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MARK BEESON. WA provides a masterclass in what not to do with a resources boom.
It wouldn’t be too unkind to suggest that Western Australia is not considered as the national benchmark of sophisticated public policy. Indeed, the state has recently attracted much attention – and derision – for the way its policy making elite … Continue reading
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Tagged Australian manufacturing, Mark Beeson, mining, mining boom, mining tax, Norway, resources, resources boom, Sovereign-wealth-fund, Western Australia
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