Australia's love affair with the mining boom has been in the headlines for
many years now.
Mining is credited with saving us from the Global Financial Crisis, putting
food on our tables, keeping our economy strong and thousands of people
employed.
It's been a great public relations success. A survey released by Essential
Media this week showed that 67 per cent of Australians count mining as one of
our top three most important industries. A typical Australian believes the
mining sector accounts for more than one third of economic activity, and employs
about 16 per cent of our workforce.
Unfortunately, our perceptions of the mining industry are wildly out of step
with the reality.
The Drum Opinion
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