*Not since Kevin Rudd proposed the ill-fated super profits tax in 2010 has an Australian government gone to war with the massive and powerful mining industry and its spiritual leader, BHP.*
*Not only did Rudd’s Labor government lose that fight 14 years ago, it did so spectacularly, toppling the prime minister and ultimately the government.*
*Today’s Albanese-led Labor government is generally more business-friendly, and BHP is a more socially aware institution that tends to shy away from overt confrontation with governments.*
*But the mining industry has shed any veneer of polite dialogue with the government now when attacking same job, same pay law, and is busting for a fight over new industrial relations laws with a smattering of complex environmental reforms.*
*[…]*
*Those with a decent corporate memory will recall that Rudd’s plan to impose additional taxes on miners beyond a certain profit level was – rightly or wrongly – essentially a government revenue-grabbing exercise.*
*It was devised at a time when commodity prices were particularly high and Rudd reasoned that the community would happily support skimming some of the miners’ mega profits.*
*The industry’s rear-guard response was a textbook case in using a clever narrative, fuelled by its deep-pocketed members.*
*It was the “killing the golden goose” argument – that undermining the mining industry on which our country’s economic fortunes are built would damage all its citizens, not just the mining company executives and shareholders.*
*And it worked, with the campaign successfully frightening the public into siding with the mining industry.*
*The industry’s message this time is pretty much the same – threaten our profits at your peril. With that came a reminder that the industry is responsible for 10 per cent of Australia’s GDP.*
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Big Australia is just a big government scam.
It is all about nudging you to live in dense shitboxes so you continue to consume overpriced shit quality goods and not have any self sufficiency options.
Return to the tenants of the constitution and vote for anyone else.
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Some headlines name recommendations for big business as [populism](https://www.theaustralian.com.au/search-results?q=Populism).
Excerpts of Elizabeth Knight’s [full article](https://www.smh.com.au/business/companies/tickets-on-sale-it-s-the-big-australian-vs-the-australian-government-20240911-p5k9n2.html):
*Not since Kevin Rudd proposed the ill-fated super profits tax in 2010 has an Australian government gone to war with the massive and powerful mining industry and its spiritual leader, BHP.*
*Not only did Rudd’s Labor government lose that fight 14 years ago, it did so spectacularly, toppling the prime minister and ultimately the government.*
*Today’s Albanese-led Labor government is generally more business-friendly, and BHP is a more socially aware institution that tends to shy away from overt confrontation with governments.*
*But the mining industry has shed any veneer of polite dialogue with the government now when attacking same job, same pay law, and is busting for a fight over new industrial relations laws with a smattering of complex environmental reforms.*
*[…]*
*Those with a decent corporate memory will recall that Rudd’s plan to impose additional taxes on miners beyond a certain profit level was – rightly or wrongly – essentially a government revenue-grabbing exercise.*
*It was devised at a time when commodity prices were particularly high and Rudd reasoned that the community would happily support skimming some of the miners’ mega profits.*
*The industry’s rear-guard response was a textbook case in using a clever narrative, fuelled by its deep-pocketed members.*
*It was the “killing the golden goose” argument – that undermining the mining industry on which our country’s economic fortunes are built would damage all its citizens, not just the mining company executives and shareholders.*
*And it worked, with the campaign successfully frightening the public into siding with the mining industry.*
*The industry’s message this time is pretty much the same – threaten our profits at your peril. With that came a reminder that the industry is responsible for 10 per cent of Australia’s GDP.*
Big Australia is just a big government scam.
It is all about nudging you to live in dense shitboxes so you continue to consume overpriced shit quality goods and not have any self sufficiency options.
Return to the tenants of the constitution and vote for anyone else.