‘Very different place’: new campaign over mining taxes ‘unlikely’ to succeed in Queensland
by Joe Hinchliffe from Environment | The Guardian on (#60G18)
Queensland Resources Council has denounced plans to raise royalties, launching new offensive
An offensive against plans to end a decade-long freeze on coal royalties in Queensland has raised the ghost of a campaign that helped depose a Labor leader 12 years ago - but political and advertising experts say Australia is now a very different place".
Queensland's treasurer, Cameron Dick, has flagged the state government's intention to raise coal royalties when he hands down the budget on Tuesday.
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