Making the Boom Pay

In 2011, Catalyst's major conference examined how Australia should best manage the mining boom.

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Our Mineral Dependency - refuge or risk?

Tony Maher

Labour demand and the tendency for big resources companies to poach, rather than train workers was a theme taken up by Tony Maher, President of the CFMEU.

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Paul Cleary

Paul Cleary argued that reliance on bulk commodities is the road of developing countries. He is the author of Too Much Luck: The Mining Boom and Australia's Future.

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