A Chinese industrial group has urged domestic steel companies to stop buying iron ore from the world’s top three miners, including Australia’s Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton, in...
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