Another WA mining region crashes

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By Leith van Onselen

This site has written a lot about the Pilbara region of Western Australia, where house prices and rents have tumbled by an incredible 50% to 70% as the iron ore crash has taken hold.

Well, you can now add the Kimberley mining region to the crash list, according to The ABC:

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About the author
Leith van Onselen is Chief Economist at the MB Fund and MB Super. He is also a co-founder of MacroBusiness. Leith has previously worked at the Australian Treasury, Victorian Treasury and Goldman Sachs.