Kevin Rudd (Griffith, Australian Labor Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

It goes to the question of the impact of policy decisions on the mining industry. The history of those opposite over the last 25 years was in saying that any changes that affect the mining industry will automatically result in something akin to the collapse of the industry. They did the same in relation to the PRRT regime—a resource rent tax—25 years ago. Secondly, do we all remember the debate over Mabo? The debate over Mabo was that the mining industry would collapse as a result of the introduction of native title laws.

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