
Ep 236- Richie Merzian
Betoota Talks
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Why Australians Don't Make Much From Mining
I would be expecting that the profits that this country make from exporting fossil fuels would work to significantly underpin all the nice things that this country has, like universal healthcare and education. That's what you've been told for decades. I mean, like the states themselves often make more from car redger than they do from the royalties of mining. And if you look at corporate income tax from the five major gas producers made over $100 billion in the last seven years and paid zero in corporate tax. You pay more tax than they do, right? This is the thing. We are protecting an industry that's killing our planet, but we don't make much for men. For those people who are
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